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SIAC Tournament: Recaps of the 2011 SIAC Basketball Tournament; Championship Games to be Streamed Live on MajicGroove.com

Atlanta, GA— Championship games for the 2011 SIAC Basketball Tournament will be streamed live on via internet on majicgroove.com on Saturday, March 5th.

Both men’s and women’s championship games of the 2011 SIAC Basketball Tournament will be shown live by www.majicgroove.com. This marks the first time that MajicGroove will broadcast video of SIAC basketball championship events.

“The SIAC is a conference with a rich tradition of sports and a fan base that is passionate about its institutions,” said Frankie Johnson, managing owner, MajicGroove.com. “We look forward to the 2011 SIAC Basketball Championships being the first webcast video events from Atlanta, Georgia to be broadcast on MajicGroove.com.”

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Day 3 Recap of the 2011 SIAC Basketball Tournament

#1 Fort Valley State Lady Wildcats vs. #4 Benedict Lady Tigers

The Fort Valley State Lady Wildcats defeat the Benedict Lady Tigers, 74-60, at Frank L. Forbes Arena to advance to the women’s championship game.

#4 Clark Atlanta Panthers vs. #1 Benedict Tigers

The Benedict College Tigers the #1 seed in the year’s tournament clashed with #4 seed Clark-Atlanta University Panthers, in semi-final action, in the Forbes Arena. It was the Panthers (21-8) who played like they were the #1 seed, racing past the Benedict Tigers (21-7), 75-52.

#3 Miles Lady Bears vs. #7 Stillman Lady Tigers

The SIAC Women’s Basketball Championship game is set after the Miles Lady Bears defeated the Stillman College Lady Tigers, 62-44.

#2 Stillman Tigers vs. #3 Tuskegee Golden Tigers

Stillman College (22-6) earned the right to play for the SIAC men’s basketball championship, by soundly defeating the Golden Tigers of Tuskegee University (19-9) 99-81. The Tigers will play the Clark-Atlanta University Panthers, 6:00 pm tomorrow, for the SIAC Championship, in the Forbes Arena.


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Day 2 Recap of the 2011 SIAC Basketball Tournament

#3 Miles Lady Bears vs. #6 Tuskegee Tigerettes

Day two of the 78th Annual Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Basketball Tournament was the start of quarterfinal action. In women’s play, the number three seed Lady Bears of Miles College began tournament play after a first round bye. In a 2 p.m. match up at Forbes Arena on the Morehouse College campus, the Lady Bears met the number six seed Tigerettes of Tuskegee University who advanced to the quarterfinals after an opening round win over Claflin University.

With Tuskegee forced to foul with 18 seconds left, two free throws by the Lady Bears sealed the Miles win and sent them into the semifinals with a 66-63 win.

#2 Stillman Tigers vs. #7 Claflin Panthers

Atlanta, Ga.—In game six of the SIAC Basketball Men’s Tournament, the no. 2 seed, Stillman Tigers defeated the no. 7 seed, Claflin University Panthers 70-58 at L.S. Epps Gymnasium on the campus of Clark Atlanta University.

With this win, Stillman improves to 21-6 overall and will advance in the tournament. Claflin falls to 12-16 and was eliminated from the tournament.

#2 Albany State Lady Rams vs. #7 Stillman Lady Tigers

Atlanta, Ga.—In game six of the SIAC Basketball Women’s Tournament, the no. 7 seed, Stillman Lady Tigers upset the no. 2 seed, Albany State University Lady Rams 66-64 at L.S. Epps Gymnasium on the campus of Clark Atlanta University.

#1 Benedict Tigers vs. #9 Paine Lions

The number seed Benedict Tigers defeated the number nine Paine Lions, 77-72, in the quarterfinal round of the 2011 SIAC Basketball Tournament at Morehouse’s Frank L. Forbes Arena.

#1 Fort Valley State Lady Wildcats vs. #9 Lane Lady Dragons

The Fort Valley State Lady Wildcats defeated the Lane Lady Dragons in a rout, 86-63, at Frank L. Forbes Arena during the 2011 SIAC Tournament women’s quarterfinal action.

#4 Clark Atlanta Panthers vs. #5 Kentucky State Thorobreds

The Clark Atlanta Panthers advanced to the semifinals of the 2011 SIAC Men’s Basketball Tournament by defeating the Kentucky State Thorobreds, 81-62, at Epps Gymnasium.

