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Pffr ™KJL j ffi- ,%SECTION 0AfW $ a • # ‘ ^ a m • J * ‘ ^ *s 4 -Mm 1Winston-Salem Chronicl*OCTOBER 8, 190?' ,* * - |Poised freshman QB leads the RamsBy RANDY PETTITTChronicle Sports EditorFAYE1TEVILLE -- Imagine that you arc fresh out of high school. You go out for the football team in college -- just hoping to Icam the ropes and survive -- but manage to wind up starting in only your third game as a true freshman.Then try to imagine returning to your hometown - Fayetteville, N.C. -- to start your second collegiate game in front of a critical audience that not only includes 2,000 Rams' fans, but also your high school friends and family on the other side of the fence.You arc the Winston-Salem Slate Rams' Concll Maynor, a graduate of E.E. Smith High School, who has been thrust into the limelight almost immediately upon his arrival at WSSU.Are you nervous? Any normal freshman would be, but Maynor has proved to be something special.Coach Bill Hayes explains.Basically you have four or five years to play college ball, said Hayes, who said he noticed Maynor's talents right away in practice.At the beginning, it’s a matter of adjusting from high school ball tosaidpoiseor junior. He didn't act like a freshman.Rams fans who've caught the last two ball gamesWe’d love to protectthat he doesn't play like one either.He's a good young quarterback, Hayes said.him and nurture him along, but we can't do that.We needed better play at the quarterback position, and Concll hasproved he's the man for the job right now. He's got to grow up fast andlcam the offense quickly.Maynor apparently did his homework last week, as he threw for 124yards and a touchdown on the Fayetteville State Broncos. The Fayettevillenative said he didn't let the thought of playing in his hometown distracthim at all.Please see page B4WhereFor a little guy, Winston-Salem State quarterback Conell Maynor is pretty quick on his feet. Here, Maynor rolls out to direct a little traffic in the Rams' offense, while a beaten Fayetteville State lineman (91) tries to figure out where the elusive freshman went (photo by James Parker).
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Winston Salem Chronicle
Winston Salem, North Carolina, US
Thu, Oct 08, 1987
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