Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, September 23, 1995 TAG: 9509270006
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Joe Muldoon III, who captained Gone Away Farms in its 11-11 tie with Team Michelob in last year's Roanoke Symphony benefit, has been selected to head Team Michelob Dry this year.
Omar Cepeda of Wellington, Fla., and the Palm Beach Polo Club, will head Team Michelob. Cepeda, like Muldoon, is one of the ``high-goal'' professional polo players on the east coast.
Other top players expected to be on hand are Earle Betts, Rick Heald, Roger Steele, Gary Leonard, Rodger Rinehart and Rob Rinehart. Steele, from Daleville, has been a frequent participant in the Symphony Cup.
``I expect Cepeda and Muldoon to dominate the scoring,'' team sponsor Adolphus Busch IV said. ``It's the top polo event played every year in the greater Virginia-North Carolina-Maryland area.''
Team Michelob and Team Michelob Dry met for the first time in 1990 and have met only three times subsequently, with the overall series standing 2-2.
In other sports news:
Fork Union Military Academy overcame an early deficit to defeat the Virginia Tech junior varsity football team 24-7 in Blacksburg.
Tech jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter when fullback Brian Leverette scored on a 1-yard touchdown plunge with 3:51 left in the period. Fork Union tied the score when quarterback Mitch Ellis connected with wide receiver Vanness Provitt on an 83-yard scoring play. Fork Union took a 12-7 lead just before the end of the first quarter when James Jackson scored on a 4-yard run.
Ellis completed three of nine passes for 105 yards and two touchdowns.
After scoreless second and third quarters, Fork Union got 12 fourth-quarter points. Ellis tossed a 20-yard scoring pass to wide receiver Diallo Lane with 3:48 to go, and then strong safety Matthew Midgett stepped in front of a Cody Whipple pass at the 33-yard line and returned it for a 67-yard touchdown.
Whipple completed 10 of 25 passes for 66 yards and two interceptions. He also was the Hokies' leading rusher with 61 yards.
Former Pulaski County standout Eric Webb had six carries for 50 yards for Fork Union.
Former Virginia Tech player Jimmy Whitten of Danville has been awarded a $5000 scholarship from the College Football Association and Hitachi.
Whitten will receive a "Hitachi Promise of Tomorrow'' teaching scholarship, one of 67 grants awarded to students involved with a CFA member program who intend to pursue a career in education.
Whitten will be recognized as Tech's scholarship recipient at today's Tech-Miami game at Lane Stadium. Whitten graduated from Tech in 1991, but has continued to to play an integral role with the team through his involvement in the strength and conditioning program.
Amy Rafalski scored four goals to lead visiting Bridgewater to a 10-0 rout of Hollins in field hockey. Hollins is 0-5.
Virginia Tech came from three goals down early to tie Fordham at 4 in an Atlantic 10 men's soccer game in New York.
The Hokies (4-3-2, 4-1-2) got on the board after Fordham (4-1-1, 2-1-1) took a 3-0 lead on a goal by Stanislav Licul and cut the lead to one before halftime on Adam Johnson's goal. The Hokies eventually tied the score and took a 4-3 lead on Bobby Warnick's goal before Fordham rebounded with less than three minutes remaining.
Washington and Lee junior Andy Horen upset seventh-seeded Juan Carlos Barazza of Catholic 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7-3) to advance to the second round of the Rolex South Atlantic Tennis Regional held in Lexington.
Freshman Dale Pretila also won his first round match against Mary Washington's Brad Burch 6-1, 6-0 before losing in the second round to Kevin Pendergrast of Guilford.
Among the top-seeded players who advanced to the next round were top-seed Damian Polla of Washington College, second-seeded Pertti Viskari of Averett, third-seeded Pendergrast, sixth-seeded Chris Wallace of Mary Washington, and Michael Kember of Washington College, an eighth seed.
Scott Miller of Washington and Lee and Ray Zimmerman of Virginia Wesleyan each fired a 75 to tie for the first round lead at the Washington and Lee Golf Classic held at the par-71 Lexington Golf and Country Club in Lexington.
Mike Ramsden of Lynchburg shot a 76 and the Generals' Jay Ingram notched a 77 as the Washington and Lee White team has a one stroke lead over Virginia Wesleyan in the team competition.
by CNB