Bowie State U Cross Country Update

BULLDOGS FINISH SECOND OVERALL AT VIRGINIA UNION PANTHER INVITE

BOWIE, Md. - Participating in their final event before the conference championships, the Bulldogs cross country placed second overall at the Virginia Union University Invite last Friday (10/12). Washington Adventist University took the top spot with a score of 39 points followed by Bowie State University (40 points) and Chowan University in third with 49 points. Host Virginia Union placed fourth (65 points) and Elizabeth City State was fifth (113 points). COMPLETE MEN'S RESULTS ATTACHED

Virginia State's Chris Henry was the first male student-athlete to cross the finish line with a time of 28:22. Sophomore Ndjami Chick continues to lead the Bowie State team, finishing as the Bulldogs top finisher in second with a time of 28:24. Eric Makovsky of Washington Adventist was the third runner to cross the finish line with a time of 28:52, followed by Chowan's Jordan Harrell in 4th (30:01) and Jimmy Ismael of Washington Adventist rounded out the top five with a time of 30:20.

BSU sophomore J.D. Tharpe, III placed 5th overall with a time of 30:44 and fellow sophomore Sonny Hicks finished 7th in the men's division with a time of 31:14. Freshman Jalame Gomez finished the course in 12th place (33:16) and senior Dana Smothers rounded out the Bulldog scorers with a time of 33:49.

Bowie State will close out the regular season at the CIAA Cross Country Championships - Thursday, October 18th in Cary, North Carolina.

LADY BULLDOGS PLACE SECOND AT PANTHER CROSS COUNTRY INVITE

RICHMOND, Va. - The Bowie State University Lady Bulldogs cross country team placed second overall at the Virginia Union University Panther Invite last Friday (10/12). COMPLETE WOMEN'S RESULTS ATTACHED

Chowan University won the event with a team score of 34 points, followed by Bowie State (42 points) and Washington Adventist University in third with 46 points. Virginia Union placed fourth with 88 points and Virginia State University did not score in the event.

Junior Brittany Williams was the first Lady Bulldogs participant to complete the course with a time of 19:37. Virginia State runners Taylor-Ashley Bean and Samantha Edwards placed first and second overall, finishing with times of 17:05 and 18:21 respectively.

Bowie State senior Michelle Palmer placed 6th (20:26) and freshman Faith Sykes finished 9th in scoring with a time of 21:18. Sophomore Nikole Baker finished 11th with a course time of 22:38 and senior Indya Price was right behind her in 12th with a time of 22:52.

The Lady Bulldogs will compete for the CIAA Cross Country Championship on Thursday, October 18th in Cary, North Carolina.

How to keep your hair while on chemo

A Natural Way to Keep Your Hair
After Chemo

    Going bald is one of the most obvious and demoralizing signs of cancer — at least, if you opt for chemotherapy. Once you lose your hair, your secret is out. Your cancer battle goes public. It might garner you sympathy from strangers, but you also lose the ability to carry on a normal life. And maybe worse, every time you look in the mirror, you see a sick person.

    For women especially, hair loss can be the single most traumatic side-effect of going through cancer. It's a verdict without appeal delivered by oncologists who recommend chemo: "You have a good chance of survival. The cancer may not come back. But you will lose all your hair." Some people actually refuse chemotherapy because the idea of hair loss is so terrifying.

    I'm happy to tell you there may be an answer. Keep reading. . .

Continued below. . .

The secret to curing cancer: You've been throwing it in the trash!     In 1921, a British doctor discovered that members of a remote native tribe were almost totally cancer-free. But when members of this tribe move away from their native land and change their diet, they get cancer just like anyone else.     It's all thanks to a food most of us throw away as waste — a food that's rich inamygdalin — what most of us call Laetrile.     Click here now and watch a video presentation about this cancer breakthrough. One cancer expert calls this overlooked food "the key to curing AND preventing cancer" — and you can benefit now — without going to a doctor or buying expensive supplements. This little throwaway food tastes great. Bill Clinton, of all people, eats a certain amygdalin-rich food all the time, and so can you. Click here now to watch the video!

