ROANOKE TIMES

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

DATE: FRIDAY, May 4, 1990                   TAG: 9005040168
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium


DEMONS WIN NEW RIVER TITLE

Demond Wesley of Christiansburg and Anne Fontaine of George Wythe each won five events, but Wesley's Blue Demons won the New River District meet and Fontaine's Maroons did not.

Wesley won the long jump, triple jump, 100, 200 and 400 as Christiansburg dominated the meet at George Wythe.

Fontaine was similarly sensational, winning the long jump, triple jump, high jump, 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles. Blacksburg nevertheless exploited its depth to edge Wythe 122-105.

In other track meets:

\ BASEBALL: Tommy Sheppard's two-run homer and Pulaski County won 8-3 for a split of a double-header with Franklin County.

Robert Ryan hit a two-run homer and was the winning pitcher in relief as the host Shawnees defeated Auburn 15-9 in the Mountain Empire District.

\ BOYS' TENNIS: At Radford's Dedmon Center, Blacksburg repeated as the New River District boys' champion with an 8-1 victory against Radford. David Holton of Blacksburg defeated John David Semones of Radford for the individual singles crown, and Noah Spaulding and Sean Phillips of Radford won the doubles crown against Yong Oh and James Langebeck of Blacksburg.

Cave Spring (11-1) clinched the regular-season title in the Roanoke Valley District with a 5-4 victory against Patrick Henry. District tournament play at River's Edge in Roanoke begins Monday with individual competition and wraps up Tuesday with team matches.

\ Softball: At Daleville, host Lord Botetourt defeated Alleghany 10-1 and clinched at least a tie for first in the final regular-season standings in the Blue Ridge District. Katrina Wilhelm and April Wiltshire each drove in two runs to lead the Cavaliers (8-2, 12-3). Alleghany is 3-7 in the district.



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