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DATE: THURSDAY, April 4, 1991                   TAG: 9104040325
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: METRO 
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WILLIAM BYRD PITCHER MUZZLES PATRICK HENRY

Junior right-hander Brian Young pitched a no-hitter Wednesday as William Byrd pounded Patrick Henry 11-1 in high school baseball.

Young had 13 strikeouts and four walks, and had no balls hit out of the infield. For the Terriers (4-0-1), Gary Wiggins, Jerry Anderson and Mark Shepherd all had two hits apiece. Patrick Henry is 0-4.

In other baseball:

Freshman Keith Bryant allowed only two hits, had 10 strikeouts and walked five in leading James River over visiting Highland County 15-2 in both teams' season openers. Doug Monday and Brian Sink added homers for the Knights. Ryan Shotwell and Jody Steeger both went 2-for-3 for the winners.

\ SOFTBALL: Ali Colgrove and April Green each had two hits and three RBI as Cave Spring (2-2) whipped visiting Floyd County 21-6 in its season opener.

At New Castle, Craig County scored four times in the final inning to defeat Covington 11-9. Donna Keffer and Tina Trenor had three hits apiece for the Rockets (1-1). Mary Brewster had three hits and four RBI for Covington (0-1).

In Buchanan, Wendy Cameron scored from second base on an error in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a tie and keep James River unbeaten with a 7-6 Pioneer District victory over Bath County. Belinda Smith was 3-for-4 with three RBI, and Christy Rhodes was 2-for-4 with two RBI for the Knights (3-0, 1-0).

\ TRACK AND FIELD: At Alleghany, Tikki Barber won the long jump, triple jump and 100-meter dash and was on two winning relay teams as Cave Spring won a tri-meet with Alleghany and Natural Bridge. Todd Doughty won the high jump and 400-meter dash for the Knights. - Staff report



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