    Thanks to something called cold cap therapy, a huge number of cancer patients can be saved the embarrassment of hair loss. This very simple, all-natural therapy has been around for years and is popular in Europe, though it's been slow to catch on in the U.S.

    The bottom line here is that most cancer sufferers can make it through chemo with a full head of hair. I'm not a fan of chemo at all, but if that's the treatment you choose, then you deserve to know there's a pretty good chance to keep yourself from going bald. And it's easy, too.

Freeze toxins right out of your head

    The concept itself is simple — and also a bit strange: You wear a frozen cap during chemo treatment. It keeps your scalp cold. And somehow, this prevents your hair from falling out.

    The caps themselves look like swimmers' caps. They're also known as hypothermia caps, since they appear to induce local vasoconstriction around hair follicles (vasoconstriction is the body's natural response to cold). This means blood flow around the hair follicle slows. As a result, toxins from chemotherapy drugs don't fully circulate around the follicles, and the hair stays rooted.

    The first patent for this therapy was filed in the late 1970s. Called "Chemo caps" at the time, the caps consisted of multiple gel-filled nylon pouches. The pouches were frozen and then worn for 15 to 20 minutes before chemo took place.

    Studies at the time showed success rates for the Chemo Cap were around 73%. So when the first patent expired, a new wave of interest in "scalp cooling" took place.

    Now, the two most common cap systems are the Penguin Cold Cap and the DigniCap Scalp Cooling System. Both are used throughout Europe, with success rates verging on 85% or higher. At this time, DigniCaps are not available in the U.S, but the Penguin caps are.

    The Penguin Cold Caps are filled with crylon gel cooled down to -22 degrees Fahrenheit. The caps have to be changed every thirty minutes during the chemo treatment process. The DigniCap system involves a coolant pumped into the caps by a compressor. Temperature sensors inside the caps control circulation of the coolant.

    The company behind the Penguin Cold Caps claims thousands of patients in Europe have kept their hair thanks to this simple intervention. But for U.S. residents, access is a problem. The caps can be rented, but they must be stored in a freezer that can maintain a temperature of -22 degrees Fahrenheit. That's extremely cold. Not many hospitals offer access to this kind of freezer.

    Thankfully, there are people trying to change all that. Shirley Billigmeier, an American who kept her hair following chemotherapy thanks to Penguin Cold Caps, joined with her friend Nancy Marshall to co-found something called The Rapunzel Project. They donate freezers to cancer sufferers around the country who want to try the therapy.

Doesn't apply to all cancers

    It's controversial, of course. And there are plenty of skeptics in the medical community. It's only thanks to the power of the Internet that cold cap therapy is surfacing in the U.S. Patients are talking to each other, looking for a better way than what their oncologists offer.

    A lot of oncologists either don't know about the treatment or are stuck on the early trial results from back in the 1980's. There are also doctors who are skeptical of the treatment because it means the chemo isn't getting into a patient's scalp and hair follicles, meaning patients could undergo metastases of the scalp.

    Yet a 2009 study in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment recorded a 1.1% incidence in scalp metastasis among women who used the cold caps, while a 1.2% increase was recorded among women who did not use the caps. In other words — no difference in scalp cancer results from using the caps.

    Keep in mind, cold cap therapy doesn't appear to be appropriate for all cancers. If you have a blood-borne cancer, like leukemia or lymphoma, then it's not recommended. The thinking is that because blood circulates through your scalp, any chemo treatment targeting cancer cells in the blood might fail to reach every place in the body where it's needed.

    Cold caps are most commonly used for women getting chemo as a preventive therapy for breast cancer, or for patients with other localized forms of cancer.

    More studies are taking place in the hopes that cold cap treatment can be made more widely available. The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has a study underway, and New York Hospital in New York City has been working on a cold cap study for the past two years.

    For now, insurance companies don't cover it because, in their view, it hasn't been thoroughly studied. Total cost for the Penguin caps is around $1500 after cap rental and buying dry ice, which is a back-up freezing method if you can't get hold of a suitable freezer.

