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Miami Herald
17-04-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
FAMU holds off UAPB for SWAC Golf Championship
The Florida A&M Golf team, the reigning HBCU national champions, won the school's first-ever SWAC Championship by holding off Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the final round of the 2025 SWAC Golf Tournament. In the end FAMU would win by six strokes, this after holding a 14-stroke lead going in to the first round. It was not a matter of the Rattlers backing up to the Golden Lions, but rather a charge of epic proportions by UAPB. The best two rounds of the first two days of the tournament were all held by the Rattlers. With two rounds of 6-over-par, the Rattlers entered the final round at 12-over-par. UAPB has two rounds for the tournament not representative of their play in the tournament over the last two years. The Golden Lions opened the tournament with a round og 11-over-par. They would follow that up with a round of 11-over-par. Going into the final round, UAPB was sitting at 26-over-par, while the Rattlers were 14 strokes ahead, sitting at 12-over-par. FAMU would actually shoot their best round of the tournament on the final day with an aggregate score of 4-over-par. The Rattlers would conclude the day at 16-over-par. UAPB would come as close as teo strokes in the final round as they assaulted the front nine. The final four holes would be the final judge of the course as the 18th hole, par-5, would swallow up scorecards, leaving room for the Rattlers to take home the 2025 SWAC crown. With the victory, FAMU becomes the first Division-I school to win both a MEAC and SWAC golf championship. Head coach Mike Rice coached the Rattlers in both championships. He is a graduate of Florida A&M and led the Rattlers to the national championship as a player and medalist while playing for the Rattlers. The Rattlers will head to Kohler, WI at the iconic Whistling Straits Golf Club to defend their PGA Works HBCU National Championship title. Last year they won the title in Jacksonville at the TPC Sawgrass on the stadium course. The PGA Works Collegiate Championship is scheduled for May 5-7. HBCU Teams scheduled to compete in the PGA Works Collegiate Championship: Alabama A&M University Florida A&M University Howard University North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina Central University Prairie View A&M University Southern University Texas Southern University University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff The post FAMU holds off UAPB for SWAC Golf Championship appeared first on HBCU Gameday. Copyright HBCU Gameday 2012-2025
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
FAMU golf wins program's first-ever SWAC Championship; will appear in NCAA Tournament
FAMU golf wins program's first-ever SWAC Championship; will appear in NCAA Tournament Florida A&M won its first-ever Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship at Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Oxmoor Valley in Birmingham, Alabama on Friday, April 16, 2025. Florida A&M's golf team has made history in Birmingham. On April 16, the Rattlers hoisted the program's first-ever Southwestern Athletic Conference trophy by shooting a final round 292 (+4) to finish six strokes ahead of runner-up Arkansas-Pine Bluff at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Oxmoor Valley Advertisement Prairie View A&M and Alabama A&M finished the SWAC Championship in third and fourth place in the SWAC Championship. FAMU freshman golfer Sascha Robinson led the Rattlers to victory, claiming Low Medalist and Freshman Low Medalist honors. Robinson is one of three Rattlers to make the All-SWAC First Team, joined by Miguel Illas and Jonathan Scott. Taylor Bell made the SWAC's second team. Florida A&M men's golf athlete Taylor Bell poses on the driving range with the championship trophy. FAMU head coach Mike Rice was named the SWAC's Coach of the Year. The Rattlers' last conference title was in 2021 when they won their first and only Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship before realigning to the SWAC the following season. FAMU's SWAC title comes a year after winning the PGA Works HBCU National Championship. Advertisement Next up for FAMU is the NCAA Tournament, which begins in May. Gerald Thomas, III is a multi-time award-winning journalist for his coverage of the Florida A&M Rattlers at the Tallahassee Democrat. Follow his award-winning coverage on and contact him via email at GDThomas@ or on the app formerly known as Twitter @3peatgee. This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: FAMU golf, coach Mike Rice wins Rattlers first-ever SWAC Championship
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
2 buildings partially collapse in Dayton over last few days; Fire Chief discusses repair efforts
Two buildings in Dayton partially collapsed in the last 10 days. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] As reported on News Center 7 at 6:00, the building at 464 E 5th Street in the Oregon District partially collapsed before 4 p.m. on Monday. TRENDING STORIES: Can you help? Police searching for man accused of stealing almost $1700 worth of clothing Ohio fugitive arrested for 29th time after police chase Memorial service announced for local college student who died from gunshot wound >>PHOTOS: Section of building crumbles in Oregon District Dayton Fire Department Chief Mike Rice told News Center 7 that he called in technical rescue crews to the scene on Monday. 'We're building the shoring to support the load of the floors and the ceiling all the way up the building, to the roof,' Rice said. Rice said even though the structural stabilization is visible on the outside, there's a lot of work to do inside. The building owner called in a structural engineer and masonry contractors. 'So, the structural engineer will do a thorough evaluation and decide what type of fixes need to be made permanently and then the contractors will come in and make those permanent repairs,' Rice said. This is the second building or facade collapse near downtown Dayton in the last 10 days. Several sections of an upper facade on a high rise at 34 N Main Street, behind the Stratacache Tower, on March 15. Rice said it's unusual to have two incidents close together, and everyone is keeping a close eye on things because of the upcoming NATO Parliamentary Assembly. 'We're constantly collaborating with the building department, housing inspection and looking at these issues. We're already doing inspections for buildings downtown, ahead of the NATO event, to ensure that we're in a good place and it'll be safe for everyone coming in,' Rice said. Rice said the building on E 5th Street may have been built in the 1850s. The department doesn't want to immediately blame the wind for this partial collapse because there could be other factors, like age and deterioration. News Center 7 will continue to follow this story. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
