THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, July 9, 1995 TAG: 9507090042
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C10 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY ED MILLER, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Medium: 65 lines
At many summer sports camps, the main attractions are celebrity speakers who pop in, say a few words, sign a few autographs, and then jet out of town.
Nothing wrong with that, but it's not the approach Norfolk State coach Darnell Moore wanted to take for the school's first-ever football camp, to be held Monday through Wednesday at NSU.
``We're trying to keep the cost minimal,'' Moore said. ``So we're going to use our own staff.
Cost for the three-day camp is a relatively light $65. The fee includes a T-shirt, lunch and drinks. The camp is for players age 12 through high school seniors, and the concentration will be on skill positions.
``Quarterbacks and receivers,'' Moore said. ``But we'll also do other skill positions - running back, defensive back, linebacker.
``The thing we'll concentrate on is giving them the drills they need. We'll talk to them about the SAT and the ACT.''
And the camp won't be totally devoid of sports celebrities - at least local ones. CIAA offensive player of the year Aaron Sparrow and All-American wide receiver James Roe are scheduled to work the camp.
``This is the first one that Norfolk State's done,'' Moore said. ``I consider it our way of giving something back to the community.''
DREAM TEAM: What coach wouldn't love to put the following team on the floor?
At point guard: Allen Iverson of Georgetown. The shooting guard: Ray Allen of Connecticut. The forwards: Charles O'Bannon of UCLA and John Wallace of Syracuse. The big guy in the middle: Tim Duncan of Wake Forest.
That's the squad NSU coach Mike Bernard had for three days last month at the World University Games tryouts at Colorado Springs, Colo.
Bernard, one of a handful of college coaches brought in to help conduct the tryouts, went 9-1 with his all-star squad in scrimmages against other teams.
``It was a great experience,'' he said. ``Not only for me but for the University.''
RECRUITING UPDATE: Bernard expects to sign four or five freshmen, but don't look for any of them on the court next season. The coach plans to redshirt the freshmen next year, saving them for Norfolk State's move to Division I in 1997-98.
By then, the players would be redshirt sophomores, with two years in the program, and would presumably be ready to step into major roles.
None of the players on NSU's current roster will be around when the Spartans move to Division I. Next year's squad should consist entirely of juniors and seniors, and Norfolk State must wait two years before it can move up.
Bernard is expected to complete next year's recruiting soon, and said he will announce the signees all at once.
ODDS AND ENDS: NSU sprinter Chandra Sturrup has made the Bahamian national team and will be competing in the world championships next month in Stockholm, Sweden.
Sturrup will compete in the 100 and 200 meters and in the 4x100-meter relay, according to NSU track coach Steve Riddick. She's now in Europe running some tune-up meets. . . . Former NSU baseball player Wilbert Terry got a big break, then a bad break recently. Terry signed a free agent contract with the Texas Rangers, but broke his leg in his very first game with the club's affiliate in the Single-A Gulf Coast League. Terry was running to first base when he collided with another player. by CNB