Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 13, 1991 TAG: 9102130504
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C3 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: BASSETT LENGTH: Long
It was Bassett's first victory in six games over a Group AA top 10 team this season.
The Bengals (13-5 overall, 13-3 Piedmont) sealed their victory by connecting on 10 of 13 free throws in the fourth quarter. Dytanyon Norman scored half of his points on the free-throw in the fourth, making four of five. Ronnie Turner was 5-of-7 in the quarter and ended the game with 11 points.
For Martinsville (15-3, 13-3), the Brandons carried the load in the fourth quarter, combining for 13 of the Bulldogs' 18 points. Troy Brandon led Martinsville with 17 points and Carl Brandon chipped in 14.
The Bulldogs had a chance to tie the score at the buzzer, but Maurice Spencer's 3-point attempt bounced off the rim as time expired.
Eddie Rumley chipped in 12 points for Bassett, which pulled into a second-place tie with Martinsville in the Piedmont.
MARTINSVILLE (55)
Frasier 7, T. Brandon 17, Spencer 9, C. Brandon 14, Odell 2, Depriest 2, Martin 4. BASSETT (58)
Varner 17, Rumley 12, Norman 8, Turner 11, Valentine 10. Martinsville 13101418-55 Bassett 1571818-58 Three-point goals: Varner 2, T. Brandon 2.
\ George Wythe 76 Chilhowie 61 It didn't take long for George Wythe to settle into its new district home.
With the victory against Chilhowie, the Maroons clinched the regular-season district championship in their first season of play in the Hogoheegee District.
Chris Waddell made five of seven 3-point attempts and finished with a game-high 23 points for George Wythe (15-3, 13-1). Waddell sank three 3-pointers in the third quarter, in which George Wythe outscored the Warriors 28-19.
Allen Green finished with 18 points, 11 in the third quarter. Jeff Goff added 16.
Scott Barker led Chilhowie (7-9, 6-5) with 20 points.
CHILHOWIE (61)
Sheets 8, Dungan 4, Fore 1, Barr 6, Barker 20, Brooks 10, Tuell 12. GEORGE WYTHE (76)
Luttrell 1, Goff 16, Waddell 23, Dickerson 6, Smith 8, Gilman 4, Green 18. Chilhowie 13191910-61 George Wythe 19172812-76 Three-point goals: Sheets 2, Barker 2, Brooks, Waddell 5. JV: 38-33, George Wythe.
\ Natural Bridge 68 Covington 65 Robert Thompson had a school-record 14 assists as the Rockets upset the Cougars and knocked them out of a first-place tie with James River, which beat Craig County 71-56, for the Pioneer District lead.
Thompson also made a pair of free throws with 23 seconds left to put the Rockets (7-10, 7-8) up 66-63 and made a stickback by Covington's Neal Dressler with 13 seconds left meaningless. Jason Knick's two free throws nine seconds later clinched the victory.
Thompson also had tied the score at 63 with 1:10 left after the Cougars (12-6, 12-4) had taken a lead on a basket by Everett Hughes with 1:22 left.
Four scorers, two for each team, had a game-high 21 points. Marty Early and Joey Carter did it for Natural Bridge; Tony Jeter and Adaryl Twitty did it for Covington.
The Cougars have a chance to regain a tie for the lead when they play host to James River Friday.
NATURAL BRIDGE (68)
Knick 6, Thompson 10, Early 21, Austin 5, Carter 21, Staton 5. COVINGTON (65)
Dressler 7, Caul 4, Jeter 21, Twitty 21, Hughes 8, Jordan 2, Hunter 2. Natural Bridge 14201915-68 Covington 20161514-65 Three-point goals: Early, Carter 3, Twitty. JV: 52-28, Covington.
\ Rockbridge 59 Parry McCluer 57 Junior guard William Sensabaugh drained a 3-pointer with 1:15 left to cap a sensational shooting performance and lift the Rebels to the come-from-behind Pioneer District victory against the Fighting Blues.
Sensabaugh, who entered the game averaging 12 points, canned a school-record eight 3-point baskets en route to 27 second-half points.
Parry McCluer (7-12, 6-11), which held a 36-21 halftime cushion before Sensabaugh's scoring run, was paced by Chuck Baker's 16 points. Leslie Gray and Andy Michaels added 14 points for Rockbridge (7-11, 6-10).
