Winston Salem Rams' reborn baseball program to open season today

After a 37-year absence, baseball is back at Winston-Salem State.

The Rams, with their program resurrected, are scheduled to open their season at 3 p.m. today at Wingate. And although there was rain in the forecast Monday night, there's only a 10-percent chance of precipitation at Wingate this afternoon. "We are monitoring the weather, but we hope we can play (today)," Coach Kevin Ritsche said.

Outfielder Dominique Fitzgerald, also a wide receiver on the football team, will start in center field and said he's looking forward to seeing how the Rams will fare. "It's exciting for the school to be playing baseball again," said Fitzgerald, a junior from Danville, Va. "It's going to be interesting to see how we can compete as a first-year program."

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Morehouse loses to Wingate in playoffs

WINGATE, N.C. -- Morehouse got plenty of breaks in Saturday afternoon’s 63-41 loss to Wingate in the first round of the NCAA Division II football playoffs.

The Maroon Tigers (8-3) recovered three fumbles, returning one for a touchdown, and set up another score with an interception. And they rolled up 471 yards of offense. Running back David Carter rushed for 167 yards and two more touchdowns on 29 carries, and quarterback Byron Ingram passed for 168 yards and ran for a touchdown.

But it wasn’t enough to stop a high-powered Wingate offense, which shook off a 17-7 deficit at the end of the first quarter and ended Morehouse’s first football postseason in front of nearly 4,000 fans at Irwin Belk Stadium.

Haffly's 7 touchdown passes get Bulldogs' offense back on track

WINGATE, N.C. - Sooner or later, the Wingate Bulldogs' football team scores some points. The South Atlantic Conference champions rode its high-powered offense to its first conference title. And in their first-ever NCAA Division II playoff game on Saturday, the Bulldogs (9-2) shook off early mistakes and a 10-point first-quarter deficit to blitz Morehouse 63-41 in front of about 4,000 fans at Irwin Belk Stadium.

"We want to score every time we get the ball, and we believe that we can," said Wingate quarterback Cody Haffly, who passed for 477 yards and a school record seven touchdowns as the Bulldogs rolled up 614 yards. "We're a resilient, veteran team and we didn't panic when we got behind."

Wingate trailed the Maroon Tigers (8-3), also making their first playoff appearance, 17-7 at...

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