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2B SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 SPORTSSCOREBOARD THE TIMES AND DEMOCRAT I www.TheTandD.com SCSU Football mm Continued from IB Zabransky. "Did you watch the first half?" Hawkins replied, managing a bit of a smile. Shockley had a 40-yard touchdown pass to Kenneth Harris, a 20-yarder to Danny Ware and a 56-yarder to Martrez Milner before hooking up with Sean Bailey on two straight scores covering 31 and 5 yards. Shockley also ran 14 yards for Georgia's first touchdown -and he proved to be a pretty good prognosticator, too. Earlier in the week, he predicted the Broncos would struggle against Georgia's defense, even though they averaged nearly 49 points a game last season.

So much for Boise State's hopes of being this year's Utah -a BCS-buster that earns a spot in snap from the shotgun with less than a minute to go in the half. Georgia recovered, and Shockley threw the touchdown pass to Ware on the very next play to give the Bulldogs a 24-0 lead heading to the locker room. The fans at one end of San-ford Stadium chanted "D.J.! D.J.! D.J.!" At the other end, the Broncos were serenaded with "O-ver-rated!" as they trudged off the field. Any thoughts of a comeback were quickly erased. Georgia took the second-half kickoff and needed less than two minutes to make it 31-0.

Milner hauled in a Shockley pass around midfield, broke one tackle and went the rest of the way untouched. The Bulldogs led 38-0 before Boise State finally scored. one of the major bowls. The Broncos had lost only three times in their previous 42 games and were ranked coming into a season for the first time since moving up to I-A in 1996. That will be a one-week stay.

Georgia had only five interceptions all of last season, prompting new defensive coordinator Willie Martinez to put special emphasis on getting more turnovers through the air. His guys must have been listening linebacker Tony Taylor picked off Zabransky's first pass, and Dannell Ellerbe, Tra Battle and Greg Blue also had interceptions in the opening half. In addition, Zabransky fumbled at the end of a mn in Georgia territory, costing the Broncos an early chance to get back in the game. He finished off a miserable day by mishandling a i --5, ::) Hfcll i SwBrttt'" Clemson Continued from 1 McNeal had the Aggies on the move again the next time they got the ball. However, DeQawn Mobley dropped an open pass from receiver Jason Carter inside the Tigers' 5.

Mc AP Alabama State's Demetrius Derico hangs on as South Carolina State's Cleveland McCoy dives for the end zone Saturday in Birmingham, Ala. McCoy was ruled short but the team scored two plays later. South Carolina State won 27-14. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Braves clip Reds, 9-3 Passing 255 175 Comp-Att-Int 16-33-1 9-19-1 Return Yards 6 29 Punts-Avg. 7-34 5-38 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 3-0 Penalties-Yards 8-58 13-96 Time ot Possession 22:48 37:12 Continued from IB defensive back William Oliver of Edisto in his first game as a starting defensive back, freshman rover Marshall McFadden of Lamar and senior linebacker Terrance Bennett.

The first half belonged to McCoy as he rushed for 69 yards and completed 7-14 passes for 138 yards. The Hollywood native actually outgained the entire Hornets' team which was held to 29 rushing yards and got 9-20 passing for 105 yards and one interception from Jackson in the first half. After forcing the Hornets to punt on their first possession, SCSU drove the football 70 yards and quickly took a 7-0 lead with 10:19 remaining on McCoy's 11-yard run off a fake option. On the five-play scoring drive, McCoy was 3-3 passing and the Bulldogs were aided by a personal foul penalty assessed on Alabama State. SCSU's next possession saw Grantham connect on a 28-yard field goal to push the lead to 10-0 with 4:47 remaining in the first quarter.

The Bulldogs' defense continued to stifle the Hornets early as Bennett deflected a Jackson pass which was promptly intercepted by senior defensive lineman Travis Kinloch. A 35-yard run on second-and-19 and a four-yard scamper by McCoy brought the Bulldogs once again to the endzone door as the first quarter ended. "We called it from the sidelines, but a lot of it was Cleve changing the play on the line after seeing the shift on the defense," said Pough about McCoy's option audibles. Less than a minute into the second quarter, Baker scored from one yard out on fourth-and-one and Grantham converted his second PAT to push SCSU's lead to 1 7-0. After getting held to one first down and less than 20 yards in the first quarter, the Hornets put together their best drive of the first half.

