EAST LANSING, Michigan — For the first time in four years, the championship match of the Michigan Women's Amateur Golf Championship doesn't include a Flint-area player. Flint's Shasta Averyhardt and Grand Blanc's Ashley Bauer both bowed out of the state's premier amateur event for women in today's semifinals at Walnut Hills Country Club.
Averyhardt, who finished second a year ago, was beaten 1 up in 21 holes by Stephany Fleet of DeWitt while defending champion Laura Bavaird of Grosse Ile eliminated Bauer 1 up. Averyhardt and Bauer were both making their second appearance in the final four. Bauer lost in last year's semifinals to Averyhardt, who fell in the championship match when Bavaird rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
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Saturday, July 5, 2008
Coleman Preaches Success at UAPB
Photo: UAPB Golden Lions first year head coach Monte Coleman.
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Changes are in the mix for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Golden Lions. The Golden Lions' successful recruiting class and eight returning starters will be the beginnings for new head coach Monte Coleman. Coleman is the same retired Washington Redskin linebacker who won three Super Bowl rings and played in the National Football League for 16 seasons.
Upon retirement, Coleman said he was denying himself of his true calling. As legendary as he's become in the sport that he now coaches, Coleman is also a prominent minister in the Assemblies of God denomination. "I was actually coming back to Pine Bluff to be a minister, then an opportunity here became available and I came on board," Coleman said.
"My first hope is for winning football games. I'm not used to losing. I especially want to win when I'm on the football field, but it takes players being disciplined. As a football team, if we put discipline in every thing we do, we can have some major accomplishments."
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Changes are in the mix for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Golden Lions. The Golden Lions' successful recruiting class and eight returning starters will be the beginnings for new head coach Monte Coleman. Coleman is the same retired Washington Redskin linebacker who won three Super Bowl rings and played in the National Football League for 16 seasons.
Upon retirement, Coleman said he was denying himself of his true calling. As legendary as he's become in the sport that he now coaches, Coleman is also a prominent minister in the Assemblies of God denomination. "I was actually coming back to Pine Bluff to be a minister, then an opportunity here became available and I came on board," Coleman said.
"My first hope is for winning football games. I'm not used to losing. I especially want to win when I'm on the football field, but it takes players being disciplined. As a football team, if we put discipline in every thing we do, we can have some major accomplishments."
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Grambling's Resurgence Like Old Times for SWAC
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Jackson State again should be favored to win the East Division, but the talent in the league is well-dispersed among five other teams, any of which could find their way to Birmingham in December. Grambling will have to fight off Southern, which was up-and-down last year, in the West. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, with Monte Coleman taking over as head coach, has the running game and the defense to contend.
Brandon Landers returns at quarterback for Grambling. Landers improved his passing completion rate from 51 percent in 2006 to 56 percent in 2007, throwing for 23 touchdowns. But his interceptions also jumped from 11 to 18. Landers' top four receivers from 2007 have used up their eligibility, leaving senior Nick Lewis as the most experienced threat...
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Jackson State again should be favored to win the East Division, but the talent in the league is well-dispersed among five other teams, any of which could find their way to Birmingham in December. Grambling will have to fight off Southern, which was up-and-down last year, in the West. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, with Monte Coleman taking over as head coach, has the running game and the defense to contend.
Brandon Landers returns at quarterback for Grambling. Landers improved his passing completion rate from 51 percent in 2006 to 56 percent in 2007, throwing for 23 touchdowns. But his interceptions also jumped from 11 to 18. Landers' top four receivers from 2007 have used up their eligibility, leaving senior Nick Lewis as the most experienced threat...
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DSU's Thompson calls it a career in Arena Football
He hoped to play for one season, but hung around for 13. He had never touched the ball on offense in his life, but finished as one of the leading rushers in league history. And he made his mark off the field, too.
"Not bad for a guy from little old Delaware State," Leroy Thompson said. "I never expected things to work out the way they did, and I never expected to have the career that I had. And now I'm ready for new challenges."
