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

DATE: TUESDAY, June 14, 1994                   TAG: 9406160047
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: BOB TEITLEBAUM STAFF WRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

TEAMS GOING TO BAT FOR GLENVAR

With a victory in the baseball or softball semifinals, the Highlanders could virtually lock up the Central Fidelity Cup that goes to the high school athletic program in each classification with the best overall record each year.

Glenvar plays James River in a Group A softball semifinal at 4:30 p.m. today at the Moyer Complex in Salem, and the Highlanders' baseball team travels to Powell Valley for a 4 p.m. game.

William Byrd is the fourth Timesland team left in state competition. The Terriers' baseball team entertains Tunstall at 7 p.m. today in a Group AA semifinal.

Glenvar started spring sports competition tied for 10th place in the Group A Central Fidelity Cup standings five points behind seventh-place Powell Valley. Glenvar (boys' tennis) and Powell Valley (boys' track) have added state championships this spring.

Phil Robbins, athletic director at Powell Valley, said for his school to win the cup, it would have to win the Group A baseball title and Glenvar would have to lose in both semifinals today. The schools ahead of Glenvar and Powell Valley going into the spring, Robbins said, haven't had the spring sports success the Vikings and Highlanders have enjoyed.

A computer will make the standings official this month after all results are in from state competition.

Glenvar faces James River for the fifth time this year in softball, having won the past three meetings. The Highlanders' Amy Layman has gotten the hot hand as a pitcher, and she will need it against a James River team considered one of the heaviest-hitting squads in Timesland.

Glenvar's baseball team will use its ace, Jason Anderson, in a bid for its second consecutive Group A semifinal. Powell Valley survived a 3-2 decision over Castlewood in nine innings to earn a shot at the Highlanders.

William Byrd will be looking to avenge a 13-2 loss to Tunstall in the Region III final. The Terriers likely will use Chris Carr, player of the year in Timesland, against Tunstall ace Bubba Scarce, an 11th-round pick by Oakland in the major-league draft. In the first meeting, Khris Law deadened the Byrd bats and Carr worked less than three innings as he pitched his third game in less than a week.