Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, May 13, 1990 TAG: 9007120406
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C-14 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Bob Teitlebaum
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The banquet is being moved from the first Friday in June to Sunday, June 3 at the Holiday Inn Tanglewood. Coach Debbie Ryan, who guided the University of Virginia women's basketball team to the NCAA Final Four, will be the featured speaker.
In previous years, the banquet has conflicted with state softball and baseball championships held the first week in June. With those tournaments expanding to eight teams, the possibility for conflict was greater, prompting the change in dates.
Awards will be presented to the All-Timesland football and basketball teams, as well as players of the year and coach of the year in other sports. The banquet also will honor, for the first time, sophomores of the year in football and basketball.
The final award, to be announced at the banquet, will be for timesland boys' and girls' athletes of the year. As in the past, these awards will be decided by the Times & World-News sports staff during the final week of the high school season.
In boys' competition, Bassett's Maurice DeShazo, Bath County's Chris Williams, Glenvar's Jamie Soltis, Magna Vista's Stanley Ziglar, Blacksburg's Lee Cross, Radford's Carey Caldwell and William Byrd's Paul Jordan were the leaders in a close race heading into the spring season.
DeShazo was the All-Timesland quarterback and an All-Piedmont District basketball selection. He competed with Williams, who was Timesland's co-offensive player of the year in football, as well as an outstanding baseball player.
Soltis, the only junior in contention, is the defending Group A champion in the 3,200 meters and won the Group A 103-pound wrestling championship.
Ziglar was All-Timesland in football and is one of Timesland's outstanding performers in the shot put and discus. Caldwell, who is as versitile as DeShazo, was All-Timesland in football at defensive back and a double-figure scorer in basketball. He is having an outstanding spring in baseball.
Cross won the Group AA boys' cross country title and is one of the top Group AA runners in the 1,600. Jordan, who is as versitile as Caldwell and DeShazo, was Blue Ridge District basketball player of the year, is an outstanding hurdler and was second-team All-Timesland in basketball and football.
George Wythe's Ann Fontain is one of the top girls' candidates. She was the Timesland volleyball player of the year and a starter on the Maroons' Group AA championship basketball team. She also is a versitile performer on the Wythe track team.
Northside junior Patti Fisher and Jefferson Forest senior Angie Dudley were right at the top with Fontaine based on their performances last year in spring sports. Circumstances this spring have caused both to fall back in the race.
Fisher gave up track, which she dominated in the Blue Ridge District a year ago, to concentrate on softball. Dudley suffered a softball injury and, until leading her team to the Region III title, hadn't matched the 1989 track performances that made her one of the favorites in the Group AA long jump and high jump.
Fontaine's teammate, Rose Ellis, All-Timesland in basketball and All-Region IV in volleyball, and two Salem athletes - versitile Tracy Palmer, who won the B'nai B'rith award, and distance runner Lori Palmer - also are strong candidates.
The banquet is open to the public. Anyone wishing to attend should send a check for $20 per person to Nancy Hughes at The Roanoke Times & World-News by Friday.
No, the Roanoke Valley District baseball tournament, scheduled for Friday, is not being played in a professional ballpark. The signs on the outfield at Cave Spring only make it seem that way.
With permission from Roanoke County, Cave Spring sold signs on its outfield fence to help fund spring sports. Businesses can advertise for $275 for two years. Half the money this year goes to baseball and the other half to the rest of the Knights' spring sports programs.
There have been 20 signs sold and there are room for 30 more. In two years, the cost will be $100 for a year, plus the cost of painting the sign.
"We wanted to help baseball, which is expensive, and the spring aports, which are not revenue-producing," said Cliff McClellan, Cave Spring's athletic director. "Franklin County is thinking about doing this."
No advertisement, such as an alcohol product, that is against Roanoke County school policy will be accepted. McClelland says he tried to stay within the Cave Spring area for potential advertisers.
by CNB