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'10 CIAA FOOTBALL HONORS:Saint Augustine's running back Walter Sanders,

Elizabeth City State defensive lineman Malcolm Jenkinsand Virginia State placekicker Justin Parker were the topindividual award winners for the Central IntercollegiateAthletic Association 2010 football campaign.

Sanders was voted the league's offensive player of theyear after becoming the rst 1,000-yardrusher for the Falcons in the modernera and nishing the year as the toprusher in the conference with 1,377yards, averaging 137.7 yards per gamewhile averaging 5.0 yards per attemptin 277 carries. Sanders tied for secondin scoring with 15 touchdowns and 90points overall. He also tied for secondin all-purpose yards with 1,461 or 146.1

yards per game. He was also ninth in total offense.Jenkins earned the defensive player of the year honor

after leading the league in sacks with 13 (12 solo/2 assists)and in tackles for loss (14 solo/9 assists). He also postedfour fumble recoveries.

Parker, named the CIAA's special teams player of theyear, topped the conference in eld goal accuracy hitting onall eight of his attempts with a long eld goal of 40 yards.He also hit on 32 of 34 point-after attempts.

2010 ALL-CIAA FOOTBALL TEAMS

FIRST TEAM OFFENSETE - Jone Harris, Sr., SAC; OL - Justin Wells, Sr., SAC; Edwan

Coughman, Sr., SHAW; Markus Copeland, Sr., VSU; David Mimms,Sr., VUU, Travis Taylor, Sr., WSSU; WR - Robert Holland, So.,CHOWAN; Joseph John-Pierre, Jr., VUU; RB - Walter Sanders, Sr.,SAC; Nicholas Cooper, Jr., WSSU; QB - Kevin Atkins, Sr., SHAW; KR - Tyron Laughinghouse, So., SAC; PK - Justin Parker, Sr., VSUFIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL - Malcolm Jenkins, Sr., ECSU; Jarvis Stokes, Sr. SPC; CharlesDeas, Jr., SHAW; Juan Corders, Sr., WSSU; LB - Jeremy Cun-ningham, Sr., FSU; Steven Stanback, Sr., SAC; Fred Sparkman,Sr., SHAW; DB - Andre Lyles, Jr., FSU, Dominic Tolson, Jr. ,SPC;Darnell Evans, Fr., SHAW; Ian White, Sr., VSU; P - Alberto John-son, Sr., SHAW

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Walter Sanders, Sr., RB, ShawDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Malcolm Jenkins, Sr., DL, Eliz. City StateSPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Justin Parker, Sr., PK, VSU

SECOND TEAM OFFENSETE - Kevin Gwaltney, Sr., ECSU; OL - T. J. Jones, Sr., ECSU; Larr McDonald, Jr., FSU; Dillon Kestner, Sr., FSU; Marcus McELveen,Sr., SHAW; WR - Dexter Manley, Sr., ECSU; Jeremy Franklin, Sr.,JCSU; QB - Creven Powell, Jr., ECSU; RB - Daronte McNeill, So.,ECSU; Raymond Williams, Sr., SHAW; KR - Billy Wiggins, Jr.,ECSU; PK - Austin Turner, Jr., FSUSECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL - Terry Grifn, Sr., ECSU; Anthony Harris, Jr., SAC; StanleyPorter, So., SHAW; Isaiah Townsend, Sr., VSU; LB - BruceleeSterile, Jr., LC; Chaz Robinson, Fr., SAC: Adidas Arrington, Sr.,VUU; DB - Terence Peete, Jr., Sr., BSU; Sterling Grant-Jones, Sr.,BSU; Alfred Nguaja, Sr., VSU; ALton Keaton, Jr., WSSU; P - Tyler

Rabb, Jr., JCSU; PR - Tony Goodman, So., CHOWAN

CHOWAN, KSU IN D2 VB PLAYOFFS:CIAA champion Chowan and SIAC champion Ken-

tucky State will begin action this weekend in the NCAADIv. II Women's Volleyball playoffs.