#4 Benedict Lady Tigers vs. #5 Kentucky State Thorobrettes

The Lady Tigers of Benedict defeated the Kentucky State Thorobrettes, 58-50, in the quarterfinal round of the 2011 SIAC Basketball Tournament at Clark Atlanta’s L.S Epps Gymnasium.

#3 Tuskegee Golden Tigers vs. #6 Morehouse Maroon Tigers

Atlanta, GA- The Golden Tigers of Tuskegee University (18-8) advances to the SIAC semi-finals with a 78-72 hard fought victory over the Maroon Tigers ( 14-13) of Morehouse College. The loss eliminated Morehouse from the tournament.

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Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Day 1 Recap of the 2011 SIAC Basketball Tournament

Here is a recap of Day 1 action from the 2011 SIAC Basketball Tournament in Atlanta:

#8 LeMoyne-Owen Magicians vs. #9 Paine Lions (Men)

ATLANTA--Chris Hunt hit a layup with eight seconds remaining and Tony Baker hit two free throws to seal the victory, as the Paine College Lions won 68-65, over the LeMoyne-Owen Magicians in game one of the SIAC tournament. LeMoyne-Owen enjoyed a 32-25 half-time lead, but couldn’t hold on down the stretch, in the close game that featured six ties and seven lead changes.

#7 Claflin Panthers vs. #10 Fort Valley State Wildcats (Men)

Atlanta, GA- The Claflin Panthers (12-15) live to play another day after surviving a furious rally from the Fort Valley Wildcats who ended their season 9-20 with a 59-55 defeat, in the opening round of the 2011 SIAC Basketball Tournament.

#8 LeMoyne-Owen Lady Magicians vs. #9 Lane Lady Dragons (Women)

Atlanta, GA—The ninth seed Lane College Lady Dragons defeated the eighth seed Paine College Lady Lions in the first round of the SIAC Women’s Basketball Tournament at Frank L. Forbes Arena on Wednesday.

#5 Kentucky State Thorobrettes vs. #12 Paine Lady Lions (Women)

Atlanta, GA-Kentucky State University defeated Paine College 59-39 in the first round of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament held at Clark Atlanta University’s L.S. Epps Gymnasium Wednesday.

#4 Clark Atlanta Panthers vs. #13 Lane College Dragons (Men)

Atlanta, GA—In game three of the SIAC Basketball Men’s Tournament, the no. 4 seed Clark Atlanta University Panthers (CAU) defeated the no. 13 seed Lane College Dragons (LC) at Frank L. Forbes Arena on the campus of Morehouse College.

With this win, Clark Atlanta improves to 18-7 overall and will advance in the tournament. Lane falls to 5-20 and was eliminated from the tournament.

#5 Kentucky State Thorobreds vs. #12 Albany State Golden Rams (Men)

No. 5 seed Kentucky State defeated the no. 12 seed Albany State, 66-64. Kentucky State advances to take on No. 4 seed Clark Atlanta tomorrow at 6 p.m.

#6 Tuskegee Golden Tigrettes vs. #11 Claflin Lady Panthers (Women)

The Lady Golden Tigerettes of Tuskegee (15-11) seeded #6 in the SIAC Women’s Tournament bracket raced past the #11 seed Lady Panthers of Claflin University (8-18) 68-50, in the Forbes Arena, on the Morehouse College campus.

#6 Morehouse Maroon Tigers vs. #11 Miles Golden Bears (Men)

The night cap game on day one of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Basketball Tournament featured the sixth ranked Maroon Tigers of Morehouse College and the eleventh ranked Bears of Miles College in men’s action. The Maroon Tigers who came away winners, 66-63.

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Claflin begins SIAC tourney play Wednesday

ATLANTA - The road to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship will start Wednesday with play-in games in Atlanta for the Claflin men's and women's basketball teams.

After finishing the regular season with two straight wins, the seventh-seed Panthers (11-15) will face 10th-seed Fort Valley State (8-20) at 2 p.m. in L.S. Epps Gymnasium on the campus of Clark-Atlanta University. The Claflin men swept the season series with the Wildcats and the winner will face second-seed Stillman College at 2 p.m Thursday in the same gymnasium.

Within proximity of Clark-Atlanta, the 11th-seed Claflin women (8-18) will look to shake off a season-ending six-game losing streak when they open play in Frank L. Forbes Arena at Morehouse College against sixth-seed Tuskegee University (15-11).

