GLENVAR TURNS BACK CRAIG

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 15, 1992                   TAG: 9201150356
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: NEW CASTLE                                LENGTH: Medium
GLENVAR TURNS BACK CRAIG
Craig County was poised to score the season's biggest upset in the Pioneer District, but Glenvar recovered and stayed unbeaten with a 68-51 boys' basketball victory on Tuesday night.
Craig (1-9 overall, 1-7 Pioneer) took a 20-8 lead after one quarter by spreading out its offense against Glenvar's man-to-man and getting the ball to Timesland's leading scorer, David McPherson. The off guard had 13 of the Rockets' first-quarter points.
In the second quarter, however, Glenvar (7-0, 7-0) adjusted by going to a half-court trap and pressure defense to neutralize McPherson. The Highlanders outscored the Rockets 28-11 to take a 36-31 halftime lead.
In the final half, the Highlanders played a box-and-one to further diminish the Craig star's return. He had only 11 more points in the game.
Matt and Jason Woolwine each had 16 points to lead Glenvar. Robby Huffman added 11 for Craig County.
Covington 59
James River 45
COVINGTON - Ramon Sampson, Tony Jeter and Neal Dressler all scored in double figures as the Cougars picked up a Pioneer District victory over the Knights.
Sampson scored 16 points, Jeter 13 and Dressler 12 as Covington (6-3, 6-1) shot 51 percent (24-of-47) to overcome James River's deliberate attack. Jeter also had nine rebounds for Covington, which held a 29-17 rebounding advantage.
Ramone Waldron led James River (5-5, 5-3) with 12 points.
William Fleming 74
Australian National 67
Carlos Rhodes threw in 29 points and William Fleming led from start to finish in a hard-fought win over the squad from Down Under.
David Williams added 19 points for the Colonels (6-3), and Reggie Reynolds finished with 10.
Paul Burke scored 18 points to lead the Australian National Team, which is on a 25-game tour of the U.S.
Roanoke Valley Christian 77
Ridgeview 71
Aaron Slocomb scored 20 points and collected 12 rebounds to spark the Eagles to the non-district win.
Sam Donnelly added 18 points for RVC (5-7), which never trailed after taking a 13-point first-quarter lead.
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Roanoke Valley Christian 50
North Cross 25
Danae Wegner scored 15 points to lead the Eagles to the Blue Ridge Conference rout over the Raiders.
RVC (7-4, 6-0) led 13-1 after one quarter and coasted. Kelly Baetz had nine points to lead North Cross (3-6, 0-4).
Roanoke Catholic 28
Carlisle 22
The Celtics made some key layups at the end to win the low-scoring Virginia Independent Conference game over the visiting Chiefs.
Jackie Hinman scored 14 points to lead Roanoke Catholic (8-1, 6-1), which was playing without starting center Shannon Simpson, who was out sick. see microfilm for box score

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB