Jackson State sends Prairie View into deep freeze in O.T.

Photo: Jackson State's Carena Easley, senior 5-10 guard scored 10 points, 8 rebounds and 1 block in the upset win over Prairie View. This former All-Stater is from Romulus, Michigan, Inkster H.S.

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas- The Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers (15-8, 10-1 SWAC) had a 12-game winning streak snapped with a 70-60 loss to the Jackson State Lady Tigers (12-10, 10-2 SWAC) in overtime. The Lady Panthers held a ten point advantage at 54-44 with 3:57 remaining in the contest. From that point JSU managed to go on a 12-2 run which was sparked by Dequisha Davis three point basket at the 3:38 mark of the half.

Jackson State went on to bring the game to a 56 all tie with fifteen seconds left to play in regulation. Prairie View A&M would subsequently answer taking a two point lead after a successful Candice Thomas lay-up with seven ticks left on the game clock.

The Lady Tigers weren’t quite ready to concede a PVAMU victory as they battled back to tie the game on an Erlexis Cooper lay-up as the game clock expired. The overtime period was all JSU as the Lady Tigers went on to outscore Prairie View A&M 12-to-2, in what was the games final stanza.

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North Carolina A&T wins shootout over UMES Hawks

Photo: UMES Ed Tyson scored 30 points (10 of 18, 5 of 5 3-pointers), 4 assists and 1 steal on the Aggies. The 6-2/200 sharp shooting guard is from Baltimore, MD Walbrook H.S.

GREENSBORO -- Austin Ewing scored 22 points, and N.C. A&T used a strong shooting performance to take a 95-85 victory over Maryland-Eastern Shore on Saturday.

The Aggies (13-11, 7-4 MEAC) took advantage of a hot hand in the first half and ran up a 48-31 lead, and that was the difference. The edge was built on 59.3 percent field goal shooting, compared to 37 percent shooting for the Hawks (4-22, 2-9).

Both teams heated up in the second half. UMES hit 61.1 percent of its shots, while A&T improved on the opening half with a 63 percent effort.

Ed Tyson hit all five of his 3-point shots and scored a game-high 30 points for the Hawks. Gary Lee scored 17, Ishmawlyl McFadden 13 and B.J. Nimocks 10 for UMES.

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WSSU Rams win 58-57 at Howard U. to end their road skid

Photo: Jamal Durham free throws help WSSU defeat a struggling Howard Bison team. The 6-6/215 junior forward and Computer Science major is from North Davidson H.S., Winston-Salem, N.C.








WASHINGTON, D.C. - Jamal Durham, who has been fighting a shooting slump, hit two crucial free throws with two seconds left last night to lift Winston-Salem State to a 58-57 victory over Howard.

The Rams broke a nine-game road losing streak this season and a 14-game road losing streak over the past two seasons. “It’s just a relief,” Durham said. “There’s no doubt that we’ve struggled on the road, so this is nice that I was able to help out my teammates and hit the shots.”

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Lady Eagles Soar Over Bethune Cookman Wildcats, 68-45

Photo: Whitney Cunningham scored 10 points to help defeat BCU. The 6-3 junior center is from Western H.S., Baltimore, MD and is majoring in Psycology.


DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Freshman Arielle Townes led five players in double figures with a career-high 12 points and Coppin State defeated Bethune-Cookman 68-45 in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play on Saturday in the Ocean Center.

Townes, from Joppatowne, Maryland finished the game 4-of-5 from the floor including making both of her three-point attempts. The Eagles also received 11 points from Rashida Suber and 10 points each from Whitney Cunningham, Shalamar Oakley and Sesalie Johnson.

Coppin State (14-11, 8-3 MEAC), which won for the eighth time in its last nine games, shot a school-record 93.3 percent from the foul line by making 14 of 15 attempts.

The Eagles limited Bethune-Cookman (4-19, 1-10 MEAC) to 20.6 percent shooting in the second half and 24.6 percent overall.

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Ashley Hampton leads St. John to the Final Four

Photo: Ashley Hampton blasted Merritt Island Christian with 29 points and 17 rebounds to move her team to the final four in Class 1A.

