He is scheduled to appear in a Chapel Hill court then on charges of driving after consuming alcohol while underage and driving with a revoked license.

Chapel Hill police officer C. Shehan arrested Lawson, 20, at 2:33 a.m. on June 6 on North Columbia St., in the heart of town. The officer stopped Lawson, who was alone in a 2005 four-door Chevrolet with Maryland plates, after hearing loud music coming from the car.

Shehan suspected that Lawson had been drinking, conducted a field sobriety test and found probable cause to charge him with the misdemeanors, Blue said.

State law prohibits anyone under 21 from driving after drinking any amount of alcohol.

(Matt Dees)

FOOTBALL

GEORGIA SUSPENDS ANOTHER: Georgia's long list of players suspended or dismissed from the team by coach Mark Richt continues to grow.

Only hours before the team's first practice, Richt said Monday that junior linebacker Darius Dewberry has been suspended for the first two games of the season. Richt said Dewberry acknowledged he caused damage to property at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens this weekend.

On Saturday night, Richt announced the indefinite suspensions of two players -- snapper Jeff Henson, after his second alcohol-related arrest, and safety Donavon Baldwin, who was injured in a fight in Athens early Saturday.

Eight players have been arrested this offseason, and six players have been suspended or dismissed from the team.

KENTUCKY CB INELIGIBLE: Kentucky cornerback Paul Warford has been ruled ineligible for the season, costing the Wildcats a returning starter.

Warford, a junior, started 11 games for the Wildcats last season, with 41 tackles and two interceptions.

The Wildcats could also be without offensive guard Christian Johnson. The senior has a back injury and is facing an eligibility issue. Johnson has started 15 games in three seasons.

LONGTIME IRISH ASSISTANT DIES: Longtime Notre Dame assistant football coach Joe Yonto, who worked under Ara Parseghian, Dan Devine and Lou Holtz, died Monday. He was 83.

A 1948 graduate of Notre Dame, Yonto played fullback and guard. He was a high school coach before he joined Parseghian's staff in 1964 and was the Irish's defensive line coach for 17 years under Parseghian and Devine.

He was Devine's defensive coordinator in 1977-80 and handled football administrative duties under Gerry Faust from 1981 to 1985 as a special assistant to athletic director Gene Corrigan.

Yonto was defensive line coach again in 1986-87 under Holtz and spent three more years as a special assistant to athletic director Dick Rosenthal before his retirement in 1991.

NCCU OPENS PRACTICE: N.C. Central will hold its first open football practice at 4 p.m. today on the practice field inside the NCCU track off Lawson Street in Durham.

The Eagles will face a tough schedule in its second season of NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). NCCU went 6-4 last year in its first season in FCS.

ST. PAUL'S RECRUIT DIES: Ra'Keem Ke'Von Pressey, 18, an incoming freshman at St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville, Va., died on July 25 of injuries suffered in a car accident the night before in Newport News, Va.

St. Paul's football coach Willard Bailey said in a statement, "As important as we think football is at this time of the year, it is minuscule in comparison to the health and faith of our student-athletes. Our hearts and prayers go out to the Pressey family not only now in their time of bereavement but also in the future."

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