Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 5, 1994 TAG: 9401050046
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: M.J. Dougherty
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Craft's Crew - formerly Clark's Crew - still hasn't lost a game in the Town of Pulaski Men's Basketball League.
The 1992 and 1993 league champion is 4-0 this season. It last lost in the finals of the 1991 tournament - 35 games ago.
The streak is just one short of the league record for consecutive victories. Rockwell rolled off 36 straight wins in 1985 and 1986.
The Crew can tie the record with a win over Bad Boys (2-3) and establish the record by beating Renfro (4-1) Sunday.
So far, Craft's Crew has defeated Pepsi Cola, 100-54; Pulaski Community Hospital, 90-59; L.R. Davis, 88-55; and C&L Campers, 114-77.
Balanced scoring as been the secret for the Crew. It has had at least two players score 20 or more points in each of its four wins.
\ BOBBY HUNTER led Craft's Crew with 25 against Pepsi Cola and 27 against Pulaski Community Hospital. SAMMY POINDEXTER had a team-high 27 points against L.R. Davis and against C&L Campers.
\ DAVID SMITH, DOREA JONES and CHARLES ARNOLD have also topped the 20-point plateau in games for Craft's Crew this season.
Poindexter leads the team in scoring with 23.5 points per game, fourth in the league.
Poindexter, Arnold and JEROME BROWN give Craft's Crew three players with college experience - all played at Bluefield College.
But despite the good start and the unbeaten record, Craft's Crew is only tied for second place.
Stevens Funeral Home leads the league with a 5-0 record. RANDY OLVERSON, the league's second-leading scorer, leads Stevens with 26.2 ppg.
Tied for second with the Crew at 4-0 is Athletes Choice. WALTER BROOKS leads AC with 23.2 ppg, fifth in the league.
The league's leading scorer is MARK QUESENBERRY of C&L Campers. He averages 27.8 ppg.
Other top scorers are MIKE SAMPSON of Pulaski Community Hospital, third with 25.3 ppg, and ANTHONY AKERS of Slam Dunk Cards, sixth with 23.0 ppg.
\ IN BLACKSBURG: The Blacksburg Aquatic Center will be open special hours this month. It will operate 6 a.m.-9 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturdays and 1-6 p.m. Sundays.
The facility will close at 3 p.m. on Jan. 12 and Jan. 21 for swim meets.
For more information about the aquatic center, call TERRI KIRK, aquatic supervisor, at 961-1852.
For information about any Blacksburg recreation program or programs at the town's community center, call PHIL CONNER, building supervisor, at 961-1135, Monday through Thursday afternoons and evenings.
\ IN CHRISTIANSBURG: Get ready to go racing.
Sign-up begins Monday for a trip, sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department, to the First Union 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina on April 17. The cost will be $45. Anyone under 21 must be accompanied by a paying adult.
For more information on this or other programs, call CHUCK MUNCY, supervisor of athletics, at 382-2349.
\ IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY: Good help is hard to find.
The Parks and Recreation Department is looking for a few good volunteers for its youth basketball program. Coaches, officials and scorekeepers are needed.
For more information on this or other programs, call TIM COONEY, athletic supervisor, at 382-6975.
\ IN RADFORD: Start practicing now for the youth basketball tournaments, Feb. 19-20. The Recreation Department will sponsor hotshot, one-on-one and three-on-three tournaments. The fee is $1 per tournament for each participant who does not play in the city youth league. Pre-registration is required and will begin Jan. 31.
For more information about this or other programs, call the recreation department at 731-3633.
\ INFORMATION, PLEASE: The Community Sports Notebook is here to let people know what is happing in recreation sports in the New River Valley.
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