Alabama State drove the football to SCSU's 30, where Jackson connected with Alvance Robinson for a 32-yard touchdown pass to make it 17-7. Both teams had opportunities to add to their scoring totals before halftime to no avail. A 93-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by North native Rondriekas Darby was called back for an illegal block by SCSU and Grantham missed a 32-yard field goal. With 13 seconds remaining in the first half, Jackson lofted a "Hail Mary" pass towards the endzone and into the hands of wideout Lorenzo "Slim" Hoffman. However, the 6-6 junior could not hold on to the football one of five passes dropped by the Hornet receivers.

The third quarter opened with the Bulldogs threatening to score again from the Alabama State 9 af By GEORGE HENRY Associated Press Writer ATLANTA Despite plenty of pain, Jeff Francoeur should be just fine. Francoeur's three-run homer highlighted a five-run third inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-3 Saturday night to move 20 games over .500 for the first time this season. The 21-year-old rookie dropped to the ground in the sixth when Brian Shackelford hit his left ankle with a pitch. "Doc said I was real lucky," Francoeur said. "About a centimeter over it could have been broken, so I feel fortunate.

It hurt bad. At first, it's such a tender bone, it just hurt so much." Chipper Jones and An-druw Jones each drove in a run in the third for Atlanta (78-58), which has won three straight and four of five. Rafael Furcal added a two-run single and Marcus Giles a two-run double in the sixth. Jorge Sosa (10-3) labored through five innings, allowing four hits and three runs two earned -to win for the second time in three INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Alabama St Randolph 6-20, Williams 10-11, Jackson 8-6, Smith 1-(-4). S.C.

State, Baker 18-71, McCoy 9-68, McFadden 14-64, Woods 10-49, Burgess 3-2, Darby 1-2. PASSING-Alabama Jackson 16-33-1-255. S.C. Slate, McCoy 9-19-1-175. RECEIVING-Alabama Robinson 7-80, Holt-man 5-133, Horace 2-26, Randolph 1-11, Carter 1-5.

S.C. State, King 4-84, Burgess 4-62, Darby 1-19. SCSU tried to answer back following a 63-yard kickoff return by Darby, but Grantham missed from 33 yards. The Bulldogs' defense made the lead hold up as Bennett forced a fumble after a jarring hit on Jackson which was recovered and returned for an apparent touchdown by SCSU defensive lineman Eric Turner. An illegal block negated the score, although the Bulldogs maintained possession and were able to run more time off the clock.

"We gave away too many opportunities, had about 3-4 scores called back," said Pough, whose team was flagged 13 times for 96 yards. Alabama State's final drive with less than two minutes remaining ended with Jackson throwing three straight incompletions and getting sacked by Calvin Epps. The Bulldogs will now prepare for their Sept. 10 home opener against Winston-Salem State, which fell to Howard 20-6 on Saturday. Senior Sports Writer Thomas Grant Jr.

can be reached by e-mail at or by phone at Alabama St.O 7 0 7 -14 S.C. Slate 10' 7 7 3 --27 First Quarter SCSU--McCoy 11 run (Grantham kick), 2:33. SCSU-FG Grantham 28, 3:40. Second Quarter SCSU-Baker 1 run (Grantham kick), 4:13. ASU-Robinson 30 pass trom Jackson (Johnson kick), 3:08.

Third Quarter SCSU--Woods 4 run (Grantham kick), 5:39. Fourth Quarter SCSU-FG Grantham 21, 2:46. ASU-Horlman 79 pass Irom Jackson (Johnson kick), :21. ASU SCSU 16 22 26-24 58-241 First downs Rushes-yards back Brandon Averett. Alabama State was advancing downfield when Jackson left the game with a leg cramp following a nine-yard run to the 49-yard line.

Backup quarterback Clinton Smith entered the game, but upon snapping the football was smothered by the Bulldogs' Kinloch who forced a fumble recovered by McFadden to regain possession. Toward the end of the third quarter, SCSU used a 12-play, 45-yard scoring drive to extend their lead to 24-7. The Bulldogs had originally settled for a 22-yard field goal made by Grantham, but the Hornets were flagged for roughing the kicker. SCSU opted to take the points off the board and continue the drive at the five-yard line, where Woods promptly ran in for the touchdown with five seconds left. A 21 -yard field goal by Grantham pushed the Bulldogs' advantage to 27-7 with 10:13 remaining in the fourth quarter.

