Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, December 3, 1994 TAG: 9412220070
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Cave Spring (1-0) struggled in the first half as the Mountaineers' press forced turnovers that led to numerous easy layups. Alleghany trailed by three at halftime, thanks mainly to Dusty Rowland, who scored 10 of his 15 points in the first two quarters.
Matheny, though, sparked a Knights run after halftime by scoring 11 of his 24 in the third quarter as Cave Spring outscored Alleghany 24-15 to take a 12-point lead into the fourth quarter.
James Hughes tried to rally the Mountaineers in the final period as the senior scored 13 of his game-high 25 in the period, but Alleghany could not catch up.
While the Knights had trouble shooting against the Mountaineers' matchup zone, Cave Spring did hit eight 3-pointers - Beekman nailed four.
Rashad Worth chipped in 10 points for Alleghany. John Finnerty scored 12 for the Knights.
Alleghany (66)
Hughes 25, Rowland 15, Worth 10, Bolden 5, Crawford 8, Petty 3.
Cave Spring (80)
Matheny 24, Beekman 18, Finnerty 12, Frantz 8, Irvin 7, Shertz 6, Lang 3, Johnston 2.
Alleghany 10--21--15--20-66
Cave Spring 14--20--24--22-80
Three-point goals: Irvin 2, Beekman 4, Lang, Matheny, Rowland.
JV: Cave Spring, 64-40.
E.C. Glass 53
William Fleming 46
LYNCHBURG - The Hilltoppers held All-Group AAA point guard Derek Hines to 12 points and rallied for a non-district victory over the Colonels.
E.C. Glass won the opener for both teams by working the ball inside to Bryan Jones, Eron Murphy and George Bunch. Each scored in double figures as the Hilltoppers came back after trailing by as many as 12 points in the first half. E.C. Glass outscored William Fleming 21-10 in the fourth quarter and pulled away by hitting nine of 14 free throws.
The Colonels built a lead in the first half by forcing nine Hilltoppers turnovers. But E.C. Glass made only three miscues the rest of the way.
Murphy had 16 points and six rebounds for the Hilltoppers, and Jones (12 points, nine rebounds) and Bunch (11 points, eight rebounds) also played big roles.
William Fleming was led by James Stokes' 16 points, and Keath Hampton added 10.
William Fleming (46)
Stokes 16, Hines 12, Hampton 10, Pannell 5, Allen 3.
E.C. Glass (53)
Murphy 16, Jones 12, Bunch 11, Adams 6, Brown 6, Crank 2.
William Fleming 17--11---8--10-46
E.C. Glass 10--12--10--21-53
Three-point goal: Allen.
JV: Fleming won.
Roanoke Valley Chr. 71
Timberlake Christian 70
FOREST - Mark Arbogast's shot with five seconds left in overtime lifted the Eagles over the Tornadoes in a Virginia Independent Conference game.
Arbogast scored seven of his team's 12 points in overtime and finished with a game-high 30 on 12-of-17 field-goal shooting, including four 3-pointers.
Timberlake's Steven Foster nailed a shot with 30 seconds left to tie the score at 59 and send the game into overtime.
The Tornadoes (1-1, 0-1) had a chance to win it in regulation, but Jon Phillips missed the front end of a one-and-one with one second left. Phillips finished with a team-high 25 points - 16 in the second half.
Joel Nester added 10 points for RVC (2-0, 1-0). James Napier had 20 points and David Walker chipped in 13 for Timberlake.
Roanoke Valley Christian (71)
Arbogast 30, Foster 9, Booth 7, Surkamer 7, Hurt 2, Nester 10, Kingery 2, Griffin 4.
Timberlake Christian (70)
Wyatt 2, Phillips 25, Napier 20, Walker 13, Spear 6, Fitzgerald 4.
Roanoke Valley Chr. 22--16--13---8--12-71
Timberlake Christian 11--18--13--17--11-70
Three-point goals: Arbogast 4, Phillips 2, Spear 2.
JV: Roanoke Valley Christian, 66-45.
Lord Botetourt 81
North Cross 61
Shannon Williams scored 29 points and the Cavaliers put away the Raiders early with five 3-pointers in the first quarter of the opener for both teams.
Lord Botetourt (1-0) outscored North Cross (0-1) 25-14 in the period and never looked back. The Cavaliers finished with seven 3-pointers, three by Ryan Salvi.
Jonathan Neal scored 17 points for Lord Botetourt and Salvi finished with 13.
Jeff Baetz scored 16 and Hal Johnson added 13 for the Raiders. Johnson connected on three 3-pointers for North Cross.
Lord Botetourt (81)
Neal 20, Salvi 13, Williams 29, Gates 2, King 3, Sweeney 2, Shupe 10, Gilliland 2.
North Cross (61)
Levan 2, Whitaker 7, Baetz 19, Johnson 13, Haga 6, Kelly 4, Prillaman 10.
