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--4 f. Get the latest local preps news at DaytonDailyNews.comgohshuddle WWW.DAYT0NDAILYNEWS.COM Winslow tackling reality at CSU TOM ARCHDEACON DAYTON DAILY NEWS Monday, September 7, 2009 I PageBl DAYTON CLASSIC Virginia Union thumns ClUi u- i iL si Mm (J I l' I .1 k. I More photos online i Check out a photo gallery from the Dayton Classic and other area football pmes from this weekend at I DaytonOailyNews.comsports "We're going to go back to basic, simple football," Junior said. "Blocking, tackling, working on the simple little things, ABOVE: Central State's Eriq McCorkle tries to push by Virginia Union's Hurley Hemphill during the Dayton Classic at Welcome Stadium on Sunday, BELOW: Central State's Cameron Conwell and Virginia Union's Joseph Jean-Pierre both jump for a pass, staff photos by Teesha McClam Marauders shut out for second straight game v- backs to a total of 8-of-22 passing for 145 yards, but Virginia Union took advantage of short fields for quick scoring drives. Reserve quarterback Jeff Brooks led Central State with 60 yards rushing, and starter Jude Diegue completed ll-of-26 passes for 141 yards.

But with a 31-0 halftime deficit, in part due to a fumble return for a touchdown with 32.6 seconds left in the first half, the Marauders had difficulty maintaining their enthusiasm, Junior said afterward. Junior, in fact, said he was frustrated with the seeming lack of effort but that he would address it during the week in practice. "I'll take responsibility for that," Junior said. "It won't happen again." Contact this reporter at (937) 225-7389 or knagclDavtonDailyNews.com. Ex-Flyer football star Furst, 91, dies By Doug Harris Staff Writer Former University of Dayton football great Tony Furst died Saturday, Sept.

5, after a short illness. He was 91. Mr. Furst was a two-way tackle for the Flyers and played three seasons in the NFL for the Tony Furst By Kyle Nagel Staff Writer DAYTON It was just minutes after the Central State University football team ended its fifth incarnation of the Dayton Classic, and coach E.J. Junior was not pleased.

"It was like," Junior said, "we never played football before." In struggling to their second consecutive loss to open the season, the Marauders suffered a number of turnovers and other mishaps in dropping the Dayton Classic to Virginia Union 45-0 on Sunday, Sept. 6, at Welcome Stadium. Now, with the meatiest part of the schedule approaching beginning Saturday with a road matchup against Southern University, Junior said the team's strategy will simplify. A year into his job at Central State, Kel-len Winslow is learning the difference between glorious dreams and painful reality. Not long after the NFL legend took over as the school's athletics director, he talked about everything from a scholarship-stocked CSU football team one day playing for the NCAA Division II title to having an indoor practice facility and moving the stadium across Highway 42 in Wilberforce so crowds would have easier access.

As noble as all that may be, current reality is far different: You saw it at Welcome Stadium on Sunday 6, where Virginia Union hammered the undersized, non-scholarship Marauders 45-0 in the fifth annual Dayton Classic. You saw it in the run-up to this season when, rather than expansion plans, Winslow had to deal with more pressing reality like redoing the "potholed and uneven" field at CSU's McPherson Stadium that he felt was "unsafe for football." He gave the dressing room a facelift, adding new carpet and a paint job and fixing showers that "either scalded or froze you." But the biggest reality wake-up comes today when he plans to join sports information director Ken Marshall in the dressing room to scrub the old, rusted and stained trough urinals. "I've got a pair of rubber gloves and I'm going to help Winslow said. "They didn't play football at CSU for eight' years, and when they opened the program back up, they did it without a lot of attention sometimes. The dressing room has to be a place the players feel pride in.

"When I took the job, I had high expectations, but when I got into it, I realized, Wow. I've got to get down there in the weeds and deal with Regardless, I promised the guys a great sports experience, and I'm going to try to provide that in ways big and small. One of the most ambitious ventures after hiring new coach E.J. Junior, the former Alabama All-American and NFL veteran was an upgrade in the schedule that right now looks quite daunting. At the end of the season, Winslow will make another evaluation of dreams and real-' ity.

