Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 28, 1995 TAG: 9509280055
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Wallace, the No. 4 overall pick in the NBA draft, signed a three-year, $6.18 million contract with the Washington Bullets on Wednesday. The 6-foot-10 center-forward spent just two years at North Carolina before leaving for the challenge - and the paychecks - that pro basketball provides.
The Bullets also signed Price. They traded their top draft pick in 1996 to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Price, a four-time All-Star and the NBA's career leader in free-throw accuracy.
At North Carolina, Wallace averaged 13 points and 7.4 rebounds per game over two seasons. He was the most efficient shooter ever to play in the ACC, shooting 63.5 percent over his career.
In 48 games last season, Price averaged 15.8 points on 41.3 percent shooting. He shot 40.7 from 3-point range and 91.4 from the free throw line. Over his nine-year career, Price has averaged 16.4 points.
In other sports news:
Michigan quarterback Scott Dreisbach had a pin inserted into the thumb of his throwing hand and will be in a cast for about four weeks.
Coach Lloyd Carr said junior Brian Griese will start for the eighth-ranked Wolverines against Miami of Ohio on Saturday.
Dreisbach tore ligaments and sprained the thumb during practice Tuesday when he hit a helmet during a passing drill. Dreisbach had surgery on the thumb Wednesday at the University of Michigan Hospital, Carr said.
Parents of students at J.J. Kelly High School in Wise, not convinced that bigger is better in interscholastic competition, have sued the Virginia High School League to block being reclassified to Group AA.
An attorney representing 63 parents filed a complaint in Wise County Circuit Court on Tuesday alleging that boosting the school from Group A, for the smallest schools, to Group AA, was discriminatory.
The complaint also claims that VHSL Executive Director Ken Tilley arbitrarily determined that Kelly High School should be reclassified.
Tilley and VHSL assistant director Larry Johnson were away from their offices Wednesday.
The VHSL, the sanctioning organization for interscholastic athletic, academic and forensic events in Virginia, plans to place Kelly into Group AA beginning with the new school year next fall.
Wise County Schools Superintendent Jim Graham and school principal Larry Dingus went to Charlottesville last week to appeal the decision. The School Board openly opposes the boost to Class AA.
Dingus said reclassification would destroy longstanding rivalries with nearby small schools and force students to travel long distances to compete.
``We've been playing some of these teams for 30 years,'' Dingus said. ``There's always a big turnout for these games whether we're winning or losing.''
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