ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, June 28, 1996 TAG: 9606280072
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-5 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
COLUMN: High Schools
SOURCE: BOB TEITLEBAUM STAFF WRITER
Parry McCluer's Bob Williams and Radford's Norm Lineburg, two of Timesland's all-time winningest football coaches, have been tapped to become members of the Virginia High School League Hall of Fame.
Williams and Lineburg will be among the seventh class that has been inducted when ceremonies are held this fall in Charlottesville. Williams retired as coach at Parry McCluer before last season while Linebrg continues as Radford's football coach and athletic director.
Williams joins his mentor, Lexington's Pete Brewbaker who was inducted in 1994, as one of several Timesland coaches in the Hall of Fame. Others are Bassett native Paul Hatcher (R.E. Lee-Staunton) and Martinsville's Husky Hall for basketball, and Covington's Francis ``Boodie'' Albert for football.
Williams coached five state championship teams in 21 years as the Fighting Blues' coach. He finished with a 198-54-4 record and coached in several Virginia High School Coaches' Association all-star games. He also was principal of Parry McCluer Middle School during his final few years as a coach.
Lineburg has 228 career victories and ranks fourth in the state. His teams won two state Group AA football championships and in 1991 he was named the state's athletic director of the year. Besides football, Lineburg was head track coach and his teams won 135 dual meets. He ranks fifth among the winningest state track coaches.
Other coaches who will be inducted are Montevideo's Donald Glick (baseball, basketball, football and track), New Kent's Joan Hudson (girls' track) and Thomas Walker's Ron Skeen (boys' and girls' basketball, and baseball).
The only athlete named to the Hall is three-sport standout Jacob Adams of Highland Springs, an All-Southern and All-American selection in football who also played basketball and competed in the decathlon.
Nancy Day Haga of Longwood, who is a forensic and debate teacher-coach, and Jimmy Omps of Handley, a former outstanding coach who is active with National Federation of State High School Associations and VHSL executive committee, were named as two contributors.
CENTRAL FIDELITY: Despite not winning a single team state championship, William Byrd had easily won the Central Fidelity Cup for overall athletic excellence among Group AA schools.
The Terriers joined Frank Cox High of Virginia Beach (Group AAA) and George Mason of Falls Church (Group A), which won in the other classifications.
In Group A, Glenvar barely missed giving Timesland a double winner as the Highlanders finished third.
Byrd had runnerup teams in girls' basketball and soccer, a third-place finish in wrestling and semifinalists in baseball, volleyball and boys' tennis. The Terriers also scored points for the sportsmanship award in girls' basketball.
Byrd, for the second consecutive year, won four Region III titles in wrestling, boys' soccer, baseball and tennis. The Terriers took a big step toward winning the cup with 77.50 points for winter sports, the most by any Group AA school. Byrd was fourth in the fall with 70 points and tied for third with 120 in the spring.
Byrd finished 37.50 points ahead of York. Blacksburg, in fourth, was the next highest Timesland entry in Group AA and Christiansburg at 10th was the only other area school in the top 10.
``I think it was a combination of things,'' said Byrd principal Bob Patterson about his school's athletic success. ``A lot of these youngsters started out in recreation and little league sports. They got some good coaching down there.
``Our coaches [at the high school] do an outstanding job with the athletes here. But give credit to the athletes. When you have outstanding athletes like Michael Berry and Cathy Smith, they stand out. Then our athletic director, Jane Layman, has done an outstanding job putting all this together.''
Patterson also said booster clubs had a lot to do with his school's success. At Byrd, each sport has a separate booster club.
``The booster club provided good facilities and equipment for all the sports. The clubs provide good transporation when the team has to go on a long trips.''
In Group A, Glenvar was just five points behind George Mason and 2.50 behind Central of Woodstock. Glenvar was the Group A runnerup in softball, but had the Highlanders, which may have over achieved to get that far, won the title, it would have left them tied with George Mason for the Central Fidelity Cup.
No Roanoke Valley District entry finished among the top 10 Group AAA schools. Patrick Henry in 12th had the best performance by an RVD school.
FLEEING:Jason Capel of Indian River High School in Chesapeake, named Mr. Basketball in Virginia by The Roanoke Times, will transfer to St. John's at Prospect Hall in Frederick, Md.
It was similar to the departure of former Patrick Henry stars Curtis Staples and Timmy Basham to Prospect Hall. Indian River coach Freddie Spellman said he hard about Capel's impending move from tournament directors and not from the Capel family or Prospect Hall coach Stu Vetter.
Capel, a 6-foot-8 forward who was Group AAA state player of the year for the Associated Press, is the son of Old Dominion men's coach Jeff Capel and the brother of Duke guard Jeff Capel, Jr. The younger Capel averaged 21 points and 12 rebounds as a sophomore as Indian River lost in the Group AAA semifinals to eventual state champion George Washington-Danville.
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