Chowan (22-12) is ranked eighth in the Atlantic Regionand will take on top seed Clarion (29-4) Friday, Nov. 19. TheAtlantic Regional is being hosted by Edinboro Universityin Edinboro, Pa. and will run from the 19th thru the 21st.

Kentucky State (26-10) is seeded eighth in the SouthRegion and will take on that region's t op seed Tampa (26-3)on Thursday. Tamps is also the host of the regional whichwill be played Thursday thru Saturday, Nov. 20.

To make up the 64-team playoff eld, eight teamswere selected from each of the eight regions: Atlantic,Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast andWest. Regional competition will be single-elimination, bestthree-of-ve-set matches and will not include a third-placematch.

F OR THE WEEK OF NOV . 16 - 22, 2010

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TEXAS SOUTHERN LOOKS TO CLINCH SWAC WEST;CIAA CROWNS CHAMP; D2 PLAYOFFS TO BEGIN

MONTE COLEMAN: HisGolden Lions of Arkan-sas-Pine Bluff stand in theway of Texas Southern'stitle game berth.

DIV ALLN. DIVISION W L W L* Virginia State 6 1 8 3Bowie State 6 1 6 4Eliz. City State 5 2 6 4Chowan 3 4 3 7Virginia Union 3 4 3 7St. Paul's 2 5 2 8Lincoln 0 7 1 9S. DIVISION* Shaw 7 0 9 2St. Augustines 6 1 8 2Winston-Salem State 5 2 8 2Fayetteville State 4 3 5 5J. C. Smith 1 6 2 8Livingstone 0 7 0 11* Division Champion

CIAA PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

OFFENSEWalter Sanders, Sr., RB, SAC- Rushed for 1,377yards in 10 games to lead the CIAA, averaging 137.7yards per game with 15 touchdowns for leaguechampion Bears.

DEFENSEMalcolm Jenkins, Sr., DL, ECSU -Led theconference with 13 sacks, 14 tackles for losses,4 fumble recoveries

SPECIAL TEAMSJustin Parker, Sr., PK, VSU -Was CIAA's topplackicker (100%) hitting on 8 of 8 eld goals, 32of 34 point after touchdowns .

CIAA C ENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INDEPENDENTSW L

Langston 6 4Concordia 4 4Tennessee State 3 7Lincoln (Mo.) 2 9Edward Waters 2 9Texas College 1 8Central State 1 10Cheyney 1 10W. Va. State 0 10

PLAYERS OF THE WEEKOFFENSENick Daniels, RB, LINCOLN (MO) -Car-ried 34 times for 190 yards in win overMissouri S&T.Landon Johnson, WR, W. VA. STATE -11receptions for 142 yards and 2 TDs in loss t o

Fairmont State.DEFENSEJ. Beautlus, LB, LINCOLN (MO) -Eighttackles, 7 solos, 2 sacks for losses of 25 yardsin win over Missouri S&T.SPECIAL TEAMSTaylor Cisneros, P, TENN STATE- Puntedsix times for 41.3 average with one inside the20 and a long of 55 yards vs. EIU.

2 0 1 0 B L A C K C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L (Results, Standings and Weekly Honors)

SIAC S OUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATEATHLETIC C ONFERENCE SWAC S OUTHWESTERNATHLETIC CONFERENCEDIV ALL

E. DIVISION W L W L^ Alabama State 6 3 7 3Jackson State 5 3 7 3Alcorn State 5 4 5 5Alabama A&M 2 6 3 7Miss. Valley St. 0 9 0 10W. DIVISIONGrambling State 7 1 8 2Texas Southern 7 1 7 3Prairie View A&M 4 4 6 4Ark. Pine Bluff 4 4 5 5Southern 1 7 2 8^ Clinched Division Title

SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEKOFFENSEArvell Nelson, Sr., QB, TSU -21 carries for 146yards and 2 TDs including game-winner from 10yards out in overtime, also passed f or 171 yardsand one score in win over Grambling.DEFENSEDejuan Fulghum, Sr., LB, TSU -Led TSU with7 tackles, 3.5 sacks for 13 yards in losses in winover Grambling.SPECIAL TEAMSThad Hill, Jr., PR, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M -Re-turned two punts for 108 yards, one for a 65 yardtouchdown and the other for 43 yards.NEWCOMERCasey Therriault, Jr., QB, JSU -22 of 30passes for 331 yards and 5 TDs in win overArkansas-Pine Bluff.

