Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, April 13, 1990                   TAG: 9004130276
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: RAY COX SPORTSWRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

BRUMFIELD LEADS CAVS TO VICTORY

He used it to crushed John Baker's first pitch of the seventh inning over the center field fence as Lord Botetourt rallied for a 7-6 Blue Ridge District baseball victory at home Thursday.

"The deepest part of the park," Vikings' coach Butch Tyree said. "He's a good hitter. We had to pitch to him, though. You can't afford to take a chance and put somebody on in the seventh inning."

"I was looking fastball," said Brumfield, a senior third baseman. "I always look fastball because I rarely see a curve batting leadoff."

Brumfield, a four-year starter, hit his third homer of the year and eighth of his career. He's stroked seven in the past two seasons.

"I've gone to a new stance and that's helping me," said Brumfield, who went 3-for-4 with two runs batted in and two scored. "Last year, I went with a wide stance and didn't stride. Now, I'm striding into the ball and using my legs more."

Dampeer, the Vikings shortstop, went 4-for-4 with a home run and three doubles for three RBI and two runs scored.

Northside (1-1, 2-4) had taken a 6-4 lead with five unearned runs in the fourth. With the bases loaded, Cavs catcher Alan Meador dropped strike three (for the third out) to Baker, then threw wildly over first as two runs scored. Dampeer then crunched a three-run homer.

Lord Botetourt (2-0, 5-2) came back with two runs in the fourth. The second scored when center fielder Mikey Catron and left fielder Steve Bayer let Brumfield's apparently catchable fly ball fall between them.

In other baseball:

At Hot Springs, Kes Phillips cracked a pair of home runs and John Loan and Chris Williams belted round-trippers as Bath County (6-1) swamped James River 10-0.

\ SOFTBALL: At Catholic, Amoreli Ronquillo and Shannon Simpson each had three hits and four runs batted in to lead Roanoke Catholic to a 13-10 Blue Ridge Conference victory over North Cross.

At Buena Vista, Parry McCluer (4-0, 7-1) beat Glenvar (3-1, 6-2) 2-1 in a battle for first place in the Pioneer District.

At Northside, April Young was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Northside an 8-7 Blue Ridge District win against Lord Botetourt. Northside is 3-0 in the district, 5-1 overall.

\ BOYS' SOCCER: Shawn Niday and Brian Sowers scored two goals apiece as William Byrd (6-0) downed Lord Botetourt 9-1.

Joe Basile scored three goals to lead North Cross (7-0) to a 4-0 victory over Randolph-Macon.

At Northside, B.Q. Hall scored two goals to lead the Vikings (5-1) past Staunton River 6-0.

\ GIRLS' SOCCER: Bess Prillaman scored five goals as Patrick Henry beat Magna Vista 8-1.