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Randall, Claflin Panthers hungry for SIAC Baseball title

Claflin head baseball coach James Randall couldn't help but to think about what could have been. With his team just two games away from the 2010 SIAC Baseball Tournament's championship game, the Panthers saw their quest to be the conference's best team dashed at the hands of eventual champion Stillman College. Now that the season is here, Randall and his squad are ready to set their sights on a title run once again.

"Our mindset going in is to win our conference championship," Randall said. "From day one, our goal is to put ourselves in a position to win the conference championship."

Led by preseason All-SIAC selections Julius McDougal, Donald Smith, Leonard Williams and Fedor Herrera, the Panthers return a number of players from their 2010 campaign in hopes of winning a title and earning a bid in the NCAA Division II Championship tournament.

Claflin falls to USC Beaufort in opener of 2011 season

Tuesday proved to be a long day for James Randall. The Claflin University head baseball coach arrived at historic Mirmow Field at 3:30 a.m. to work on a soggy infield, ensuring that the surface was playable for his team and the visiting USC Beaufort Sandsharks. About 15 hours later, Randall's hands were tied as he could only watch as the Sandsharks capitalized on critical infield miscues, handing his Panthers a season-opening 9-3 loss.

Claflin (0-1) wasted no time taking a 1-0 lead when Chauncey Davis, who reached thanks to a leadoff walk, scored on a sacrifice fly by Randolph Brown in the bottom of the first inning.

USC Beaufort (1-0) responded in the top of the second with two runs of their own. After reaching on a 1-out walk and stealing second, Keifer Youmans tied the game 1-1 on an RBI double by Brett Martin. Two batters later, David O'Neal drove in Martin on a single, giving the Sandsharks a 2-1 lead.

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Claflin University 2011 Baseball Schedule

Panthers Baseball Roster Profiles (.pdf)

OPPONENT DATE DAY GAME TIME SITE
USC-BEAUFORT FEB. 8 TUESDAY S 2:00 PM HOME
BREWTON-PARKER FEB. 12 SATURDAY D/H 1:00 PM HOME
COKER COLLEGE FEB. 15 TUESDAY S 2:30 PM HARTSVILLE, SC
DAVIS & ELKINS FEB. 19 SATURDAY D/H 12:00 PM HOME
DAVIS & ELKINS FEB. 20 SUNDAY S 2:00 PM HOME
SAVANNAH STATE FEB. 23 WEDNESDAY S 2:00 PM SAVANNAH, GA
PAINE COLLEGE FEB. 25 FRIDAY S 1:00 PM HOME
VOORHEES COLLEGE MAR. 2 WEDNESDAY D/H 12:00 PM DENMARK, SC
USC-BEAUFORT MAR. 8 TUESDAY S 4:00 PM BLUFFTON, SC
PAINE COLLEGE MAR. 12 SATURDAY D/H 12:00 PM AUGUSTA, GA
PAINE COLLEGE MAR. 13 SUNDAY S 1:00 PM AUGUSTA, GA
ELIZABETH CITY ST. MAR. 15 TUESDAY D/H 1:00 PM HOME
ST. AUGUSTINE'S MAR. 16 WEDNESDAY S 5:00 PM HOME
ALBANY STATE MAR. 19 SATURDAY D/H 12:00 PM ALBANY, GA
ALBANY STATE MAR. 20 SUNDAY S 1:00 PM ALBANY, GA
ST. AUGUSTINE'S MAR. 23 WEDNESDAY D/H 2:00 PM RALEIGH, NC
TUSKEGEE MAR. 26 SATURDAY D/H 12:00 PM TUSKEGEE, AL
TUSKEGEE MAR. 27 SUNDAY S 1:00 PM TUSKEGEE, AL
MORRIS COLLEGE MAR. 30 WEDNESDAY S 5:00 PM HOME
STILLMAN COLLEGE APR. 2 SATURDAY D/H 12:00 PM HOME
STILLMAN COLLEGE APR. 2 SUNDAY S 1:00 PM HOME
MORRIS COLLEGE APR. 5 TUESDAY S 5:00 PM SUMTER, SC
CLARK-ATLANTA APR. 9 SATURDAY D/H 12:00 PM ATLANTA, GA
CLARK-ATLANTA APR. 10 SUNDAY S 1:00 PM ATLANTA, GA
COKER COLLEGE APR. 12 TUESDAY S 6:00 PM HOME
MOREHOUSE APR. 16 SATURDAY D/H 12:00 PM HOME
MOREHOUSE APR. 17 SUNDAY S 1:00 PM HOME
VOORHEES COLLEGE APR. 19 TUESDAY D/H 4:00 PM HOME
BENEDICT COLLEGE APR. 23 SATURDAY D/H 12:00 PM HOME
BENEDICT COLLEGE APR. 24 SUNDAY S 1:00 PM HOME
SIAC TOURNAMENT APR. 27-30 WEDNESDAY TBA ALBANY, GA


