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

DATE: SATURDAY, October 2, 1993                   TAG: 9310020190
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: BUENA VISTA                                LENGTH: Medium

PARRY MCCLUER TOPPLES RADFORD

Shaam Wheeler capped a 91-yard drive with a 4-yard touchdown run with 1:20 to play Friday night as Parry McCluer rallied to beat Radford 14-10 in a non-district high school football game.

Shaam Wheeler carried 24 times for 103 of Parry McCluer's 183 total rushing yards.

The winning drive started with six minutes on clock and was highlighted by a 27-yard pass play from Brian Sizemore to Mike Camden for the Fighting Blues' only completion.

John Wheeler's 14-yard touchdown run put Parry McCluer (4-1) ahead 7-0 in the first quarter.

Radford (2-3) pulled to 7-3 in the second quarter on Casey Underwood's 37-yard field goal, and the Bobcats went ahead 10-7 in the third quarter on Cornell Wesley's 1-yard touchdown run and Underwood's extra point.

Underwood completed 13 of 26 passes for 144 yards, and he averaged 48 yards on his two punts. \

Floyd County 37

Fort Chiswell 6

FLOYD - The Buffaloes rushed for 315 yards and held the Pioneers to 134 yards total offense to register the Mountain Empire District triumph.

Five players scored touchdowns for Floyd County (4-1, 3-1). Winky Nichols led the Buffaloes with 72 yards on the ground, including a 29-yard TD run.

Fort Chiswell fell to 1-3, 1-1. \

Shawsville 13

Bland 12

Darrell Bibb scored on a 2-yard run with 1:06 remaining to give Gerry Cannaday his first victory as Shawnees coach.

Bland (2-3, 0-3) had led since the second quarter, when Monty Matthews kicked the first two field goals. Matthews' second field goal gave the Rockets a 12-7 lead entering the final quarter.

Mark Akers had 10 carries for 55 yards and one touchdown for Shawsville (1-3, 1-3). \

Narrows 35

Grayson County 7

INDEPENDENCE - Michael Blankenship rushed for 122 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead the Green Wave to the Mountain Empire District thumping of the Blue Devils.

Blankenship rushed for two TDs and scored a third on a 67-yard punt return.

Narrows (3-1, 1-1) held the Blue Devils (3-2, 2-1) to just 73 total yards. The Green Wave ran 54 plays from scrimmage to Grayson County's 33.

\ George Wythe 10

Lebanon 3

LEBANON - Chris Dickerson ran for 120 yards and scored the game's only touchdown on a 2-yard run in the first quarter to propel the unbeaten Maroons to the Hogoheegee District win over the Pioneers.

George Wythe (4-0, 3-0) got its other points on Randy Blevins' 28-yard field goal in the third quarter.

Chris Williams' 26-yard field goal in the fourth quarter enabled Lebanon (3-2, 0-2) to avert the shutout. The Pioneers got the ball back late in the game and advanced to the GW 25-yard before the GW defense stopped them on downs.

Brian Houchins led the losers with 80 yards on 18 carries.

by CNB