Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 31, 1994 TAG: 9403310090
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-4 EDITION: METRO
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DeShazo completed four of 12 passes. One was an 80-yard bomb to Scales, and another was a 44-yard touchdown pass to White.
Reserve tailback Ranall White was the leading rusher with 53 yards on four carries. Dwayne Thomas had five carriers for 35 yards.
Andy Miller, a reserve linebacker last season, had five tackles and a sack. End Lawrence Lewis had four tackles and a sack.
Tech will practice two more weeks before the annual Maroon-White game on April 16 in Salem.
Billy Ray Ellis, a junior at Ferrum College, recently won his weight division at the 26th annual United States Powerlifting Federation national championships held at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla. Ellis, a Ferrum football player competing in his first weightlifting championship, took first place in the 242-pound weight division. He combined a 655-pound squat, a 611-pound dead lift and a 424-pound bench press for a winning total of 1,684 pounds.
VMI broke a four-game losing streak with a 17-9 victory over host Virginia Tech (1-5) in men's lacrosse. Tech was outshot 54-25.
No. 4-ranked Virginia (3-2) defeated No. 7 William and Mary 12-6 in women's lacrosse at Charlottesville. The Tribe is 3-2.
Senior defenseman Colleen Carroll scored with 28 seconds remaining to give Lynchburg a 10-9 victory over Roanoke in Old Dominion Athletic Conference women's lacrosse at Salem. Lynchburg (7-1, 4-0), is ranked eighth in the nation in NCAA Division III, and Roanoke is sixth. Roanoke (3-2 overall, 1-1 ODAC) had trailed 9-7 with less that 1 1/2 minutes left before tying on goal by Jen Shimrak with 43 seconds remaining. Shimrak had three goals.
At Radford, Virginia Intermont, an NAIA school, upset Division I Radford 7-3 in baseball. The Cobras (11-13) had 11 hits and got RBI from five players. Chris Denton (2-2) got the win with 2 innings of relief. Chris Waldron (1-1) took the loss for Radford (11-11).
Chad France's single in the top of the 14th inning led Ferrum to a 2-1 baseball victory over High Point University at High Point, N.C.
Richmond baseball coach Ron Atkins won his 250th game as the Spiders (16-9) beat visiting VMI 6-2. Bobby St. Pierre (5-1) and Benji Krise combined to strike out 16 Keydets. John Payne provided VMI's runs with a two-run home run in the fifth.
On Tuesday in Richmond, Sean Casey singled with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to break a 4-4 tie and give Richmond a baseball victory over Virginia Tech. David Fitt and Bryan King each were 2-for-4 for Tech (10-13).
At Lexington, Roanoke finished fifth in the W&L/Old Dominion Athletic Conference Golf Invitational on the par-71 Lexington Country Club course. Hampden-Sydney cruised to a nine-shot team victory over Washington and Lee. The Tigers finished at 309, and W&L was at 318. Guilford was third at 323, followed by Lynchburg (328), Roanoke (335), Virginia Wesleyan (343) and Emory & Henry (353). Hampden-Sydney's Phil Cook shot a 75 for medalist honors, and Tigers teammates Peter Leggett and Berk Jolley each shot a 76. Roanoke's Chris Lawson shot a 79 to share fifth place.
by CNB