Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, February 21, 1991 TAG: 9102210033
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Doug Doughty
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Among those mentioned as a possible buyer is Wake Forest aide Jerry Wainwright, a former head coach at the Five-Star Camp at Radford University.
"I think it's legitimate enough to be up front about it," said Wainwright of his interest. "I'm not in the process of hiding anything. But I need some time to look at some things. I don't want to bring pressure on people around me."
Garfinkel has been trying to find a way to conform with new NCAA legislation prohibiting college coaches from working at "all-star" camps. With a college coach as the principal owner, Five-Star would qualify as an "institutional" camp and have the same status as a camp held on a college campus.
"I'm sure they'll try to pass something else," Garfinkel said. "But this gives me a year to complete my staff. In two or three years, I could find high-school coaches to replace the college coaches, but not this quickly."
Garfinkel and partner Will Klein, who handles finances for the camps, each will retain 24 percent of the camp.
At least one motivation for selling the camp was the possibility that the NCAA will get in the camp business, at a proposed cost of $75 per camper. The cost for attending one session of Five-Star is $350.
"If a kid can go to another camp for $75, then why is he going to spend $350 for Five-Star, unless he can get something special," said Garfinkel, who earlier was forced by the NCAA to choose between his camps and a scouting service. "That's why we felt we needed to hang onto the college coaches.
"It's fairly obvious what's happening here. They're trying to phase me out and they can't. It took me 25 years to build the camp and to give it up in one year would be unacceptable."
\ When Wake Forest defeated Duke 86-77 this past Saturday, it was the first time Wake basketball coach and former Durham, N.C., resident Dave Odom had experienced victory over the Blue Devils since he was an assistant at Virginia in 1983, a span of 18 games.
\ Former Virginia Tech basketball teammates Bimbo Coles and Wally Lancaster lost their spot in the NCAA record book when Randy Wood and Doug Overton of LaSalle combined for 91 points in a 133-118 victory over Loyola Marymount.
Coles and Lancaster previously shared the record for most points by two players on one team with 90 - Coles had 51, Lancaster 39 - in the Hokies' 141-133 victory over Southern Mississippi in 1988.
\ VMI sophomore Jonathan Penn, a forward from Pulaski County, has come off the bench to average 11.7 points over the past six basketball games. Penn has averaged nearly 27 minutes per game since top frontcourt reserve Charlie Petzold was lost for the year after surgery.
\ Dan Monahan, the leading rusher for VMI's football team in 1985, is one of 28 former VMI athletes known to be serving in the Persian Gulf. Some of the more recognizable former Keydets with Operation Desert Storm are basketball player Bobby Gardner and football players John Parrott, Lee Wimbish, John Adametz and Eric Woodhouse, who was better known as a wrestler.
\ Virginia assistant football coach Tom O'Brien, promoted to offensive coordinator this week, was a major in the Marine Corps Reserve until last winter.
"I haven't kept up with the unit, which is one of the reasons I'm no longer involved," said O'Brien, whose brother serves on the USS Midway. "Otherwise, I think I'd be over there [in the Persian Gulf] now."
\ Virginia Tech no longer is actively recruiting Mike Tennant, a 1990 Tech football signee who did not qualify for freshman eligibility under Proposition 48.
Tennant, a promising linebacker, originally planned to return to Glen Mills (Pa.) School and work on lifting his SAT score while not playing football. Glen Mills coach Joe Ferrainola said Wednesday that Tennant did not return to school and reportedly is considering junior college.
"It's unfortunate because he liked the program [at Tech]," Ferrainola said. "He said something about taking the SAT and letting me know so I could tell the coaches at Tech, but the last thing I heard, he's probably going to end up at a junior college."
\ Virginia's football recruiting was wrapped up when the Cavaliers' last two prospects went elsewhere. Offensive lineman Russell Babb of Wilson, N.C., chose North Carolina and wide receiver Cedric Zachery of Atlanta picked Georgia Tech.
\ James Pearson, who started eight games for Virginia at linebacker last season, has decided to pass up his final two years of eligibility.
Football coach George Welsh said he has asked Pearson, plagued by injuries throughout the 1990 season, to reconsider.
\ All-America wide receiver Herman Moore, listed at 6 feet 5 during his career at Virginia, was measured at 6-3 3/4 and 206 pounds by the National Scouting Combine. Moore and UVa quarterback Shawn Moore were measured and weighed at the football camp, but did not participate in workouts.
Shawn Moore received a 5.5 rating, which, according to the combine rating system, means he will contribute as a rookie. UVa tight end Bruce McGonnigal was in the same category.
Virginia Tech running back Ralph Brown and linebacker Al Chamblee each had a 4.61 rating, meaning they are considered worth drafting.
\ North Carolina swimmer Dan Summerlin, a freshman from North Cross High in Roanoke, ranked third nationally in the 200-meter individual medley and sixth nationally in the 400 IM in 1990, and qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in both events.
by CNB