OCALA - The Ashley Hampton Express is headed to Lakeland.

The St. John forward and Florida A&M University Lady Rattlers basketball signee continued her postseason onslaught, hanging 29 points and 17 rebounds on second-ranked Merritt Island Christian Saturday night, and moving the Lady Saints into their first-ever Class 1A final four.

Sixth-ranked St. John (22-5) sprinted out to an 11-0 lead and cruised to the 57-45 victory in the 1A-2 region finals. "We're going to state," Hampton said after her fifth straight postseason double-double. "I'm unexplainable excited right now. "For three years we've been getting to the same point . . . but now we've got the determination and the drive, and the chemistry - it always goes back to the chemistry - we're just really lucky to have that."

St. John head coach Kim Pompey-Bell, who also happens to be Hampton's mother, couldn't hide her pride after leading the Saints to the final four in just her second season at the helm.

"It's amazing to watch (Ashley)," Pompey-Bell said. "I've taught her since she was 3-4 years old, so to see her grow and prosper and develop. She's amazing. And she gets better and better every game." "But it's a team effort. (Ashley's) got her talents and so do the other girls. Without the rest of them, she wouldn't be where she is now."

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Kim Pompey-Bell in her prep days was a basketball superstar at Vanguard High School, Ocala and at Division I, University of South Alabama, where she still holds the school record for 3-point shots made. In this case, the apple didn't fall too far from the tree for this blue chip student-athlete carrying a 4.42 grade point average.

Jackson State signs Pascagoula back touted as gamer

Photo: Jackson State University head football coach Rick Comegy is finding the players to keep the SWAC Championship trophy permanently in Jackson.

Jackson State football coach Rick Comegy said he'd be signing up to three more recruits after the Feb. 6 signing day passed last week. However, he didn't plan on finding one of those guys at the grocery store.

"I was shopping one day and met a guy who coached over at Millsaps," Comegy said. "He said, 'Coach, have you heard of this guy Vick Ballard?' I said no. "He said, 'Man, I'm telling you coach. ...' "

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How does a back/receiver that is rated a Rivals Two Star get overlooked by Mississippi Valley State University and Alcorn State University, programs that need a serious upgrade in talent? This 5-foot-11, 189-pounder out of Pascagoula is now a JSU Tiger. Ballard ran for 1,028 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior. He also caught 15 passes for 529 yards.

Sounds like a every down running back/receiver to us. Great signing class, JSU.

Alabama State Hornets sweep Alabama A&M Bulldogs

Photo: Alabama A&M University's 6-11/205 senior forward, Mickell Gladness had 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 block shots, but it was not enough for a Bulldog win over rival Alabama State in front of a home crowd of 5,291 at Elmore Gym.

HUNTSVILLE -- Different venue, same result. Behind 26 points from Andrew Hayles, Alabama State jumped out to a big first-half lead over rival Alabama A&M and didn't allow the Bulldogs within striking distance the rest of the way.

The Hornets swept the regular season series with an 85-70 win.

"Against A&M, you know we're going to be ready to play and come out strong," Hayles said. "That's how it was tonight. We were just focused and playing as a team from the start. Everybody played together and followed the game plan."

And so are the Hornets (14-8, 10-2).

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Simpson's half-court heave ends HU Pirates' slide

Photo: Sophomore guard Vincent Simpson, 6-1/170, was the game high scorer with 24 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. Simpson hit the game winning three point shot to avoid overtime. He is a product of Cardinal Dougherty H.S., Philadelphia, PA.



Vinny Simpson beats the buzzer and South Carolina State as Hampton wins at home after two straight road losses.

HAMPTON - Vinny Simpson's heave from half court as time expired went off the backboard and in to avert overtime and salvage a trying day for Hampton University's men's basketball team.

Hampton moved the ball in 2.4 seconds to beat South Carolina State 77-74 Saturday in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game at an electrified HU Convocation Center. Adrian Woodard found Simpson with the inbound pass on the right side, and Simpson took a dribble before turning and launching.