CONF ALLW L W L

Bethune-Cookman 7 0 10 0South Carolina State 6 1 8 2Florida A&M 6 1 7 3Hampton 4 3 5 5Norfolk State 4 4 6 5Morgan State 3 4 4 6Delaware State 1 6 2 8N. Carolina A&T 1 6 1 9Howard 0 7 1 9# NC Central 0 0 3 7# Savannah State 0 0 1 9# Not Eligible for Title

MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEKOFFENSE -DeAngelo Branche, Sr., RB, NSU -30carries, career-high 212 yards, 3 TDs vs. DSU.DEFENSE -Reggie Sandilands, Jr., LB, B-CU- 10 tackles, 5 solos, 2 for losses, returned aninterception 26 yards for a TD and recov. a fumblein win over Howard.ROOKIE -Terry Bradden, Fr., QB, HOWARD -15of 31 for 299 yards, 3 TDs in loss to B-CU.LINEMAN -Markeece Preston, Sr., NSU -92%grade vs. DSU.SPECIAL TEAMS -Kory Kowalski, So., PK, B-CU- 5 of 5 on PATs, 5 punts for 41.8 yard average,three inside the 10 vs. Howard.

CONF ALLW L W L

Albany State 9 0 10 0Fort Valley State 7 2 8 2Morehouse 7 2 8 2Tuskegee 7 2 8 2Benedict 4 5 5 6Clark Atlanta 4 5 4 6Miles 3 6 3 8Kentucky State 2 7 3 8Stillman 2 7 2 8Lane 0 9 0 10

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G A M E S T H I S W E E K

More champs crowned; Threeteams headed to D2 playoffs

LUT WILLIAMSBCSP Editor

Champions of one sort or theother were crowned Saturday in theCIAA , MEAC and SWAC and sev-eral of them as well as others punchedtheir tickets to postseason play in awild weekend of results that leavesonly a couple of more matters to besettled.

CIAA The CIAA staged the only true

championship game last week andits winner will play on this week asthe 24-team NCAA Div. II playoffsget under way. Shaw scored a tight 14-7 winover Virginia State Saturday in

Durham, N.C. (See story below).By virtue of the win, the Bears,ranked sixth in the NCAA Div. IISuper Region I before Saturday'sgame, moved up to fth in the nalregional rankings. They will travel to4th-ranked Shepherd (9-1) Saturdayfor a 12 noon rst roun d game.

Shepherd, the WVIAC cham-pion, was undefeated and rankedrst in the region before dropping itsnal regular season game Saturdayto Glenville State, 28-24.

The CIAA has yet to choose arepresentative for the Dec. 4 Pioneer

Bowl in Columbus, Ga.

SIAC Undefeated SIAC champion

Albany State (10-0), ranked rst inNCAA Div. II Super Region II, re-ceived a rst-round bye and will playthe winner of the Morehouse /Wing-ate contest on Nov. 27 in Albany,Ga.

Morehouse (8-2), one of threeteams ( Fort Valley State and Tuske-gee) to nish behind Albany State,was seeded fth and will play atfourth-seeded Wingate (8-2) Satur-day at 12 noon in a rst round match-up. This will be Morehouse and head

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20Prairie View A&M @ Alabama A&M 1Tennessee State @ Murray State 1Delaware State @ Howard 1SC State @ NC A&T 1:30Old Dominion @ NC Central 2Hampton @ Morgan State 4Concordia @ New Orleans 7Arkansas-Pine Bluff @ Texas Southern 7HOMECOMINGSNorfolk State @ Savannah State 2CLASSICSCapital City Classic Alcorn State @ Jackson State 1TV GAMESFlorida Classic , Orlando, FL - ESPN ClassicFlorida A&M vs. Bethune-Cookman 2:30PLAYOFF GAMESNCAA Div II Playoffs - 1st RoundMorehouse @ Wingate 12nNCAA Div II Playoffs - 1st RoundShaw @ Shepherd 12n

SWAC East Division title Saturdayand Texas Southern took a big steptoward claiming its rst-ever WestDivision crown Thursday.