PARRY McCLUER (57)
Zdinak 2, White 5, Gray 14, Baker 16, Watts 6, Michaels 14. ROCKBRIDGE (59)
Sensabaugh 27, Reid 4, Vest 2, Coffey 10, Whitaker 1, J. Fleshman 3, G. Fleshman 6, Alestock 4, Smiley 2. Parry McCluer 1521813-57 Rockbridge 10112414-59 Three-point goals: Baker 4, Sensabaugh 8. JV: 36-34, Rockbridge.
\ Laurel Park 82 Patrick County 44 Laurel Park started five seniors, only one of whom normally starts, so the Lancers' 11-8 margin over the winless Cougars should not have alarmed anybody.
Odell Hodge, Lemont Wells and Co. hit full stride in the second quarter and Laurel Park never looked back in raising its record to 17-1 overall, 15-1 in the Piedmont District. Patrick County is 0-17, 0-15.
Hodge led all scorers with 23 points and Wells finished with 18. Scott Clifton led Patrick County with 17.
PATRICK COUNTY (44)
Hagwood 3, Vaughn 5, Smith 8, Clifton 17, Joyce 9, Wood 2. LAUREL PARK (82)
McDaniel 3, D. Hairston 11, Strange 1, B. Hairston 4, L. Hairston 5, Mack 2, Wilson 4, K. Robertson 2, Wells 18, Hodge 23, Morrison 7, C. Robertson 2. Patrick County 881117-44 Laurel Park 11221831-82 Three-point goals: Hagwood, D. Hairston 2, L. Hairston, Hodge, Morrison. JV: 63-44, Laurel Park.
\ Magna Vista 76 Fieldale-Coll. 54 Melvin Hairston scored 11 of his game-high 24 points in the third quarter as the Warriors pulled away from the Cavaliers to pick up an easy Piedmont District victory.
Hairston had 17 points in the second half and Louis Woodward added 16 for Magna Vista. (9-9, 8-8). Fieldale-Collinsville (3-15, 2-14) was paced by Thad Wade with 14.
FIELDALE-COLLINSVILLE (54)
Walker 8, Keith 4, Breedlove 4, Wade 14, Carter 9, Mitchell 4, Hundley 6, Wright 2, Collins 3. MAGNA VISTA (76)
Scales 4, Woodward 16, Hairston 21, Wright 4, Tatum 9, Penn 5, Hylton 4, Pilson 11, Grogan 2. Fieldale-Collinsville 10151118-54 Magna Vista 17172418-76 Three-point goals: Wade, Carter. JV: 65-54, Magna Vista.
\ Lexington 87 Highland 46 The Scarlet Hurricane stormed to a 29-8 first-quarter lead and went on for an easy Pioneer District win.
Ethan Machado, Gavin Clark and Chris Hammond had 12 points each for Lexington (9-7, 7-7), and Chris Hostetter added 10.
Micah Ginn led winless Highland (0-16, 0-14) with 15 and Chris Schill had 13.
HIGHLAND (46)
Schill 13, Dowling 3, Stuber 8, Ginn 15, Hilton 5, Harvey 2. LEXINGTON (87)
Atkins 4, Machado 12, Whitaker 9, Baker 9, Hostetter 10, Hughes 6, S. Clark 7, Hammond 12, Kessinger 4, G. Clark 12, Goodhart 2. Highland 8161012-46 Lexington 29122323-87 Three-point goals: Hammond 2. JV: 71-35, Lexington.
\ Carlisle 64 Timberlake Christian 44 Carlisle outscored Timberlake Christian 25-9 in the third quarter to put this Virginia Independent Conference game out of reach.
The big quarter gave the Chiefs (16-6, 10-4) a 55-22 lead. Justin Mutch led Carlisle with 13 points, followed by Trent Bowles with 11 and Mitchell Bailey and Donnie Pennington 10 each.
Doug Allen had 16 for Timberlake Christian (7-16, 1-13).
TIMBERLAKE CHRISTIAN (44)
Allen 16, E. Stickle 10, Payne 2, Chandler 13, Anderson 1, Ashley 2. CARLISLE (64)
Mutch 13, Pennington 10, Bowles 11, Gunn 9, Copp 4, Yang 4, Bailey 10, Sherman 3. Timberlake Christian 67922-44 Carlisle 1317259-64 Three-point goals: Mutch, Pennington 2, Chandler. JV: 48-35, Timberlake Christian.
