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14 - The Savannah Tribune • April 22, 2009
Sports with Walter Moore
Walter Moore
Tigers Do Well At
Osprey Challenge
The Savannah State track team
won three events at the North
Florida Osprey Challenge on
April 17 in Jacksonville,FL. The
men's and women's 4x400m
relay team won first place and
Eric Plump won the men's 200m
race. SSU assistant track coach
Raphel Martin won the men's
long jump as an unattached
competitor. Savannah State
placed in the top ten in 25 events
including three second place fin
ishes and four third place finish
es.
A&T Baseball Sweeps
Savannah State
North Carolina A&T stopped
Savannah State's eight game
winning streak with a three-
game sweep over the Tigers in
Greensboro, N.C. The Aggies
won 11-4 and 14-2 on April 18
and completed the sweep with a
12-5 victory on April 19. SSU
(23-19) edged Edward Waters 4-
3 at Tiger Field on April 13,
defeated The Citadel 6-2 in
Charleston, S.C. on April 14 and
pounded Claflin 17-3 on April
15 in Greenville, S.C.
Taylor Shows Versatility
In Spring Game
Javares Taylor showed just how
versatile he is during Savannah
State's spring football game at
T.A. Wright Stadium on April
18. Taylor had 234 yards of
offense as he passed for 143
yards and a touchdown, ran for
62 yards and caught five passes
for 29 yards and a touchdown.
Quarterback A.J. DeFilippis
threw for 270 yards and a pair of
touchdowns while Savannah
High grad Byron Leggett caught
seven passes for 170 yards and a
57 yard touchdown. Justin Babb
ran for a game-high 91 yards.
Deleon Hollinger caught a
touchdown for 23 yards. Patrick
Thomas led the defense with
seven tackles. The offense won
23-0.
SSU Holds Athletics
Banquet
Savannah State honored its stu
dent-athletes on April 16 with
the annual athletics banquet held
in Tiger Arena. Earning athletic
awards were: BASEBALL-
Robert Ramsdale (Pitcher of the
Year), Andrew Mendez (Most
Valuable Player) and David
Washington (Teammate of the
Year); MEN'S BASKET
BALL- Chris Linton (Co-
Most Valuable Player) and
Raye Bailey (Co-Most
Valuable Player);
WOMEN'S BASKET
BALL- Lashara Smith (Most
Valuable Player); FOOT
BALL- Deleon Hollinger
(Coca-Cola Golden Helmet
Offensive Player of the Year),
Derek Williams (Special
Teams Player of the Year) and
Darren Hunter (Defensive
Player of the Year);
WOMEN'S GOLF- Vonetta
Epps (Most Valuable Golfer);
SOFTBALL- Kystle Frost
(Pitcher of the Year), Tiffany
Taylor (Co-Most Valuable
Player) and Brittany Wilson
(Co-Most Valuable Player);
TENNIS- Shawannda
McClain (Most Valuable
Player); MEN’S TRACK-
Eric Plump (Most
Outstanding Sprinter), Tyrone
McCoy (Most Outstanding
Distance Runner) and Chris
Blount (Most Outstanding in
Field Events); WOMEN'S
TRACK- Amara Jones (Most
Outstanding Sprinter), Sadie
Sellow (Most Outstanding
Distance Runner) and
Sharonda Redfield (Most
Outstanding in Field Events);
VOLLEYBALL- Kari
Parker (Co-Most Valuable
Player) and April Hayes (Co-
Most Valuable Player).
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om.
From among these 51
finalists, the panel then
selected three individuals to
receive one of the highest
civilian honors, Above &
Beyond Citizen Honors.
The 2009 recipients are
Rick Rescorla of Mendham,
New Jersey; David Bryan of
Kansas City, Missouri; and,
Jeremy Hernandez of
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
These recipients were
honored and recognized at a
ceremony, in the shadow of
the Tomb of the Unknowns
at Arlington National
Cemetery in Arlington, VA
on Wednesday, March 25,
2009.
"I, along with all of the
living Medal of Honor recip
ients, salute Reverend
Michael Elliott for his self
less act," said Bruce
Whitman, Co-Chairman of
the Board of the
Congressional Medal of
Honor Foundation. “As true
heroes among us, these 51
state finalists represent the
values of courage, sacrifice
and selfless service. Their
actions are an inspiration to
Americans everywhere.”
Created by Abraham
Lincoln in 1861, the Medal
of Honor is the highest
award for valor in action
against an enemy force,
America ..continued from page 2
seeking to diminish her spir
it.
She spoke of the impor
tance of commanding your
own space and realizing that
minority positions are wor
thy of the same respect as
widely shared opinions,
especially when those
thoughts are soundly based
and carefully considered.
People aren't always
going to like you or agree
with you.
For some, that fact is a
harder pill to swallow than
for others but its reality.
As a woman in
progress, I'm constantly
learning about myself and
my place in this world.