Alabama State (7-3, 6-3 SWACE) defeated Southern 21-19 to winthe East and its spot in the Dec.11 SWAC Championship Game inBirmingham. The Hornets will bemaking their rst trip to the titlegame since 2005 and rst under headcoach Reggie Barlow. Texas Southern (7-3, 7-1)needed overtime to knock off BCSPNo. 1 and West Division leaderGrambling State 41-34 Thursdaynight putting Johnnie Cole's Tigersin the driver's seat for the divisiontitle.

TSU hosts Arkansas-PineBluff (5-5, 4-4) Saturday (7 p.m.)needing a win to wrap up the divi-sion title and a championship gameberth opposite Alabama State. If theTigers lose, they need Southern toknock off Grambling in their seasonending battle at the Bayou Classicon Nov. 27 to earn the title.

coach Rich Freeman's rst trip everto the Div. II playoffs.

Wingate is the champion of the South Atlantic Conference andthe only team from that league tomake the region's eld. Wingate haslosses to Valdosta State (25-22) andCatawba (35-28).

As of press time, the SIAChas also not chosen which teamwill represent the conference in thePioneer Bowl.

SWAC Alabama State clinched the

FOOTBALL SCORESNOVEMBER 11SC State 32, Morgan State 10Texas Southern 41, Grambling St. 34, OTNOVEMBER 13Alabama A&M 21, Miss Valley State 7Alabama State 21, Southern 19Bethune-Cookman 35, Howard 20California (PA) 57, Cheyney 6Concordia 36, Kentucky Wesleyan 35Edward Waters 43, Columbus State 0Fairmont State 63, West Virginia State 38Florida A&M 17, Hampton 12

WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS

UNDER THE BANNER

B C S P T O P T E N

1. BETHUNE-COOKMAN (10-0) - Narrowly beat Howard, 35-20. NEXT: Goes for undefeated regular season, outright MEAC title vs. Florida A&M in Orlando.2. ALBANY STATE (10-0) - Idle. NEXT: Received a rst-round bye to Div. II play-offs.3. SOUTH CAROLI NA STATE (8-2) - Downed Morgan State Thursday, 32-10. NEXT:

Finishes regular season at NC A&T Saturday.4. TEXAS SOUTHERN (7-3) - Got by then BCSP No. 1 Grambling in overtime,41-34. NEXT: Hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff needing a win to clinch SWAC WestDivision title5. GRAMBLING STATE (8-2) - Knocked from No. 1 perch by Texas Southern inovertime, 41-34. NEXT: Nov. 27 vs. Southern in Bayou Classic.6. SHAW (9-2) - Held off Virginia State, 14-7 in CIAA Championship Game. NEXT:

Travels to Shepherd for rst round NCAA Div. II playoff game.7. ST. AUGUSTINE'S (8-2) - Regular season over.. NEXT: Awaits possible CIAAPioneer Bowl invite.8. FORT VALLEY STATE (8-2) - Regular season over. NEXT: May get SIAC Pio-neer Bowl invite.9. TUSKEGEE (8-2) - Idle. NEXT: Thanksgiving Day match-up with AlabamaState.

MEAC Undefeated Bethune-Cook-

man's surprisingly difcult 35-20win over Howard Saturday gave theWildcats and rst-year head coachBrian Jenkins at least a share of the2010 MEAC title and the league'sautomatic berth into the FCS play-offs.

The Wildcats (10-0, 7-0), whoalso moved up from No. 2 to thetop of the BCSP rankings, nishthe regular season with Saturday'sFlorida Classic in Orlando againstin-state rival Florida A&M .

B-CU can win the MEAC titleoutright with a win over FAMU. A

B-CU loss would put them in a two-way tie with FAMU (7-3, 6-1) anda three-way tie if South CarolinaState (8-2, 6-1) beats North Caro-lina A&T (1-9, 1-6) in its seasonnale Saturday (1:30 p.m.).

