Howard blanks Bowie State in regular season finale

Photo: Freshman Danielle McClay broke up Howard University McCoy's no-hitter in the fifth inning. The 5-7 catcher/first baseman is from Silver Springs, MD, Montgomery Blair HS.

WASHINGTON, DC - Playing their final home game of the season, the Lady Bison of Howard University sent their five seniors out on a high note by blanking Bowie State 8-0 in non-conference action.

Howard (17-15) scored three runs on the third inning with Brianne Gutierrez providing the biggest hit at the time, a double to right field scoring Jessica Norwood and Sondra Jones. A single by Emily Johnson scored Gutierrez, giving the Lady Bison a 3-0 advantage.

Bowie State closes out their regular season with a 25-12 record and await word on its opponent in next weeks NCAA Division II Regional hosted by Kutztown (PA) University.

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Bowie State's Robert Reed, Keyboardist, Is Dead at 50

Robert Reed, who played keyboards in Trouble Funk, one of the definitive groups of go-go music — a raucous, high-intensity dance style that flourished in the 1970s and early ’80s — died on Sunday in Arlington, Va. He was 50 and lived in Greenbelt, Maryland.

The cause was pancreatic cancer, said his brother Taylor, who played trumpet in the band. Mr. Reed was born in Newport News, Va., and later moved with his five siblings to Washington, where his mother worked as a nurse. He graduated from Howard University with a degree in music and had recently worked at Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland, instructing students in recording technology.

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Robert Reed and Trouble Funk "Mister Magic"