"I'm the third option on that play," Simpson said. "I usually don't loop across, I pop out from the 3-point line. But I saw an open spot.

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North Carolina A&T flatten UMES Lady Hawks

Photo: Ta'Wuana Cook scored 28 points and 5 assists in leading six Aggies players in double figures. The 5-8 sophomore guard from Fayetteville, N.C. Seventy-First H.S. is our choice for Player of the Year in the MEAC.





GREENSBORO, N.C. – The North Carolina A&T women’s basketball team won again with a 105-79 win over Maryland-Eastern Shore Saturday afternoon at Irvin-Corbett Court.

Once again the Aggies looked dominant against a MEAC team in the top half of the standings. And once again, the Aggies made it difficult for a team to figure out which Aggie to slow down as they placed six players in double figures led Ta’Wuana Cook’s 28 points and five assists.

The Aggies (18-5, 11-0) played so well, even the normally hard-to-please head coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs hinted for the first time this season that the 2007-08 Aggies might be a pretty good team.

“I don’t think there is any question we are hard to defend,’’ said Bibbs. “Last year people felt like if they stopped Amber Bland we would struggle. But this year we have people who can score, people who can finish, people who can make things happen and I don’t see anything wrong with that.”

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DSU Hornets miss chance to make up ground at NSU

Photo: Senior forward Roy Bright #45 had another monster game against Norfolk State scoring 29 points on 11 of 21 shots (7 of 14 3-pointers) as DSU fell short.

NORFOLK, Va. -- As they departed the Echols Hall floor, fighting through bouncing cheerleaders and playing band members to get to the dressing room, each Delaware State player walked briskly with his head straight as if in a drill line.

In a tightly played game with little room for error, three key mistakes with fewer than two minutes to play were DSU's undoing in a 65-63 loss to Norfolk State. The loss spoiled a 29-point effort by senior guard Roy Bright, one shy of a season-high. He made 7-of-14 3-pointers and 11-of-21 shots overall despite nearly missing the game due to a badly sprained right wrist.

The Norfolk band, offered a rare chance to play a curtain call after the final buzzer, explained the euphoria. The Spartans' win, combined with first-place Morgan State's 90-89 overtime loss at Florida A&M, put them in a tie with the Bears with five games left to play.

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This is getting serious, as the MEAC best two teams Morgan State and Hampton are struggling with five games to go. The dark horses are Norfolk State and Delaware State, neither with enough talent and bench strength to make an impact in the NCAA Tournament play-in game. Who predicted that Norfolk State would be in the conference race tied for first place this late in the season? Nobody!

Adams, Morgan State Silence Lady Rattlers, 55-51

Photo: Corin Adams led the Lady Bears with 18 points, 3 assists, 3 steals and 5 rebounds in 38 minutes of action at FAMU. The 5-7 sophomore guard from Brooklyn, NY Madison High School also had zero fouls for the entire game.

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TALLAHASSEE, FL - Slow starts are nothing new for the Morgan State women’s basketball team, of course not to the liking of head coach Donald Beasley. Matter of fact – slow stats are what the Lady Bears seem to be accustomed to.

So the constant stoppage of play during the first half of Saturday afternoon’s Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game at Florida A&M, due to a malfunction in the shot clock, played no effect on the Lady Bears getting into a flow.

Morgan State fell behind by as much as 13 point (21-8) in the first half, but bounced back by forcing turnovers with its defense and scoring easy transition baskets to gain a 55-51 MEAC victory over FAMU at Gaither Gymnasium.

Corin Adams finished with a team-high 18 points and Shalane Price added 11 points for the visiting Lady Bears, who dealt FAMU its third loss in its last four games.

With the victory, Morgan State (15-9, 7-4 MEAC) extended its winning streak to a season-tying four games and won just its fifth game over the Lady Rattlers in the series’ 36 meetings, while earning it second two-game winning steak over FAMU in the series.

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FAMU upset Morgan State in O.T.

Photo: Lamar Twitty led the Rattlers in scoring with 28 points, 10 rebounds with 10 of 14 shooting from the floor over MEAC leader, Morgan State.

