ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, May 25, 1996 TAG: 9605280111
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Roanoke RiverDawgs soccer team will host the Carolina Dynamo tonight at 7:30 at Cave Spring Junior High School.
Carolina, a USISL Select team based in High Point, N.C., has six former Major League Soccer players on its roster. It recently lost midfielder Aidan Murphy to New England of the MLS. Kansas City has tried to sign Dynamo midfielder Yari Allnut, and it is uncertain whether he will still be around for the game against the RiverDawgs.
Roanoke (1-0 Premier League) has had its final roster together for a week, and will seek to avenge a 6-0 loss May 11 to the Dynamo. Jay Heaps, the 1995 ACC rookie of the year from Duke, will be making his RiverDawgs debut. Syracuse midfielder Jeff Knittel has declined an offer to attend the 1996 U.S. Olympic Festival to remain with the RiverDawgs.
Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students. Call 776-7977 for more information.
RACING New format at Franklin County
The Hoosier Tire 300 will run at Franklin County Speedway tonight.
More than 20 Late Model Stock cars are scheduled for the 100-lap feature, pushing the 25-car limit again this week.
A new qualifying rule will be introduced tonight. The top six qualifiers in each class will be inverted, putting the sixth-place heat finisher on the pole.
``The heads up start has hurt attendance at the speedway for several years,'' track owner Whitey Taylor said. ``The fans are back this year and ready to see racing action and not `flag-to-flag' finishes. Northern racing promoters started the inverted field years ago, and it's time for us to follow suit and give the fans something to cheer about.''
Limited Sportsman, Pure Stock, Mini Stock, Rookies and Any Car divisions also will run. In addition, a demolition derby is planned.
Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for students and children 10 and under are admitted free. The first green flag drops at 7 p.m.
Tonight at New River Valley Speedway there will be a 200 lap Late Model Stock event. This is the second of four long distance races that will be held at the track. It will be the Budweiser 300 with a 35-lap Limited, 25-lap Pure Stock and a 25-lap Mini Stock event.
Jay Folgeman, driver of the No.4 Libby Hill car, will try his luck at the
Folgeman has won two races at Martinsville, has won at North Wilkesboro and is track champion at Orange Speedway.
Upcoming events at the New River Valley Speedway include: May 31, WWF Championship Wrestling; June 1, Allison Legacy Cars will be making their debut appearance; and June 8, Shelor Fan Appreciation Night, plus an Enduro race.
Gates open today at 1:30, practice is at 3:30 and the green flag drops at 8 p.m.
COLLEGES ODAC standouts get honors
Five Old Dominion Athletic Conference women's lacrosse players were named to the Division III Regional All-America first team.
Lisa Franzino and Ali Oglesby of Roanoke College were chosen as attackers; Kirsten Wagner and Amy Waldman, also from Roanoke, were picked on defense; and Brooke Glenn of Washington and Lee was selected goalie.
Roanoke's Gayle Avery and Cinnie Logan of Washington and Lee were chosen for the second team as attackers, W&L's Whitney Parker made it on defense and Erika Snyder of W&L was chosen as an at-large player.
Lynchburg shortstop Kelly Fackler and Ferrum outfielder Julie Shiflett were named Co-Players of the Year for the Virginia Sports Information Directors College Division All-State Softball Team.
Lynchburg's Aubrey Moon was chosen Coach of the Year.
Fackler (Fieldale-Collinsville High School) batted .504 with 44 runs, seven doubles, 12 triples, two home runs and 42 RBI. She went 12-for-12 in stolen bases. Shiflett, the Dixie Conference Player of the Year, batted .463 with 51 runs, 11 doubles, eight triples, eight homers and 46 RBI. She went 15-for-15 in stolen bases.
Designated player Roben Sutphin, first baseman Shannon Jost and third baseman Liz Urban, all of Ferrum, also were chosen for the team.
The Virginia Tech football team is ranked 14th by Bob Griese's College Football Yearbook in 1996 preseason rankings and 15th in the Football Writers Association of America Top 25 preseason poll.
The University of Virginia is ranked 21st by the Football Writers Association of America and 27th by Bob Griese's College Football Yearbook.
Virginia cornerback Ronde Barber (Cave Spring) and place-kicker Rafael Garcia are second-team preseason All-America selections by Bob Griese's College Football Yearbook.
Oliver Mayo of Virginia Tech was eliminated in the quarterfinals from the NCAA men's tennis tournament in Athens, Ga. Mayo defeated Harvard's Tom Blake 4-6, 6-4, 8-2 as the Crimson defeated Virginia Tech 5-1. He lost to Fredrik Bergh of Fresno State 6-4, 6-2.
Marek Pfiel, a member of Virginia Tech's men's tennis team, was one of 10 athletes selected to the GTE Academic All-District III team chosen by College Sports Information Directors of America.
Pfiel, a native of Blacksburg, is a sophomore with a 3.81 GPA in finance. He helped Tech to a 20-10 record and its first Atlantic 10 Conference title.
Virginia Tech women's track team member Paula Allan was named most valuable field event performer and rookie of the year, and sophomore Katie Ollendick of Blacksburg was named most valuable track performer by the coaching staff.
PREPS Covington wins Pioneer baseball
Closer Josh Childs shut down a Bath County rally as Covington held off the Chargers 4-3 to win the Pioneer District baseball championship in Covington.
Covington scored three runs in the first inning after a Bath fielding error and went on to take a 4-1 lead. Bath County rallied to pull to 4-3 and had two runners on base in the sixth inning when Childs came on in relief of Tracy Walker. Childs ended the threat to pick up the save. Walker pitched 52/3 innings for the win.
Both teams advance to the Region C tournament.
Junior right-hander Amy Layman pitched Glenvar to the Pioneer District softball championship with a pair of victories at Green Hill Park.
Layman (14-3) struck out 10 and added three hits and five RBI as the Highlanders beat Bath County 15-4 in the title game. She also was the winning pitcher in a 15-6 semifinal victory over James River, thanks to a 4-for-4, two-RBI effort by Ingrid Moldenhaur.
Bath County beat Parry McCluer 4-3 in its semifinal as Michelle Woodsell picked up the victory and drove in the winning run for the Chargers.
Glenvar will entertain John Battle at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Region C tournament, while Bath County visits Castlewood at the same time.
J. J. Kelly High School of Wise will go after its sixth straight title when the Group A girls' tennis tournament begins Wednesday at Radford University.
J. J. Kelly (15-0) boasts the Region D singles champion in Dera Leigh Wood, as well as the doubles champions in Wood and Kristen Dotson, who have not been beaten in 14 matches.
Providing the competition in the team event are Region A champion New Kent (9-5), Region B champion and 1995 runner-up George Mason (10-2) and Region C champion Radford (13-4).
Ashleigh Sarver from Bland is the only unbeaten player in a singles field that includes Wood (14-1), New Kent's Lynda Davis (13-2) and Buffalo Gap's Kristin Hull (12-2).
Sarver and Ashley Havens from Bland take a 12-0 record into the doubles competition, which includes Region A champions Courtney Redd and Sheryl Neale (11-1) from West Point and Region B titlists Toni Howard and Jennifer Pillow (12-0) from Randolph-Henry.
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