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

DATE: SUNDAY, February 12, 1995                   TAG: 9502140098
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-10 SPORTS   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: FLOYD                                  LENGTH: Medium

CATHOLIC FALLS TO FLOYD

Ben Kiser had 12 points and eight rebounds; Brian Harman 12 points, four steals and four steals; Jason Dalton 10 points and eight rebounds; and Jamie Warren 10 points for the Buffaloes.

Catholic (8-14) was led by Tony Joyce with 16 points and Alex Dixon with 15.

ROANOKE CATHOLIC (54)

Dixon 15, Wierzbic 4, McCarthy 8, Lothes 2, Bratton 9, Joyce 16.

FLOYD COUNTY (66)

Warren 10,Harman 12, Dalton 10, Cantrell 9, Kiser 12, Bucklin 7, Slusher 4, Saunders 2.

Roanoke Catholic 7--22--12--13-54

Floyd County 17--15--20--14-66

Three-point goals: Dixon 3, McCarthy, Joyce, Harman, Cantrell.

JV: Floyd County, 41-31.

Girls

Cave Spring 65

Patrick Henry 17

Patrick Henry hung tough with the Knights for one quarter, but Cave Spring would not be denied on Senior Night and went on to blow out the visiting Patriots in a Roanoke Valley District game.

Aimee Beightol led Cave Spring by scoring a game-high 18 points, including 10 in the first half. The Knights (15-4, 9-2) led by only two points after one quarter, but scored 22 in the second quarter and held Patrick Henry without a point in the period.

Patrick Henry (0-19, 0-10) was led by Renea Hill, who scored seven.

PATRICK HENRY (17)

Moore 4, Hill 7, Webb 4, Kent 2, Reed 0.

CAVE SPRING (65)

Al.Beightol 7, Ai.Beightol 18, E.Rappold 14, Griffin 3, J.Rappold 3, Banks 6, Rhodes 6, Simmons 4, Dudley 2, Bryan 2

Patrick Henry 10---0---5---2-17

Cave Spring 12--22---9--22-65

Three-point goal: J.Rappold

JV: Cave Spring, 56-31.

Roanoke Valley Chr. 47

Holy Cross 42

Gina Guthrie scored 15 points and Rebecca Bryant added 10 to lead the Eagles past the Gaels in a Blue Ridge Conference game.

Guthrie and Bryant each hit two free throws in the closing seconds to preserve the victory for Roanoke Valley Christian (13-6, 6-4).

Michelle Miller scored 16 points to lead Holy Cross (9-8, 5-5), which will visit Roanoke again Tuesday night to face the Eagles in the first round of the conference tournament.

HOLY CROSS (42)

Gamis 13, Melton 6, Todd 1, Shadlock 4, Miller 16, Tucker 1, England 1.

ROANOKE VALLEY CHRISTIAN (47)

Guthrie 15, Lockhart 2, Rumbley 7, Helton 1, Bryant 10, Douglas 6, Long 6.

Holy Cross 7--13--11--11-42

Roanoke Valley Chr. 13--11--11--12-47

Three-point goals: Miller 3.

JV: Holy Cross, 40-12.

North Cross 36

Chatham Hall 23

The Raiders outscored the visitors 11-0 in the first quarter and never looked back en route to a non-conference victory.

Emily Cook led North Cross (3-14) with 11 points and Whitney Watson added 10.

CHATHAM HALL (23)

Ang 7, Green 6, Caulfield 5, Evans 3, Hall 2.

NORTH CROSS (36)

Cook 11, Watson 10, Kelly 5, Anthony 4, Kennedy 4, Ballenger 2.

Chatham Hall 0---4---5--14-23

North Cross 11---6---6--13-36

Three-point goal: Ang.