The Hornets needed just 22 seconds to cut into the lead as Jackson launched another long bomb to Hoffman who this time made the catch and outran the Bulldog defender for a 79-yard touchdown. Hoffman finished with five catches for a team-high 133 yards. SCOREBOARD iniza Home 45-20 44-24 37-30 33-35 37-32 Home 40-27 33-32 37-30 32-33 26-43 Home 40-29 40-27 38-30 33-36 Away 34-35 32 35 30- 38 31- 36 19-49 Away 43-24 42-28 34-34 31-37 17-48 Away 36-29 36-32 29-39 24-41 Intr 12-6 11- 7 8-10 8-10 3-15 Intr 12- 6 15-3 8- 10 '9-9 9- 9 Intr 12-6 10- 8 9- 9 10- 8 Home Away 33-35 33-34 31- 33 28-39 33-39 Away 45-25 26-40 30- 39 32- 34 26-40 28- 41 Away 31- 36 29- 40 30- 36 32- 37 19-46 Intr 7-8 7-8 10-5 5- 10 12-6 Intr 10-5 7- 8 8- 7 6- 9 7- 8 5-7 Intr 7- 11 5- 13 6- 12 8- 10 6-9 45-23 40-28 41-30 41-27 36-27 Home 41-25 46-23 36-31 33-36 36-33 27-39 Home 37-31 32-33 30-37 29-38 34-35 SPEED tape) SPEED ESPN2 (same-day SPEED Bowmanville, NBC ESPN2 (same-day NBC ABC West ESPN ESPN2 TGC ESPN2 III. goals as Clemson took a 16-10 lead at the half. Clemson also got a 47-yard punt return TD from Chansi Stuckey, who broke left after catching the ball and leaped over punter Justin Brantly into the end zone.

cal's single. Sosa tagged up on Giles' fly to right and staggered several times as he ran to third. He scored on Chipper Jones' RBI grounder to make it 1-1. Andruw Jones' RBI double scored Chipper Jones for the go-ahead run before Francoeur's three-run homer put the Braves ahead 5-1. "I feel like lately I've been able to see it better," Francoeur said.

"I'm waiting for my pitches again. When you do that, most of the time you'll hit." Hudson had won five of six starts and was 5-1 with a 3.76 ERA in his last seven, but he allowed five hits and five runs in three innings. "Overall, I was a little impatient," Hudson said. "I didn't have a lot of life on my fastball. I got behind on a lot of counts.

I left the ball up a little, too." Cox and trainer Jeff Porter visited Sosa on the mound after he began the fourth with consecutive walks. Sosa, who had slightly strained his right hamstring running the bases, remained in the game, but he walked in a run to make it 5-2 after Jason LaRue's single loaded the bases. ning at 7:30 p.m. Calhoun Aca. falls to Augusta Christian ST.

MATTHEWS It was not pretty at the home field of the Calhoun Academy Cavaliers Friday night. Augusta Christian came to town riding a 2-0 record and ended up handing the home team a 42-7 shellacking; The loss drops Calhoun to 1-2 on the year. The Cavaliers head to Columbia next week to take on Class 3-A Hammond at 7:30 p.m. Calhoun had won last year's game 10-7. Calhoun Coach Adam Jarcc-ki said, "Turnovers in the third killed us.

We were down 21-7 at the half and started getting some momentum, then those turnovers as his voice trailed off. "But I'm proud of them, they played hard for four quarters, that's good." C.E. Murray slips past Kingstree KINGSTREE C.E. Murray used an early touchdown and a field goal to defeat Kingstree 9-6 in Kingstree Friday. C.E.

Munay opened the scoring when Deonce Beaufort took a pitch 60 yards for a touchdown the extra point was no good. Colaya Capers added a 30 yard field goal that would prove to be the difference. Mansa Joseph added IS tackles while Capers ran for 80 yards. C.E. Murray (1-1) will be at home next week against Neal threw two incomplete passes, including one on fourth-and-6, to end that series.

Instead, it was the Tigers who controlled things in the opening half with four drives of at least eight plays. Three of those resulted in field starts. The right-hander made his 15th start this year. Francoeur's 12th homer came off Luke Hudson (6-7), the first of six Cincinnati pitchers. The Reds have lost five straight.

