DSU's Franklin qualifies for track regionals

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Delaware State's Nekisha Franklin qualified for the NCAA outdoor regional championships by finishing fourth in the 200-meter dash at the Florida Relays this weekend with a time of 23.72 seconds.

For the Delaware State men, Larrone Moore qualified for regionals in the 100 (10.50) and 200 (21.23).

The DSU team of Moore, Lee Barnes, Andre Easton and Donte Holmes won the sprint medley relay in 3:20.32. The 4x200 team of Moore, Easton, Barnes and Duke Mack set a school record (1:24.50) and finished third.

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Southern routs Jackson State, 20-5

James Armstrong hit for the cycle, driving in seven runs and scoring five as Southern completed a sweep of Jackson State with a 20-5 rout Sunday in Jackson, Miss. The game was called after eight innings because of darkness.

Southern’s Victor Franklin was 3-for-5 with a home run, two doubles and three RBIs as the Jaguars improved to 14-11 on the season. “We swung the bat well and pitched well until (starter) Jarrett Maloy got hurt,” Southern coach Roger Cador said. “It just doesn’t make any sense that we have all these kids hurt. It’s unfortunate.”

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BCU Wildcats sweeps North Carolina A&T

Daytona Beach, Fla. - Bethune-Cookman University pitcher Eric Thomas was phenomenal on the mound as he helped the Wildcats cruise to a 7-1 victory in baseball action over North Carolina A&T State University in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference match-up at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Fla. The game was broadcast live on ESPNU.

The MEAC regular season title is still undetermined as of yet, but the Wildcats of B-CU (19-11, 6-0 MEAC) made a claim that they want to be one of the teams in the hunt at the end. Their sweep of the second-ranked team in the league--North Carolina A&T, proved that point exactly this weekend.

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Bethune Cookman shut down the A&T Aggies in game one, 18-6; and 10-7 in the second game on Saturday. Phenomenal weekend for the baseball Wildcats of BCU.

Second scrimmage in the books for SSU

Photo: #22 Running Back Antwan Edwards.

Mother Nature dumped a different element - rain - on Savannah State's football team Saturday morning. But wet conditions were a delight to SSU first-year head coach Robby Wells, whose Tigers conducted their second scrimmage of spring practice at 10 a.m.

Although it was a pleasant 72 degrees, handling a wet football and maintaining footing presented challenges similar to those SSU faced for three weeks at 5:30 a.m. practices when it was 35 degrees.

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UAPB Golden Lions split double header with Prairie View

The opening pitch was perhaps a symbolic gesture of the type of day it was going to be for Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

The Golden Lions booted a routine grounder by Rashad White to open the day, and Prairie View A&M went on to take advantage of five UAPB miscues in an 8-2 victory in the opening game a three-game Southwestern Athletic Conference series on Saturday at Regional Park.

UAPB came back in the second game of the doubleheader to defeat Prairie View 9-5.

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JSU players respond when called out

Photo: JSU head football coach Rick Comegy.

Jackson State football coach Rick Comegy had been blunt with his team leading into Saturday's Blue and White spring game. He wasn't happy with the performance of some players and Comegy told them they could be playing for their roster spot.

He admitted that three or four players made the team during the scrimmage.

"Some guys stepped up that had to step up," Comegy said. "There were some guys that we were going to get rid of that I don't think we can get rid of now. They showed me all they needed was some time.

"I learned today that you can be a little too fast about making decisions. All it took was three hours today to find out who could play and who couldn't play."

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Jackson State's Tigers retooled offense lagging behind defense

The Jackson State football coaches held a draft to create two teams for the Blue and White spring game on Saturday. It was the only way to be fair.

Both defenses, not surprisingly, owned the day as the Blue squad held on for a 16-10 victory inside Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. "The defense is going to dominate," senior linebacker Marcellus Speaks said. "Our offense isn't going to get anything against us. But after practicing against us, they're going go out and beat everybody else in the country."

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