Thompson, an All-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference player for the Hornets in the early 1990s, recently retired after 13 seasons in the Arena Football League. He spent the first nine seasons with the Albany (later Indiana) Firebirds, one season with the New Orleans VooDoo and the last three with the Columbus Destroyers.
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"Not bad for a guy from little old Delaware State," Leroy Thompson said. "I never expected things to work out the way they did, and I never expected to have the career that I had. And now I'm ready for new challenges."
Thompson, an All-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference player for the Hornets in the early 1990s, recently retired after 13 seasons in the Arena Football League. He spent the first nine seasons with the Albany (later Indiana) Firebirds, one season with the New Orleans VooDoo and the last three with the Columbus Destroyers.
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Q&A: Alabama State OC Noonan brings spread to Hornets
When Reggie Barlow hired Ben Noonan last January, most Alabama State fans had the same response: Who?
It was a reasonable reaction. After all, Noonan, 25, is a young guy who has coached only at West Texas A&M, a Division II school, and Baylor, where he was serving as grad assistant when Barlow came calling. He's called plays just once in his life and has absolutely no connections to ASU or any other historically black college football program.
He was as much of a mystery to fans as he could possibly be. And for the most part, he's remained one. The majority of ASU fans still have no idea who Noonan is, why he was hired and what his plans are.
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It was a reasonable reaction. After all, Noonan, 25, is a young guy who has coached only at West Texas A&M, a Division II school, and Baylor, where he was serving as grad assistant when Barlow came calling. He's called plays just once in his life and has absolutely no connections to ASU or any other historically black college football program.
He was as much of a mystery to fans as he could possibly be. And for the most part, he's remained one. The majority of ASU fans still have no idea who Noonan is, why he was hired and what his plans are.
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UMES Track Athlete Fothergill Heading To Beijing Olympics
KINGSTON, JAMAICA--Allodin Fothergill has had a stellar sophomore year for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES). From the start of an early indoor season he has garnered All-MEAC honors, earning two gold medals in the conference championship (200, 400-meter dashes). He then placed 10th in the 400 meter-dash in the NCAA Division I 2008 Indoor Championships (47.24). His performances during the Outdoor season improved as he qualified for the NCAA East Regional track meet. On the big stage he ran 46.40 to advance to the Outdoor National Championship. For personal reasons he would not make the trip to Iowa. But his season wasn't over.
Taking this time off proved successful for the Jamaican native as he returned home to reunite with family and compete in Jamaica's Olympic Trials in Kingston. To say Fothergill represented UMES well would be an understatement. In the 400-meter semifinals he placed third in his heat to advance to the finals. In the final round Fothergill scorched the track to a 4th place finish and an amazing time of 45.97. With his performance Fothergill was named to the Jamaican Olympic team for this year's 2008 Beijing China Olympic Games.
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Taking this time off proved successful for the Jamaican native as he returned home to reunite with family and compete in Jamaica's Olympic Trials in Kingston. To say Fothergill represented UMES well would be an understatement. In the 400-meter semifinals he placed third in his heat to advance to the finals. In the final round Fothergill scorched the track to a 4th place finish and an amazing time of 45.97. With his performance Fothergill was named to the Jamaican Olympic team for this year's 2008 Beijing China Olympic Games.
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Summer tour has brought Broadway, Ellis to Grambling faithful
GRAMBLING — For Grambling legend Wilbert Ellis, the summer has been busy —and more than a little nostalgic. He's spent the bulk of the past few weeks on the road with second-year GSU football coach Rod Broadway, visiting alumni and boosters for the program and a proposed museum in honor of Ellis’ old friend, the late gridiron great Eddie Robinson.
Ellis, a former baseball skipper and athletic administrator at Grambling, used to make similar appearances across the Deep South with Robinson during their coaching tenures. “It’s kind of like the old SWAC tours,” Ellis said. “You go from place to place similar to that — and you tell the Grambling story.”
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Ellis, a former baseball skipper and athletic administrator at Grambling, used to make similar appearances across the Deep South with Robinson during their coaching tenures. “It’s kind of like the old SWAC tours,” Ellis said. “You go from place to place similar to that — and you tell the Grambling story.”
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