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Week 5: Pretenders vs. Contenders

CIAA
Winston Salem State 49, Johnson C. Smith 3
Saint Augustine's 42, Fayetteville State 36
Shaw 34, Livingstone 0
Chowan 35, Virginia Union 34
Elizabeth City State 30, Saint Paul's 12
Virginia State 16, Bowie State 15

SIAC
Albany State 43, Lane 13
Tuskegee 51, Miles 0
E. Kentucky 58, Kentucky State 7
Fort Valley State 41, Benedict 13
Clark Atlanta 19, Stillman 14

SWAC
Mississippi State 49, Alcorn State 16
Texas Southern 21, Alabama State 7
Arkansas Pine Bluff 41, Southern 23
Grambling State 25, Alabama A&M 22
Prairie View A&M 34, Mississippi Valley 13
Jackson State (Bye)

MEAC
South Carolina State 19, Florida A&M 0
Bethune Cookaman 69, Morgan State 32
Howard 28, Lincoln (Pa.) 14
Tennessee State 37, North Carolina A&T 7 (Circle City Classic)
Liberty 52, Savannah State 14
Hampton 20, Delaware State 14 (Thursday)
Norfolk State, North Carolina Central (Bye)



South Carolina State University's Marching 101 will take on Norfolk State University's Spartan Legion in the "Man vs. Beast: Brawl in the Burg" band battle. The event will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, at Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center on the campus of S.C. State.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. For more information or tickets, call 803-536-8579, 1-800-298-9157 or 803-533-3691.

Colleges quietly charge millions in fees to support athletics

Linda Randall says her daughter, Randi-Lyn, a student at Radford University in southwestern Virginia, is not a "die-hard" follower of the Highlanders sports teams.

Even so, by the time Randi-Lyn graduates in 2012, her parents probably will have paid an average of nearly $1,000 a year in fees to the school's athletics department. They just didn't know it from the school's billing statements or website.

"We're looking at five years because she changed majors. That's $5,000," Randall says. "That's one of her loans. That would have paid rent off-campus for a year. It's kind of disheartening. I don't think I'd have as much of a problem with it if I knew I was paying it. With what we're paying, it doesn't seem right."

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NOTE: Tennessee State University student athletic fee of $224 generates $1.95M of the Tigers $8.62M 2010/11 athletic budget. TSU is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference and has the second lowest student athletic fee of nine Division I public school programs in Tennessee.

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• Chart: Analyzing the percentage of tuition that goes to athletics
• PDF: 2010-11 Athletic spending in Tennessee

Tennessee State University Aristocrat of Bands performance at Tennessee Titans vs. Pittsburgh Steelers game on 9/18/2010.

SIAC Football moves to Divisional Alignment and will play Inaugural Championship Game in 2011

Atlanta, GA — The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) is proud to announce that football will move to divisional play starting in 2011. The 10 football-playing members will be aligned into two five-team divisions—East and West.

As a result, the SIAC will also play its inaugural championship football game in 2011. The game will be played November 12, 2011 at a location yet to be determined.

“Moving to an East-West divisional format will not only provide our teams with an opportunity to compete for divisional championships, but also allow the SIAC to determine its conference champion by playing the first ever SIAC Championship Football Game, which we are very excited about,” says Commissioner Greg Moore.

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Symonds Leads Group Preparing Launch Of HBCU Network

Dedicated To African-American Universities, Sports Channel Looks To Summer 2011 Bow

Historically Black Colleges and Universities will have a cable channel to call their own next summer with the proposed launch of the independently-owned and sports-themed HBCU Network.

The basic-cable service, targeting African-American and multicultural high school and college- aged students will be anchored by live Division I and II college sports programming from the major HBCU sports conferences, as well as HBCU-produced educational and entertainment programming, according to network CEO and former BET executive Curtis Symonds.

