Softball: Snerley signs with Miles College

DOUGLASVILLE, Georgia - Former Chapel Hill softball player, Tomnisha Snerley, recently signed a partial athletic scholarship to continue her playing career at Miles College, located in Birmingham, Ala.  Snerley, who transferred from Douglas County High School, and played one year under Coach Mick Harper, hit .274 for the Lady Panthers last season. She slugged .405, with a .364 on-base percentage.

Snerley was always a threat on the base path, stealing 16 times. She scored 20 runs and picked up 16 RBIs. She led the team with two triples and was a master at taking one for the team, getting hit by a pitch a team high five times.

“She played for us for one year and played great outfield, brought solid speed, and some power at the plate,” Harper said. “She will do very well at the next level, and will bring her team many skills including a strong arm, and the ability to hit from both sides of the plate.”

Snerley chose Miles College to play softball for the Lady Golden Bears, and because it had her major. As for the softball program, which is coached by Patrick Peasant, she said that she will have to earn a starting spot, but that she should see a lot of playing time.

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Ex-Fort Valley State coach considering his next move

FORT VALLEY, Georgia  --  Emory Lightfoot was the volleyball head coach at Fort Valley State from 2000 until the end of March. That’s when the school quietly eliminated the sport, to Lightfoot’s objections that such a move clearly violated Title IX and federal gender equity guidelines.

The university continued with the process, and Lightfoot’s contract ended March 31.

When civil rights law firm Public Justice took an interest in the case, the reinstatement seemed inevitable. What wasn’t inevitable was Lightfoot returning to the position he’d held since 2000, especially since, he said, nobody from the university had talked to him during negotiations to reinstate the program.

So he could only chuckle a little bit with Monday’s announcement by FVSU that assistant Dwain Powe had been promoted to head coach and the release sent to The Telegraph by Public Justice less than an hour later that FVSU had agreed to bring back volleyball.  He’s happy that the sport is back, but he can’t figure out why he’s not coming back with it.

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Warren Named Livingstone Blue Bears SID

Bianca Warren
Sports Information Director
Livingstone College 

SALISBURY, North Carolina - Livingstone has named Virginia State product Bianca Warren as its sports information director and head cheerleading coach.

Prior to coming to Livingstone, she served as sports information director and assistant volleyball coach at Virginia University of Lynchburg and Saint Paul's College.

"It's an honor to bring in a person like Ms. Warren. I feel she can take Livingstone to another level in terms of her writing skills, her knowledge, and her ability to reach out to the community," Livingstone athletic director Andre Springs said. "It's very important to reach out to our alumni friends, and to have the community involved in what's going on with the Blue Bears."

The Bronx, N.Y., native has a bachelor's degree in sport management from Virginia State, where she also played basketball for the Lady Trojans from 2006-2008.

While at VSU, Warren began working in sports information during her sophomore year under Jim Junot. Her biggest accomplishment came when she placed third in the Fred S. Stabley national writing contest sponsored by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

After graduating, she worked with CBS Sports and ESPN as a sideline reporter.

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BSU Football Opens 2012 Preseason Camp

BOWIE, Maryland - Fourth year head coach Damon Wilson and his staff opened its preseason football camp Saturday (8/11) afternoon.

The Bulldogs wasted no time getting down to business, hitting the field with 92 veterans and newcomers on Sunday (8/12) afternoon. For a complete practice schedule, contact the Sports Information Office at 301-860-3574.

Bowie State has been predicted to finish 6th in the CIAA and 3rd in the Northern Division according to the 2012 conference preseason poll, which was released during the league's football press.

The defending CIAA Champions of Winston-Salem State University were selected to finish as the top team in the conference in 2012 followed by Elizabeth City State University, St. Augustine's College, Fayetteville State University and Shaw University and Bowie State round out the top six. Virginia State University, Johnson C. Smith University, Virginia Union University, Chowan University, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania and Livingstone College make up the final six.

The Bulldogs open the 2012 season on Saturday, September 1st, hosting the Greyhounds of Assumption College in a 1 pm non-conference matchup.

For season or single game ticket information, call 301-860-4072.

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Ex-SCSU Bulldogs fighting to stay at pro level

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina - There’s an old sports adage that says the regular season is where you make your name, but it’s the playoffs where you make your fame.

For aspiring NFL undrafted free agent rookies, however, how you perform in the preseason is what matters before anything else. Strong showings in the exhibitions would further strengthen a player in such position’s hold on a roster spot.



Last week, both former South Carolina State linebacker Marshall McFadden and safety Dominique Ellis looked to make instant impressions for their respective teams. McFadden led the Pittsburgh Steelers in tackles with four in a 24-23 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Aug. 9, while Ellis had three tackles, including one for loss, for Kansas City in the 27-17 win over Arizona the following night.

Both former Bulldogs will get an opportunity to continue improving their stock this weekend. The Chiefs face the St. Louis Rams Saturday, while the Steelers will face the Indianapolis Colts in a nationally televised Sunday night preseason contest on NBC.

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ASU Works the Option into Offensive Playbook

ALBANY, Georgia - The Albany State football team is working with plenty of options on offense in 2012. Fittingly, that option wrinkle has been added to the ASU playbook.

With more running quarterbacks, the Golden Rams are installing an option run game. With the speed of tailback Nathan Hoyte and receiver Orion Ponder, ASU plans to keep the ball on the ground more often this year.

But the men up front blocking always dictate a plan's success.

“It still boils back to the offensive line what they're doing and how they carry us...how far we go. It's going to be exciting a lot of people going to want the ball, the backs going to want the ball, the receivers going to want the ball, but the line is going to have a whole lot to say about that,” ASU Head Coach Mike White said.

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Pierce wants HU to market Olympic feats of McCorory, Wells

COACH MAURICE PIERCE
Director of Track & Field
HAMPTON UNIVERSITY
(Photo Courtesy HU Pirates Athletics)

HAMPTON, Virginia - After watching two former Hampton University track standouts in the Olympics, track and field director Maurice Pierce wasn't shy about his vision for using the success of Kellie Wells and Francena McCorory to boost the program.

"It's up to the university to find a way to market what these young ladies have just accomplished," Pierce said. "It's going to take the whole university's effort. We can really take our program to another level and get those type of kids to come here and probably be a threat to get another person in the next Olympic Games."

Wells, a 2006 HU graduate, won the bronze medal for the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 12.48, while McCorory, a '10 HU graduate, placed seventh in the 400 meter with a time of 50.33. McCorory became an Olympic gold medalist after running in the semifinal and final 4x400 relay races, as the United States won the event for the fifth straight year.

Wells became the Pirates' first female athlete to win an Olympic medal with her bronze medal on Wednesday. McCorory became the second after the relay gold on Saturday.

With an undergraduate enrollment of just over 4,500 students, according to the school's website, having two Olympic medalists from HU speaks volumes for not only Pierce, who coached both at Hampton and is McCorory's personal coach, but the university as a whole.


Kellie Wells wins  Olympic Bronze for USA in 100m hurdles final

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