Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 20, 1991 TAG: 9102200477
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B5 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: NATURAL BRIDGE LENGTH: Long
The victory enabled Covington (14-6 overall, 14-4 in the Pioneer District) to tie James River for first place in the district's regular-season race. Officials will determine today a site and date for a playoff game between the two schools.
The Cougars trailed the Rockets 53-48 entering the final quarter. Twitty, working inside, spearheaded a 24-13 spurt that enabled Covington to win going away.
Neal Pressler had 18 points and Tony Jeter added 11 for Covington.
Senior guard Robert Thompson paced Natural Bridge (7-12, 7-10) with 23 points. Thompson also had four assists to establish a school-season record of 116.
COVINGTON (72)
Caul 4, Hughes 8, Twitty 26, Jordan 5, Pressler 18, Jeter 11. NATURAL BRIDGE (66)
Knick 6, Thompson 23, Early 2, Loughhead 12, Austin 2, Carter 12, Staton 9. Covington 17171424-72 Natural Bridge 14201913-66 Three-point goals: Thompson 2, Staton 3.
\ Tazewell 54 Carroll County 52 Chris Webb's rebound basket at the buzzer was the difference as the Bulldogs won a non-district thriller over the host Cavaliers.
Carroll County (15-5) survived a turnover-plagued third quarter - when the Cavaliers got only six shots and three points - to trail 50-48. Tazewell (10-9) fouled Andrew Hawks on an inbounds play with one second left, and Hawks made both tries on a bonus free-throw chance.
In overtime, Carroll scored first and Tazewell tied it at 52. The Cavaliers fouled Tazewell's Mark Bezjak with three seconds left, but he missed two free throws. Webb grabbed the rebound on the second and hit a stickback to win the game.
Ben Lockhart led Tazewell's scoring with 13 points.
Dustin Harmon had 13 for Caroll County.
TAZEWELL (54)
Bezjak 12, Tinsley 4, Griffith 8, Flynn 7, Lockhart 13, Webb 10. CARROLL COUNTY (52)
Marshall 9, Johnson 2, Montgomery 7, Sumner 2, Bolen 6, Harmon 13, Stockner 4, Hawks 6, Gallimore 3. Tazewell 11161112 4-54 Carroll County 1311323 2-52 Three-point goals: Marshall 3, Montgomery. JV: 64-62 OT, Carroll County.
\ Galax 79 Rocky Gap 68 Jeff Spells poured in 28 points as the visiting Maroon Tide rolled to a Moutain Empire District victory over the Eagles.
James Gillard added 20 and Jason Ross 16 for Galax (7-12, 7-10), which hit 28 of 42 free throws. Spells was 14-for-18 on free throws for half his points.
Scott Trail had 20 points, Dallas Bradshaw added 16 and Kyle Gibson and Clay Saunders put in 10 each for Rocky Gap (2-17, 1-16).
GALAX (79)
Hill 2, Ross 16, Early 2, Spells 28, Gillard 20, Tucker 2, Meador 4, Hampton 5. ROCKY GAP (68)
Saunders 10, Trail 20, Lawson 3, Gibson 10, Lambert 9, Bradshaw 16. Galax 20241520-79 Rocky Gap 14241515-68 Three-point goals: Ross, Trail, Lawson, Lambert. JV: Rocky Gap won.
\ Chilhowie 59 Abingdon 57 Eric Sheets scored all of his points on four 3-pointers, including two key ones late in the game, as the Warriors squeaked by the Falcons.
Abingdon (7-12), which was up by 10 in the first half, led until Sheets gave Chilhowie (9-9) its first lead at 56-54 with 1:30 remaining. He hit another 3-pointer for a 59-54 lead that Abingdon could only trim with a final 3-pointer of its own.
Scott Barker led Chilhowie with 14 points.
Tyrone Brown led all scorers with 22 for the Falcons.
CHILHOWIE (59)
Sheets 12, Dungan 11, Fore 11, Barr 2, Barker 14, Brooks 6, Tuell 3. ABINGDON (57)
Taylor 1, Bales 8, Johnson 4, Lunsford 9, Brown 22, Crabtree 2, Sullins 11. Chilhowie 12121520-59 Abingdon 18121314-57 Three-point goals: Sheets 4, Barker, Lunsford, Brown. JV: Abingdon won.
