Stillman softball team wins pair over Concordia

Tuscaloosa, AL | The Stillman College softball team picked up two more victories Thursday, as their two starting pitchers threw one-hit and no-hit games to win over Concordia 19-0 and 16-0. The Tigers were honoring their two seniors, Anjelica Nixon of Tuscaloosa and captain Janay Hudson of Moultrie, Ga. With the two wins, Stillman improves to 14-21 overall and 8-11 in conference play.

Freshman Brittany Perry picked up her ninth win as she recorded her fifth shutout in the 19-0 victory. Perry allowed one hit and struck out 12. Perry was a leader offensively as well, as she hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first. Perry also had two singles and walked once with one stolen base and three runs scored. Hudson was 3-for-3 with a double, two singles and a walk. Hudson scored four runs, stole two bases, and had one RBI.

Softball Seniors Honor as Softball teams Sweeps Concordia

Tuscaloosa, AL - The Stillman Lady Tigers Softball team picked up two more victories on Senior Day on Thursday, as their two starting pitchers threw one-hit and no-hit games to win over Concordia 19-0 and 16-0. The Tigers were honoring their two seniors, Anjelica Nixon of Tuscaloosa and captain Janay Hudson of Moultrie, GA. With the two wins, Stillman improves to 14-21 overall and 8-11 in conference play.

Freshman Brittany Perry, the SIAC Western Division Pitcher of the Week, picked up her ninth win of the season, as she recorded her fifth shutout of the season to win 19-0. Perry allowed only one hit (a single), while striking out 12 and walking none. Perry was a leader offensively as well, as she blasted her first homerun of the season, a solo homer in the bottom of the first.

Perry also had two singles and walked once to go three for three with one RBI, one stolen base and three runs scored.

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JSU signs Concordia for football opener

Jackson State has agreed to play Concordia College at home in the 2011 football season opener, athletic director Bob Braddy confirmed Saturday. The deal is not finalized and details of the contract were not available. The full 2011 football schedule is expected to be released this week.

Concordia, a historically black college in Selma, Ala., fielded its first football team in 2005 and plays in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the lowest level for four-year schools. The Hornets were beaten 35-0 by Grambling last season.

JSU's basketball team played Concordia in an exhibition game this season. JSU beat the Hornets 97-54.

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Concordia Hornets hangs on to edge Stillman Tigers

TUSCALOOSA, AL | Senior wide receiver Fred Rouse caught five passes Saturday night, but every time he touched the football he seemed to cause problems for the Stillman Tigers. Rouse caught two touchdown passes in the first half — one for 72 yards — and Concordia College from Selma held on to defeat Stillman 18-17.

“I knew he was a big-time football player,” said Stillman coach L.C. Cole. “It was just hard for us to stop him with those young freshmen defensive backs. Again, that's where they took advantage of us. It's something we have to keep working on. Rome wasn't built in a day. We have to keep chipping at it, chipping at it, and then it'll turn for us.”

Concordia offered a second chance for Rouse, who was considered one of the nation's top prospects in 2005. He began his college career at Florida State and played in the Orange Bowl as a freshman but was dismissed...

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Corcordia adds win notch over Miles

SELMA, AL — Concordia College weathered two rain showers, a lightning delay and a host of injuries to win its home opener, 52-20 over Miles College on Saturday.

After trading scores — and leads — in the first half, Concordia shut out the Bears in the second half and racked up four touchdowns to win going away. “We know we can play at a high level,” Concordia quarterback T’chelipo Woods, said. “We were playing fast and executed. We hit on all cylinders.”

Hornets coach Shepherd Skanes was less enthusiastic, but happy with the win.
“I wanted them to close it out,” Skanes said. “We had West Georgia (last week), but we left some points out on the grass. They closed it out today, and did a good job.”

