ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, June 29, 1996 TAG: 9607010046
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF AND ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS
Jackson took a 1-0 lead at halftime and went on to beat the Roanoke RiverDawgs 4-2 in a United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues game in Jackson, Miss.
Ian Spooner and Patrick McSorley each scored goals off assists from Waughn Hughes to give Roanoke a 2-1 lead early in the second half. The Chargers came back with three goals in 15 minutes to secure the win.
The RiverDawgs outshot the Chargers 12-9, and Aaron Ewert made five saves for Roanoke.
Roanoke plays host to Pennsylvania Freedom at Cave Spring Junior High on Sunday at 2 p.m.
In other local sports news:
AUTO RACING NRVS to have big pay day
Kroger and WDBJ (Channel 7) have teamed up to sponsor a 250-lap Late Model Stock race at New River Valley Speedway that will pay the winner $15,000, the largest winner payoff in track history.
The Kroger/WDBJ 7 250, which will be televised July 27 at 9 p.m., has a total purse of $28,000 with $15,000 being paid to the winner of the race, another $1,000 to the leader at the halfway point and $500 to the driver who wins the pole for the race. The two sponsors also will pay $50 to each pole winner in the other divisions that evening.
The race will be run in two 125-lap segments with an inversion of some positions for the second part of the event.
This will be WDBJ 7's sixth telecast of a New River Valley race. The station currently is testing in-car camera equipment with the possibility of on-board coverage from racer Tony McGuire's machine.
Gates will open at noon with practice beginning at 2:30 p.m. Late Model qualifying will begin at 5.
In other auto racing news in the region:
Jeff Agnew, Tommy Allie and Ray Sowers all have a winning streak at New River Valley Speedway which they are trying to defend as they take to the track tonight in the Commonwealth Concrete 200.
Agnew has won two consecutive Late Model races, six on the year and leads the points race. Allie has won eight races in the Pure Stock division - the most wins at the speedway this year - and has taken the checkered flag in the past six. Sowers has won the past two races in the Mini Stock division.
There will be a 100-lap Late Model race, a 35-lap Limited race, a 25-lap Pure Stock race, a 25-lap Mini Stock race and a special 25-lap Mini Cup car race. Gates open at 1:30 p.m. with practice beginning at 3:30. The green flag drops at 8.
The Professional Security 300 comes to Franklin County Speedway tonight with Late Model driver Jimmy Mullins of Collinsville looking for his fourth win of the season and also looking to secure his lead in the points standings.
Dennis Gardner and Chris Hatchett, knocked out of top-five contention last week because of wrecks, look to get back into form as well.
Limited Sportsman, Pure Stocks, Mini Stocks, Rookies and AnyCar divisions also will be featured. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for students and children 10 and under are admitted free.
GOLF Yancey rallies after slow start to win
Cameron Yancey rallied from a slow start Friday and won the State Junior Match Play Amateur Championship 4 and 3 over Joe Privitera in Richmond.
Yancey lost two of the first three holes, and three of the first six in the battle of 17-year-olds. He then found his putting stroke, winning six of the next eight holes, and putting the match away with a par on the 15th hole.
Privitera, who reached the semifinals last year, admitted he fell apart when Yancey got it together.
Defending champion Dot Bolling of Salem heads the field for today's start of the Lynwood Ladies Invitational tournament at Martinsville's Lynwood Country Club.
Six-time champion Fran Hensley of Martinsville figures to pose as Bolling's most serious threat in the 88-player field.
The 36-hole medal-play tournament concludes Sunday.
ETC. Roanoke lifter scores in Canada
Roanoker Bettina Altizer captured first place in the 132-pound class at the International Powerlifting Federation meet held in Kitchener, Ontario.
Altizer, 32, represented the United States at the meet and was in competition with women from around the world. Her winning numbers were 429.5 pounds in the squat; 253.75 pounds in the bench; and 391.25 pounds in the deadlift for a total of 1,074.5 pounds.
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