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

DATE: THURSDAY, March 26, 1992                   TAG: 9203260197
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

WILLIAM BYRD ROUTS COVINGTON IN BASEBALL

Kevin Saunders had a two-run home run in the first inning and Brian Young (2-0) pitched a complete game two-hitter, striking out 11, as William Byrd defeated visiting Covington 10-1 in high school baseball Wednesday.

Gary Wiggins, Steve Short, Josh Herman and Young each went 2-for-3 for William Byrd (3-0), which got seven runs in the fifth inning on six hits and two errors.

In other baseball:

At Daleville, Lord Botetourt and Narrows battled to a 3-3 standoff that was called because of darkness. Tim Meador had two doubles and an RBI for the Cavaliers, and sophomore Billy Arthur struck out 10 in his first start.

\ SOFTBALL: Salem's Kelly Robinson went 4-for-5 with two triples and five RBI as the Spartans traveled to Glenvar and won 9-7 in the the Highlanders' season opener. Glenvar's Amy Moses was 2-for-4, had three steals, two RBI and a couple diving catches in the field. Rachelle Litton got the win for Salem (2-1). Nikki Hall had eight strikeouts and nine walks for Glenvar.

\ BOYS' SOCCER: At North Cross, the Raiders (2-0) got single goals from five players and defeated Miller School (0-2) 5-1 in the Virginia Independent Conference opener for both. Scoring goals were Aaron Hodgin, Eric Mull, George Vogel, Jesse Webster and Ryan Cook, who also had two assists.

\ GIRLS' TRACK: Salem ran away from Northside 91-31 on double wins by Karen Graninger, Amy Pitts and Suzanne Wolfe. Graninger won the 200- and 400-meter dashes, Pitts took the 100 and 300 hurdles, and Wolfe won the shot put and discus.

Cave Spring romped past Halifax 91-36 and Lisa Hodges won all three events she was in: shot put, discus and high jump.

\ BOYS' TRACK: The Cave Spring boys got by Halifax 70-62 on the strength of the Barber twins. Tiki Barber won the long and triple jumps, and the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Ronde Barber won the 110 hurdles and was second in the triple jump. The Knights won the 1,600 relay on more twins power: Todd and Baker Doughty teamed with the Barbers for the victory.

Tim Divers won the 110- and 300-meter hurdles and Andrew Pauley took the 800 and 1,600 runs as Lord Botetourt defeated Blacksburg 69-58.

Joel Light won the high hurdles, the intermediate hurdles and the pole vault to lead Salem to an 80-54 decision over Northside.

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