The Rams improved to 11-0 and most likely assured themselves
of a first-round bye in the Division II playoffs. The pairings will be announced
Sunday at 5 p.m.
The Vikings (7-4) gave the Rams all they could handle in the
first half. They knocked out starting quarterback Kameron Smith, who didn’t play
in the second half because of a shoulder injury.
But backup Anthony Carrothers was more than ready to step
in. He went 7 for 11 for 123 yards and three touchdowns and ran the offense to
near perfection in Smith’s absence.
Maurice Lewis ran for 120 yards on 21 carries, and DeQuann
Leak and Bryce Sherman combined to rush for 92 yards.
Wide receiver Jameze Massey, the game’s MVP for WSSU, had
six catches for 115 yards and a championship-game record three touchdown
catches.
DURHAM The Winston-Salem State Rams are CIAA
champions once again.
With starting quarterback and Garner native Kameron Smith out for the second
half, sophomore signal-caller Anthony Carrothers rallied Winston to a 34-19
come-from-behind victory over Elizabeth City State on Saturday at Durham County
Stadium. The victory gives the Rams their second straight undefeated CIAA season
and a 16-game win streak.
But to use an old cliché, the game was much closer than the score. Elizabeth
City led 9-0 after the first quarter, only the second time this season the Rams
trailed after the period.
“I told the guys we weren’t going to score 48 points in this game, it was
going to be much closer,” said Winston-Salem State coach Connell Maynor, the
CIAA coach of the year. “I told them to just stay patient, play one play at a
time, one quarter at a time.”
Smith threw two touchdown passes in the second quarter to give the Rams the
lead: a 10-yard strike to Jamal Williams and a 26-yard pass to Jameze Massey,
co-MVP of the game.
Smith then suffered a shoulder injury on a sack just as the first half ended
and did not return.
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DURHAM, North Carolina -- Second-ranked Winston-Salem State won its second straight CIAA title by beating
Elizabeth City State 34-19 on Saturday afternoon at Durham County
Stadium.
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