Delaware State and UMES Hawks split doubleheader

Photo: Mike Roberts threw a six hitter in the second game win for the Hawks. The 5-11/165 junior LHP is from Bel Air, MD/C. Milton Wright H.S.

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - In one of the most exciting game played at Hawks Stadium in recent memory, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) picked up a very important conference win over local rival Delaware State University (DSU) 2-1 in extra innings. The Hawks dropped game one of the doubleheader 12-7 but with the one win moved to 4-1 overall in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).

Game two was the definition of a pitcher's duel. UMES southpaw Mike Roberts faced off against the Hornet's Josh Schmidt and both went the complete game each allowing just one earned run. It was Roberts' day however as he would pick up his second win of the season, allowing just six hits, one walk and recording six Ks.

Schmidt took the hard-luck loss, giving up five hits, one walk and ringing up 10 strike outs. He may have gotten the win, but we will never know because with two on no outs Phillip Vaughn hit a ball to DSU third baseman Jose Portella that looked like a routine out but he overthrew first base, Vaughn reached and Michael Guy, who led-off the inning with a single, scored from third, giving the Hawk's the win.

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Southern Jaguars Coach Richardson not satisfied after first week

Southern coach Pete Richardson didn’t leave satisfied as the Jaguars closed their first week of spring practice by running 30 plays Saturday in A.W. Mumford Stadium.

“We were inconsistent, as far as not finishing on plays,” Richardson said. “Some of that is coming from conditioning, with some of them going a lot of plays. But some of the upperclassmen I’m not real pleased with, as far as going full speed.”

The Jaguars, who donned full gear for the first time, ran 10 plays from their own 20-yard line, then 10 from their own 5 and then 10 from the defense’s 20. The ball was never advanced.

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FAMU Rattlers' offense runs in first football scrimmage

Photo: No doubt, with MEAC all-purpose yards leader Philip Sylvester, #30, the Rattlers can run; but, can their 2008 defense stop the run of the other teams? That's the question the Joe Taylor staff will determine in spring training.

FAMU's first football scrimmage Saturday morning left coach Joe Taylor with a lot to think about. His analysis won't cover just the three phases of the game. Sacks and penalties will be right up there.

Through all of that on a balmy day, there were glimpses that hinted the Rattlers' meat-and-potato plays might be on the ground.

"I was glad to see that we're building our personality; we're trying to run the ball," Taylor said. "The best thing about this is we will go back and look at this on film. The plays that were positive we will keep running and the players that were zero we would probably take out."

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Southern University 'X' marks the spot

Photo: Southern's #88 Juamorris Stewart, 6-3/195 junior, Baton Roughe, LA/So. Miss. is nearly unstoppable.

Stewart ready to step in as SU’s 'go-to' receiver

Southern junior Juamorris Stewart has been around long enough to know the significance of his moving to the “X” receiver position as the school looks to replace Gerard Landry.

“In our system, the ‘X’ is the big man, the go-to position,” Stewart said. “It’s going to be a little different from last year, when I played on the side of the ‘X’ (at ‘H’). That’s the spot where you have to carry the team when you’re called on, the fourth downs and the third downs.

“It’s the big spot in our offense.”

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SCSU Bulldogs focusing on 'mental and fundamental' this spring

Photo: S.C. State coach Oliver "Buddy" Pough keeps watchful eye on the Bulldogs development during spring training.



Only 154 days remain before South Carolina State opens the 2008 season at Central Florida.

This provides the Bulldogs plenty of time to master the "mental and fundamental" part of their game, an area head football coach Oliver "Buddy" Pough has focused upon constantly during spring practice.

As SCSU conducted its first scrimmage Saturday before close to 100 onlookers at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium, Pough continued to harp upon those themes as much as the overall team's execution.

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Norfolk State grad named one of Milwaukee's best

Dandridge proud of legacy he left with Milwaukee Bucks team.

The way Bob Dandridge sees it, he is the one who started a forward-thinking tradition with the Milwaukee Bucks.

The skinny player from Norfolk State was the first in a line of talented frontcourt players for the Bucks. When Dandridge looked around the room at a gathering to honor the Bucks' 40th anniversary team Friday morning inside the Bradley Center, he saw a few of his most successful replacements.

Marques Johnson, the third overall pick in the 1977 draft and former UCLA star, was sitting at one table.

Vin Baker, the eighth overall pick in the 1993 draft, was at another table.

And sitting nearby was Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson, the former Purdue star and No. 1 overall pick in the 1994 draft.

"I'm proud when I look at Marques, Glenn Robinson, Vin Baker," Dandridge said. "I can look down the line and say this tradition started with me."

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Bobby Dandridge legacy is even greater with the 1978 Washington Bullets NBA World Championship, i.e., Washington Wizards today.

FAMU Rattlers Tennis edges SCSU, 4-3

Photo: Artiom Podgainii, senior, 6-1/155, Secondary School No. 71, Chisinau, Maldova.

Win gives Florida A&M top spot in MEAC South Division

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida A&M Men's Tennis team won some hard-fought bouts in singles to edge past Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference rival South Carolina State, 4-3 at the FAMU Tennis Courts Saturday afternoon.

FAMU's Artiom Podgainii defeated SCSU's Ivan Milivojevic, 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 at #1, while Michael Moore went three sets with David Grund at #5, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Senior Clifford Malivert was a straight set winner over SCSU's Dmitry Lomakin, 6-2, 6-3 at #2 singles.

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