"This is an opportunity to talk about the 143-year history of HBCUs and provide opportunities for their growth and future prosperity and target a demographic that advertisers want to reach," Symonds told Multichannel News.

Independent holding company C3 Media LLC, comprising veteran cable executives Symonds, Clint Evans and Candace Walker, hold a majority financial stake in HBCU Network, which will be based in Atlanta. Symonds noted that the group is talking to other potential investors, but would not reveal specifics.

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Check the CIAA/SIAC Score Card

Morehouse 34, Benedict 27 O.T.
Albany State (Ga.) 42, Kentucky State 12
Virginia State 30, Livingstone 6
Saint Paul's College 28, West Virginia Wesleyan 35
Bowie State 14, Seton Hill 20
Winston Salem State 47, Virginia Union 13
Clark Atlanta 20, Lane College 6
Elizabeth City State 45, Johnson C. Smith 27
Chowan 10, Lenoir-Rhyne 59
Fort Valley State 24, Miles College 3

Suprises of the Weekend: Bowie State falling to a cupcake -- Seton Hill and WSSU pounding VUU Panthers.

Palmetto Capital City Classic: Benedict aims to keep moving up‎

Benedict aims to keep moving up

At this rate, Benedict College might get a Chick-Fil-A Bowl invitation before long. The Tigers in their breakthrough season of 2009 went 8-3, the best record since the school took up football again in 1995.

Led by versatile quarterback Pat Riley, head coach Stanley Conner's team won eight of its last nine games and finished 6-3 in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. It was an exciting leap for a program that went 7-15 the previous two years. Riley returns for his senior season as the SIAC's 2009 leader in total offense. The 6-0, 180-pound native of Attapulgus, Ga., rushed for 1,088 yards and threw for 887 in Benedict's option style offense.

Jeffries gets key to city

Fresh from induction ceremonies at the College Football Hall of Fame last month, Willie Jeffries found himself in the spotlight again on Monday at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.

The legendary coach, who spent the majority of his 29-year career as South Carolina State, was the guest of honor at a reception hosted by the Palmetto Capital City Classic committee and the City of Columbia that kicked off a week of activities leading to Saturday’s game between Benedict College and Morehouse at Charlie W. Johnson Stadium.

Mayor Steve Benjamin presented Jeffries with a key to the city.

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SIAC signs five-year contract with Crons

The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) has signed a five-year agreement with The Crons Brand™, making it the official uniform and apparel provider for the conference and its member schools.

Crons will be the exclusive provider of SIAC Championship apparel and gear for all student-athletes and conference championships. The company will outfit teams in conference-sponsored sports with game uniforms, practice and workout gear, and travel apparel.

The SIAC becomes the first NCAA Division II conference to join The Crons Brand™, one of the fastest growing team sports apparel brands in the country. Crons, which created its name as an acronym from the phrase “Come ready or never start,” is based in Pittsburgh and describes what it sells as “motivational apparel.” Crons’s founder and owner is Pat Cavanaugh, 42, who played in the NCAA basketball tournament three times as a walk-on starter at Pittsburgh in the late 1980s.

“When I began the search for a new apparel partner, I wanted a company that understood the rich ethos of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities in general and the SIAC in particular. As a relatively new brand, Crons “Come Ready Or Never Start” approach not only mirrors the commitment and work ethic of our student-athletes, but Crons is also well positioned to tap into the enormous brand building, taste making, and trendsetting prowess of our nearly 35,000 SIAC students and SIAC 400,000 alumni,” stated SIAC Commissioner Greg Moore.

The Crons Brand is also the official apparel and uniform provider for the Big South Conference, Robert Morris University, University of Texas-Pan America, and others. “It’s kind of the haves and have-nots these days, and Crons is taking advantage of that, making quality apparel that’s affordable” for our fans and sports teams.

Come ready or never start!

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ASU Hall of Fame set to induct five new members on Sept. 10

ALBANY, GA — A quintet of Albany State University alumni are about to go from legendary to immortal. Five distinguished individuals — Dr. Wilburn Campbell Jr., Dr. John I. Davis, Johnny Seabrooks, Timothy Goff and Antonio Leroy — will be inducted into the Albany State University Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2010 on Sept. 10 as part of the school’s 11th Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Albany State University HPER Gymnasium.

