WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- The question for the CIAA South has a familiar ring: Can any team dethrone two-time defending champions Winston-Salem State?
The North certainly hasn’t been able to, and Shaw was the last South team to do so in 2010.
• Winston-Salem State. Every year coach Connell Maynor laments over what he lost the year before. And every season he reloads.
The Rams have a 35-4 record since returning to the conference four years ago. WSSU advanced all the way to the Division II championship game before losing to Valdosta State 35-7.
Gone is starting quarterback Kameron Smith, who broke a slew of passing records, and All-American center Markus Lawrence. But the team will be in capable hands with redshirt junior QB Anthony Carrothers (Independence High), who threw for 989 yards and 12 touchdowns against just four interceptions.
Running back stud Maurice Lewis (201 carries, 1,027 yards, 13 TDs) is back to take some of the pressure off Carrothers. The quarterback will need all the help he can get with the loss of WSSU’s top three wide receivers.
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