Four Atlanta relievers followed Sosa with a scoreless inning each. Shackelford, lasting just two-thirds of an inning in the sixth, was charged with three runs. The lefthander allowed no hits, walked one and struck out one, but departed to boos after plunking Francoeur and pinch-hitter Julio Franco with pitches. Shackelford hit Franco in the left knee. Braves manager Bobby Cox said the 47-year-old was fine.

Fortunately for Francoeur, X-rays on his left ankle were negative. He and Franco ran the bases well afterward. "I tried to run it off, but after running from second to home you could feel it," Francoeur said. "If felt good to get in here and get some ice on it." Todd Coffey, who relieved Shackelford, gave up the hits to Furcal and Giles. Sosa led off the third with a single and advanced to second on Fur- yards.

The Red Raiders next travel to Barnwell, while Bethune-Bowman faces Hunter-Kinard-Tyler in a game scheduled to take place in Branchville. Vikings beat Tigers ALLENDALE Backup quarterback Willie Carter filled in more than admirably for injured starter Semaj Moody as he threw two touchdowns in Den-mark-Olar's 19-6 win over Allendale-Fairfax and former Vikings' head coach Wayne Farmer. The victory improved D-0 to 2-1 overall and it faces Wilson in a Thursday night game in Florence. As for A-F, it will play host to Blackville-Hilda and attempt to end their 28-game regular-season winning streak alive. Andrew Jackson Aca.

moves to 3-0 EHRHARDT The Andrew Jackson Academy Confederates moved to 3-0 for the first time since 1997 with a 40-0 win over The King's Academy Friday night in Ehrhardt. Jeremy Jones led the Confederate rushing attack with 120 yards and three touchdowns while catching a touchdown pass from Chris Long. Long also ran for 101 yards, while Bryan Bishop rushed for 140 yards and one touchdown. On defense Remy Brennan had nine tackles, Bobby Crosby added eight tackles and John Avant had seven tackles and two sacks. The Confederates will try to make it 4-0 when they travel to face Holly Hill Academy begin LATE FRIDAY NIGHT REGION FOOTBALL Bamberg-Ehrhardt routs Bethune-Bowman, 48-0 ter a 41-yard run by Baker.

A holding penalty pushed the football back to the 20-yard line and McCoy's pass to Kelley was deflected into the hands of Hornet defensive AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division CB L10 Str 7-3 W-1 3.5 z-7-3 W-1 12.5 z-4-6 L-l 15.5 z-4-6 L-l 24.5 4-6 W-1 Central Division CB DO Str -z- 6-4 W-3 8.5 z-6-4 L-1 12.5 4-6 W-1 19.5 2-8 1-3 40 z-2-8 L-3 West Division CB L10 Str -z- 5-5 W-3 5 z-7-3 L-l 10 z-8-2 W-4 19 4-6 L-l NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division Pet 79 55.590 76 59.563 67 68.496 64 71 .474 56 81 .409 Pet 83 51 .619 75 60 .556 71 64 526 63 70.474 43 91 .321 Pet 76 58.567 76 59 .563 67 69.493 57 77 .425 Boston New York Toronto Baltimore Tampa Bay Chicago Cleveland Minnesota Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Oakland Texas Seattle Pet 78 58.574 73 62.541 72 63.533 69 66 .511 69 66.511 Pet 86 50 .632 72 63.533 66 70 .485 65 70 .481 62 73 .459 55 80.407 CB L10 Str Atlanta Philadelphia Florida New York Washington -z- 7-3 4.5 6-4 W-3 W-3 5.5 6-4 W-2 8.5 z-4-6 L-4 8.5 z-4-6 L-2 Central Division CB L10 Str St. Louis Houston Milwaukee Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh -z- 7-3 13 5 5-5 W-1 L-l 20 z-4-6 L-1 20 5 z-5-5 W-2 23.5 4-6 L-5 30.5 z-2-8 L-3 West Division Pet San Diego 68 67.504 Los Angeles 61 73 .455 San Francisco 60 73.4S1 Arizona 61 75 449 Colorado 53 81.396 2-ftrst game was a win CB L10 Str -z- 6-4 W-1 6.5 z-5-5 L-1 7z- 6-4 W-3 7.5 3-7 L-3 14.5 6-4 W-1 AMERICAN LEACUE Friday Games Baltimore 7, Boston 3 Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 3 Chicago White Sox 9, Detroit 1 Cleveland 6, Minnesota 1 Texas 8, Kansas City 7, 10 innings Oakland 12, N.Y. Yankees 0 LA Angels 4, Seattle 1 Saturday's Games Y. Yankees 7, Oakland 0 Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 2 Boston 7, Baltimore 6 Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit 2 Minnesota 3, Cleveland 2 Texas 5, Kansas City 3 Seattle at L.A. Sunday's Games Tampa Bay (Kazmir 7-9) at Toronto (Bush 4-7), 07pm.

