ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, June 5, 1996 TAG: 9606050032
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
Ned Baber of Roanoke Country Club fired a final-round 73 Tuesday to take third place in the 11th VSGA Senior Stroke Play Championship at River Bend Golf & Country Club in Great Falls.
Baber finished with a 36-hole total of 7-over 151, which left him five shots behind winner Stan Fischer of Richmond. Fischer had a final-round 69 for a 146 total.
Two-time champion Jim Kite of Wolftown finished second at 149. Blue Hills' Don Foster (153) and Gibby Wingfield (157) finished seventh and 14th, respectively.
* Glenvar High School alumna Nikki Hall, a basketball player at Longwood College, headlined the Virginia Sports Information Directors Academic All-State first team.
Hall, a junior, earned a 3.75 grade-point average while double-majoring in anthropology and biology. She joined Washington and Lee baseball player Graig Fantuzzi on the first team.
Second-teamers included Cave Spring graduate Tiki Barber, a running back at Virginia, Radford women's basketball player Dede Logemann, and W&L swimmer Nathan Hottle.
* Virginia Tech announced the signing of five high school wrestlers, including three who garnered All-America status. Michael Mercado of Virginia Beach, Eric Thompson of Hampton and Eric Hall of Glen Gardner, N.J., all were named to Prep Wrestling's Coast-to-Coast All-American team. The other signees were Ben Fisher of Dumfries and Ward Hugh of Manassas.
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