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

DATE: SATURDAY, July 8, 1995                   TAG: 9507100078
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: LISA K. GARCIA
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

BLAND VS. `THE LAW' (AND THE LAW WON)

``The Law'' prevailed once again.

This time it wasn't in the justice arena, but the football arena.

Roanoke police's football team, ``The Law,'' played a re-match against the Bland County Correctional Center guards Friday night at the Bland County High School stadium.

The fight was tougher than the 22-0 win at Victory Stadium June 11, but Roanoke got the necessary verdict - final score 10-7 in double overtime.

Bland's center, D.J. Moore, said about 200 people attended the game. Ticket proceeds will send the Bland County Bears football team to football camp this year.

``It was real close,'' Moore said of the game. ``We hit them and they hit us ... there was a lot of good hitting.''

Moore said the Roanoke team kicked a field goal to lock in the win.

The men plan to make the game an annual event and are talking about forming a league.

by CNB