Campbell is an associate member of the ASU National Alumni Association and was the swimming coach at Albany State from 1969 to 1982. During that span, his swimming and diving teams were SIAC Champions from 1975 to 1981. Campbell’s swimming and diving teams were the first National Black College Champions in 1979, and he was SIAC Coach of the Year. His team repeated as National Black College Champions in 1980. Campbell is the only Albany State coach to win a college national championship. As a coach, Dr. Campbell contributed to the success of numerous students.

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SIAC moves headquarters to Atlanta

SIAC Commissioner Gregory Moore continues to take steps to strengthen the conference’s visibility by moving its offices to downtown Atlanta.

ATLANTA, GA – Better web site? Check. Facebook? Check. Move to a more appropriate location? Check again. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference officially moved its headquarters from Tucker to Atlanta on Friday, the latest move in an effort to increase public awareness for the conference. “The move to downtown Atlanta is beneficial to the SIAC and its member institutions,” said Edythe Bradley, Albany State’s University Sports Information Director. “The move means more visibility and more exposure in a corporate environment.”

The relocation to the South Tower of the Peachtree Center — which is in the heart of downtown Atlanta — makes sense, since it is closer to sponsors and the location of the SIAC basketball conference championship, but it isn’t exactly new territory. “The irony of the whole thing is that we moved back into the same building we were in 10 years ago,” SIAC Commissioner Gregory Moore told The Herald in an exclusive interview by telephone Friday. “But it’ll make the basketball tournament bigger and better, and increase the visiblity of the conference, where we’ve made great strides in the past.

“The goal is to make our conference more accessible as well.” Moore — who made the decision for the move after consulting with advisors — has also made a series of changes since he was hired a year and a half ago, among them adding a Facebook page for the conference and signing a deal with web design company SIDEARM Sports to increase visibility on the Internet.

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SIAC NEW ADDRESS:

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Peachtree Center- South Tower
225 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 1975
Atlanta, GA 30303
NEW PHONE NUMBER: 404-221-1041
NEW FAX NUMBER: 404-221-1042

Pioneer Bowl enters into 3-year deal with Columbus

COLUMBUS, GA – The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) have entered into a three-year deal to host the Pioneer Bowl in Columbus, Georgia.

The agreement, made in conjunction with the city of Columbus and the Columbus Sports Council, will begin with this year's contest marked for Saturday, December 4, 2010. All games will be played at A.J. McClung Memorial Stadium, a 17,000-seat facility in the city of Columbus.

"Columbus is a bustling city and a perfect fit for the Pioneer Bowl," says CIAA Commissioner Leon G. Kerry. "The Pioneer Bowl is an important game for the HBCU and Division II football communities and we're glad that the city of Columbus is excited to partner in this tradition with us."




"I am extremely delighted about the opportunity to bring the Pioneer Bowl to a terrific host city. We will work hard to ensure that Pioneer XII offers our students, alumni and fans a rich and exciting bowl game experience," said SIAC Commissioner Greg Moore.

The Pioneer Bowl is the only NCAA sanctioned bowl game involving HBCU athletic conferences and one of only three sanctioned bowl games in Division II. Started in 1997, the game features teams from the CIAA and the SIAC. Last year's nail-biter saw Tuskegee University (SIAC) defeat Elizabeth City State University (CIAA), 21-7.

This year will mark the 12th installment of the bowl game and its first appearance in Columbus. Atlanta, GA, Mobile, AL, Charlotte, NC, and Columbia, SC, (2009) have all served as host cities to this historic game.

FOR MORE INFO, GO TO SIAC (www.TheSIAC.com), CIAA (www.TheCIAA.com),

Main Street Expands With CIAA and SIAC Sports

After 4,189 postings on black college sports, I believe we have learned a few things about the main stream press coverage of our Division I historical black colleges and universities.

First, the coverage is not equal, especially for institutions located in the States of Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Secondly, HBCUs can help themselves by updating their own athletic websites (daily) with future events, breaking news stories and press releases on the sport news on their campus. Finally, for changeovers in coaching personnel, HBCUs should release the story first on their school websites, so that their Administration's perspective gets out on the Internet before the facts get twisted by the local press corps.

For sometime now, I have been attempting to stop blogging and posting at "MEAC/SWAC Sports Main Street" due to a need to devote time to other interests. But, I have a burning passion for HBCU sports and bands and can never find enough real-time information on either topic at one site--the very basis of this blog.