It's about patient empowerment

    The oncologists today who are open to cold cap therapy are the ones whose patients have used it successfully. The real-life cases they’ve seen are encouraging them to look past survival numbers and outcome stats, and to start recognizing the emotional side effects that play a significant role in recovery.

    As far as I'm concerned, this isn't "just" about vanity. It's about giving patients some meaningful control over what's happening to them. Taking charge of the way you look, beating the odds, and beating the pronouncements of naysayer doctors is as good a way as any of sticking it to cancer. After all, if you don't look like a sick cancer patient, you won't feel as much like a sick cancer patient. Keeping your spirits up can be essential to recovery.

    I don't personally know anyone who's tried cold cap therapy. If you do, please share your experience on our Facebook page or write a letter to me at newsletter@cancerdefeated.com.

    Do you sleep poorly or snore loudly? It can be a harbinger of serious health problems including cancer. If you missed this important article in the last issue, please scroll down and read it now.

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When sleep problems turn deadly

    Do you find yourself tossing and turning all night? Or do your eyes droop throughout the day because you never feel really rested?

    Or do you fiercely deny claims that your snoring shakes the walls—even though you wake up yourself?!

    If this sounds like you, it might be time for a serious look at your sleep patterns. More could be at stake than just being a noisy sleeper. Here are some facts to get you started. . .

Continued below. . .

Show a Younger Face to the World     By repairing your skin's DNA, you can soften your skin, reduce the appearance of wrinkles, tighten up your sagging jaw line, make your crow's feet disappear, and fade sun and aging spots     A Nobel Prize winning secret makes it possible. Your "telomeres" determine how long your skin cells live. Telomeres are the "time keepers" attached to every strand of DNA. Each time your cells divide, your telomeres get shorter. The shorter your telomeres, the more your skin cells age… causing dry and wrinkled skin. Maintain the length of your telomeres, your skin will stay supple, radiant, and youthful.     Dr. Sears' Revive DNA Rejuvenation Cream turns back your skin's aging clock and helps you show a younger face to the world. Click here to find out more.

    You might be one of the 28 million Americans suffering with the condition called sleep apnea. This could be the real reason for your fatigue… snoring… and dangerous pauses in breathing at night…

    If you know about sleep apnea you may already know it's been linked to a higher danger of high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, obesity, and diabetes.

    But the news about this problem just got worse: Now new research suggests that folks with sleep apnea could also run a higher risk of developing cancer!

    Besides these longer run dangers, the condition can be dangerous in the short term, too! Although it won't cause you to suffocate, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said sleep apnea does increase your chances of experiencing sudden cardiac activity that can lead to abnormal heart rhythms—and even DEATH!

Some folks see cancer risk increased fivefold…

    For one study, a team of researchers in Spain tracked thousands of patients at sleep clinics. They found that people with severe sleep apnea had a 65 percent (almost two-thirds) greater risk of developing various types of cancer.

    Investigators with the Spanish Sleep Network used a measure called the hypoxemia index to examine the amount of time blood oxygen levels dip below 90 percent at night.

    They followed 5,200 people for seven years, all of whom were cancer-free at the beginning of the study.

    They found that the more oxygen depletion participants experienced at night, the more likely a patient would be diagnosed with cancer during the study.

    According to study author Dr. Miguel Angel Martinez-Garcia of La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital in Spain, when a person's oxygen levels dropped below 90 percent for up to 12 percent of their sleep time—he or she had a 68 percent higher chance of developing cancer than people whose oxygen levels did not drop!

    The second study focused on about 1,500 state government workers in Wisconsin. These participants in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort have undergone extensive overnight sleep studies and other health tests about every four years since 1989.

    Researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health found that participants who experienced the most severe nighttime breathing problems bumped up their risk of dying from cancer by nearly five times when compared to those without the disorder!

    Doctors said these observational results may benefit from additional research to determine if other, unknown factors may account for the link between sleep apnea and cancer.

Is there any treatment for sleep apnea?

