ROANOKE TIMES

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

DATE: SUNDAY, December 4, 1994                   TAG: 9412070088
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: D-11   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium


LEE CAPTURES GROUP AA TITLE

Unbeaten R.E. Lee of Staunton had little trouble disposing of Loudoun Valley 54-31 Saturday to claim the Group AA girls' basketball state title at the Salem Civic Center.

The Lee Ladies (29-0) beat the Vikings for the second time, having trimmed Loudoun Valley by 15 points in the Region II championship two weeks ago. Lee has lost only one game the past two years and that came 50-43 in last year's Region II semifinals against Loudoun Valley.

Lee led by as many as 12 points, but Loudoun Valley (25-5) closed to 26-19 when Jennifer Herberger hit a jumper. But Lee scored the next 10 points, starting with 3-point goals by sisters Jenni and Beth Corbin, and the Ladies gradually pulled away.

Jenni Corbin led a balanced Lee attack with 16 points and Kelly Simmons scored 14 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Loudoun Valley was paced by Cameron Arndt with eight points. Guard Stacey Simms dealt out seven assists, giving her 20 for the two-game tournament.

LOUDOUN VALLEY (31)

Arndt 4-12 0-0 8, Ericksen 1-6 1-2 3, Herberger 3-10 0-0 6, Simms 0-9 3-4 3, Shippee 2-5 0-0 5, Phillips 0-2 0-0 0, Long 2-2 0-0 4, Hortizel 0-1 0-0 0, Parr 1-11 0-0 2. Totals 13-58 4-6 31.

R.E. LEE (54)

Hanna 3-5 3-4 9, Nuckols 1-7 0-1 3, Simmons 5-10 4-5 14, B. Corbin 3-11 3-5 10, J. Corbin 6-14 3-5 16, Westhafer 0-1 0-1 0, Love 1-1 0-1 2. Totals 19-49 13-22 54.

Loudoun Valley -4---7---8--12-31

R.E. Lee 12--10--14--18-54

Three-point goals: Loudoun Valley 1-4 (Shippee 1-1, Simms 0-2, Arndt 0-1), R.E. Lee 3-18 (Hanna 0-1, Nuckols 1-5, Simmons 0-1, B. Corbin 1-9, J. Corbin 1-2). Fouled out: Shippee. Rebounds: Loudoun Valley 23 (Arndt 7), R.E. Lee 36 (Simmons 13). Assists: Loudoun Valley 7 (Simms 7), R.E. Lee 13 (Nuckols 5). Team fouls: Loudoun Valley 20, R.E. Lee 13.



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