Category: CIAA

2018 CIAA Football Championship makes its return to Salem Football Stadium

Brandon King

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) announced it will host its 2018 Football Championship game Saturday, November 10 at Salem Stadium located in Salem-Roanoke, VA. The game pits the Conference’s Northernand Southern Division Champions against each other and  is scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. EST kickoff. The attendees to the game will have many family friendly activities-  a free Fan Zone including giveaways, interactive events, the Coca-Cola/Food Lion Tailgate Cook Off and appearances from drum lines and cheerleading squads from rival schools. Tickers for the game go on sale Monday,…

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Benedict and Fayetteville State game canceled due to Hurricane Florence

Brandon King

As Hurricane Florence tracks toward the East Coast, it has progressed from a Category 1 storm( 90 mph winds) to a Category 4 ( 130 mph winds )in a span of just thirteen hours. In South Carolina alone, more than 1 million people residents and visitors are expected to evacuate coastal areas.  In North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper said the state is “bracing for a hard hit.” Governor Cooper has already asked President Trump for federal disaster declaration ahead of the hurricane. In getting out in front of the situation,…

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Week 2 SIAC Football Recap

Brandon King

Visit the SIAC Football Scoreboard Here Football Scores: Miles 21, University of West Alabama 37 Tuskegee 20, Albany State 0 Clark Atlanta 0, Central State 7 Morehouse 42, Lane 20 McKendree University 34, Kentucky State 17 Benedict 42, Johnson C. Smith University 14 Valdosta State University 55, Fort Valley State 6 Miles 21, University of West Alabama 37 LIVINGSTON, Ala. – A week after accumulating just 115 yards of total offense, Miles spent the first half against West Alabama moving the ball up and down the field with relative ease.…

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Benedict hammers Johnson C. Smith 42-14

Brandon King

Benedict jumped on Johnson C. Smith early and never let the Golden Bulls into the game, scoring three quick touchdowns en route to a 42-14 victory this Saturday. After completing a 45-yard pass from quarterback Dominique Harris to Delon Freeman on their first offensive play, it would only take them three more plays to fins the end zone for the first time- a 6-yard touchdown pass to  Jemine Yesin. The extra point made the score 7-0. Johnson C. Smith fumbled the play after the ensuing kickoff and Benedict recovered. Harris…

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SIAC Football Recap September 1

Brandon King

Clark Atlanta 30, Mississippi College 31 From clarkatlantasports.com: In his first game at quarterback for Clark Atlanta University, Charles Stafford threw for 277 yards and two touchdowns and had a big pass to set up a go-ahead fourth-quarter TD, but Drake McCarter’s 18-yard field goal with 3:58 left lifted Mississippi College to a 31-30 win over CAU Thursday in Clinton, Miss. With CAU (0-1) down 28-23 early in the fourth quarter, Stafford threw a high-arching, 45-yard dart to Drakar Jerry to the Mississippi College 1-yard line.  Two plays later, Stafford…

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Wingate blanks Johnson C. Smith in season opener 36-0

Brandon King

It was a rough opening night for the Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls. They matched up with the Wingate University Bulldogs in the season opener for both teams. Wingate got right to work, going 50 yards in 10 plays on the game’s opening to take an early 3-0 lead on a 43-yard McLean Robertson field goal. JCSU went three-and-out on their subsequent drive and following that, Wingate only needed 4 plays to go 57 yards, scoring on quarterback’s Shaw Crocker’s 21-yard touchdown pass to JT Stokes to give the Bulldogs…

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