    There definitely are things you can do to get sleep apnea under control. But the first step is determining for sure that you have this problem.

    You might have a clue if a sleep mate tells you that you sound like a jackhammer at night!

    But you can also have an overnight sleep study performed to monitor your breathing rate and the number of interruptions you experience throughout the night.

    In some severe cases, people have been known to stop breathing 40 or more times each hour!

    If you are diagnosed with sleep apnea, the standard treatment is a machine that provides "continuous positive airway pressure" or CPAP (pronounced SEE-pap) for short.

    The machine pushes air through a mask that the person wears at night. The additional air forced into nasal passages promotes easier breathing.

    Researchers have found that CPAP therapy reduces—and in some cases completely prevents—apnea symptoms.

    But some people might object to the bulkiness of sleeping with a mask over their faces at night…

    In this case, there's a new form of C.P.A.P. on the market. Ventus Medical has introduced a patch that fits over your nostrils.

    The Provent patch holds two small plugs, one to place in each nostril. These plugs supply enough air pressure to keep the airways open at night.

    The patches are less bulky and more portable than the traditional CPAP machine. But on the downside, buying monthly supplies of patches can be more expensive than the one-time expense of a CPAP machine.

    And the machine is more likely to be covered by insurance plans than the nose patches—even though they received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in 2008.

    In any case, there's no doubt sleep apnea can have a serious impact on your health. And the fact that it could be tied to such terrible conditions as diabetes, heart disease and cancer should be enough reason to confirm a diagnosis and seek treatment.

    This could go a long way toward ensuring that your next breath won't be the LAST one!

BOWIE STATE SUFFERS HEARTBREAKING 26-20 OVERTIME HOMECOMING LOSS TO VIRGINIA STATE

BOWIE STATE SUFFERS HEARTBREAKING 26-20 OVERTIME HOMECOMING LOSS TO VIRGINIA STATE

Rebroadcast

BOWIE, Md. – Bowie State redshirt sophomore Keith Brown (Temple Hills, Md. / Suitland HS) rushed for a game-high 120 yards and one touchdown, but Virginia State running back Lamont Britt (Norfolk, Va. / University of Virginia College of Wise) rushed for a 4-yard touchdown in overtime to spoil the Bulldogs Homecoming with a 26-20 victory.

Leading the Trojans on offense was quarterback Jarred Battle (Norfolk, Va. / Lake Taylor HS) with a game-high 201 passing yards, completing 21-of-32 (two interceptions) and one touchdown. Battle’s top target was Bryan Jones (Hayward, Calif. / Chabot C.C.) with seven catches for 39 yards.  The Virginia State defense was led by Brandon Robinson (Hampton, Va. / Phoebus HS) with a team-high 11 tackles.

Virginia State amassed 422 yards (221 rushing) of total offense while limiting Bowie State to 287 (173 rushing).

Bowie State took a 6-0 lead when redshirt sophomore Jared Johnston (Dumfries, VA / Forest Park HS) teamed with junior Prince Onuoha (Riverdale, Md. / Frederick Douglass HS) on a 9-yard scoring strike in the corner of the end zone with 8:58 left in the first quarter. The extra point by redshirt-sophomore Mario Diaz-Aviles (Washington, D.C. / Delaware State Univ.) was blocked.

                                                                                          

Devonte Hunt (Newport News, Va. / West Virginia Wesleyan College) scored Virginia State’s first points of the afternoon with 9:07 left to play in the second quarter on a 24-yard field goal.

VSU’s Jones pounded in from two yards out with 27 second left in the second quarter, shifting the advantage over to the Trojans at 10-6.  Possession time in the first half of play was dominated by Virginia State, holding a 20:13 to 9:47 advantage.

Bowie State regained the lead on its first possession of the third quarter on Johnston to freshman Maxie Stevens (Washington, D.C. / Dunbar HS) 46-yard pass and catch, putting the score at 13-10 Bulldogs.

