ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, June 8, 1996                 TAG: 9606090027
SECTION: SPORTS                   PAGE: SPORTS EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: BOB TEITLEBAUM STAFF WRITER 

SOCCER STARS GET IN LAST KICKS PH'S MOORE DID EVEN MORE AS SENIOR TO EARN GIRLS' HONOR

Carrie Moore not only is a great all-around athlete, she's unselfish.

The Patrick Henry senior was willing to change to help the team in her last year. As a result, the Patriots had one of their best seasons, falling one game short of the Group AAA tournament.

Moore was asked to move from her favorite position, defense, to midfield to give the PH offense a boost. Without losing a step in showing her great ability, Moore took the change in stride.

For the second consecutive spring, Moore is the Timesland girls' soccer player of the year. It caps a great career and a great year for Moore, who was a regular on the PH volleyball team that finished second in the Group AAA tournament. In the winter, she ran indoor track and at the same time played guard for the girls' basketball team.

Moore is joined by her coach, Sharon McCulley, at the top of the honor roll. McCulley, one of the most knowledgable girls' high school coaches in this part of the state, is Timesland's coach of the year for the third time in the seven years the award has been presented.

Carrie Moore is one of three Moores and one of three Patriots on the All-Timesland first team. The other Moores are Salem's Amy, a center-midlfielder and Cave Spring's Andee, a sweeper.

Other PH players on the first team are midfielder Annie Eure and sweeper Margaret Hunter Turner. Both are juniors.

The first team is completed by Blacksburg sweeper Katie Devens, Roanoke Catholic center-midfielder Christy Hinman, North Cross midfielder Mary Jennings, William Byrd sweeper Alyssa Leacock and a pair of Christiansburg forwards, Stewart Milton and Helen Smartt.

Carrie Moore, who will play soccer at William and Mary next year, said this year was a highlight for her high school career.

``Everybody had a high work rate and wanted to win. I thought we had a great season and it was one of the best teams I've played with at PH,'' she said.

McCulley switched Moore to midfield for a reason. ``I wanted Carrie to get more involved in the offense,'' McCulley said. ``She's such a good playmaker. When she's on defense, she's not as involved in the offense. She's such a good distributor of the ball.''

``I didn't mind the move,'' Moore said. ``I just didn't feel I was in as much of a leadership role as I had been when I was on defense. It bothered me at first. Then I found out that I was still able to talk to everyone as I did before.''

Other teams tried to stop her, marking her with two players, but she still wound up as PH's top scorer, with 13 goals and five assists.

For McCulley, it also was a great year. ``Of course, we had Carrie,'' the coach said. ``I won't just miss her for her soccer skills, but also the kind of person she is: so unselfish and hard-working.

``Our biggest asset was the depth on the team. There were two games when Carrie was in Europe [on a student exchange program] and we still won. I platooned and put in five players at a time during the season. It never weakened our team. We were just as strong, and a lot of those players were freshmen.''

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ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  (headshots) i1. Moore. color. 2. McCulley.