Concordia gets an overhaul with only 5 starters returning

Selma, AL - Shepherd Skanes won't be wearing a hard hat this fall, but no one could blame the Concordia College head football if he did. Skanes has some major rebuilding to do after the Hornets lost 12 seniors from their 2010 team that finished 6-4.

"I had the biggest graduation class I've had in a while," Skanes said. "Eight of 12 got degrees. They had been with me since 2007. We have only five starters who showed back up for this season."

Senior inside linebacker Javonne Roman and senior outside linebacker Cruz Forbes are the only two returning starters on defense, while tailback Louis Manning, wide receiver Jeremy Morris and center Steven Welch are the only three back on offense for the Selma school.

"We had some young guys, freshmen and sophomores, who played last year...

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Exama leads GSU to 35-0 homecoming win

Saturday was homecoming for Grambling, but one of the happiest fans at Eddie Robinson Stadium might have been a visitor attending her first game of the season. The Concordia Hornets showed early they should not be taken as lightly as the 82-7 rout in the teams' previous meeting might indicate.

Concordia's offense drove the ball 51 yards on the game's opening drive and came to the line of scrimmage looking for more on second down from the 24, but Grambling linebacker Cliff Exama had other ideas. The junior intercepted Concordia quarterback Sherman Stephens...

Walker, Warren pace Grambling

GRAMBLING — Cornelius Walker and Frank Warren combined for 189 yards rushing and each scored a touchdown Saturday as Grambling State shut out Concordia College 35-0.

Warren ran for 92 yards, including a 23-yard touchdown, and Walker had 97 yards with a 4-yard scoring run for the Tigers (8-1), who have won eight games in a row. Grambling, a Division I Football Championship Subdivision school, outgained Concordia, an NCAA Division II school, 329-60 in total yardage.

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