Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, November 9, 1993 TAG: 9311090107
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B2 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: DOUG DOUGHTY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Reynolds, a 6-foot-3 guard, picked the Chanticleers over Winthrop and VMI.
"He's got all the skills you'd want in a two-guard [shooting guard]," Fleming coach Burrall Paye said. "He's an excellent athlete and a tremendous ball-handler, plus he's probably our best defensive player."
Reynolds averaged 10.3 points and 6.4 assists as a junior, when he hit 45.9 percent of his field-goal attempts and 76 percent of his free throws. He hit nearly 42 percent of his 3-point attempts.
Reynolds will be one of three players from the Roanoke Valley to sign letters-of-intent during the period that starts Wednesday and runs until Nov. 17. The others are Salem's Mark Byington, who has committed to North Carolina-Wilmington, and Curtis Staples, a former Patrick Henry star now at Oak Hill Academy who is headed to Virginia.
"It's been a dream of mine since I was a child to get a scholarship to play basketball," Reynolds said. "Coastal has four Big South championships in the last five years, so it's a program that's already established, and the academics was just as impressive as the athletics."
Paye said Reynolds had the potential to average 20 points for Fleming, which loses three starters from a team that finished 22-6 and reached the Group AAA state semifinals.
\ Girls' district tournaments \
Hogoheegee District
\ Rural Retreat 64, Holston 57: The Cavaliers gave top-seeded Rural Retreat a scare with a 23-12 fourth-quarter run, but the Indians (18-1, 14-1) held on for a victory in the opening round of the Hogoheegee District Tournament at Rural Retreat.
Rural Retreat plays in the semifinals on Wednesday.
Rural Retreat led 35-24 at halftime and had pulled away to lead 52-34 after three quarters. Trailing by 20 points early in the fourth quarter, Holston made its charge, aided by Rural Retreat fouls. Two Indians starters fouled out, and the Cavaliers made 11 free throws as they closed to three points down. Then senior guard Rachel Arnold came to Rural Retreat's rescue, hitting four free throws, the last two with about 50 seconds remaining, to secure the victory.
Arnold finished with six points. Senior forward Cassie Phipps led Rural Retreat with 13 points and eight rebounds. Tanya Tarter had 12 points, Beth Ketner had 11 and Stephanie Kell had 10.
For Holston, Becky Estep had 14 points, Jennifer Hunter 12 and Amy Cornett 10. \
Piedmont\ Patrick County 65, Tunstall 43: The eighth-seeded Cougars (7-15) defeated the ninth-seeded Trojans to advance to a semifinals game against top-seeded Bassett (20-0).
\ Seminole District
\ Altavista 53, Jefferson Forest 50: At Moneta, Kesha Towler scored 16 points and Candace Crews added 11 as the Colonels edged the Cavaliers.
Jefferson Forest led 20-12 at halftime, but Altavista came back, outscoring the Cavaliers 41-30 in the second half for the win.
Altavista will play host Staunton River in the second round of the tournament today at 6:30. \
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