Virginia State went three and out on their next possession and Bowie State took advantage of the opportunity, driving 64 yards in eight plays, capped off by a one yard score by Brown at the 6:19 mark of the third quarter and a 20-10 lead.

Virginia State’s Hunt booted a 30 yard field goal with 13:35 remaining in the third to cut the Bowie State lead down to 20-13.

Bowie State appeared to be in the driver’s seat with just over two minutes left in regulation. Faced with a fourth and 14 from the Virginia State 21 yard, the Bulldogs decided to attempt a 38 yard field goal. Unfortunately for Bowie State, the Diaz-Aviles kick was blocked by Virginia State’s Rontrelle Knockett (Fort Barnwell, N.C. / Louisburg C.C.), giving the Trojans was last chance.

Following two short completed passes, Battle connected with Ja’von Smallwood (Virginia Beach, Va. / Bayside HS) for 23 yards down to the Bowie State 25 yard line. Battle then teamed up with Jacob Kellam (Virginia Beach, Va. / Norfolk State Univ.) for a 25 yard touchdown. Hunt calmly added the extra point, tying the game at 20-20 with 1:02 left on the clock.

In the overtime period, Virginia State won the toss and elected to go on defense first. The BSU Bulldogs ran three plays and attempted a fake field goal on fourth and 11 with no success.

Virginia State’s Britt scampered 21 yards down the sideline on the Trojans first play of overtime and followed up with the winning 4-yard touchdown run.

Bowie State’s Johnston completed the afternoon with 114 passing yards, completing 11-of-24 (one interception) and two touchdowns. The Bulldogs’ defense was led by redshirt freshman Antoine Young (Capital Heights, Md. / Suitland HS) and redshirt-junior Delante White (Temple Hills, Md. / Crossland HS) with a game-high 13 tackles each.

Bowie State hit’s the road for its next two divisional match-up’s, making stops at Virginia Union University next Saturday (October 20^th) at 1 pm then head north to face Lincoln University of Pennsylvania on Saturday, October 27^th at 1:30 pm.

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When sleep problems turn deadly

    Do you find yourself tossing and turning all night? Or do your eyes droop throughout the day because you never feel really rested?

    Or do you fiercely deny claims that your snoring shakes the walls—even though you wake up yourself?!

    If this sounds like you, it might be time for a serious look at your sleep patterns. More could be at stake than just being a noisy sleeper. Here are some facts to get you started. . .

Continued below. . .

Show a Younger Face to the World     By repairing your skin's DNA, you can soften your skin, reduce the appearance of wrinkles, tighten up your sagging jaw line, make your crow's feet disappear, and fade sun and aging spots     A Nobel Prize winning secret makes it possible. Your "telomeres" determine how long your skin cells live. Telomeres are the "time keepers" attached to every strand of DNA. Each time your cells divide, your telomeres get shorter. The shorter your telomeres, the more your skin cells age… causing dry and wrinkled skin. Maintain the length of your telomeres, your skin will stay supple, radiant, and youthful.     Dr. Sears' Revive DNA Rejuvenation Cream turns back your skin's aging clock and helps you show a younger face to the world. Click here to find out more.

    You might be one of the 28 million Americans suffering with the condition called sleep apnea. This could be the real reason for your fatigue… snoring… and dangerous pauses in breathing at night…

    If you know about sleep apnea you may already know it's been linked to a higher danger of high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, obesity, and diabetes.

    But the news about this problem just got worse: Now new research suggests that folks with sleep apnea could also run a higher risk of developing cancer!

    Besides these longer run dangers, the condition can be dangerous in the short term, too! Although it won't cause you to suffocate, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said sleep apnea does increase your chances of experiencing sudden cardiac activity that can lead to abnormal heart rhythms—and even DEATH!

Some folks see cancer risk increased fivefold…

    For one study, a team of researchers in Spain tracked thousands of patients at sleep clinics. They found that people with severe sleep apnea had a 65 percent (almost two-thirds) greater risk of developing various types of cancer.

    Investigators with the Spanish Sleep Network used a measure called the hypoxemia index to examine the amount of time blood oxygen levels dip below 90 percent at night.