\ Marion 91 Northwood 38 The Scarlet Hurricane (18-2) rolled to a non-district victory over visiting Northwood (12-9).
The Panthers fell behind 28-10 after eight minutes.
Eric Hungate and David Keith scored 15 points each for Marion.
Jason Clendenin led Northwood with 14 points.
NORTHWOOD (38)
Clear 1, Jo. Griffin 5, McCready 4, Cregger 3, Ja. Griffin 6, Arnold 1, Clendenin 14, G. Waddle 2, S. Waddle 2. MARION (91)
Archer 10, Hungate 15, Null 9, Keith 15, Boothe 7, Winters 11, Hunt 5, Henson 4, Gates 5, Russell 4, Vernon 2, Cregger 2, Thomas 2. Northwood 107156-38 Marion 28162720-91 Three-point goals: Winters 2, Jo. Griffin, Hungate.
\ Rockbridge 95 Highland 45 Jeff Fleshman scored 19 points to lead the Rebels (9-11, 8-10) past the outmanned Rams in Pioneer District action.
Highland, which dressed just six players, remained winless at 0-19 and 0-16.
HIGHLAND (45)
Schill 12, Dowling 5, Ginn 16, Hilton 4, Harvey 6, Bagg 2. ROCKBRIDGE (95)
Sensabaugh 12, Reid 14, Coffey 10, G. Fleshman 6, J. Fleshman 19, Alestock 6, Whitaker 10, Vest 1, Smiley 11, Chambers 6. Highland 5131611-45 Rockbridge 22292816-95 Three-point goals: Schill, Dowling, Chambers. JV: 54-24, Rockbridge.
\ VIC Tournament Carlisle advanced in the first round of the Virginia Independent Conference boys' tournament by defeating home-team Miller School 59-54 at Charlottesville.
Carlisle lost its big man Trent Bowles, who was cut over the eye in the first half and didn't return.
After a 29-29 tie at halftime, the Chiefs (17-6) took a seven-point lead at the end of the third. But Miller's Eddie Lavan got hot and hit nine of his game-high 22 points in the final period.
The Chiefs were forced to spread their offense, hit 7-of-12 free throws and ended the season for Miller (8-15).
Donnie Pennington, who hit six of Carlisle's 13 fourth-quarter points, ended with 17, as did Justin Mutch.
Fishburne Military School (16-5) advanced to the second round with an 87-83 victory over visiting Hargrave Military Academy (14-5) at Waynesboro in a game the featured five 20-point scorers.
Rodney Santi led Fishburne Military with a game-high 29 points, John Allen had 20, Leslie Thompson had 18 and Jerome Anderson added 11.
For Hargrave Military, Arron Fox had 25 points, and Jonathon Hicks and Eric Murray had 21 each.
Roanoke Valley Christian (14-7) was eliminated in the first round as Eastern Mennonite (7-10) won 57-48 on the Eagles' home floor, 57-48.
Carlisle will play Holy Cross, which beat Lynchburg Christian 83-76.
EASTERN MENNONITE (57)
Branner 4, Weaver 14, Brink 4, Piper 7, Ellison 16, Muganda 12. ROANOKE VALLEY CHRISTIAN (48)
Delong 2, Kennedy 13, Gaerte 17, Marsceau 10, Slocomb 6. Eastern Mennonite 9101523-57 Roanoke Valley Christian 1112169-48 Three-point goals: Kennedy. CARLISLE (59)
Mutch 17, Pennington 17, Bowles 4, Gunn 6, Copp 12, Nichols 1, Bailey 2. MILLER SCHOOL (54)
Hallama 6, Morton 4, Lavan 22, Mell 14, Brush 2, Knights 6. Carlisle 15141713-59 Miller School 12171015-54 Three-point goals: Mutch 4, Pennington 3, Lavan 3 HARGRAVE MILITARY ACADEMY (83)
Fox 25, Hicks 21, Murray 21, Hagwood 6, Vines 6, McGhlin 4. FISHBURNE MILITARY SCHOOL (87)
Abbott 8, Thompson 18, Howlett 1, Jerome Anderson 11, Rodney Santi 29, John Allen 20. Hargrave Military Academy 16192028-83 Fishburne Military School 25162521-87 Three-point goals-Murray, Hagwood 2, Anderson, Santi.
by CNB