Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, December 11, 1994 TAG: 9412140092
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: D-13 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The Terriers (2-0) outscored the Bengals (1-3) in all four quarters. Jeremy Obenchain had 19 points - 10 in the fourth quarter - and 15 rebounds for Byrd while teammate Michael McGuire added 15 points. Childress also had nine rebounds for the Terriers.
Tyree Hairston scored 23 points before fouling out for Bassett while Willie Wade and Chris Hairston finished with 16 and 11, respectively.
BASSETT (62)
C. Hairston 11, T. Hairston 23, Wade 16, Claybrook 2, Copening 8, Kennedy 2.
WILLIAM BYRD (84)
Bryant 2, Wilson 3, Bocock 2, Childress 22, Tuck 8, Blackwell 4, McGuire 15, Muddiman 7, Obenchain 19, Thomas 2.
Bassett 13--14--11--24-62
William Byrd 19--16--17--32-84
Three-point goals: C. Hairston 2, T. Hairston, Obenchain 2, McGuire 3.
JV: William Byrd won.
St. Vincent's 80
Roanoke Catholic 73
PETERSBURG - Brian Lester and Jim Davis hit some crucial free throws down the stretch to lift St. Vincent's past Roanoke Catholic in a non-conference game.
Roanoke Catholic (1-1) managed to cut the lead to three, 76-73, with 19 seconds left, but Davis and Lester both hit two free throws to seal the win for the Saints.
Lester finished with a game-high 33 points - 20 in the first half as the Saints (2-3) built a four-point lead at halftime. Davis added 12 and Steve Yavorsky chipped in 13.
Tony Joyce led the Celtics with 24 points. Roanoke Catholic also got 14 points and 19 rebounds from P.L Bratton, and Rod Tasco chipped in 13 points and 20 rebounds.
ROANOKE CATHOLIC (73)
Wall 3, Alzubaidi 4, McCarthy 8, Lothes 7, Bratton 14, Joyce 24, Tasco 13.
St. VINCENT'S (80)
Sparkman 8, Davis 12, Lester 33, Yavorsky 13, Savelano 3, Chandler 8, Goshorn 3.
Roanoke Catholic 14--23--17--19-73
St. Vincent's 16--25--14--25-80
Three-point goals: Wall, McCarthy 2, Lothes, Joyce 3, Lester 2.
Girls
Chatham Hall 32
North Cross 25
CHATHAM - Chatham Hall used balanced scoring from eight players to get past North Cross in a non-conference game.
Heather Caulfield and Claire Ong led the way for Chatham Hall (1-0) with six points each. Chatham Hall trailed by four at halftime, but outscored North Cross 15-5 in the third quarter after Raiders' point guard Katheryn Anthony went out of the game with a twisted knee.
North Cross (0-4) took the lead at halftime, thanks to Emily Cook, who scored seven of her game-high 12 in the first half.
CHATHAM HALL (32)
Ong 6, Caulfield 6, Evans 4, Hall 2, Quinn 4, Underhill 4, Lipscomb 4, Adams 2.
NORTH CROSS (25)
Cook 12, Anthony 4, Kelly 5, Watson 2, Ballinger 2.
Chatham Hall 4---8--15---5-32
North Cross 8---8---5---4-25
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