\ Northwood 86 Rural Retreat 57 The Panthers ran to a 47-20 halftime lead and had no problem with the winless Indians in Hogoheegee District play.
Michael Hall had a game-high 21 points for the Northwood (12-8, 9-5). Stephen Safewright led Rural Retreat (0-18, 0-13) with 12.
NORTHWOOD (86)
Robins 10, Clear 4, McCready 2, Cregger 14, Hall 21, Guffin 8, Arnold 6, Clendenin 13, Waddle 8. RURAL RETREAT (57)
Taylor 5, Safewright 12, Hodge 7, Funk 11, Childers 6, Houseman 4, Gregory 6, Lilly 6. Northwood 20272118-86 Rural Retreat 9111423-57 Three-point goals: Robins 2, Hall 3, Safewright 2, Funk. JV: 52-34, Northwood.
\ Covington Boys' Home 97 Ballard, W. Va. 34 Randy Branch scored 24 points as Boys Home destroyed Ballard in a non-district game.
Donnie Costigan had 17 for Covington, David Harrison added 15 and Mark Webb 13. Covington finished its season 21-3.
Leslie Spencer had 13 points for Ballard.
COVINGTON BOYS' HOME (97)
Kier 4, D. Jones 5, Harrison 15, Costigan 17, Coiner 8, Webb 13, T. Jones 11, Branch 24. BALLARD (34)
K. Spencer 10, L. Spencer 13, Butler 4, Rule 2, Kirk 2, Bennett 3. Covington Boys' Home 18292030-97 Ballard 69217-34 Three-point goals: Harrison 2, D. Jones, Costigan, K. Spencer.
\ Gretna 70 Dan River 61 Steve Womack scored 22 points and the Hawks got a big jump in the first half to coast to the easy Piedmont District victory.
Tracy Hall with 15 and Roddy Locust with 12 also helped in the balanced attack for Gretna (9-10, 7-9). Dan River (7-12, 6-10) was paced by Cornell Fitzgerald with a game-high 24 points.
DAN RIVER (61)
Motley 14, Ferguson 5, Skipwith 6, Wells 2, C. Fitzgerald 24, T. Fitzgerald 6, Guinn 4. GRETNA (70)
Hall 15, Womack 22, Locust 12, Waller 10, Jones 2, Slayton 2, Hedrick 3, Hayden 2, Hogan 2. Dan River 891727-61 Gretna 17141821-70 Three-point goals: Motley, Hall. JV: 58-51, Gretna.
\ Chatham 81 Tunstall 72 Senior forward Darrell White had 33 points and 17 points as the Cavaliers avenged an earlier loss to the Trojans in a Piedmont District game.
The Cavaliers (7-11, 7-9) scored 31 points in the fourth quarter in overcoming a 52-50 deficit after three quarters. Brian Whitt had eight of his 10 points, including two 3-pointers, in the fourth.
Khris Law had 29 points to lead Tunstall (9-9, 8-8).
TUNSTALL (72)
Lovern 2, Weaver 3, C. Law 14, K. Law 29, Gammon 2, Fittz 6, White 9, Walton 3, Garrett 4. CHATHAM (81)
Whitt 10, Wright 16, D. White 33, C. White 8, Turner 6, T. White 2, Motley 4, Rogers 2. Tunstall 19141920-72 Chatham 17161731-81 Three-point goals: K. Law, Whitt 2, C. White. JV: 70-66, Chatham.
\ Marion 79 John Battle 52 The Scarlet Hurricane raced to a 29-11 first-quarter advantage and went on to dump John Battle in the Highlands District.
Shannon Archer had 19 points and eight rebounds for Marion (15-2, 7-1). Jason Null added 14 points and nine rebounds, and David Keith scored 11 while directing the Hurricanes' fast break.
JOHN BATTLE (52)
Roark 8, Scyphers 6, Wright 6, Smith 2, Jones 10, Mink 7, Crowe 3, Melvin 2, Roe 1, Yates 3, Fauver 4. MARION (79)
Archer 19, Hungate 2, Null 14, Keith 11, Boothe 7, Winters 6, Hunt 2, Henson 4, Gates 1, Russell 9, Cregger 2, Thomas 2. John Battle 11131216-52 Marion 29181814-79 Three-point goals: Archer 2, Keith. JV: 51-41, John Battle.
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