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Wolverines Down Clark
Finish Season 5-4-1
Winfrey Gains 1000 Yards
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by Michael Phillips
The Fightin’ Wolverines ended
the 1984-85 football season with
a 21-6 victory over Clark College
in the annual "Turkey Day
Classic." The victory allowed the
Wolverines to finish the season
above .500 with a 5-4-1 record.
Quarterback Leonard Camel
led the offensive charge by
rushing for 2 TD's on runs of 4
and 33 yards. He also had 77 yards
passing with 5 completions in 12
attempts. Fullback, Phillip John
son also had a fine game gaining
106 yards in 10 carries.
However, the day belonged to
senior tailback Leon Winfrey.
With 5:34 left in the second
quarter athletic history was made
in the second century of MBC as
Leon became the first Wolverine
to rush for more than 1,000 yards
since Cecil Williams did it in
1977.
"It was may goal to get 1,000
yards this season and it didn’t
matter who I got them against,"
said Winfrey, who came into the
game with a 935 yard total. "If I
had to get 150 (yards) today, I
would've gotten them. My
offensive line was going to see to
that."
A crowd of 1,500 watched the
game stopped by officials to
honor the milestone and see
Leon awarded the ball he gained
the yards with. The same crowd
was later treated to a 37 yard TD
run by Winfrey in the third
quarter to give MBC a 21-0 lead.
“I'm not into all that bragging
right's stuff. All I wanted was to
win the game so we’d end up
with a good season instead of a
bad one," said the 5-foot-11,170-
pound native from Thomson,
Ga.
Head Coach Greg Thompson
had no secret plans on offense
everyone knew Winfrey was
going to run the ball and Thomp
son said he turned his senior
loose. "He just proved he's a
great back. Now, I’ve got to get
out there and find another Win
frey."
While the MBC offense was
enjoyi ng a good day, the defense
turned in its usual hard hitting
performance limiting the pan
ther offense to 3 first downs and
58 total yards in the first half. This
is even more impressive con
sidering lineback Chris
"Maniac” Manior was out of the
lineup with strained ligaments in
a knee that was injured during
practice. Mainor, a junior, leads
the team in tackles with 130.
Kevin Gibbs led the defensive
charge with 5 tackles, 4 assists,
and a quarterback sack. Dave
Williams followed with 1 tackle
and 4 assists. Ernest Echols had a
tackle and 4 assists. Clemmie
Blackmon, Tony Robinson, and
Wardell Sims each had 4 tackles.
The triumph, the Wolverines'
ninth in a row over Clark, gave
MBC its third winning season
with coach Thompson at the
helm.
Leon Winfrey is the first 1000 yrd.
rusher at MBC since 1977.
by Michael Phillips
Mr. Ed Walker, Director of
Administrative Services, recently
participated in the Martin Luther
King Jr. Selma to Atlanta relay
race.
The 315 mile race began on
January 14. The course also
passed thru Montgomery and
Selma and ended 48 hours later
at Dr. King's gravesite. Mr.
Walker ran as a part of a relay
team that was sponsored by the
Atlanta Sub-40 Running Club.
The team held brief ceremonies
at both Dexter Memorial Baptist
and Sixteenth Streets Baptist
Churches.
Both of the churches are
significant to black history. Dex
ter is the former pastorate of Dr.
King during the Montgomery
Bus Boycott and Sixteenth Street
is the church where four little
SWAC WINS
FREEDOM
BOWL 14-0
by Leonard R. Harris
The second annual Freedom
Bowl was played on January 12,
1985. The Southwestern Athletic
Conference depended on an old
remedy — good defense — to
win the Freedom Bowl All-Star
Classic.
Playing in the bitter cold
temperatures and with not
enough preparation time, the
Southwestern Athletic Con
ference scored in the first half
and then bulldozed the Mid-
Eastern Athletic Conference ail
over the Atlanta-Fulton County
Stadium the rest of the afternoon
for a 14-0 victory.
Although game officials ap
proximated the gate, the game
was played before a crowd of
18,352.
There were some who came to
see Jerry "World” Rice, receiver
from Mississippi Valley State.
They saw him run pass patterns
of great significance. Rice,
already a first-round pick of the
USFL’s Birmingham Stallions, was
limited to only one catch for 40
yards. But that was damage
enough.
Leon Winfrey came into the
Freedom Bowl from a stupen
dous season at Morris Brown
black girls were killed in 1963 by
an explosion from a bomb
planted by klansmen.
Mr. Walker, who has been
jogging for several years and
runs 6 to 12 miles weekly, says
that participating in the relay
"was a wonderful experience
and brought to mind many of the
sacrafices made during that
period." The relay was part of the
many activities connected with
the' observance of Dr. King's
birthdav.
Mr. Walker (White hat and
sunglasses) shown here running
in the Peachtree Road Race.