Demps' free throw in OT gives Florida A&M 90-89 win over Morgan State.




TALLAHASSEE, FL - Darryl Demps' free throw with 13.7 seconds left in overtime boosted Florida A&M to a 90-89 upset win over Morgan State in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game on Saturday.

Demps, a walk-on player, who was only in the game because FAMU's other two big men Akini Akini and Larry Jackson had fouled out, made 1-of-2 from the free throw line and the Bears turned the ball over at the other end to seal the win.

The Rattlers (11-14, 5-6 MEAC) snapped a four game losing streak with the victory.

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Darryl Demps (23) is a freshman forward, 6-6/215 that attended Florida High School in Tallahassee. He is currently majoring in architect design and executed the final two plays just like Coach Harris drew it up on the board. Just call Demps HERO for this game.

Does anyone have a good explaination on why the attendance to this game was only 1,123 for a game with the conference leader?

The Legend of the Hill

Mercurial play characterizes season to date

Photo: Chief Kickingstallionsims (#42), Alabama State University, 7-1/265 center, junior class, Boyton Beach, Florida Blanche Ely H.S./Stetson University.

With the Southwestern Athletic Conference season just past the halfway mark, there's only one way to describe the play during the conference season - consistently inconsistent.

Just about every program outside of Alabama State and Alcorn State has had wild swings in their play. Arkansas-Pine Bluff is the lone team who has consistently been back and forth on a nightly basis - not stringing more than three wins or two losses in a row.

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FAMU recruit leads team to Regional 1A Finals

Photo: Florida A&M University basketball signee Ashley Hampton (#4), a 5-9 senior guard, St. John's Lutheran has taken the Saints on her back and averaged 30 points and 19 rebounds throughout the regional playoffs. Hampton has maintained a 4.42 grade point average while being the top player in Marion County, Florida in Basketball and Volleyball.

ONLY ONE WIN FROM FINAL FOUR

Region 1A-2

No. 2 MERRITT ISLAND CHRISTIAN (19-2) AT No. 6 ST. JOHN (21-5)

When: Tonight, 7 p.m.

Winner gets: The winner between Seffner Christian (15-10) and Sarasota Christian (23-5) in the Class 1A state semifinals next Wednesday at the Lakeland Center.

How they got here: Merritt Island Christian got past Central Florida Christian 56-45 and followed it up with a 51-44 over Foundation Academy; St. John downed Geneva 59-39and won on the road at Lake Mary Prep 58-52.

Notes: The Saints finally slammed the door on the regional semifinal round after three consecutive losses and look to get past the Cougars, who were winless in their previous five playoff outings before this season. Merritt Island Christian's only losses were against Circle Christian (56-50) and Heartland Christian (61-50) and hasn't lost since Jan. 25.

St. John has been hot of late as well thanks to the play of Florida A&M University Lady Rattlers signee Ashley Hampton, who has averaged 30 points and 19 rebounds in the regional tournament.

Hampton's finest hour came in Tuesday's regional semis against Lake Mary Prep, as she scored 31 points and grabbed 21 rebounds to help the foul-plagued Saints to the huge road win. Alexis Samuel and Amy Ergle have also had solid postseason efforts, while the rest of the supporting cast has stepped up when needed.

St. John, which has made the regional playoffs in six of the past seven seasons and 12 of the last 15 overall, last made the regional finals in 2002 when it lost to Gainesville Oak Hall. Merritt Island Christian, playing in its first regional final, won its first district title since 1999 and dominated its opponents by an average margin of victory of 31.5, but has come back to the pack in the regional round.

Delaware State needs some help to win fourth MEAC title

Photo: Forward Roy Bright #45 leads the Hornets in scoring and is in second place in the MEAC scoring race averaging 18.7 ppg.

Confident Hornets ready for second-place Norfolk State

DOVER -- The next two weeks will decide if Delaware State will be crowned a four-time Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball champion or have its streak of regular-season titles end.

