Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, April 12, 1990 TAG: 9004120268
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C1 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: Doug Doughty
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Salem was one of four cities that submitted proposals Monday at a meeting at the ACC office in Greensboro, N.C., but a decision was postponed until early May.
"Some of the groups hit us with some things, frankly, that shocked us," ACC assistant commissioner Dee Todd said. "They made some guarantees financially and said they would do some things promotion-wise."
Salem's competition was from Fayetteville, N.C.; Winston-Salem, N.C.; and Rock Hill, S.C., which re-entered the picture after losing a bid for the Big South men's tournament. The Big South awarded its men's tournament to the Anderson (S.C.) Civic Center, which dropped out of the running for the ACC women's event.
The best guess is that Winston-Salem and Rock Hill made the financial guarantees. Carey Harveycutter, manager of the Salem Civic Center, would not rule out changing his proposal to include a guarantee.
"I couldn't say that until I know what we're up against," Harveycutter said. "We do anticipate re-submitting our bid. There are good and bad points about a financial guarantee. The bad point is that, as the tournament grows, the conference gets shuts out."
It could turn out that the bid comes down to Salem and Winston-Salem, which is managed by Bucky Dame, whose late father, Jack, was the manager of the Salem Civic Center before Harveycutter.
Former Virginia basketball star Richard Morgan is helping put on an all-star game April 19 at Salem High School that will feature Morgan, former Virginia players Mel Kennedy and Bill Batts, and some as-yet unannounced players from Duke, N.C. State and Wake Forest.
Morgan also hopes to get twins Ramon and Damon Williams, provided they can get leave from the VMI post. There will be dunking and 3-point shooting contests, as well as a drawing for an autographed basketball. Tickets will be $5.
Morgan on the prospect of assistant Jeff Jones getting the Virginia job: "J.J.'s cool. I tell you what, the kids like him. The recruits, too. He's not a con artist."
Kentucky coach Rick Pitino will be the guest lecturer at the Five-Star Basketball Camp in Radford from June 9-15. Other speakers will include North Carolina-Charlotte coach Jeff Mullins, Dave Odom of Wake Forest and, possibly, Bernard King of the Washington Bullets.
This will be the last year that college coaches can be involved at the camp, as legislated by the NCAA Convention in January. Camp director Howard Garfinkel said no challenge is planned. "That doesn't mean someone won't," he said, "but, right now I'm not."
Stacey Clark, who played on back-to-back Group AA championship teams for Martinsville in 1985-86, finished his college basketball career as the No. 5 scorer in Hampton University history with 1,380 points.
Clark, a 6-foot-6 forward, was a two-time All-Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association selection and was selected to the All-CIAA Tournament team after helping the Pirates (18-11) reach the championship game. He averaged 14.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists as a senior.
One of Clark's former Martinsville teammates, Kevin Beamer, transferred from Belmont Abbey to Catawba after three years. Beamer was ineligible for disciplinary reasons early this season but participated in two scrimmages, which may affect his eligibility at Catawba.
Jeff Bowling, a Salem resident, set records at Air Force Academy for assists in a season and career and steals in a season. Bowling played basketball at Robinson High in Fairfax before his family moved to Salem more than three years ago. He averaged 8.2 points and 7.0 assists this past season and earned a spot on the Western Athletic Conference all-tournament team.
One-time Patrick Henry basketball player David Johnson, a 7-footer for Lake City (Fla.) Junior College, is considering Hawaii, Hawaii-Loa and Florida A&M. Johnson said Lake City is talking with Paul Jordan of William Byrd High in Vinton.
Isaiah "Butch" Morris, a 6-foot-9 Richmond resident who played basketball at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas, signed with Arkansas, choosing the Razorbacks over Virginia Commonwealth. . . . Charles Payton, a 6-5 forward from Matoaca High in Richmond, is one of four William and Mary basketball signees.
James Madison basketball coach Lefty Driesell, who reportedly does not have any available scholarships, is making a push for 7-foot-6, 290-pound Mike Lanier from Hardin Simmons University, which is dropping from Division I to Division III. . . . Old Dominion sophomore forward Rico Leonard, who earlier had given indications he would transfer, has had a change of heart and plans to return to the Monarchs.
VMI basketball coach Joe Cantafio, once a successful high-school coach in Raleigh, N.C., was mentioned by The News and Observer as a coach who might seek the basketball vacancy at North Carolina State. Cantafio said Wednesday that he is not pursuing the job, for which East Tennessee State coach and former Wolfpack player Les Robinson is considered the frontrunner.
Quarterback Shawn Moore and wide receiver Herman Moore of Virginia will be featured on the cover of The Sporting News College Football Yearbook as the nation's best passing combination. The Sporting News has five different covers for various regions of the country.
Virginia Tech athletic director Dave Braine said he is trying to replace a 1991 football game at South Carolina with a home game to break up a killer four-game road stretch in the Hokies' schedule.
Tech tentatively is scheduled to play at South Carolina, at Oklahoma, at West Virginia and against Florida State in Orlando on consecutive Saturdays from Sept. 21 to Oct. 12.
Becky Bowery, a sophomore gymnast at Radford University, finished 20th overall and third among at-large participants at the NCAA Southeast Regional.
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