ROANOKE TIMES

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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 12, 1993                   TAG: 9305120224
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium


NORTH CROSS GOLFERS WIN VIC

North Cross defeated previously unbeaten Roanoke Valley Christian by four strokes to win the Virginia Independent Conference golf tournament at Countryside on Tuesday.

The Raiders shot a 312 team total and placed three golfers on the all-VIC team (low six). Hargrave Military was third (339) followed by Carlisle (345), Randolph-Macon (361), Lynchburg Christian (365) and Roanoke Catholic (391).

John Han of Lynchburg Christian was first individually with a 2-under-par 69. Joe Surkamer of RVC shot a 73 for second place, beating Tyler Pugh (73) of North Cross in a match of cards. Rounding out the all-VIC team was Benjy Kitts (74) of RVC and Lee Shirley (76) and Brian Whitaker (78) of North Cross.

In other high school sports:

\ BASEBALL: At Northside, Kelly Dampeer hit 3-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI and Ben Taylor went 3-for-4 with a double and a RBI as Northside defeated Salem 8-5 in a Blue Ridge District game. The Vikings (10-3) led 8-1 but committed five errors, enabling the Spartans to pull to three down.

At Lynchburg, Roanoke Valley Christian beat Fishburne Military Academy 13-4 in the first round of the Virginia Independent Conference Tournament. RVC (8-5, 7-5) plays Lynchburg Christian Academy in a semifinal game at 10 a.m. Saturday at Liberty University. Richard Booth had four RBI. Fishburne is 3-4 and 3-4.

At Cave Spring, Will Goodman hit 2-for-3 with a triple and 3 RBI as the Knights crushed Patrick Henry 12-4 in a Roanoke Valley District game. Robert Kaczmarek went 3-for-4 and scored three runs for Cave Spring (11-4, 8-1). Mike McMahon hit a double and a home run for the Patriots (2-9, 2-6).

\ BOYS' LACROSSE: Vinton and Patrick Henry earned places in Thursday's Roanoke Valley Lacrosse League championship game at Roanoke College. Shawn Gwyn and Todd Pasfield had two goals each, and Kirk Lancaster had 10 saves for Vinton (11-4) in a 6-2 victory over Cave Spring in one semifinal. In the other semifinal, Mike Ford had four goals and two assists as Patrick Henry beat host Salem 6-4; PH goalie Richard Lesko had 24 saves.

\ SOFTBALL: Lynn Stohler drove in four runs as host William Byrd (10-4, 5-3) pounded winless Rockbridge County 15-0 in a five-inning Blue Ridge District game. Deanna Aldrich and Tracy Doupnik combined on a one-hitter.

At Wasena Park, Lauren Phelan was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and was the winning pitcher for Roanoke Catholic (10-5) as the Celtics pounded Carlisle 22-2. Also for Catholic, Jackie Hinman and Elaine Ronquillio were 4-for-4 with two runs scored, and Liz Landry was 3-for-3 with three runs scored.

At Salem, Pam Glosser pitched a four-hitter, struck out eight and walked five as Salem defeated Northside 7-2 in a Blue Ridge District game. Yo Helm hit 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI to lead the Spartans (15-1, 8-0).

\ BOYS' TENNIS: Salem defeated Northside 7-2 in the Blue Ridge District Tournament. In individual competition at the Salem Civic Center, Edell Veloso of Salem defeated Andrew Cox of Rockbridge County 6-4, 6-1 and Jay Gilleland of Lord Botetourt defeated Aaron Church of Northside 6-1, 6-1. In doubles, Veloso and David Arnold of Salem defeated Miquel Castro and Justin Pasfield of William Byrd 7-0, 6-0, and Aaron Church and Jeremy Graybill of Northside defeated Gilleland and Trey Tucker of Lord Botetourt 6-0, 6-1.

\ SOCCER: At River's Edge Sports Complex, Patrick Henry's J.P. Wilson scored on a 15-yard shot with less than a minute left to give the Patriots a 2-1 Roanoke Valley District victory over Pulaski County. Nathan Felty assisted on the winning goal. Wilson scored PH's other goal on a penalty kick early in the second half. PH is 5-3-3 and 4-1-1.

At Rocky Mount, Bobby Warnick scored two goals as Cave Spring beat Franklin County 4-1 in an RVD match. Jimmy Gorceront and Steve Semones each scored a goal for the Knights.

At William Byrd, John Logan and Eric Bell each scored a goal as North Cross (13-1-2) defeated the Terriers 2-0 in a non-district match. William Byrd is 11-2.



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