    They followed 5,200 people for seven years, all of whom were cancer-free at the beginning of the study.

    They found that the more oxygen depletion participants experienced at night, the more likely a patient would be diagnosed with cancer during the study.

    According to study author Dr. Miguel Angel Martinez-Garcia of La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital in Spain, when a person's oxygen levels dropped below 90 percent for up to 12 percent of their sleep time—he or she had a 68 percent higher chance of developing cancer than people whose oxygen levels did not drop!

    The second study focused on about 1,500 state government workers in Wisconsin. These participants in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort have undergone extensive overnight sleep studies and other health tests about every four years since 1989.

    Researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health found that participants who experienced the most severe nighttime breathing problems bumped up their risk of dying from cancer by nearly five times when compared to those without the disorder!

    Doctors said these observational results may benefit from additional research to determine if other, unknown factors may account for the link between sleep apnea and cancer.

Is there any treatment for sleep apnea?

    There definitely are things you can do to get sleep apnea under control. But the first step is determining for sure that you have this problem.

    You might have a clue if a sleep mate tells you that you sound like a jackhammer at night!

    But you can also have an overnight sleep study performed to monitor your breathing rate and the number of interruptions you experience throughout the night.

    In some severe cases, people have been known to stop breathing 40 or more times each hour!

    If you are diagnosed with sleep apnea, the standard treatment is a machine that provides "continuous positive airway pressure" or CPAP (pronounced SEE-pap) for short.

    The machine pushes air through a mask that the person wears at night. The additional air forced into nasal passages promotes easier breathing.

    Researchers have found that CPAP therapy reduces—and in some cases completely prevents—apnea symptoms.

    But some people might object to the bulkiness of sleeping with a mask over their faces at night…

    In this case, there's a new form of C.P.A.P. on the market. Ventus Medical has introduced a patch that fits over your nostrils.

    The Provent patch holds two small plugs, one to place in each nostril. These plugs supply enough air pressure to keep the airways open at night.

    The patches are less bulky and more portable than the traditional CPAP machine. But on the downside, buying monthly supplies of patches can be more expensive than the one-time expense of a CPAP machine.

    And the machine is more likely to be covered by insurance plans than the nose patches—even though they received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in 2008.

    In any case, there's no doubt sleep apnea can have a serious impact on your health. And the fact that it could be tied to such terrible conditions as diabetes, heart disease and cancer should be enough reason to confirm a diagnosis and seek treatment.

    This could go a long way toward ensuring that your next breath won't be the LAST one!

CIAA Honors Layeni and Wilson

HAMPTON, Va. -- The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) released its weekly football honor roll today and Bowie State University sophomore Oladimeji Layeni and fourth-year head coach Damon Wilson were two of the honorees. Layeni was a terror on the Bulldogs defense, racking up nine total tackles (8 solo), three sacks (17 yards), four tackles for loss (22), three QB hurries and one forced fumble. Wilson and the Bulldogs picked up a huge Northern Division win, defeating the division leading Hawks of Chowan 35-31 in the final 39 seconds of the game.

 

Bowie State University will host the Trojans of Virginia State University for Homecoming 2012 on Saturday (October 13th) at 1 pm.

BOWIE STATE STARTS STRONG BUT ELIZABETH CITY STATE WINS 3-1

BOWIE STATE STARTS STRONG BUT ELIZABETH CITY STATE WINS 3-1

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. -- Bowie State University started strong winning set one 25-17, but faltered the rest of the way, losing 17-25, 15-25 and 14-25 to Elizabeth City State University. The loss, Bowie State's sixth in a row, drops the Lady Bulldogs overall record to 3-18, 1-11 in the CIAA and 0-6 in the North.

Morghan Stallings and Tori Lamont paced Elizabeth City State with 13 and 11 kills respectively. Kyla Shute and Danielle Kiser combined for 38 of ECSU's 44 total assists. Stallings and Shute tallied 16 and 13 digs respectively. With the four-set win, Elizabeth City State improves its record to 11-6 overall, 10-2 in the CIAA and 5-1 in the Northern Division.

