Men’s basketball team ready for 2012-13 BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES The men’s basketball team at Bethune-Cookman begins its new season on Nov. 9 at St Bonaventure. Their first home game is Nov. 27 against North Florida. Here’s a preview of the new season. 2011-12: 18-17 overall, 11-5 for fourth in MEAC; runner-up in MEAC [...]
Atlantic’s Ronni Williams to pick college next month BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES Ronni Williams, Atlantic High School basketball star will announce which college she will play for on Nov. 9 at 1:50 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium. “She will make her decision at that time in the school’s gymnasium,” confirmed George Butts, Atlantic’s head [...]
ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES Marcus Dixon ran for 181 yards with two touchdowns to lead Warner Christian Academy to a 21-7 win over Crystal River on Homecoming, Friday night. The Class 2A Eagles got a big win over the Class 5A Pirates Oct. 12, mainly due to the play of its defense. Warner’s defense led [...]
Wildcats beat Aggies on Homecoming By ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES Bethune-Cookman University used an effective running game and ball hawk defense to beat North Carolina A&T University 28-12 in front of a homecoming crowd of 10,181 at Municipal Stadium this past week. Quentin Williams ran for 111 yards with two scores while throwing for 128 [...]
New Smyrna edges Mainland By ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES Marcus Johnson’s 31- yard touchdown pass to Dexter Dixon with 14.8 seconds remaining lifted New Smyrna Beach to a 23-21 win over Mainland in a key district 9-6A matchup at the New Smyrna Beach Sports Complex this past week. “I saw that we had one-on-one coverage. [...]
Seabreeze too much for Titusvill BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES Seabreeze donned black helmets on homecoming and routed Titusville high 59-14 at Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach this past week. “We’ve bounced back after two tough losses with two big wins. Hopefully we are moving towards how good we can be. We still got work [...]
Wildcats beat Hampton in MEAC matchup BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES Bethune-Cookman stayed on top of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title race with 38-26 win over Hampton. “We got a good win against a very good football team. I think Hampton showed how good they were. We had to earn everything that we got tonight,” [...]
BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES Justin Sampson returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown to ignite Seabreeze to a 59-14 win over Titusville high at Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach tonight. The running back duo of Tre Rodriguez and Charles Nelson both ran for over 100 yards and had two touchdowns a piece while Connor [...]
Against Tennessee Tigers, Wildcats couldn’t claw their way back BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES The two top teams in Black college football squared with Tennessee State walking away with a 21-14 win over Bethune-Cookman. The Wildcats were ranked No. 1 in all the HBCU polls while Tennessee State was ranked second in three and tied [...]
Blowouts highlight district play in fifth week of prep football COMPILED BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES New Smyrna Beach remained unbeaten by ripping Pine Ridge 54-7 in the district 9-6A opener for both teams. Marcus Johnson threw for 224 yards with four scores to lead New Smyrna. Frankie Viera scored Pine Ridge’s lone touchdown. James [...]