Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, February 21, 1991 TAG: 9102220593
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-9 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Bob McLelland
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Northside Junior High avenged two regular-season losses to Cave Spring to win the basketball playoff crown with a 62-54 victory on the Squires' court.
Steve Anderson led the Norsemen with 26 points. He got scoring help from Mark Freeland with 12 and Eric Wiley with 11. Trey Ondrus led Cave Spring with 21.
Cave Spring beat Northside by scores of 60-59 and 48-43 during the season.
In the first tournament playoff game, Northside beat Hidden Valley 57-36. Anderson led the way with 20 while Freeland had 14 and Wiley 11. Josh Akers led Hidden Valley with 12.
Cave Spring, coached by Chris Carr, won the regular season with an 8-0 record. Northside, coached by Tracy Poff, was 6-2. The Norsemen were 15-3 for the season. Cave Spring finished 12-4.
The tournament victory this year also was something of revenge for last season when Northside went undefeated through the regular season only to be upset by Coach Billy Hicks' third-place Hidden Valley team in the first round. Hidden Valley then lost to Cave Spring in the tourney finals.
North Cross JV team wins VIC tournament
North Cross has won the first Virginia Independent Conference junior varsity basketball tournament on its home floor.
The Raiders, coached by Dave Calvert, whipped Lynchburg Christian Academy 35-32 in the championship game. Jesse Webster led the win with 12 points. North Cross defeated Roanoke Valley Christian School 43-35 in the semifinals as Hal Johnson led with 11 points. Sam Donnelly had 15 for RVCS.
North Cross posted a 19-5 overall record and won the VIC regular season with a 13-1 record. The only league loss, which later was avenged, was to Hargrave Military. The other season losses were to William Byrd and Lord Botetourt. The wins included ones over Salem and Floyd.
The starters for North Cross were Johnson, Webster, Carter Teague, John Logan and Skip Johnson. Sharing playing time with the starters were Jason Davis and A.J. Esguerra.
by CNB