Bowie State was led by junior Kasi Eisenzimmer with 18 assists to go along with five kills, four digs and two service aces. Juniors Briana Flowers and Brelyn Finley recorded eight and seven kills respectively for the Lady Bulldogs. Freshmen Kheri Mobley and Yaje Ngundam tied for team-high block assists honors with three each.

The Lady Bulldogs will take a week off to enjoy Homecoming festivities before returning to action -Wednesday, October 17th in a non-conference match at Washington Adventist University.

Chowan Volleyball Top Bowie State 25-9, 25-8 and 25-15

CHOWAN VOLLEYBALL BLOWS PAST BOWIE STATE 3-0

MURFREESBORO, N.C. -- The Bowie State University volleyball team didn’t have the same success as the BSU football team one day earlier, falling short as Chowan University won the CIAA Northern Division match, 3-0, on Sunday afternoon at the Hawks’ Helms Center.

The Lady Bulldogs (3-17 overall, 1-10 CIAA, 0-4 CIAA North) never got on track against the defending CIAA Champion Hawks, losing in straight sets 25-9, 25-8 and 25-15.  Freshman Yaje Ngundam led Bowie State with four kills and junior Kasi Eisenzimmer added three kills in the loss. Eisenzimmer tied for match-high dig honors with 12.

Karina Monroe paced Chowan with 14 kills on 22 attacks and Nikira Fults tallied 13 kills on 18 attacks. Monroe led the Hawks with three service aces and Cindy Ehrich led the Hawks with a dozen digs.
 
The Lady Bulldogs take on CIAA Northern Division foe Elizabeth City State on Monday (10/8) at 6 pm in ECSU’s Vaughn Center.

BROWN LATE GAME JAUNT LIFTS BOWIE STATE TO 35-31 ROAD WIN AT CHOWAN

BROWN LATE GAME JAUNT LIFTS BOWIE STATE TO 35-31 ROAD WIN AT CHOWAN

MURFREESBORO, N.C. – Chowan scored 15 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, but Bowie State redshirt sophomore Keith Brown rushed for a 57 yard touchdown to lift the Bulldogs to a thrilling 35-31 victory against the Hawks.

Brown finished the night with a game and career-high 132 rushing yards and two touchdowns to lead Bowie State. The victory snaps a two-game losing streak and improves the Bulldogs record to 4-2 (1-2 CIAA).

Chowan missed a great opportunity score early but fumbled the ball deep in the Bulldogs territory on the Hawks’ opening drive. Bowie State was unable to capitalize and turned the ball back over to Chowan on downs.

The Hawks’ third red zone opportunity finally resulted in positive result.  After two unsuccessful Hawks red zone attempts, quarterback Cameron Stover rushed for an 8-yard touchdown with 1:20 left in the first quarter for the games’ first six points.  Alex Noboa added the extra point to give Chowan a 7-0 advantage.  Stover completed 8-of-12 first quarter passes for 108 yards, but was intercepted once by BSU redshirt freshman Antoine Young.

Bowie State quickly responded with 14:53 left in the second quarter when redshirt sophomore Jared Johnston flipped a short 5-yard pass to sophomore Khari Lee for six Bulldogs’ points. Redshirt sophomore Mario Diaz-Aviles converted the extra point to tie the game at 7-7.

Bulldogs junior Corwin Acker provided a second quarter spark with two huge runs of 46 and 24 yards that put Bowie State in the Hawks red zone. Sophomore Keith Brown rushed for a 4-yard touchdown run to give Bowie State a 14-7 lead at the 10:26 mark of the second quarter.

The Bowie State defense pressured Stover in the first half, sacking him four times. Sophomores Oladimeji Layeni and Eric Walters recorded three and one first half sack respectively.

Bowie State’s Johnston scampered around the right end for a 49 yard touchdown run on the Bulldogs’ first play from scrimmage to open the third quarter. The Diaz-Aviles extra point gave Bowie State a 21-7 cushion

With 12:13 left in the third quarter, Noboa booted a 27 yard field goal to trim the Chowan deficit to 21-10.

