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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 1, 1994                   TAG: 9406010022
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

TAZEWELL STOPS CHRISTIANSBURG IN IV

Tazewell broke open a tight game by scoring three times in the bottom of the sixth inning to beat visiting Christiansburg 5-2 in a Region IV tournament first-round baseball game.

Eric Motley (6-1) and Ronnie Wimmer combined on a four-hitter, with Motley striking out nine and allowing one unearned run in six innings.

Tazewell (22-3) was clinging to a 2-1 lead when Wes Gentry came through with the biggest hit of the game, a two-out two-run double off Christiansburg starter Denny Self (5-5). Christiansburg (10-11), the New River District tournament champion, scored an unearned run in the seventh off Wimmer, who earned his 10th save.

Jack Compton was 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Bulldogs, who play at Gate City in a regional semifinal Thursday.

Donnie Tawney was 2-for-4, and Byron Gates and Ryan Hubble each had a hit for the Blue Demons. Self struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings.

Region C baseball

COVINGTON - Jason Anderson struck out nine in 3 2/3 innings of hitless relief as Glenvar defeated Lebanon 7-2 in the first round of the Region C tournament.

Highlanders starter Jake Weddle gave up two hits and two unearned runs in the first 3 1/3 innings before Anderson (9-1) came in with two on in the fourth. The senior left-hander fanned two batters to squash Lebanon's final threat of the afternoon and he went on register the 500th strikeout of his career.

David Henderson had two hits, including an RBI single in a three-run third that gave Glenvar (18-2) the lead for good. The Highlanders play Grayson County in a regional semifinal on Thursday at Covington.

Region C softball

CASTLEWOOD - Glenvar (15-7-1) advanced to the tournament final with a 4-0 win over the host Blue Devils. Amy Layman (9-4) had a no-hitter for five innings before Castlewood's Valerie Taylor broke it up with a single. Layman settled for a two-hit shutout garnished by eight strikeouts.

Jennifer Davis had two hits and scored a run for the Highlanders, who play the winner of the Floyd County-James River semifinal immediately after that game is completed Thursday.

James River (17-4) advanced to the Region C semifinals by beating Lebanon 10-3 at Castlewood. Sarah Mundy pitched a complete-game three-hitter for the Knights, who play Floyd County on Thursday. Kara Mundy had two doubles among her three hits.

Lebanon helped James River by committing five errors.

by CNB