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Clark Atlanta University Panther
October 18, 1991
SPORTS
Panthers Crushed by Golden Tigers
SNAP, CRACKLE, POP: The Panthers ran into a Golden Tigers brick wall
during their battle last weekend at Tuskegee.
By Anthony George m
Sports Editor
Clark Atlanta University
went to Tuskegee with
expectations of avenging last
season's humiliating 61- 21 loss,
and breaking a eight year losing
streak against the Golden Tigers.
Although key players on
the offensive and defensive lines
were injured , the patched-up
line.> held together for a quarter,
as CAU jumped off to a 17-6 lead.
As the game progressed, the
patchwork gave away, as
Tuskegee rolled-up 41 points in
rout to a 47-19 victory.
"There is a combination of
reasons why the defense failed,"
said defensive coordinator Dave
Edwards. "We had no depth. We
had key people hurt going into the
game, in addition to a couple of
guys playing hurt. They
physically wore or second unit
guys down.”
Runningback Howard
Rodman for Tuskegee was the
Panthers main antagonist. He
rushed for 221 yards on 20 carries
and three touchdowns. During
the final minutes of the game, 1
ran 85-yards for his th M
touchdown.
For the Panthers,
quarterback Charles Parks had
his second 300 -yard passing
performance for the year, as he
completed 23 of 44 passes for 324
yards and a touchdown. Senior
wideout Felix Lewis had his best
game of the season with five
catches for 131 yards and a
to uchdown.
The Panthers did manage
to lead 19-18 at the half. After a
31-yard field goal by kicker
London Bolden, Tuskegee scored
on three consecutive drives,
giving them a 18-17 lead late in
the second period. The extra
point attempt was blocked, and
cornerback Terry Beckham ran
90 yards for the score. Beckham
also had five tackles and an
interception.
HOW THEY SCORED
CAU - Lowey 1-yard run(Bolden kick)
TU- Rodman 29-yard run(kick failed)
CAU- Lewis 31-yard pass from Parks(Bolden
kick)
CAU- Bolden 31-yard field goal
TU- Washington 7-yard pass from
Heard(kick failed)
TU- Washington 4-yard pass from
Heardfkick blocked) 17-18
CAU- Beckham 90-yard x-point run
TU- Gregory 1-yard run(2-pt conversion)
TU- Rodman 2-yard run(kick failed)
TU- Holder 35-yard pass from Heard(2-pt
conversion)
TU- Rodman 85-yard run(kick good)
A Tribute to a
True Panther
By Anthony George m
Sports Editor
Last year, I received flak
about not covering intramural
sports. This year, I decided to
follow intramural activities more
closely, so I assigned a reporter to
interview intramural director Dr.
Raymond Hughes. Doing a
follow-up, to my dismay, the
reported told me he died.
"Not coach Hughes,” I said.
"Couldn't be. He will be around
CAU forever. He has been here
since 1958. It couldn't be coach
Hughes."
Unfortunately, it was
confirmed that Dr.Hughes died of
a heart attack. I went to his
memorial service on Friday, and
reminisced on the good things
i about Dr. Hughes.
I met Dr. Hughes my
sophomore year taking a softball
class. When I first saw him, I
wondered, "where did they get this
jguy from?" He was a small built
man, wore dark shades, and
enunciated every word. He spoke
slowly, but correctly as to rethink
everything he said before it was
uttered out of his mouth.
Most people in my class
originally did not like him. They
thought he was mean. Most of us
also could not play softball
eiiher. There were a few people
who had never played softball
before. But by the end of the
sdrnester, although nobody went
to the majors, learned to hit, field
and catch. By the end of the
semester, he gained respect from
the students.
I later ran into him while
writing a historical piece about
Clark College athletics. I was
referred to him. In his office
contained valuable archives of
athletic information about CC.
More information than any CAU
sports information director could
dream of having. I was
astonished. He declined to be
interviewed at the time because he
was working his second thesis.
Last year, he finally
allowed me to speak to him. For
more than three hours, he
explained fully, and somewhat
accurately some of the problems
in the athletic department. He
discussed with me solutions and
he spoke highly of the things he
was trying to achieve. But I had
the impression that he was
unhappy because the
administration would not fully
cooperated with his ideas.
In one column, I can't
express the magnitude of the loss
of Dr. Hughes to the university.
Even though people sometimes
forget accolades of the individual.
Dr Hughes will never perish from
the CC family.
Lady Panthers Lose in Four Sets
By Erika S. McElroy
Contributing Writing
The Clark Atlanta
University girl's volleyball team
was defeated by Paine College in
four sets 15-5, 15-13, 12-15 and
15-8, Oct. 10.
Friday's loss dropped the
lady Panthers record to 5-9. First-
year coach Regana Hill had a few
comments about the loss. "We
loose more matches because the
! team's endurance level is down,
| but overall, the team has
improved since the beginning of
the season."
During the first set, the
lady Panthers attempted to block
| spikes by the Lions'
unsuccessfully. Inconsistent
serves, holes in the defense, plus
their sluggish court coverage
ended in a 15-5 loss.
I With added energy and
teamwork, CAU gave Paine a lot
of competition in the second set.
CAU's Keeva Arnold served well
and Gwendolyn Bryant covered
the ball and made several saves.
Despite several good setting and
volleying attempts, CAU's Alycia
Morris was called for several net
violation infractions. Paine did
not give up any ground and came
from behind and squeezed out a
15-13 win.
With the lady Panthers' on
the verge of being swept, the third
game showed much improved
teamwork and increased energy,
as they won 15-12. CAU won
thanks to a tight defense, court
communication and Paine
missed several balls. Despite bad
calls from the line judge who only
called several net violations on
CAU, Morris successfully served
five balls in a row, and Arnold
served the two winning points.
The winning streak ended
abruptly, as four strong serves
from Paine carried them to a 15-8
victory.
'We corrected a lot of our
mistakes although we need to be
more consistent with our serves,
and keep up our endurance
throughout the whole match,"
said senior, co-captain Rhonda
Houston. "The team is looking
strong, and I know we'll take the
next game."
'We need to work on more
coverage," said Morris.
'We need to increase our
control of the ball, endurance and
enthusiasm," said senior
Shondrecca Johnson, "but overall
the team has improved since the
beginning of the season.”
A final plea for student
support came from Chanestia
Davis, She said," Student support
gives the team more energy, and
all games start at six . Come out
and see the last match of the
season which is Friday.