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14 The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, September 4, 2013
SSU Begins “Read With The Tigers”
Program
SPORTS WITH WALTER MOORE
Thirty-five Savan
nah State student-athletics,
along with members of the
SSU administrative staff and
several SSU coaches partic
ipated in a pep-rally at East
Broad Elementary School
in Savannah last week. The
pep-rally was an antecedent
to the “Read With The SSU
Tigers” program; a joint out
reach operation between the
SSU Athletics Department
and East Broad Elementary
School.
“Read With The
SSU Tigers” is a monthly
program that has been estab
lished for the 2013 fall se
mester. Student-athletes from
the SSU men’s basketball and
football programs will go
into the school and read as
signed books to the kids once
a month from August to No
vember.
Men’s basketball
senior Josh Montgomery
was among the student-ath
letes that participated in the
pep-rally last week. The ex
perience for Montgomery
was reminiscent of his own
childhood.
“Growing up I al
ways had athletes come back
from high schools,” Mont
gomery said. “I used to hang
out with the older kids, be
cause we played basketball
together. We had a junior pro
gram with the high school.
After a game, the point guard
came and talked to me about
high school and everything.
That was a very profound
moment for me.”
A portion of the pro
gram is a reading competition
for grades K-3, with incentive
awards coming from the SSU
Athletic Department for those
that achieve the program’s
goals. The kids will submit
monthly logs, and receive
recognition at home sport
ing events, amongst other
awards.
The SSU athletic
programs have been involved
with several out-reach pro
grams in the area, and plan
on doing several more as a
movement to get more im
mersed with the Savannah
community.
This latest jaunt into
the community is not only
a great opportunity for kids
in the local community, but
provides a chance for stu
dent-athletes to have a mem
orable and valuable experi
ence themselves.
“We had fun talking
to them,” Sophomore cheer
leader Ebony Moore said. “I
enjoy doing community out
reach. I want to be a teacher
and so I just enjoy hanging
with the kids. It’s important
to show the kids what we do
and give them some insight
on how to become a college
athlete.”
Georgia Southern
77 SSU 9
Nine different
Georgia Southern players
scored touchdowns as the
ninth-ranked Eagles opened
the 2013 season with a 77-9
victory over Savannah State
in Paulson Stadium. The Ear
nest Wilson III era of SSU
football was delayed for 30
minutes because of lighten
ing. One the game started
it was a defensive battle but
the Tigers began to wear
down thanks to the heat and
an aggressive GSU unit. The
crowd of 16,528 saw GSU
(1-0) lead 7-0 after the first
quarter and 28-0 at the half.
The Eagles extended
their lead to 49-0 in the third
quarter. SSU prevented a
shutout when reserve quarter
back Zach Hutchenson threw
a 5-yard touchdown pass
to Kris Drummond with 19
seconds left in the 3rd quar-
Walter Moore
ter. GSU got a safety on then-
next possession which made
the score 49-9. GSU scored
four touchdowns in the final
quarter. Hutchenson led SSU
(0-1) with 128 passing yards.
He also had one
touchdown and two intercep
tions. Sheldon Barnes ran for
13 yards for the Tigers while
Cantrell Frazier caught three
passes for 39 yards. Marquis
Smith had 13 tackles for SSU
followed by Trevion Ashford
who had 11 and Justin Dix
on who had 10. As a team
SSU had 16 penalties for 125
yards. The Eagles, who paid
SSU $85,000, had 651 yards
of offense while the SSU “Air
Raid” offense only produced
183 yards.
SSU Opens Cross
Country Season
Savannah State
participated in the JU Duals
hosted by Jacksonville Uni
versity on August 30 to open
their cross country season.
The SSU men defeated Ken-
nnesaw State (22-33) but lost
to Jacksonville (33-24) and
Bethune-Cookman (28-27).
Kris Ballou led SSU with a
second place finish with a
time of 17:42. The SSU wom
en loss all three dual match
es, falling to Kennesaw State
(50-15), Jacksonville (41-15)
and Bethune-Cookman (30-
25). The top runner for the
SSU women was Mariah Da
vis who had a time of 16:41 to
finish 18 th overall.
SSU Volleyball
Plays In Winthrop
Classic
The Savannah State
volleyball team started their
season by playing in the Win
throp Classic on August 30-
31. Fordham defeated SSU
on August 30 by scores of
25-12, 25-12 and 25-15. Cait-
lynn Masoe had 8 assists in
a losing effort while Bianca
Brochu had 5 kills. On Aug.
31, SSU lost to Tennessee
Tech 25-19, 25-15 and 25-13.
Masoe had 18 assists while
Gabrielle Nathaniel had 9
kills. Also on Aug. 31, SSU
fell to Winthrop by scores of
25-12, 25-13 and 25-17. Asi-
ha Williams had 10 assists for
SSU while Bryana Gadis had
7 kills. Bridgette Stephens
made the All-tournament
team for Savannah State.
Coggins Joins SSU
Staff
Ken Coggins was
recently hired as the head
strength and conditioning
coach for all 16 Savannah
State sports. Coggins brings
to SSU over two decades
worth of experience in train
ing athletes. The Jackson,
Mississippi native made his
way to SSU from the Cen-
terfield Baseball Academy
(CBA) in Newnan, Georgia.
He served as the Director of
Athletic Performance since
September of 2012 for the
CBA. Prior to the CBA, Cog
gins was the head strength
speed and conditioning coach
at Georgia State in Atlanta
from 2008-2012. Coggins
has also worked at Charles
ton Southern, Jackson State,
Belhaven College, Missouri
State, University of Arkansas
at Little Rock, and Memphis
State. Coggins was a grad
uate assistant at Delta State
and also did a graduate assis-
tantship at Mississippi State.
Coggins earned a bachelor’s
degree in Fitness Manage
ment and Exercise Physiolo
gy from Mississippi State. He
did graduate work at North
east Louisiana.
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