It is very difficult to argue with the facts--the data shows that this blog serves a very useful purpose and generates a considerable following around the globe. Here is what today's Google Analytic metrics says about the MEAC/SWAC Sports Main Street blog:

• Over 253,623 visits have been made to the site this year, using 82 languages. There has been 429,355 page views and over 20,000 visitors have visited the site over 201+ times. The 253,623 visits came from 164 countries/territories; and approximately 239,904 from the United States, 3199 from Canada, 1217 from the United Kingdom, 946 from Germany, 477 from France and 69 from Iraq, just to name a few.

• Within the U.S., the top States with visitors to this blog are: Florida (39,394), Georgia (19,433), North Carolina (18,976), Texas (18,050), Virginia (14,172), Maryland (13,024), New York (10,817), Alabama (9,304), and California (9,218). Visitors came from all states with a high number from states with no HBCU or HBCU Division I institutions -- like California, New Jersey (4497), Michigan (3536), Pennsylvania (4338) and Illinois (5509). One could conclude that these states have a high concentration of HBCU graduates or fans/followers of black college Division I sports.

• In examining the data from Florida and the 39,394 visits via 562 cities, Tallahassee lead the pack with over 8,903 visits, followed by Orlando (2,652), Hialeah (2155), Miami (2000), Jacksonville (1723) and Lakeland (944). The greater number of visitors to the site in Florida are located in the big cities and urban areas. But more importantly, the fans in small towns and communities, visit the site just as often as fans in urban areas, according to the data.

Effective today, we are going to broaden our content to include the Division II, Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC). There is no reason not to give the CIAA and the SIAC the same level of exposure that the MEAC and SWAC have enjoyed from this ONE MAN-- three year effort. Our goal is simply to provide greater global exposure and expand interests in our Historical Black Colleges and Universities athletic programs and their exceptional student-athletes.

We have a wonderful story to tell and it should be told from both a black perspective that accentuate the positives of HBCU culture and athletic accomplishments.

Recently, we did a blog on the football accomplishments of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The school was formally know as Maryland State College and played football in the CIAA, prior to ending the football program in 1980. The school's football coach, Vernon "Skip" McCain was legendary, but has been generally forgotten by main street America.

We are talking about a school--UMES-- that produced over 25 NFL players, including Pro Football Hall of Famer and the first African American NFL head coach of the modern era in Art Shell ( Oakland Raiders); College Football Hall of Famer and Super Bowl III star half-back Emerson Boozer of the New York Jets; and Roger Brown, an anchor of the Fearsome Foursome of the Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams. Both Brown and Coach Skip McCain have been enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.

Few articles are written on trailblazing pioneers of HBCU sports like Skip McCain (UMES), Jake Gaither (FAMU), John Merritt (TSU) , Clarence Big House Gaines (WSSU), Willie Jefferies (SCSU), Davey L. Whitney (Alcorn St.) and many other black icons of the modern era.

Few know that five UMES Hawks played in Super Bowl III, tying an NFL record with Florida State University for the most players in a single Super Bowl game from the same college.

How many know of Rudy Hubbard, Marino Casem, William "Billy Joe" or Arnett Mumford accomplishments. How many of you grasshoppers know that the second African American coach to win an NBA championship is none other than Alvin Attles from North Carolina A&T State University.

Attles is in the CIAA Hall of Fame, played 11 seasons in the NBA as a guard and ended his NBA coaching career with 588-548 overall in 14 seasons with 6 playoff appearances. His #16 was retired by the Golden State Warriors.

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CIAA - "Established in 1912"

Northern Division

Bowie State University

Chowan University

Elizabeth City State University

Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)

Saint Paul's College

Virginia State University

Virginia Union University

Southern Division

Fayetteville State University

Johnson C. Smith University

Livingstone College

Saint Augustine's College

Shaw University

Winston Salem State University

SIAC - "Established in 1913"
School: Location: Year Joined SIAC:
Albany State University, Albany, GA 1969
Benedict College, Columbia, SC 1932
Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC 2008
Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA * 1913
Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA 1941
Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY 1997
Lane College, Jackson, TN 1929
LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, TN 1932
Miles College, Fairfield, AL 1927
Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA * 1913
Paine College, Augusta, GA 1985
Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, AL 1978
Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL * 1913

*Founding Member Institution of the SIAC

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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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