Baltimore (Lopez 1 3-8) at Boston (D.Welis 11-6), 2:05 p.m. Texas (Volquez 0-1) at Kansas City (Gobble 1-0), 2 10 m. Cleveland (Westbrook 1 3-1 3) at Minnesota (Baker 1-1), 2:10 p.m. Detroit (Bonderman 14-11) at Chicago White Sox (Garland 16-8), 3 05 p.m. Seattle (Hams 2-1) at A.

Angels (Colon 17-6), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees 3-2) at Oakland (Zito 12-10), 8 05 m. Monday Games Chicago White Sox at Boston, 12:05 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 1 05 p.m.

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Mets 1 2-8), 1 Cincinnati (Ramirez Philadelphia (Loaiza Chicago San Diego (D Davis St Louis L.A. (Day San (Ru.Ortiz Mets Flonda at Chicago Houston Milwaukee Sunday, Sept. 4 AUTO RACING 6:30 a.m. GP2 Championship Series, at Monza. Italy (same-day 7:30 a.m.

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Louisville at Kentucky 7:15 p.m. Virginia Tech at N.C. State GOLF a.m. European PGA Tour. European Masters, final round, at Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland 2 p.m.

LPGA, State Farm Classic, final round, at Springfield. 5 p.m. ABC PGA Tour, Deutsche Bank Championship, third round, at Norton, Mass. NBC Champions Tour, First Tee Open, final round, at Pebble Beach, Calif. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m.

TBS Cincinnati at Atlanta 1:30 p.m. WGN Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh 8 p.m. ESPN N.Y. Yankees at Oakland MOTORSPORTS 11:30 a.m. SPEED FIM, World Superbike, at Assen, Netherlands (same-day tape) 8 p.m.

SPEED AMA Superbike. Road Atlanta, day 2, at Braselton, Ga. (same-day tape) TENNIS 11 a.m. CBS U.S. Open, men's third and women's fourth round, at New York 7 p.m.

USA Open, men's third and women's fourth round, at New York WNBA 4 p.m. ESPN2 Playoffs, conference finals. Game 3. Detroit at Staff Reports BAMBERG Leon Maxwell Stadium was the site of another Bamberg-Ehrhardt rout on Friday. The latest victim was Bethune-Bowman as the fourth-ranked Red Raiders used a punishing ground game and unrelenting defense to post a 48-0 shutout win.

For the second straight week, B-E (3-0) used a turnover to kick start its offense and take over the game early. The Mohawks (0-3) fumbled away the opening kickoff, which was recovered at their own 25-yard line by the Red Raiders. Quarterback James Wilson scored on a three-yard keeper to make it 7-0 with 9:28 remaining in the first half. With 6:52 remaining in the first quarter, Cary Carter scored the first of his three touchdowns with a 44-yard scamper. As the first quarter expired, Carter scored on a three-yard run to put the Red Raiders up 21-0.

In the second quarter, All-State defensive end Ricky Sapp showed his versatility when he caught an 1 1-yard touchdown pass. Like a week earlier, Sapp was penalized for excessive celebration and teammate Kevin Fisk missed the 35-yard extra point as a result once again. A long kickoff return by Shannon Ransom set up a four-yard touchdown run by Carter to give B-E a 34-0 halftime advantage. In the third quarter, Brian McMillan scored from four yards and the Red Raiders added one more touchdown to close out the scoring. B-E finished with 311 rushing yards, 77 by McMillan, and held the Mohawks to 57 total Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 3 7, Washington 1 N.Y.

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Ortiz 8-10) at Atlanta 11-8), 1:05 m. (Floyd 1-1) at Washington 9-10), 1:05 m. Cubs (. Williams 4-7) at Pittsburgh (K.Wells 7-14), 1 :35 p.m. (Peavy 12-6) at Milwaukee 9-10), 2:05 p.m.

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Louis, 2:15 p.m. at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. i.