SC State is in good position to bethe second MEAC team to make the20-team FCS playoff eld. A win overA&T will likely cement its inclusion .B-CU is up to seventh this week inthe Sports Network FCS national pollwhile SC State is 12th.

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Jackson State 52, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 30Lincoln (MO) 21, Missouri S&T 20Norfolk State 31, Delaware State 21Prairie View A&M 35, Alcorn State 27Savannah State 28, NC Central 21Southern Nazarene 30, Langston 27Stillman 44, Central State 13Tennessee-Martin 37, Tennessee State 0Texas College 27, SW Assemblies 13

CIAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Shaw 14, Virginia State 7

SANDERS

Bethune-Cookman clinches MEAC's FCS playoff bid

ball back to the Bears with 5:14 to play.VSU would get the ball back twice in the nal

minutes following Shaw punts but was unable toget a rst down.

In the rst quarter, Shaw had 10- and 11-playdrives that covered a total of 126 yards but wasstopped both times on downs in VSU territory. Theonly rst half score came on Shaws second pos-session of the second quarter when the Bears drove84 yards in 11 plays and scored on a RaymondWilliams one-yard run. Reid added the extra pointto give the Bears a 7-0 lead at the 6:11 mark thatthey took into the break.

VSU, never nding an offensive rhythm,struggled to just 70 rst-half yards and just two rstdowns. When the Trojans did get on the board, itwas thru their defense. Late in the third quarter aftera Shaw drive stalled at the VSU 16, Reid's 33-yardeld goal attempt was blocked by Clifton Haney and scooped up by Alfred Ngauja and returned76 yards for a score. Justin Parker's PAT knot tedthe game at 7 with 5:38 left in the third period.

Battle completed just 5 of 19 passes on theday for 46 yards with the three picks. The Trojansalso lost two fumbles. Rahoo Walker led the VSUrushing attack with 37 yards on six carries. VSUlinebacker Jeremy Pruitt amassed 17 tackles tolead the Trojan defense.

HEADED INTO BATTLE: Shawhead coach Darrell Asberry (l.) andMorehouse head coach Rich Free-man (r.) lead their teams into rstround battles in the Div. II playoffsSaturday.

Williams was Shaw's workhorse, carrying33 times for 117 yards. He was named Shaw'schampionship game MVP. Starting quarterbackKevin Atkins , who went out with an ankle injuryearly in the fourth quarter, was 16 of 28 for 183yards with one interception.

Shaw shuts down Va. State in CIAA title game

UP AND OVER: Shaw running back RaymondWilliams (20) hurdles the line for his team 's rsttouchdown en route to its 14-7 win over VirginiaState in Saturday's CIAA Championship Gamein Durham, N.C. Williams was voted Shaw'sMVP for the game after rushing for 117 yardsin 33 carries.

Photo by Joe Daniels

South Division champion Shaw held NorthDivision champ Virginia State to 136 totalyards while piling up 412 yards of total offensebut still needed a fourth-quarter touchdownoff a turnover to come away with a 14-7 winin the CIAA's championship game before anenthusiastic crowd of 8,107 in Durham, N. C.Saturday afternoon.

The title is Shaw's fourth in seven yearsand third in four years under head coach DarrellAsberry .

Despite the yardage discrepancy, the gamewas 7-7 when Virginia States Sean Smithmuffed a punt at his own four-yard line with12:37 to go. Shaw (9-2) recovered at the VSU6 and needed just two plays to reach paydirt,scoring on back-up quarterback QuintonOdom's 2-yard plunge. Caleb Reid's PAT gavethe Bears a 14-7 lead with 11:59 left.

After the kickoff, VSU (8-3) went on itslongest and most sustained drive of the day,going 54 yards in 11 plays gaining all theyards on the ground to reach the Shaw 12.From there on third-and-8, quarterback JaredBattle's pass into the end zone was picked off by Shaw's Gerald Kennedy . It was Battle'sthird interception of the day, the second timehe was picked off by Kennedy and gave the