ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, January 3, 1996 TAG: 9601030095
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B3 EDITION: NEW RIVER
SOURCE: From staff reports
Fieldale-Collinsville overcame three 3-point goals by Martinsville's Manti Venable in the final minutes to hold on for a 57-55 Piedmont District victory Tuesday night in Collinsville.
The Cavaliers (6-2 overall, 6-1 district) led by as many as 14 before Venable sparked a Martinsville run midway through the third quarter. Venable scored nine of his 28 points in the third period as the Bulldogs cut their deficit to six. Martinsville (1-6, 1-5) stayed close in the fourth period and trailed by four after Venable hit back-to-back 3s with a minute left. After Neil Harbor hit one of two free-throw attempts, Venable sank another 3-pointer to pull Martinsville to the final margin with 18 seconds left. The Bulldogs attempted two more shots, but Fieldale-Collinsville rebounded the ball and ran out the clock.
Harbor scored 13 points for Fieldale-Collinsville, Andre Law had 12 and Lamont Perkins added 10.
MARTINSVILLE (55)
Venable 28, Falls 2, Preston 7, Hairston 4, Walker 2, Breedlove 6, Penn 6.
FIELDALE-COLLINSVILLE (57)
Law 12, Joyce 9, Craighead 6, Perkins 10, Harmon 7, Harbor 13.
Martinsville||10--14--15--16-55
Fieldale-Collinsville||17---6--21--13-57
Three-point goals: Venable 4, Law, Craighead.
JV: Martinsville, 51-40.
In other games:
Glenvar 51, Parry McCluer 30: In Buena Vista, the Highlanders started slowly, but turned the tables on the Fighting Blues and sent them to their first loss of the season.
Parry McCluer (6-1, 0-1) lost the Pioneer District game after taking a 10-4 lead in the first quarter. Glenvar outscored the Blues 17-8 in the second period and 47-20 in the final three quarters.
Glenvar (5-4, 2-0) got 13 points, including two 3-pointers, from Corey Willis. James Williams added 12.
Boo Rowsey had 13 for Parry McCluer.
GLENVAR (51)
Kawa 2, East 7, Williamson 2, Henderson 5, Willis 13, Helm 4, Williams 12, Taylor 6.
PARRY McCLUER (30)
C.Coleman 1, Downs 4, D.Coleman 1, M.Clark 9, C.Clark 2, Rowsey 13.
Glenvar||-4--17--17--13-51
Parry McCluer||10---8---4---8-30
Three-point goals: East, Willis 2, Rowsey.
JV: Parry McCluer, 43-42.
Blacksburg 56, Alleghany 42: The Indians bolted to a 14-point halftime lead, then suppressed an Alleghany comeback in the third quarter as the Indians claimed a non-district victory in Low Moor.
Phillip Klaus scored eight points in the first quarter as Blacksburg built a seven-point lead. The Indians (2-4) held the Mountaineers (1-6) to five points in the second quarter.
Kevin Cook tried to rally Alleghany in the third period, scoring nine points in the quarter. It was not enough to beat the Indians though, as they drained 14 free throws in the fourth quarter to seal the victory.
Klaus led Blacksburg with 24 points and Michael Davis chipped in 17 points. Cook led Alleghany with 16 and Jay Megginson had 15 points.
BLACKSBURG (56)
Klaus 24, Davis 17, Cross 6, Daiber 5, Cappas 4.
ALLEGHANY (42)
Cook 16, Megginson 15, Burks 5, Crackle 2, Jordan 2, Morris 2.
Blacksburg||17--12---9--18-56
Alleghany||10---5--16--11-42
Three-point goals: Cook, Megginson.
JV: Alleghany, 47-46.
Graham 58, Rocky Gap 28: The G-Men (3-0) forced 27 turnovers and rolled to a non-district victory over the Eagles (1-6) in Bluefield.
Rusty Rose and Jason Hipes led a balanced offense with 10 points each for Graham, and Rose added 10 rebounds and five steals.
Brian Payne scored eight points to lead Rocky Gap, which was outscored 36-9 in the second and third quarters.
ROCKY GAP (28)
Akers 2, Havens 2, Clark 2, Johnson 2, Blessing 6, Payne 8, Hutzell 4, Bruffy 2.
GRAHAM (58)
Mitchem 8, Rose 10, Banks 2, Hipes 10, Mayberry 2, Gibson 6, Roberts 4, Bailey 7, Truman 5, Mullins 4.
Rocky Gap||-7---7---2--12-28
Graham||-9--21--15--13-58
Three-point goals: Mitchem, Hipes.
JV: Graham, 49-27.
Bath County 74, Craig County 49: David Buzzard and Jon Rodgers combined for 26 points in the first half to give the Chargers a 24-point advantage before the Rockets woke up in the second half in New Castle. It was too little too late, however, as Bath County rolled in the Pioneer District opener for both teams.
Craig County could only muster a dozen points by intermission, but came out strong in the third and fourth quarters and was only outscored by one point in the second half.
