ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, April 27, 1996 TAG: 9604290082
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B5 EDITION: METRO
TONY PENN, Martinsville
Penn did it all in a 6-5 10-inning win over Chatham. He went the distance on the mound for the victory, fanning 10 and walking one, and drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th.
SETH MOORE, RICKY EUBANKS, JEFF AKERS, Salem
Moore smacked a two-run homer, knocked in three runs and got the win with 1 1/3 innings of relief in a 6-5 victory over Rockbridge County. Eubanks, a catcher, was 3-for-4, scored the winning run and tagged out the potential tying run against the Wildcats. Akers is 12 for his last 16 at-bats to raise his batting average to .500.
DAVID LEONARD, Lord Botetourt
Leonard, who is batting .536, was 5-for-7 in losses to William Byrd and Radford. In the loss to the Terriers, Leonard scattered five hits, allowed one earned run and fanned seven.
TRAVIS HARVEY, Auburn
Harvey, a second baseman, was 5-for-5, scored three runs and knocked in two in a 13-10 win over Narrows.
MARK AKERS, Shawsville
After a shaky first inning, Akers ran his record to 5-0 with a 7-6 win at Floyd County. Down 5-0 after one, the Shawnees rallied as Akers had two hits, two RBI, two steals and scored the winning run. He struck out six batters and pitched out of a bases-loaded jam with none out in the seventh.
TONY HUFFMAN, SCOTT BOOTHE, Northside
Huffman was 2-for-3 with four RBI and Boothe was 2-for-3 as the Vikings knocked off previously unbeaten Alleghany 11-6. The game ended on a 6-3 triple play as shortstop Corey Shelton snagged a line drive, stepped on second and threw to first.
KEN HOUTZ, Galax
Houtz was 5-for-8 in two games last week. He was 3-for-5 with four RBI in a 22-19 win over Narrows and 2-for-3 in a 13-2 loss to Grayson County.
BRIAN McFARLAND, Christiansburg
McFarland has allowed just three earned runs in 231/3 innings (0.91 ERA) while striking out 25. Softball
KATHLEEN MILLER, SARA SPRAGUE, Roanoke Catholic
Miller, a third baseman, was 6-for-8 with five RBI and a homer in two games for the Celtics. Sprague, a first baseman, was 4-for-4 with two RBI in an 11-4 win over Stuart Hall.
LORI DODSON, BETTE KAUFMAN, North Cross
Dodson and Kaufman each went 3-for-4 as the Raiders scored 20 runs in the first two innings of a 26-2 win over Stuart Hall.
BRANDI WELCH, TAMASA ADAMS, Wm. Byrd
In a 7-2 win over Lord Botetourt, Welch was 3-for-4 and scored three runs and Adams tossed a five-hitter with five strikeouts and knocked in three runs.
CATHERINE SAUNDERS, Liberty
Saunders, who is hitting .559, was 7-for-8 with seven RBI in two wins (10-0 over Brookville, 38-3 over William Campbell).
ERIN WEAVER, AMANDA OLIVER, Northside
Weaver tossed a complete-game shutout with 12 strikeouts in an 8-0 win over Patrick Henry. Oliver was 4-for-4 in a 13-11 win over Northside.
J.J. SOWERS, LAURA PRATT, Floyd Co.
Sowers pitched a five-inning no-hitter and went 2-for-4 against Carroll County and Pratt was 4-for-5 with five RBI and four runs scored in a 24-8 win over Galax. Tennis
KRISTIN HABEEB, Christiansburg
Habeeb, Christiansburg's No. 3 singles player, is 4-0 for the Blue Demons in singles and doubles play after winning her matches against Graham and Carroll County last week. Soccer
ROBBIE CLAYTOR, ANTHONY MYERS, Giles
Claytor scored four goals in a 6-1 win over George Wythe and has 14 goals on the season. Myers had four assists in two games.
MICHAEL BERRY, AARON DOWDY, Wm. Byrd
Berry had three goals and five assists in a 10-0 win over Alleghany and added three more assists in a 3-0 win over Jefferson Forest. Dowdy anchored the defense in both shutouts and scored a goal against Jefferson Forest.
CHRIS LUCADO, Northside
Lucado had six goals and an assist in two wins last week. He scored three goals in both a 5-2 win over Rockbridge County and a 6-0 win over Liberty.
ANN STELZEL, CHRISTY HINMAN, PATTY MALLAN, Roanoke Catholic
Stelzel scored five goals in three Celtics' wins last week, Hinman had three goals and three assists and Mallan had two goals and one assist, including the game-winning goal in a 3-2 come-from-behnid win over Jefferson Forest. Track
MELISSA BAKER, James River
Baker broke Augusta County track meet records, finishing the 200-meter dash in 27 seconds and the 300 hurdles in 46.7. She broke a school record in the 100, finishing in 12.5 seconds.
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