A very special Demon is back with his team, way before anybody thought it possible.
On August 28th, Dwayne Watkins was seriously injured in an automobile accident near Opelousas.
His injuries included two fractured vertebrae in his spinal column, but by the grace of God, he is on the way to a miraculous recovery.
Just before the start of Friday night's game, he surprised his teammates in the Demon locker room.
Maybe next year, we’ll see him back in uniform as a player, but Friday night, it was great to have him on the bench with the Demons.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
No surprise D-Bell does something nice
The Homer Guardian Journal this week reports that the open date last weekend for the Buffalo Bills provided an opportunity for Demon great Demetrius Bell to share his good fortune with his hometown of Summerfield.
Bell, who hung out in Natchitoches with former Demon basketball teammate Keithan Hancock and friends last Friday and Saturday, came home for a visit last week and arranged to give a Thanksgiving turkey to every family with a child enrolled at the Summerfield school.
Totally in character.
Bell, who hung out in Natchitoches with former Demon basketball teammate Keithan Hancock and friends last Friday and Saturday, came home for a visit last week and arranged to give a Thanksgiving turkey to every family with a child enrolled at the Summerfield school.
Totally in character.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The backstory on one Demon signee
Recruiting is always interesting, but the campus visit for new NSU basketball signee Patrick Robinson was more dramatic than coaches and recruit would have liked.
Robinson had an apparent appendicitis attack that struck during his visit for an October home football weekend.
He arrived on campus Friday afternoon, and all was well until the next morning when he told Coach McConathy he had an upset stomach. By early afternoon, after a visit to the training room, it was determined that Pepto Bismol was not the answer.
Assistant coach Jeff Moore sped Robinson back home to Baton Rouge, pausing at every opportunity to ask, "do you think you should go by a hospital, or are you OK to keep heading home?"
Robinson probably spent 16 waking hours of a planned two-day visit on the NSU campus, but still eventually felt good enough about the experience and the Demon program to accept the invitation, and the scholarship, to join the family.
McConathy, Moore and crew couldn't be happier.
BTW, Robinson's coach is Carlo Maggio, who arrived at Christian Life Academy in Baton Rouge late this summer after a successful run at Plainview near Lake Charles. And yes, there is a family tie between Carlo and cousin Dr. Chris (Dean of Students, former NSU athlete and track coach) Maggio.
Robinson had an apparent appendicitis attack that struck during his visit for an October home football weekend.
He arrived on campus Friday afternoon, and all was well until the next morning when he told Coach McConathy he had an upset stomach. By early afternoon, after a visit to the training room, it was determined that Pepto Bismol was not the answer.
Assistant coach Jeff Moore sped Robinson back home to Baton Rouge, pausing at every opportunity to ask, "do you think you should go by a hospital, or are you OK to keep heading home?"
Robinson probably spent 16 waking hours of a planned two-day visit on the NSU campus, but still eventually felt good enough about the experience and the Demon program to accept the invitation, and the scholarship, to join the family.
McConathy, Moore and crew couldn't be happier.
BTW, Robinson's coach is Carlo Maggio, who arrived at Christian Life Academy in Baton Rouge late this summer after a successful run at Plainview near Lake Charles. And yes, there is a family tie between Carlo and cousin Dr. Chris (Dean of Students, former NSU athlete and track coach) Maggio.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Checking in with Chelsea Orton
It was great to see the delightful smile of former Lady Demon soccer graduate assistant coach Chelsea Orton at the Lady Demon Soccer Complex Sunday, even if we had to look 40 feet up to see her.
Orton was the rookie color analyst for the SLC TV live telecast of the 2009 Southland Conference Soccer Championship final won by Southeastern Louisiana 2-0 over Texas State. She and play by play man Doug Anderson worked on a scissor lift raised about 40 feet above the concession stand on the east side of the pitch.
The midfield cameras were mounted on the same platform, providing a great view of the new press box on the west side along with the benches for both teams. The Lady Demon Soccer Complex looked great on TV - across the nation on Fox College Sports as well as throughout the Southland TV network footprint. Former NSU assistant Mike Baker watched in Tennessee.
After leaving NSU, Orton did an internship at the Southland Conference office in metropolitan Dallas as one of the last steps in completing her master's degree in sport administration from Northwestern.
She is working in sales and marketing for AT&T in Irving. She's also an avid runner who has competed across the country.
Chelsea was her own worst critic on her television analyst's debut, but people watching who know soccer thought she was quite good - no surprise to us!
Orton was the rookie color analyst for the SLC TV live telecast of the 2009 Southland Conference Soccer Championship final won by Southeastern Louisiana 2-0 over Texas State. She and play by play man Doug Anderson worked on a scissor lift raised about 40 feet above the concession stand on the east side of the pitch.
The midfield cameras were mounted on the same platform, providing a great view of the new press box on the west side along with the benches for both teams. The Lady Demon Soccer Complex looked great on TV - across the nation on Fox College Sports as well as throughout the Southland TV network footprint. Former NSU assistant Mike Baker watched in Tennessee.
After leaving NSU, Orton did an internship at the Southland Conference office in metropolitan Dallas as one of the last steps in completing her master's degree in sport administration from Northwestern.
She is working in sales and marketing for AT&T in Irving. She's also an avid runner who has competed across the country.
Chelsea was her own worst critic on her television analyst's debut, but people watching who know soccer thought she was quite good - no surprise to us!
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