Rodgers sank 14 of his team-high 17 points in the first two quarters, and Buzzard scored 12 of his total 14 in the opening half to go with his team-high six steals. Adam Grist and Stewart Alexander each added nine points for Bath County (6-0).
Jamie Fisher led Craig County (1-3) in the second half, scoring 16 of his game-high 20 points in the third and fourth quarters.
BATH COUNTY (74)
Buzzard 14, Grist 9, McGloghlin 3, Smith 4, Schwend 4, Pusey 1, Alexander 9, Manion 1, Rodgers 17, Wolfe 4, Williams 4, Essex 4.
CRAIG COUNTY (49)
Jones 6, Oyler 6, K.Crawford 7, Gillingham 4, Whitt 1, D.Crawford 5, Fisher 20.
Bath County||15--21--17--21-74
Craig County||-4---8--16--21-49
Three-point goals: Buzzard 2, Grist 2, Alexander, Rodgers 3, K.Crawford, Fisher 2.
JV: Bath County, 69-15.
Carlisle 52, Roanoke Catholic 46: Lamont Franklin scored seven points in the fourth quarter to help the Chiefs edge the Celtics in a Virginia Independent Conference game at Roanoke Catholic.
Franklin, who finished with 14 points, hit three consecutive free throws in the final seconds.
Roanoke Catholic (2-4, 1-1) led in the third quarter and forged a couple of ties in the fourth quarter before Carlisle (6-1, 3-1), which had beaten the Celtics 105-81 on Thursday, pulled away.
Brendan McCarthy led Roanoke Catholic with 14 points and Chris Lothes had 13. Chad Martin had 14 for Carlisle and Marty Stanley added 11.
CARLISLE (52)
Redd 5, Franklin 14, Stanley 11, Martin 14, Eanes 6, Love 2.
ROANOKE CATHOLIC (46)
Dickson 6, Reed 7, Wall 3, McCarthy 14, Al-Zubaidi 3, Lothes 13.
Carlisle||12--11--13--16-52
Roanoke Catholic||19---5--10--12-46
Three-point goals: Wall, McCarthy, Franklin, Martin 2.
JV: Roanoke Catholic, 41-38.
Liberty 76, Amherst 53: The Minutemen went on a 22-8 run during the third quarter to put away the Lancers in a Seminole District matchup in Amherst.
Liberty (6-0, 5-0) had six players combine to knock down 11 three-point field goals in the game. Raymond Arrington led the Minutemen with 16 points.
Amherst (3-3, 3-2) was led by Tim Jackson's 12 points.
LIBERTY (76)
Arrington 16, Carson 13, Stevens 11, Roop 9, Preston 8, Reynolds 6, Coles 4, Mallory 3, Garrett 2, Smith 2, Wright 2.
AMHERST (53)
Jackson 12, Rose 11, Bryan 8, McDowell 8, Taylor 6, Christian 4, White 2, Ware 2.
Liberty||19--11--22--24-76
Amherst||10--12--16--15-53
Three-point goals: Stevens 3, Carson 3, Reynolds 2, Arrington , Mallory, Preston, Rose.
JV: Liberty won.
Cave Spring 98, Franklin County 75: Twelve Knights put their names in the box score, but it was Jeff Lang's name in bold print as the senior point guard led Cave Spring to a Roanoke Valley District victory over visiting Franklin County in the district opener for both teams.
The Knights (6-5, 1-0) held an 11-point advantage at the half, but came out of the locker room in a stifling man-to-man defense that took the life out of the Eagles. Franklin County (2-9, 0-1) managed only eight points in the third quarter to Cave Spring's 22.
Both teams went on scoring sprees in the final quarter, but it was Cave Spring that outlasted Franklin County.
Lang helped build a dominating 24-12 first quarter lead by draining four 3-pointers in the first quarter. He sank seven en route to a 30-point performance to go with his eight assists.
It was not a one-man show, however, as junior big man Alex Phillips chipped in 22 points and Billy Frantz added nine. Phillips also led the Knights in rebounding, with nine, as Cave Spring dominated its district foe 35-17.
K.C. Hancock led the Eagles with 17 points and Anthony Wright chipped in a dozen. Bradley McCall added 11.
FRANKLIN COUNTY (75)
Hancock 17, Heckenmueller 4, McCall 11, Claybourne 5, Wright 12, Kent 5, Adkins 5, Noel 6, Nolen 2, Dunn 8.
CAVE SPRING (98)
Baird 7, Dierker 6, Shirley 3, Bibby 2, Harms 2, McClain 4, Frantz 9, Davies 3, Lang 30, Glover 2, Johnston 8, Phillips 22.
Franklin County||12--24---8--31-75
Cave Spring||24--23--22--29-98
Three-point goals: McCall 3, Adkins, Baird, Lang 7, Johnston 2.
JV: Cave Spring won.
Covington 74, James River 59: The Cougars countered a 7-0 run by the Knights to start the third quarter with a 22-7 run to end the quarter and win the Pioneer District matchup in Buchanan.
