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

DATE: THURSDAY, October 14, 1993                   TAG: 9310140242
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

KNIGHTS 3RD, PATRIOTS 5TH IN REGION GOLF

Matt Anderson shot a 72 and teammate Philip Payne shot a 73 to lead Halifax County to victory Wednesday at the Northwestern Region golf tournament at Carper's Valley Golf Club in Winchester.

The Comets finished at 305 on the par-70 course. Fauquier finished 14 shots back at 319, followed by Cave Spring (323), Stonewall Jackson (335) and Patrick Henry (344).

Halifax County and Fauquier advance to the Group AAA state tournament.

In individual play, Doug Kenney of Cave Spring shot a 74 to qualify for state tournament play. He will be joined by Ryan Gewniak of Stafford, Mike Weddle of Albemarle, Robert O'Brien of E.C. Glass, Chris Reed of Heritage and Paul Daly of GW-Danville.

The state tournament will be held Monday and Tuesday at Greens Folly Golf Course in South Boston.

In other high school sports:

Jason Alexander of George Wythe and Trish Nervo of Glenvar set course records in a cross country meet at Camp Alta Mons in Crockett Springs. Alexander covered the 3.25-mile course in 16:37, shaving 25 seconds off the previous record. Nervo was timed in 20:23.

Casey Motley of Salem and Briana Grace of William Byrd were the individual winners of a cross country meet held at the Baptist Home in Salem. Motley covered the 3.1-mile course in 17 minutes, 21 seconds and Grace was timed in 22:18. Salem beat William Byrd 23-32 in the boys' competition and William Byrd won the girls' division 15-50.

Ashley Moore scored a game-high 19 points to spark Lord Botetourt to 62-41 Blue Ridge District victory over Alleghany on Tuesday night in Daleville. The Cavaliers (13-1, 3-0) outscored the Mountaineers 18-7 in the third quarter. ALLEGHANY (41)

Curtis 9, Rice 3, Craft 8, Moore 8, Cummings 2, Godfrey 4, Rago 7. LORD BOTETOURT (62)

S. Moore 5, Ottaway 4, Michalski 9, Painter 2, McCorkle 5, Plunkett 9, Jones 2, A. Moore 19, Gates 5, Snodgrass 2. Alleghany 107717-41 Lord Botetourt 15111818-62 Three-point goals: Curtis, Craft, Plunkett, A. Moore 2. JV: 53-36, Lord Botetourt.

Chrissy Robertson poured in 22 points to lead Craig County over Bath County 34-16 for a Pioneer District girls' basketball victory Tuesday night at Hot Springs. Ricketta Ricketts had 13 points for Bath County (3-10), which lost its ninth straight game.

CRAIG COUNTY (34)

Robertson 22, Boardwine 6, Spangler, Nelson, Peters 6. BATH COUNTY (16)

Ricketts 13, Shaffier, Bryan, Woods 2, Deeds 1. Craig County 113812-34 Bath County 8305-16 JV: 28-5, Bath County.

by CNB