The Bulldogs extended their lead to 28-7 following a 1-yard rush up the middle by Johnston with 5:58 to play in the third, capping off an 11-play, 81 yard drive.

An exciting 40-yard reception by Antjuan Randall put the Hawks in Bulldogs territory at the 15 yard line. Two plays later, JR Williams found paydirt from 5-yards out. Chowan went for two, but the conversion was picked off in the end zone, setting the score at 28-16.

Chowan (3-3, 2-1 CIAA) inched closer at the 13:53 mark of the final quarter, following a 1-yard run by Adrian Ferns. Noboa added the extra point, cutting the Bowie State lead to 28-23.

Faced with a fourth and 12, Stover connected with Randall for a 26 yard gain and crucial first down. Stover hit Damien Ellis for a 7-yard touchdown with 6:45 remaining. Stover found Randall for the two-point conversion, putting the Hawks back in front at 31-28.

Bowie State had one more opportunity with 2:43 remaining in the game. Faced with a third and three from the Chowan 43 yard line, Brown rumbled 57 yards for a Bulldogs touchdown, shifting the advantage back to Bowie State at 35-31 with 33 seconds left to play.

Johnston led Bowie State with 164 passing yards, completing 16-of-29 passes. Senior Douglas McNeil, III led BSU with 54 reception yards and Lee added 50 yards. Young and Walters were Bowie State’s top defenders with 11 tackles each.

Stover threw for a game-high 311 yards, completing 22-of-33 passes and Ryan Nolan was his leading target with 130 reception yards on nine catches.

The Bulldogs will entertain the Trojans of Virginia State University for Homecoming 2012 next Saturday (October 13^th). Kickoff is set for 1 pm in BSU’s Bulldogs Stadium.

Dirty mouth may double danger of pancreatic cancer

Oral Bacteria May Double
Your Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

    The last few years have brought a rash of studies suggesting periodontal (gum) disease is related to other serious diseases. It's long been known that people with diseased gums are at higher risk of heart disease.

    Now comes a study indicating gum disease is also linked to cancer — specifically, pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is extremely deadly. Very few patients survive more than a year following diagnosis (if they follow conventional treatments). And pancreatic cancer is very difficult to detect. At the very least, this new finding may help with early detection. Keep reading and I'll give you the details...

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    The study of blood samples from more than 800 European adults was published in the journal Gut. The researchers found that people with high levels of antibodies for an infectious strain of periodontal bacteria, Porphyromonas gingivalis, were more than twice as likely to have pancreatic cancer as a control group of people who didn't show signs of this gum disease microbe.

    Dominique Michaud, a Brown University epidemiologist who co-authored the study, said the increased risk is about the same as that seen in smokers. In his words, "The relative increase in risk from smoking is not much bigger than two. If this is a real effect size of two, then potential impact of this finding is really significant."

    Jacques Izard of the Forsyth Institute and Harvard University is the study's other lead author. He cautions, "This is not an established risk factor. But I feel more confident that there is something going on. It's something we need to understand better."

    In other words — as always — more study is needed. But if you have periodontal disease, don't fool around. Get it treated and be strict with yourself about brushing, flossing and using a Water Pik or similar device.

    The researchers drew the 821 samples in their study from a vast database of more than 500,000 adults in 10 countries. The database contains medical records, health histories and preserved blood samples from this vast group of people.

    The study design included 405 people who developed pancreatic cancer, matched with a control group of demographically similar people who did not. The study controlled for factors like smoking, diabetes and weight.

    One of the most promising findings was that the date of the blood samples preceded the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer by as much as a decade. This means the presence of these bacteria in the mouth could be an early warning of cancer. It also gives strength to the theory that the bacteria somehow cause the cancer. It's certainly not the case that the people got gum disease AFTER their bodies were run down by cancer.

    We can't be sure just yet if these bacteria cause cancer — or how. But it's one more reason, if you need one, to take care of your teeth and gums.