Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, December 10, 1993 TAG: 9312100248
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press and staff reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Defensive end Cornell Brown of Lynchburg and offensive guard Billy Conaty of Pennsauken, N.J., were selected to the second team for freshmen. Free safety Antonio Banks of Newport News made the third team.
Tailback Dwayne Thomas of Fort Myers, Fla., offensive guard Chris Malone of Emporia and linebacker George DelRicco of Seabrook, Md., made the second team for sophomores.
Two Virginia Cavaliers were selected to the freshman third team: linebacker Jamie Sharper and punter Will Brice.
In other football:
State champion North Cross dominated the Division I all-state team for private schools as picked by the coaches.
Jim Muscaro, who guided the Raiders to the football title, was voted the state coach of the year, and the Raiders had eight first-team selections.
Marcus Cardwell, the Raiders' running back and defensive back, was one of two players chosen to the first team on offense and on defense. The other was Brunswick defensive lineman-running back Jason Crowder.
Six other Raiders making the first team were linebacker Monty Smith, defensive linemen Jason Davis and John Goodwin, quarterback Hal Johnson and offensive linemen Brad Carroll and Deiter Oelschlager.
Roanoke Catholic had three first-team choices, including running back P.J. Moyer, a freshman. Moyer was one of two players on the first team who weren't either a junior or a senior. The other was place-kicker Chris Atkins, a sophomore at Quantico.
The other Roanoke Catholic first-team choices were Mike Kolnok (punter) and Phillip Buchy (offensive line).
Goodwin and Oelschlager also were second-team line selections.
(Complete team in Scoreboard. C2)
Hampton University coach Joe Taylor has withdrawn his name from consideration for the coaching vacancy at Florida A&M. In two seasons, Taylor has guided the Pirates to a 21-3-1 record, including this season's 12-1 mark. Hampton has won consecutive Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships and finished third nationally in the Division II football poll.
by CNB