Sunday, December 16, 2012

WSSU players still champions to local fans

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina  --  During the third quarter with about seven minutes to go, all the people inside Carolina’s Vineyard & Hops were on their feet yelling and cheering as the Winston-Salem State University Rams made it down to first-and-goal.

It was a chance for the team to get within seven points of the Valdosta State University Blazers, and a chance for the fans to gear up in anticipation of a hoped-for win.
A turnover by the Rams snuffed out that chance, but the fans who stayed on to the end of a 35-7 loss said that the team is still a championship one to them.

“I am disappointed, but I am so grateful they have come as far as they have,” said Victoria Cade, who graduated from WSSU in 1983. “They are still back-to-back CIAA winners with a 14-and-0 record.”

The bar was decorated with red and white balloons – the WSSU school colors – and pom-poms were on each table. The fans clapped and cheered as the game got under way, and not even a 14-point deficit early on could shake the enthusiasm.

“I am amazed that our team is strong enough to be in the playoffs,” said Sharon Correll of the class of ’82. “I wanted to be there, but I couldn’t.”

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