Trailing first-place Morgan State by two games, the Hornets begin their mission tonight when they travel to Norfolk State (12-10, 8-2 MEAC). Hornets coach Greg Jackson is skeptical about his team's chances. He said the confidence gained by beating Hampton and Howard in the Hornets' past two games isn't enough to propel his team past Morgan State (15-8, 9-1) and to a fourth straight title.

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Firings, hirings at Texas Southern University signal president's resolve

Photo: Texas Southern University President, Dr. John Rudley.

First week's housecleaning demonstrates his desire for stability

Texas Southern University's new president marked his first week on the job by making sweeping changes to the top ranks of the troubled institution's administration.

"This should signal that we will make the changes required," John Rudley said Friday.

Rudley replaced the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, Bobby Wilson, and fired athletic director Alois Blackwell.

Rudley also inherited an athletic department with budget shortfalls, poor performance on the field and in the classroom and an NCAA investigation into the tennis teams. The problems led to Blackwell's dismissal, Rudley said.

Only 16 percent of students earn bachelor's degrees within six years of arriving at TSU, compared with the state rate of 55 percent.

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ASU Hornets take heed of Alabama A&M's improvement

Photo: The Hornets travel to Huntsville, AL today for the rematch with the Bulldogs.

A month back, Alabama State made a mockery of its rivalry game against Alabama A&M. The Hornets jumped out to a big lead, sent most of the crowd home by halftime and coasted to an 18-point victory.

That win has made things a little tough on ASU head coach Lewis Jackson this past week. The biggest challenge is that the Bulldogs of today are not the Bulldogs of four weeks ago and Jackson is doing all he can to make sure his players realize that.

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He lives for weekends: HU Pirates Assistant Coach Eric Williams

Basketball provides a weekly break for Hampton University men's assistant coach Eric Williams, whose battle against cancer is at the same time teaching and inspiring the Pirates.

If you didn't know, you might not notice the suit getting a little looser each game. Or the yellow "Live Strong" bracelet peeking out from under the sleeve. It might be easy to write off the fatigue in the face to too much time on the road recruiting and too many long nights reviewing game film.

But Eric Williams is working much harder than a typical first-year college assistant basketball coach. And he only coaches on game days.

His real task is during the week, when he undergoes radiation and chemotherapy treatments for cancer. The 44-year-old transitioned from the high school to college ranks last fall in the midst of a medical crisis.

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Williams is a native Washingtonian, a 1986 graduate of Saint Augustine's College, coached previously at Norfolk's Norview High School, Washington, D.C. Archbishop Carroll High School and at Central High School in Prince George's County, MD. He also coached Boo Williams Nike Elite AAU team from 2002-06.

A shipload of folks know Williams at all levels in life, so let us lift this brother up in collective prayer. Amen.

Basketball's African American Pioneers

A forgotten ballplayer walked into a small reception room last week at the Reagan Building, had the privilege of meeting the famous Earl Monroe -- and promptly told the Pearl a story.

While Monroe was becoming NBA royalty in New York, Perry Wallace played for a pittance in the Eastern League, a basketball minor league, and moonlighted as a math teacher at the Pearl's Alma mater, Philadelphia's John Bartram High School.

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Photo: Perry Wallace#25, during his playing days at Vanderbilt University.

Who is Perry Wallace? Here is a brief bio of this trail blazing pioneer...

Perry Wallace grew up in Nashville and played basketball and ran track for Pearl High School from 1963 to 1966. In 1966, Wallace's basketball team went 31-0 and won the TSSAA state basketball championship in the first year in history the tournament was played on an integrated basis.

Perry won All-Metro, All-State and All-American honors. He was valedictorian of his high school class. After high school, he enrolled as a scholarship athlete at Vanderbilt University where he would become the first black varsity basketball player in the SEC.

He led the team in rebounding each year with a career average of 11.5 per game (second best in school history). His average of 17.7 points per game still ranks as the 11th best average in Vanderbilt history. In his senior year, he was named to the All-SEC second team and became a member of the 1000-point club.

He graduated from the Vanderbilt School of Engineering and was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers. Over the years, he has received numerous awards for his efforts in integrating the SEC. Wallace was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.

