
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, April 29, 1994                   TAG: 9404290053
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: STATE 
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STATE WRESTLING STARTS TONIGHT AT PULASKI

USA Wrestling's Virginia State Championships for Cadet Division competitors will be held tonight and Saturday at Pulaski County High. More than 200 youths age 15-16 will wrestle in Greco-Roman and freestyle competition in the event governed by international and Olympic rules.

Greco-Roman competition opens tonight at 8. Freestyle starts Saturday at 10 a.m. The top qualifiers will advance to the USA Wrestling's Cadet Division national tournament July 4-9 in Columbia, Mo.

Ronnie Spicer pitched a one-hitter and struck out 12 batters as Narrows edged Rocky Gap 2-0 in a Mountain Empire District baseball game at Rocky Gap on Thursday.

Whitey Blankenship scored Narrows' first run in the third inning. Patrick Bailey's two-out RBI single in the fourth gave Narrows (9-2, 5-0) its other run.

Billy Hoosier struck out 14 batters for Rocky Gap (0-8, 0-5)

In New Castle, Johnny Crawford was 3-for-4 with three RBI as Craig County (5-7, 4-3) used an eight-run third inning to beat Parry McCluer 14-6 in a Pioneer district game.

Ben Boardwine picked up the win for the Rockets, pitching a four-hitter and striking out seven.

Albert Nedrow scored all four goals as Rockbridge County (3-5, 2-4) beat Northside 4-0 in a Blue Ridge District boys' soccer game in Lexington.

by CNB