Covington (2-5, 1-1) led by two points at the half. James River's (6-1, 0-1) third quarter outburst gave them a 36-31 lead, then the Cougars took over.
Erwin Twitty led Covington with 22 points, eight rebounds and five steals, and Dusty Roman added 16. Shahan Burrell led the Knights with 20 points and nine rebounds.
COVINGTON (74)
Twitty 22, Roman 16, Whitaker 2, Barber 8, B. Holloway 8, K. Holloway 9, Walker 3, Stewart 6.
JAMES RIVER (59)
Burrell 20, Shorter 11, Springs 10, Peery 4, Firebaugh 4, Blankenship 4, Neighbors 2, LeFlore 2, Perkey 2.
Covington||17--14--21--22-74
James River ||13--16--14--16-59
Three-point goals: Twitty 4, Springs 2, Shorter.
JV: James River, 50-35.
Laurel Park 62, Chatham 33: Rashad Wall had a double-double to lead the Lancers past a short-handed Cavaliers team for a Piedmont District victory.
Wall had 10 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for Laurel Park (4-4, 4-3). Jeff Slade scored 15 points and Eric Jones 12.
The Lancers ran to a 24-13 halftime lead and never looked back, as 11 players scored. Chatham is 0-9, 0-7.
LAUREL PARK (62)
Slade 15, Jones 12, Wall 10, Flood 6, Carter 4, Wilson 3, Hairston 2, Crabtree 2, Stockton 2, Willard 2, Eckles 1.
CHATHAM (33)
Fitzgerald 8, Pruett 8, Harris 7, Cochran 3, Myers 3, Klocke 6.
Laurel Park||12--12--19--19-62
Chatham||-8---5---7--13-33
Three-point goals: Pruett 2, Fitzgerald, Cochran.
JV: Laurel Park, 42-39.
Rural Retreat 48, John Battle 38: The Indians won for the first time this season, knocking off the Trojans in Rural Retreat.
``The biggest difference was we finally had a little lead in the fourth quarter and they had to foul us,'' said coach Russell Kelly.
While the Trojans fouled the Indians, they didn't make many shots from the field. John Battle had only two field goals in the fourth quarter.
Meanwhile, Rural Retreat's Chris Rakes had eight of his game-high 14 points in the period. Steven May finished with 13 for the Indians (1-5, 1-2).
John Hall led John Battle with 10 points.
JOHN BATTLE (38)
Waters 5, McCall 9, Taylor 2, Brummitt 6, Hall 10, Odum 3, Collins 3.
RURAL RETREAT (48)
May 13, Terry 6, Arnold 7, Newton 1, Rakes 14, Gooden 2, Lethco 5.
John Battle||12---8--10---8-38
Rural Retreat||11--17---7--13-48
Three-point goals: Waters, Terry 2.
JV: John Battle, 36-35, OT.
Magna Vista 76, Gretna 70, OT: Jason Tucker won a scoring shootout with 28 points for the Hawks, but the Warriors prevailed in overtime in a Piedmont District game in Ridgeway.
Elliott Millner had 26 points for Magna Vista (5-2) and got help from Jermaine Simmons (15) and Marcus Hairston (12).
The score was close throughout, with neither team able to seize control. Brian Robertson and Howard Slaton each had 12 points for Gretna.
GRETNA (70)
Robertson 12, Eados 4, Tucker 28, Patrick 8, Coles 2, Hall 4, Slaton 12.
MAGNA VISTA (76)
Simmons 15, Blackstock 8, Law 4, Preston 8, Martin 3, Millner 26, Hairston 12.
Gretna ||17--15--16--18---4-70
Magna Vista||14--14--21--17--10-76
Three-point goals: Robertson, Tucker 4, Simmons.
JV: Magna Vista, 54-37.
Bassett 56, Tunstall 35: A poor shooting night stood out over a solid defensive effort as the Trojans fell to the Bengals in a Piedmont District matchup in Dry Fork.
Tunstall hit double figures only in the third quarter and was 0-for-10 from 3-point range.
The Bengals (5-3, 5-2) didn't do a bad job of defending Tunstall, either. For example, Bassett held the Trojans' leading scorer, Derrick Rogers, to five points. He had been averaging 22.
``We couldn't throw the ball in the ocean from an aircraft carrier,'' said Bill Oakes, Tunstall's coach.
Devon Claybrooks led the Bengals with 18 points and Curie Manns added 13. Leshon Atkins led the Trojans (4-6, 3-4) with 11.
BASSETT (56)
Claybrooks 18, Manns 13, Harvey 7, Kennedy 6, Norman 5, Fuller 3, Johnson 2, Rumley 2.
TUNSTALL (35)
Atkins 11, Preston 9, Rogers 5, Thomas 4, Herndon 2, Motley 2, Shields 2.
Bassett||12--13--13--18-56
Tunstall||-9---6--16---4-35
Three-point goals: Harvey, Norman, Manns.
JV: Tunstall, 51-49.
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