Lord Botetourt 25--18--12--26-81
North Cross 14--12---6--29-61
Three-point goals: Neal 3, Salvi 3, Williams 2, Whitaker 2, Johnson 3, Kelly.
JV: Lord Botetourt, 39-30.
Auburn 67
James River 52
BUCHANAN - Terry Millirons and John Reed combined for 49 of Auburn's 67 points as the Eagles outlasted James River 67-52 in a non-district game.
Millirons scored six of his game-high 25 points in a decisive third-quarter run and Reed added four points in the period as Auburn (1-0) outscored the Knights 12-5 in the third quarter to open a 14-point lead.
Reed scored 15 of his 24 points in the first half as the Eagles opened a seven-point lead at halftime. Reed nailed four 3-pointers in the game.
James River (0-1) was led by Brian Shorter, who scored 11 points, and Shahan Burrell, who chipped in 10.
The Knights played without head coach Randy Howard, whose mother died this week.
Auburn (67)
Millirons 25, Reed 24, Hudgins 3, Wajciechowski 6, Sutphin 3, Harmon 2, Lytton 4.
James River (52)
Britt 5, Minnis 2, Perry 2, Nolan 9, Shorter 11, Johnson 2, Firebaugh 7, Burrell 10, Neighbors 2, Goad 2.
Auburn 25--17--12--13-67
James River 18--17---5--12-52
Three-point goals: Reed 4, Hudgins, Britt, Nolan.
JV: James River, 51-30.
Girls
Franklin County 57
Heritage 26
LYNCHBURG - Patty Campbell scored 17 points to lead three Eagles scorers in double figures as Franklin County opened its season with a non-district victory.
Sandy Hudson scored 14 points and Susie Wilson added 10 for the Eagles.
Franklin County (57)
Hudson 14, Clayborne 6, Wilson 10, Conley 2, Campbell 17, Jones 5, Giles 3.
Heritage (26)
Thompson 8, Robertson 1, McCoy 6, Robey 9, Brown 2.
Franklin County 17--14--13--13-57
Heritage 5---8---5---8-26
William Fleming 38
E.C. Glass 35
Revonda Barber and Kelly Irving combined to score 10 points in the third quarter to put the Colonels ahead to stay.
Barber finished with 16 points and Irving added 12 for William Fleming (1-0). Felicia Manns had 13 rebounds for the Colonels.
Elaine Reid scored 10 points for E.C. Glass (0-1).
E.C. Glass (35)
Cannon 1, Scott 4, Malott 9, Reid 10, Wing 1, Goode 6, Houston 4.
William Fleming (38)
Barber 16, Trent 4, Burwell 1, Irving 12, Manns 5.
E.C. Glass 8--11---6--10-35
William Fleming 6--12--13---7-38
Three-point goals: Barber, Irving 2, Reid.
JV: William Fleming, 41-15.
Roanoke Valley Chr. 41
North Cross 18
Jenny Coons scored a game-high 20 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, to lead the Eagles (2-0) past the Raiders (0-1) in the opening round of the Roanoke Valley Christian Tipoff tournament.
RVC will meet Roanoke Catholic in the championship game at 7:30 p.m. today. North Cross will play Stuart Hall in the consolation game at 6 p.m.
Coons also had five steals for the Eagles, who outscored the Raiders 23-6 in the second half.
Gina Guthrie added 13 points, including eight in the first quarter as RVC bolted out to an early 10-point lead. Guthrie also had eight steals.
North Cross (18)
Cook 9, Anthony 4, Kelly 4, Watson 1, Kennedy.
Roanoke Valley Christian (41)
Guthrie 13, Helton 2, Coons 20, Bryant 4, Long 2
North Cross 6---6---4---2-18
Roanoke Valley Chr. 16---2--13--10-41
Roanoke Catholic 26
Stuart Hall 18
The Celtics overcame a scoreless first quarter behind the outside shooting of Elaine Ronquillo and the inside play of Abby Dickson to win their opener in the first round of the Roanoke Valley Christian Tipoff tournament.
Neither team generated much offense in the first two quarters. Roanoke Catholic (1-0) trailed 4-0 at the end of the first quarter and 5-4 at halftime.
Ronquillo sparked the Celtics with three jumpers over Stuart Hall's 2-3 zone, as the Celtics outscored Stuart Hall 12-2 in the decisive third quarter.
Ronquillo's shooting opened up the inside for Dickson, who was scoreless until two minutes remained in the third. She finished with game-highs of 12 points and 14 rebounds.
Stuart Hall (18)
Moses 2, Davis 7, Harman 4, Thompson 2, Jackson 3.
Roanoke Catholic (26)
Ronquillo 6, Hubble 2, Dickson 12, Monsour 6.
Stuart Hall 4---1---2--11-18
Roanoke Catholic 0---4--12--10-26
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