One of the things I
know for sure is that I am the
only one who can be the best
me.
Not everyone will like
what I say and do but I will
always do my best and try to
think before I speak.
While one of my
which can be bestowed upon
an individual serving in the
United States Army, Navy,
Marines, Air Force and
Coast Guard.
To receive this rare
honor, it must first be
approved by the President of
the United States and is then
presented by the President in
the name of the Congress on
behalf of a grateful nation.
Since the birth of our
nation, over 40 million
Americans have faced com
bat, yet fewer than 3,500
have received our nation's
highest honor for combat -
the Medal of Honor.
newest mentors and I were
talking at a recent formal
event, she reminded me that
we need to make our haters
our motivators and never
cease in the press towards
greatness.
Taqwaa Saleem is a native
ofSavannah, and a graduate
of Savannah State
University. Currently, she is
a grad student at Georgia
Southern University’.
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Club in Kayton Homes.
When Smalls addressed
the students in two history
classes at SSU, he congratu
lated them for choosing to
attend college.
He also demonstrated
the antics that made him
famous.
These antics include
playing shadow (Imaginary)
ball and throwing four base
balls to four different players
on the field from one hand at
simultaneously.
He donated sports
memorabilia to Savannah
State University Athletic
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Director, Bart Belairs, as
well as, to the Ralph Mark
Gilbert Civil Rights
Museum, the Frank Callen
Boys and Girls Club and to
each of the schools on his
tour.
Smalls ended his
Savannah tour by throwing
out the first pitch for the
Sand Gnats second game
Friday, April 10.
Nathan "BoBo" Smalls
started playing with the
Indianapolis Clowns in 1965.
He was voted the MVP
nine times; played and
pitched in more games than
anyone in Clown's history;
pitched six one-hitters in
1965; won 30 games for
three consecutive years.
He played 22 years for
one team, longer than anyone
in Black Baseball history and
is the last Black barnstormer
in baseball history.
His memoirs will be
published by the end of this
year.
For more information
on Smalls, website:
www.bobosmalls.com or
contact Dr. Richie Reed at
hatshepsutrdw @yahoo.com.
Campaign .continuedfrom page 4
information on the effects of
family violence on children
and including tear-off safety
plans for kids will be dis
tributed to schools, commu
nity centers, houses of wor
ship, and victim service
agencies. Ads and
brochures will direct those
who need help or informa
tion to FVC’s new website
www.familyviolencecoun-
cil.org .
“We hope this website
will become an important
source of information and
assistance for the Savannah
community,” said League
volunteer chair Stringer,
“and that children and fami
lies living with violence will
take advantage of the agen
cies of help that exist local
ly.”
The Junior League of
Savannah is an organization
of over 1,000 women com
mitted to promoting volun
tarism, developing the
potential of women and
improving communities
through the effective action
and leadership of trained
volunteers.
Vision
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promise and does not let go.
Ezekiel was given this Holy
stubbornness when God
commissioned him to the
ministry of a prophet-read
(Ezek. 3:8-9).
We need the humility to
change direction in an
instant if we are shown to be
in error, and the tenacity to
continue against all odds for
as long as it takes to com
plete the task that God has
assigned to us.
This "Holy
Stubbornness" is particularly
important when praying for
break throughs in a city.
Seasons of harvest have
come; new outreaches have
been birthed and we are
thankful- IT IS TIME!
However, we must
come together and join
forces with our End Time
Lord of the Unswitchables,
during our once a year
Outreach Now!
God plants within the
heart of every believer a
Godly dream, but, like
Joseph, we find ourselves
walking away from the
mountain of promise into the
valley of apprenticeship.
Love continues no
matter what the cost.
"Greater love has no one
than this, than to lay down
one's life for his friends
(John 15:13).
Love identifies with
suffering and endures until it
is ended. Paul said, "Now if
we are afflicted, it is for our
consolation and salvation (2
Cor. 1:6)...always carrying
about in the body the dying
of the Lord Jesus, that the
life of Jesus also may be
manifested in our body.
For we who live are always
delivered to death for Jesus'
sake, that the life of Jesus
also may be manifested in
our mortal flesh.
So then, death is work
ing in us, but life in you" (2
Cor.. 4:10-12) like Paul, I
can truly say that I have, and
am experiencing these very
works.
You must endure the cir
cumstances until the charac
ter of Christ is formed in
you, and you gain that need
ed place of Spiritual authori
ty.
Resurrection power
comes only after the cross
has done its work.
Self-interest, self-pro-
motions, self-preservation,
and self-consciousness have
to die for us to experience
intimate friendship with a
Holy God, and to obtain
overcoming authority in
destroying the works of
Satan.
My testimony is
Galatians 2:20, "I have been
crucified with Christ, it is no
longer I who Live, but Christ
lives in me; and the life
which i now live in the flesh
I live by faith in the Son of
God, who loved me, and
gave Himself for me." Do
you want to take your city
for GOD? COME! Mama
Thomas