Historical Black College All-Star Classic

Columbus, GA - The 8th Annual Historical Black College All-Star Classic is coming to Columbus (Georgia) on April 23rd with the game being played the Civic Center. The event pits the best players from the SWAC, MEAC, SIAC, and CIAA against each other in a battle of East and West.



In addition to the College game the event will also feature matchups including local boys and girls high school all stars. Among those expected to attend include: Jordan's Harry Short, Kendrick's Elbert Elliot, Dwayne Belfield, Erica Stanley, and Janai Merritt, Hardaway's Valenta Williams and Jamaine Burrey and many more.

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Albany State players, coaches using extra time off wisely

ALBANY, GA — It’s rare that a football team gets almost three weeks off between games, but that’s what happens when your team is a No. 1 seed in the Division II football playoffs and has a bye in the first round.

Albany State earned a much-needed break after defeating Fort Valley, 12-7, in the Fountain City Classic and winning the SIAC championship on Nov. 6, and the Rams are using it wisely.

“It’s just good to have a good break and concentrate on yourself and try to get healthy,” head coach Mike White said. “(We’re going to) concentrate on some of those things that we did not do well coming off that Fort Valley game.” After a couple days off following that game, the team went no pads for the rest of their practices that week.


RAMS NOTEBOOK: ASU punter relives last moments of Classic

ALBANY,GA — Talk about an emotional roller coaster.  Albany State’s 12-7 win against Fort Valley State in the Fountain City Classic on Nov. 6 ended well, but the last part of the game was up-and-down for Rams punter Herndon Burns.

With 46 seconds left in the game and the Rams up 12-7, they had to punt the ball from their own 15-yard line on fourth and 10. Burns sent it 31 yards, but was clobbered after he kicked it.  He was slow to get up and limped off the field trying to milk a penalty from the referees, but started running, jumping and shouting with joy along the sidelines after he saw the flag for running into the kicker. Only ... it wasn’t enough for a first down.

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Central Arkansas 47, Elizabeth City State Vikings 20

Conway, AR - University of Central Arkansas wide receiver Kenneth Robey, a cameo guy at best last season, became a star Thursday night. Robey, a 5-foot-9 receiver who had no career receptions, caught nine passes for 151 yards and three touchdowns in putting the Bears on the upside in a real roller-coaster ride of a 47-20 victory over Elizabeth City State before 9,121 at First Security Field at Estes Stadium.

Robey caught touchdown passes from both starting quarterback Nathan Dick and backup Wynrick Smothers. Nathan Dick rolled up Nathan Brown-type statistics the first half, completing 21 of 26 passes for 312 yards and three touchdowns in leading UCA to a 27-14 lead at the half. He finished 26 of 35 for 351 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 32 more yards.

Robey caught passes of 10 and 63 yards from Dick and nine on a rollout pass from Smothers, who set up a key touchdown with a 16-yard run. Nine different receivers caught passes for the Bears.

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Shaw's Asberry makes his mark‎

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Darrell Asberry can't erase this loss from his mind. The fourth-year Shaw football coach holds on to defeats and uses them as a source of energy. This particular loss, to Elizabeth City State, came during his first season with the Bears, in 2006. And it wasn't so much that his team lost, but that they were crushed 36-0 near the end of an ego-bruising 3-7 campaign. Vikings coach Waverly Tillar called for a two-point conversion after a fourth-quarter touchdown with five minutes to play. The run attempt failed, though it came as a stark reminder of how weak opponents considered the Bears.

"He called time out and went for two," Asberry said last month through coarse laughter. It's only funny now because that was the last game the Bears lost to Elizabeth City State. Two years later, Asberry's team won its second consecutive CIAA championship, defeating the Vikings 36-7 in the title game. Last season, the Bears were a botched snap away from returning to the conference championship game - led by their offensive-minded coach, who despite limited resources has spearheaded a successful program. "He made it known, you got me down now, but I'm not going to stay down," Tillar said.

A former quarterback at Jackson State, Asberry helped head coach Rod Broadway - now at Grambling State - orchestrate two CIAA championships at N.C. Central in 2005 and 2006, serving as an assistant head coach before accepting his first head coaching job at Shaw.

In a short time, Asberry, 38, has won 28 games, captured two conference titles, led the Bears to the NCAA Division II playoffs and distinguished himself as one of the nation's top Division II coaches. "To do what he's done at Shaw definitely puts him in the arena with successful [historically black college and university] coaches in the country," said LeCounte Conaway, an analyst with Heritage Sports Radio Network. "He's winning. ... He's proven that his teams are going to be very competitive, well-prepared and also they're going to have talent."



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SIAC To Make History

Tucker, GA – Sebrina Brunson will become the first female football official to work a regular season collegiate game in the history of the SIAC. Ms. Brunson, from Lithonia, Georgia, will serve as Line Judge in the Stillman vs. Tuskegee TV game in Tuscaloosa on Saturday, September 20, with kick-off at 5:00 PM CST. Sebrina Brunson is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University, in Boca Raton, Florida. She began officiating football on the Junior Varsity and Youth level in 1996 with her ex-husband as away of spending quality time together.

After a while she began perfecting her “craft” of officiating football as a female. “I focused on the rules and mechanics of the game and applied what I had read on the field.” In 2001, Ms. Brunson set her goal on officiating on the collegiate level and began attending college football camps with the MEAC and SIAC. In 2006, she became a reserve official in the SIAC and in 2007, while still on the reserve list officials with the SIAC; was afforded the opportunity to work the clock, while at the same time observing the on field mechanics of the Line Judge position.

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