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Concordia College Hornets 23, Savannah State Tigers 21

Concordia wins on final play

Harrison Ellison kicked a 35-yard field goal as time expired to give Concordia College, of Selma, Ala., a 23-21 victory over Savannah State University on Saturday night in the Southern Georgia Heritage Classic. As the ball sailed toward the goal post and through the uprights, Ellison was mobbed by his jubilant teammates. Several Savannah State players dropped to their knees or fell flat on their backs and stomachs. Some Tigers shed tears as they watched the Hornets, an NAIA-level team, celebrate in front of a nearly empty David Dupree Field at Lucy C. Laney Memorial Stadium. The official attendance was listed as 1,333.

SSU QB Kurvin Curry avoids Concordia College defense.

Before the final play, Savannah State called a timeout with 4.8 seconds remaining in an attempt to shake Ellison, who missed a 25-yard field goal wide to the left in the third quarter. As Savannah State and Concordia players huddled with their coaches on their respective sidelines, Ellison remained the lone player on the field. He peeked up at the goal post a couple of times as he waited for play to resume.

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Attendance: 1,333 at Lucy C. Laney Memorial Stadium, Augusta, GA

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Alabama State 38, Concordia 33

ALABAMA STATE 38, CONCORDIA 33: Hornets hold off Concordia

Alabama State got more than it bargained for Saturday night. What some thought would be a routine season opener turned into a fight for survival. Concordia College of Selma rallied from an early deficit and pulled within one score of upsetting ASU in the final minutes at Cramton Bowl. ASU's defense made a final stand at its 26 to seal a 38-33 win. "We weren't overlooking them. That wasn't the problem," ASU linebacker Adrian Hardy said. "We knew they would be ready to play and we expected it to be a fight. It was."

ASU head coach Reggie Barlow said the game was a starting point. "This game served its purpose," Barlow said. "We got to see our team under the lights and we got a look at how we would perform. We've got a long way to go." The game may have served its purpose, but not without leaving Barlow and his Hornets sweating the finals minutes. After watching a 38-14 lead disappear in the final 17 minutes, ASU needed its defense to step up.

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Hornets' comeback falls short

Concordia College football coach Shepherd Skanes felt the pain Saturday night. Not the pain of losing 38-33 to Alabama State University in the Cramton Bowl. The pain of not winning, however, cut to the quick. “As hard as we played tonight, it hurts,” said Skanes, whose Hornets dropped to 1-1 with the narrow defeat. “We were supposed to win.” Skanes had problems with the amount of penalties and the officiating difficulties the Hornets suffered during the game.

After having to deal with nine penalties for 74 yards in the first half, Concordia had to call attention to the time clock, which was running after an incomplete pass. “I know (the officials) did what they had to do, what they were supposed to do,” he said. “But it's not supposed to be that way.” Concordia pulled within three scores to open the fourth quarter when quarterback T'Chelpio Woods hit Calvin Cornish for a 19-yard TD pass with 9:22 to play. ASU led 38-27.

ASU Hornets Jermaine Peryear fights for yardage against Concordia defense.

Maturity RB Traylor's top trait

Rahmod Traylor is mature. To Alabama State head coach Reggie Barlow, that's the most obvious character trait in his senior running back. No matter the situation, no matter the circumstances, Barlow and the rest of the ASU coaches know that Traylor will do what's expected and what's right. Every time. "He's a guy that's just always there, always steady," Barlow said. "That maturity is so important to have around a team. Having that guy you can count on to be accountable and be where he's supposed to be is a great lesson for the other players." Being where he's supposed to be has been a bit difficult for Traylor the last couple of seasons.

Woods takes Hornets to ASU

Concordia College junior quarterback T’Chelpio Woods played two years at Alabama State, but his return to Montgomery to face his former team Saturday will not be a homecoming. “I’m from Selma,” Woods said Thursday on the Hornets’ practice field. “Whether we win or lose, it’s a milestone for us, showing how far we’ve gone. They’ve got everything to lose. We’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain.”

Woods played two years at Selma High before completing his high school football at Central Christian Academy. The Hornets (1-0) of Dallas County have the momentum from last week’s season opener, when they shellacked Texas College 68-0. They will be the opponent in the season opener for the Hornets of Montgomery County. Alabama State is a larger school than Concordia, but that doesn’t concern Woods.

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