Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, April 28, 1994 TAG: 9404290048
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-15 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
The Roanoke Valley Basketball Association's Roanoke Jaguars advanced four teams to the state AAU championship by finishing in the top three at the regional competitions.
At the regional tournament held in Staunton, the Jaguars' 11-and-under team placed third and the 12-and-under team finished as runners-up. The 13-and-under team placed third at the Salem tournament, and the 15-and-under Jaguars finished as runners-up in the Martinsville tournament.
NABA to begin second Roanoke season May 1
The National Adult Baseball Association is recruiting players for its second Roanoke season, which begins Sunday.
The league consists of 12 teams competing in two age groups - 18 and over and 30 and over. Each team will have a chance to play 18 games.
There will be an All-Star game scheduled for the middle of the season and a post-season playoff for each league. A state tournament will be held in Virginia Beach during Memorial Day weekend, and a national world series will be held in early October.
For more information, call Randall Holley at 343-1255.
Roanoker finishes first in group at competition
Gennard Lanzara of Roanoke placed first in the 35- to 39-year-old age group and seventh overall in the 1994 February Fitness Challenge sponsored by the Southern Masters Swimming Association.
More than 800 athletes throughout the U.S. and other countries participated in the monthlong event in which swimmers accumulated their daily workout yardage. Lanzara completed 276,650 yards, or just over 157 miles.
by CNB