BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS BACK ON TONIGHT

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

DATE: TUESDAY, March 16, 1993                   TAG: 9303160161
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short
BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS BACK ON TONIGHT
William Fleming, Laurel Park, Martinsville and Covington attempt to add to the list of Timesland teams in the state basketball tournament semifinals when they play first-round games tonight.
The Colonels, champions of the Roanoke Valley District, take on Hayfield at Robinson High in Fairfax tonight in a first-round Group AAA boys' game.
In Group AA action at Bassett High tonight, Laurel Park takes on Virginia High at 6 p.m., followed by Martinsville against Gate City.
Also tonight, Covington battles Twin Springs in a Group A game at Marion beginning at 7:30 p.m.
On Wednesday, Floyd County battles Hurley at Marion in a Group A game starting at 7:30 p.m.
The Cave Spring girls beat W.T. Woodson 58-51 on Friday to become the first team to qualify for the state tournament final four.
In other regional sports:
In Raleigh, N.C., VMI got only one run on seven hits and lost 11-1 to North Carolina State (16-0) on Monday in college baseball. David Groseclose was 2-for-4 and drove in the Keydets' run in the ninth inning.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB