Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 24, 1993 TAG: 9311240025
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: M.J. Dougherty
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Each added to that tradition earlier this month.
Not in the NFL. In Pulaski County.
The Pulaski Blue Raiders and the Dublin Cowboys each won titles in the Pulaski County Sandlot Football League Championships.
The Blue Raiders beat the Dublin Chiefs, 20-0, in the Junior Division championship at Calfee Park in Pulaski.
The title capped a perfect 10-0 season for Pulaski. It scored on a 70-yard run by KWASI SCOTT, a 45-yard run by DAVID ROBINSON and a 30-yard run by TRAVIS ROOP.
Roop and Scott each scored 100 points this season. Scott is the league's career scoring leader, with 332 points.
Meanwhile, in the Pee Wee Division, the Cowboys beat the Pulaski Red Raiders, 6-0, at Dublin Middle School.
Dublin got outstanding offensive and defensive plays from ALAN WHEELING. He scored the only touchdown of the game on a 55-yard run early in the second quarter. Then he preserved the win with an interception in the final minute as Pulaski had driven inside the 10.
The Cowboys (5-1-1) and the Red Raiders (8-2-1) tied for the regular season title.
\ ADAM ROOP led the league in scoring with 76 points.
\ MORE TITLE GAMES: The other kind of football - the one Americans call soccer - also had its youth championships in Pulaski County recently.
The big winners were the Pulaski Rowdies in the Junior Division (14-and-under) and Pulaski Top Gun in the Major Division (10-and-under).
The Rowdies defeated the Pulaski Hornets, 10-1, in the finals at Loving Field in Pulaski.
\ CONNER QUINLAN scored four goals, while WILL MAYO, WILLIE HALE and JAMIE SMITH tallied two apiece.
Scoring the Hornets' goal was CHAD PIEDISCALZO. He has a league-record 204 goals and 54 assists for his career.
Quinlan led the division in scoring with 27 goals and 14 assists.
In the Major Division, Top Gun gunned down the Draper Lightning, 5-0.
\ TODD SOUTHERN scored two goals, JEFF WOODSON had a goal and two assists, and JOSH BOWLING and CHAD BOWERS each added a goal.
\ GREG DEHART made seven saves to record the shutout.
\ HEATH REEDY of the Dublin Odyssey led the division in scoring with 22 goals and three assists.
The Rowdies, the Hornets, Top Gun and the Lightning all qualified for VRPS State Regional play.
\ BOUNCING BALL REPORT: Zion Hill-First Baptist pulled into a tie for the lead in the Radford Church League with First Baptist. Both are 7-1.
Zion Hill beat the St. Jude's Cardinals, 61-31. Meanwhile, previously unbeaten First Baptist lost to Gethsemane, 55-43.
\ UPCOMING IN BLACKSBURG: The Blacksburg Department of Parks and Recreation wants to put some spike in your life.
Volleyball registration for the Winter 1994 leagues will begin at 8 a.m. Dec. 8 and will continue on a first-come, first-served basis until all leagues are filled.
Information packets will be available beginning Dec. 1 at the Blacksburg Community Center.
The cost is $50 per team. There is also a $10 forfeit fee and $5 fee for each non-town resident on the team (maximum of three per team).
For more information, call PHIL CONNER, the community building supervisor, at 961-1135, Monday through Thursday afternoons and evenings.
\ UPCOMING IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY: Attention, youth basketball coaches: Note these important meetings at the Montgomery County Parks and Recreation Office.
On Monday, there will be a mandatory meeting at 6 p.m. for those interested in coaching in the youth program.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, there will be a coaching certification clinic. All youth coaches must be certified. The clinic begins at 5:45 p.m. each day, and attendance both days is mandatory.
Registration continues through Tuesday for the county's youth and adult basketball leagues. The cost for the youth leagues is $10 per child for the Pee Wee Clinics, Sandlot League and Senior League, and $15 per child in the High School League.
The cost for the adult leagues is $220 per team.
For more information on these or other programs, call TIM COONEY, the athletic supervisor, at 382-6975.
\ UPCOMING IN RADFORD: Martial arts become less mysterious and more meaningful because of karate classes offered by the Radford Parks and Recreation Department.
There are classes for youths (ages 6-13) and adults (ages 14 and up) in two systems of karate - Japanese and Korean.
Japanese karate classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30-4:45 p.m. for youths, 5-6 p.m. for adults. The instructor is JAMES HOUSTON.
Korean karate classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. for youths, 7:30-8:30 p.m. for adults. The instructor is KIP MASON.
The fee is $25 per month.
Radford will hold an organizational meeting for winter coed volleyball Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. at the recreation department. Teams must have a representative at the meeting.
The fee will be about $80 per team plus a $5 fee for each player who doesn't live or work in the city.
For more information about these or other programs, call the recreation department at 731-3633.
\ UPCOMING IN PULASKI: It's hoops time. The Parks and Recreation Department will hold an organizational meeting for its Men's Basketball League on Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Town Municipal Building.
Anyone who lives or works full time in Pulaski County, attends New River Community College or works at the Radford Army Ammunitions Plant is eligible to play. The entry fee is $225 per team.
Teams must sign up by calling 980-1000 to report the team name, manager and uniform colors.
\ COMMUNITY SPORTS HOTLINE: The Roanoke Times & World-News/New River Current Community Sports Hotline is awaiting your call with interesting happenings from the world of community recreation sports.
The number is 1-800-346-1234, Ext. 664.
With the information, please include full names (first and last) and include a telephone number so we can reach you if there are questions.
Let us know what you know so we can let everyone know.
by CNB