He is putting together a feasibility plan for the board of trustees and CSU president John Garland. "One thing I do know," he said. "The team is in good hands with Coach Junior though I would imagine some of the challenges probably seem a little greater to him right now, too." And that made for a memorable scene some 30 minutes after the game had ended. The field was already deserted, except for Junior who stood alone near the 50-yard line, glaring off in the distance, his back to the scoreboard which still burned with the 45-0 rout. That's when Winslow approached, put an arm around him and quietly said something.

Maybe he was talking football dreams. Maybe he was mentioning he had an extra pair of rubber gloves. 1 Owings takes one for team; Reds win in 12 not trying to do things out of the ordinary or get blitz happy or other things. "We're going to keep it simple, and we're going to play football." Central State, which was shut out 6-0 in its opener against West Virginia State, gained 217 total yards and suffered two fumbles, an interception, a blocked field-goal attempt and two blocked punts. The Marauders had trouble from the start, when Virginia Union took four plays to drive 57 yards on its opening possession, which it capped with a 25-yard touchdown pass from Noel Alexander to Michael Hampton.

After blocking CSU's first punt attempt, Virginia Union used a short field for a five-play scoring drive and led 14-0 with 8:34 left in the first quarter. Central State's defense kept Virginia Union's two quarter .1 Reds catcher Corky Miller hits a sacrifice fly to bring in Scott Rolen for a run against the Braves in the 12th inning Sunday, Sept. 6, In Atlanta. Associated Press photo by John Amis to held the Braves to one run and three hits over six innings, but kept it interesting by walking two and hitting two while throwing 107 pitches to get nine strikeouts. Atlanta catcher (and former Red) David Ross homered on relief pitcher Jared Burton's first pitch to give the Braves a 2-1 lead in the seventh, then Drew Stubbs tied it in the eighth with his fifth home run.

Lehrtomiss start with injury Notes on B4 )) Follow Hal's blog at DaytonDailyNews.comreds ByHalMcCoy Staff Writer ATLANTA Micah Owings looked as if he had just gone 12 rounds with Mike Tyson his left ear bloody and closed with four stitches and his hearing temporarily gone in that ear. But he was standing, and he won the decision a tough way to win a baseball game. Owings was in the batter's box with the bases loaded and one out in the 12th inning of a tie game with the Atlanta Braves, facing Kenshin Kawaka-mi in the twilight gloaming. An up-and-in slider crashed flush into the ear hole of Owings' batting helmet and he went down for several moments. The hit-by-pitch forced in the winning run as the Cincinnati Reds extended their winning streak to seven games, 4-2.

A groggy Owings stood near his locker after the game, and when somebody said it was a tough way to win a ballgame, he said, "It was. But I'll take it, any way we can win a ballgame." Owings is from nearby Gainesville, so his mother (Danise), father, sister and brother-in-law watched the ball carom off his helmet and his mother was in tears. Owings, though, didn't lose consciousness or his sense of humor. When he finally got to his feet, he told manager Dusty Baker, "I was going to cut loose on one. I was going to hit one out." Owings did not accompany the team to Denver after the game: He was advised not to fly for a couple of days.

"As soon as I went down, I saw the sky, so I was never out cold," he said. "Even without the shadows, I doubt if I could have gotten out of the way. I barely saw it out of his hand. "I'm not in pain, it's just numb and I can't hear out of my left ear," he added. "Caught me off-guard.

I'm a pitcher, so I know it can happen, the ball can slip out of your hand." Francisco Cordero pitched the bottom of the 12th and struck out the side, and Baker said, "You saw how the Braves had trouble in the twilight. That's the most dangerous time. In the twilight, the lights don't help and there isn't enough sun and everything is gray." Reds starter Johnny Cue Detroit Lions (1941, '42 and '44). He took part in one of the most memorable games in UD history, a 6-6 tie against national power St. Mary's of California in 1939.

Mr. Furst was elected to the UD Hall of Fame in 1965. He operated his family's North Dayton flower shop for many years, a business that opened in 1905. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Routsong Funeral Home in Kettering.

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