Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, October 14, 1994 TAG: 9410140060
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B9 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Winston-Salem, site of the overall finish of this year's event, will be the finish site of the race's penultimate stage (10) on May 6. The road-race stage will start in North Wilkesboro, N.C.
Stage 11, the final stage of the 12-day event, will be a time trial May 7 starting in Burlington and finishing in Greensboro. Greensboro also was the site of the overall race finish in 1993 and is the only city to have done so twice.
The Tour DuPont, the premier cycling event in the United States, will take place April 26-May 7, 1995. The Tour makes stops in Lynchburg and Blacksburg on April 30, the Roanoke Valley on May 1 and Galax on May 2.
In other sports in the region:
In Lexington, Washington and Lee defeated Roanoke College 3-2 in double overtime Thursday afternoon in women's soccer. Angela Amstutz put the Maroons on the board first, as she took a bad clearance from Generals sweeper Dasha Hermosilla in for the score. Washington and Lee countered with 43 seconds on the clock when freshman Erica Reineke's corner kick was relayed in by Anne Spruill to send the game into overtime. Reineke added one goal in each overtime.
Chip Sullivan, the teaching professional at Hanging Rock Golf Club in Salem, fell on the first playoff hole to finish second at the Mid-Atlantic PGA Tournament of Champions at Old South Country Club in Lothian, Md. Wayne DeFrancesco of Woodholme Country Club birdied the first playoff hole to earn the victory. Both players finished with a two-round total of 145. Roanoke Country Club assistant Mark Fry, who was tied for the lead in the 46-player field after one round with a 71, shot 76 on Thursday and finished tied for fourth place.
Greensboro outshot Ferrum 17-2 en route to a 4-0 Dixie Conference men's soccer victory over the Panthers (5-8-1, 1-3-1). Greensboro (11-2, 3-1) was led by Scot Eisenbraun's pair of goals and one goal each from Brett Fahrbauch and Chip Zimmerman.
In Lynchburg, Missy Gaitka scored four goals as Radford University routed Liberty 7-0 in Big South Conference women's soccer. Kelly Moran, Leanne Bollinger and Dee Dee Herndon scored the other goals for the Highlanders (5-9-1). Liberty's record slipped to 3-9.
Five Davidson players scored as the Wildcats knocked off VMI 5-0 in a Southern Conference men's soccer match. Davidson outshot VMI 17-6 and broke open a close match with four second-half goals.
Qualifying begins at 3 p.m. today for Sunday's Late Model All-Stars portion of the Advance Auto Parts 500 at Martinsville Speedway. The fastest 32 cars, plus four provisionals, will start the 200-lap Late Model event, which will pay $10,000 to the winner. The fastest 20 cars will earn starting positions today, and the remainder of the lineup will be determined at 2 p.m. Saturday in a pair of 50-lap qualifying races following Grand National time trials.
Heading the field is NASCAR Winston Racing Series Mid-Atlantic champion Barry Beggarly, who has won 19 races this season. Other prominent drivers entered include Johnny Rumley, Dennis Setzer, Ronnie Thomas, Jay Fogleman, Wayne Patterson and Stacy Compton. Thomas, the Winston Cup Rookie of the Year in 1978, holds the event and track qualifying record of 89.876 mph.
Sunday's late model event will be preceded by a 300-lap Busch Grand National race at 1 p.m.
The Radford University women's basketball team has lost forward Eve Kendall for the first semester of the season. The former George Wythe High School standout did not meet the NCAA's ``satisfactory progress'' requirements and will be academically ineligible, coach Lubomyr Lichonczak said.
Because of a change in NCAA rules, Kendall was unable to pick up the three credits she needed during summer school. If she successfully completes 15 hours this semester, she can rejoin the Highlanders for their Dec.20 game at Virginia.
Kendall, a 6-foot-1 sophomore, averaged 4.7 points and 4.5 rebounds per game last season.
Former Radford University standout Don Burgess will rejoin the team this season as a student assistant coach.
Burgess, a first-team All-Big South Conference selection last season, will work with the Highlanders until he completes the requirements for his degree in December.
John Mills has resigned after 20 years as Covington High School's baseball coach. Mills will remain at the school as a teacher.
Mills' overall record was 212-160-1. His first four teams went 17-54. In the past 16 years, however, Covington has gone 212-106-1 without a losing season. In that span, Mills' teams have won seven titles in the Pioneer and Blue Ridge districts and one in Region C. The Cougars also were Group A runners-up in 1992.
Covington officials say they hope to choose Mills' replacement from within the system.
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