ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, May 30, 1996 TAG: 9605300073
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
A former RiverDawg and a former Patrick Henry High School standout spoiled Roanoke's Wednesday night as the Hampton Roads Mariners topped the RiverDawgs 4-1 at Cave Spring Junior High School.
PH graduate Lang Wedemeyer scored two goals and 1995 RiverDawg Byron Mitchell added one as the USISL Select League team sent Roanoke (4-3 overall, 1-2 Premier League) to its second straight loss. The RiverDawgs scored the first goal of the game at 10:34 of the first half when Ian Spooner got on the board with an assist from Grayson Prillaman.
``I thought we outplayed them in the first half,'' Roanoke coach Ed McMichael said. ``The 4-1 score is misleading. They got two goals when we were pushing up. But it's good to see we can play with a team at this level.''
RiverDawgs goalie Aaron Ewert stopped 10 shots, while Mariners keeper Matt Olson stopped four.
In other sports in the region:
* The Atlantic 10 conference announced its 1996-97 championship schedule, including two events at Virginia Tech.
The Tech campus will be the site of the men's and women's tennis championship April 18-21, 1997 and the men's and women's outdoor track and field championship May 3-4.
The men's basketball championship will begin a three-year stay at the CoreStates Spectrum in Philadelphia. There has been a change to the women's basketball championship. The first and quarterfinal rounds will be played on campus sites, while the semifinals and championship will be held at the court of the highest remaining seed on March 2 and 3.
* Virginia Tech's Jay Hardwick has been selected as one of 11 coaches nationwide to conduct the Youth Education through Sports (YES) Golf Clinic on May 31 in Chattanooga, Tenn., site of the 1996 NCAA golf championships.
Hardwick also was selected to conduct the YES Clinic in 1990, the last time it was held. Tech senior Matt Martin will assist Hardwick.
PREPS McGarry
receives Thornhill award
Cave Spring attackman Kevin McGarry was the fourth recipient of the Brian Thornhill Award, which goes to the outstanding player in the Roanoke Valley High School Lacrosse League. Thornhill, a standout on the first lacrosse team at Salem High School, died of leukemia in 1992.
* Because of inclement weather, the semifinals of the Group A boys' tennis tournament will be completed at 8 a.m. today at Essex High School in Tappahannock.
Glenvar was leading West Point 4-3 in one semifinal before the match was called. The earlier semifinal was played with George Mason of Falls Church knocking off J.I. Burton of Norton 6-3 to advance to the championship.
* Cave Spring's Northwest Region softball game with Albemarle was postponed until 3:30 p.m. today because of wet grounds at Penn Forest Park. The winner of that game will advance to the regional championship game and the Group AAA tournament.
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