College, where he became a
state figure running and catching
everything that wasn't con
tagious. Winfrey showed us all
that he has the ability to play
some good ball.
The game had turned into a
matter of defense, interrupted
by encumberring turnovers.
One touchdown was scored on a
sudden strike after a short punt,
the other deep in the shadows
after another of Kim Davis', of
Southern University, punts had
been fumbled deep in MEAC
territory.
This year's game had a special
added attraction with eight
players from the Southern Inter
collegiate Athletic Conference
joining the SWAC team and
eight players from the Central
Intercollegiate Athletic Associa
tion joining with the MEAC
team. Three of those players
were from Morris Brown
College: John Freeman, DT;
Kevin Gibs, DT; Leon Winfrey,
RB;—all of which played excep
tionally well' and made great
contributions to this team vic
tory.
The SWAC’s first touchdown
was a 34-yard pass from Fort
Valley State's Kevin Parker to
Southern University tight end
Calvin Magee, the games most
valuable player.
The SWAC team limited the
MEAC team to just three first
downs with fantastic defense,
and held a 7-0 lead.
MEAC did penetrate the
SWAC's 30 yard line five times,
once facing a first-and goal from
the 8 early in the second quarter.
The kicking game in fact did
play a great factor in the scoring,
but in the wrong way. SWAC's
place kicker Jorge Rosales of
Grambling State University
could have made this game a
rout but declined. He tried four
field goals, attempts from the 31,
27, 22, and 32 yard lines, and
missed all of them.
Jackson State linebacker,
Ladell Wills finished with 11
takles and recovered a fumble.
Texas Southern safety, Leon
Thomason did not make one
single tackle that day but was
SWAC's most valuable defensive
player with two interceptions.
The second touchdown was
set up by a fumbled punt by
Bethune-Cookman’s Reggie
Ricker, who otherwise was
outstanding with 46 rushing
yards and 39 yards worth of
receptions.
The young men from SWAC
came to grips with their most
formidable challenge of an
icebox afternoon spent in Atlan
ta Stadium: To hoist or not to
hoist their coach Marino Casern
of Alcorn State and give him the
traditional ride off the field.
Scoring by quarters
SWAC 07 0 7—14
MEAC 0 0 0 0 —0
TRACK AND
TENNIS
TEAM
UPDATES
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January. 31,1985
MEN'S
BASKETBALL
UPDATE
by Andrew Lockett
The Morris Brown College
Men's basketball team started
the 1984-85 season on November
28, 1984 against Talladega
College and came away with a
100-85 victory. However,
December proved not to be a
good month for the Wolverines
as they dropped 4 of 6 outings.
They were beaten by Alabama
A&M, Talladega, Nova Universi
ty and Indiana University at
Evansville, in the Armstrong
State College Tournament. The
Wolverines ended 1984 with a 3-
5 record.
On January 9, MBC hosted the
Tigers of Tuskeegee I nstitute and
won the contest 78-74. The
Wolverines were led by
freshman guard Greg Grant and
Bernard Tittle. Tittle scored 28
points and snared 15 rebounds
and Grant led the team with 13
assists and tallied 10 points.
January 12 saw the Wolverines
take on the Edward Waters
College Tigers. The Tigers started
strong and raced to an early lead,
but their weak defensive perfor
mance and careless ballhandling
allowed the Wolverines to coast
to a convincing 85-61 victory.
Bernard Tittle led the scoring
with 18 markers and grabbed 10
rebounds. Newcomer Jeff Brown
turned in a good performance
with 14 points, 15 boards, and 2
blocked shots. Greg Grant, play
ing in his last game for the
Wolverines, added 16 points, 15
assists, and 2 steals. No one
knows exactly why Grant left
Morris Brown, but Head Coach
Bill Wade did tell the Observer
that the guard was having some
difficulties. "Greg went back
home because he was having
some personal problems,” said
Wade.
On January 16, Morris Brown
took on their AUC rival
Morehouse, but lost 79-75. The
first half saw the Maroon Tigers
put on a shooting clinic as they
shot 60% from the field, while
the Wolverines only converted
29%. MBC went to the
lockerroom trailing 45-23 at the
half.
In the second half, the
Wolverines found their defen
sive game and mounted a fierce
comeback. Led by Jeff Brown
who scored 18 points, blocked 3
shots, and grabbed a convincing
25 rebounds the Wolverines
came within two points twice in
the final 90 seconds, but poor
freethrow shooting allowed
Morehouse to escape with a
victory. Bernard Tittle led all
scorers with 33 points. He also
grabbed 10 rebounds and had 8
assists.
The next week Morris Brown
defeated Savannah State in a
thriller 75-70; Benedict 112-91;
and Albany State.
Ed Walker Runs
In 48 Hour Relay