Since graduation, Wallace received a law degree from Columbia University in New York where he was awarded the Charles Evans Hughes Fellowship and worked as an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. Perry is now a Professor of Law at the Washington College of Law, The American University, Washington, D.C.

Alabama A&M University soccer team wins academic honor

Photo: Alabama A&M University head soccer coach Salah Yousif.

Alabama A&M's men's soccer team was recently honored by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America as a national scholar team.

Fourteen of Salah Yousif's 19 players on this year's roster made the dean's list and the team is carrying a cumulative grade point average of 3.20.

This is the first time the men's soccer team has received such an honor. The Bulldogs finished the season with a 9-8-1 record.

L.C. Cole leaves Lanier H.S., heads for Texas Southern University

Photo: L.C. Cole, defensive coordinator, Texas Southern University.

L.C. Cole has coached his last football game at Sidney Lanier High School.

After two surprisingly successful seasons as the Poets' head coach, Cole submitted his resignation this week and plans to leave the school by the end of the month. Cole, the former Alabama State University coach, will join his brother, Johnnie, at Texas Southern University as defensive coordinator.

"This is an opportunity to get back into college ball and I just can't pass that up," Cole said.

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Is anyone surprised by this move with TSU head football coach Johnnie Cole being appointed interim athletic director at Texas Southern just 48 hours ago? We knew it was coming and expected it within the same week former athletic director Alois Blackwell selected Johnnie Cole as head football coach. No surprise here.

Delaware State set to open softball season in North Carolina

DOVER -- The Delaware State softball team opens the season with doubleheaders at Winston-Salem State on Saturday and North Carolina Central on Sunday.

The Hornets finished 24-29 and reached the semifinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament last season. Top returnees include junior Megan Lambertz, who hit .318 with 26 RBIs and went 5-5 as a pitcher. Senior infielder Nicole Demers hit .296 with five home runs. The top returning pitcher is sophomore Brittney Ruark, of Seaford, who had 11 wins and 78 strikeouts last season.

Ousted SCSU basketball player will get appeal

Photo: Junior Forward David Cobb

South Carolina State basketball player David Cobb’s status has been changed from “dismissed” to “suspended” pending an appeal, Bulldog Athletics Director Charlene Johnson said Thursday.

Cobb was dismissed by Coach Tim Carter this past weekend in Baltimore after the team’s loss to Coppin State. The school has said the action came following Cobb’s violation of team rules.

Johnson, who is attending the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Indoor Track Championship in Landover, Md., said she has spoken with both Cobb and Carter and the matter will be handled expeditiously through the Student-Athlete Appeals Committee.

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Finally, someone at South Carolina State University with some authority over the coaching staff is reviewing this matter and giving this kid his due process. Coaches are not always right, especially losing coaches under extreme stress to win.

Hopefully, this issue will get quickly resolved to the satisfaction of all concerned and the student-athlete can continue his academic and athletic career at S.C. State. The faculty must stop treating our students at HBCUs like they are throw-aways.

Some folks just have a way of creating unnecessary law suits for failure to follow appropriate internal procedures.

Was it really necessary to have a SCSU Campus Cop drive from Orangeburg, SC to Baltimore, MD to retrieve this player, when he could have returned with the team? What did that task cost the tax payers and the athletic department budget?

Next time, Coach Tim Carter--spare us the drama and use good, mature judgment.

Chesapeake woman bowled over at Norfolk State

CHESAPEAKE, VA - Cathryn Myrick's infectious giggle and can't-miss tongue piercing make it hard to believe she's 30. But what really slays folks: More than twelve years after graduating from Oscar Smith High School, where she played nothing more than the viola, bass and clarinet, Myrick is a college athlete.

Her tuition and books are paid for at Norfolk State, thanks to a powerful left handed hook. Meet Cathryn Myrick - college bowler.

First question: "Norfolk State has a bowling team?" Indeed. The Spartans are among the best in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, headed to the conference championships next month for the first time in their five-year history. Myrick, recruited from the lanes at AMF Indian River, is a big reason why.

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