ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, August 13, 1996 TAG: 9608130078
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: IN THE REGION
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
Monday's scheduled 18-hole qualifier at Roanoke Country Club for the 13th Scott Robertson Memorial junior golf tournament was washed out by rain.
A special nine-hole qualifier will start at 7 a.m. today, bumping the start of the first round of the tournament back about two hours. Eighty-four players will be competing for the tournament's final 22 spots in the boys' 15-18 division.
The field for the 54-hole tournament that runs through Thursday at RCC is the strongest in the event's history. Some 25 state champions, six international players and two Cannon Cup participants are among the participants.
The girls' field is particularly stout, as three of the nation's top-ranked players are on hand. Jessica Belskis of Worthington, Ohio, was listed No.5 in the country in the Aug.4 Golfweek rankings. Angela Jerman of Columbus, Ga., was ranked sixth, while Lauren Jeski of Tampa Bay, Fla., was ranked No.11.
The featured boys' 15-18 field is headed by 1994-95 Ohio State champion Andrew Sanders and 1996 Buick Junior Open winner Larry Nuger of Long Meadow, Mass.
Top local entries in the boys' 15-18 class include Jacob Jarrett, Jason Orlando, Tommy Lesperance, Brandon LaCroix and Josh Points. Lee Taylor of the host club tops the local entries in the boys' 13-14 division.
In other sports news in the region:
* Rain washed out Monday's Kazim Temple/Mid-Atlantic PGA Club Pro Championship and an accompanying $100,000 hole-in-one shootout at Hanging Rock Golf Club.
Director Billy McBride said the tournament and the hole-in-one shootout will be rescheduled for a later date that does not conflict with previously scheduled Mid-Atlantic events.
* Two-time State Junior Amateur champion Cameron Yancey leads the Virginias team competing in the 14th Virginias-Carolinas Junior Match Play Championship on Wednesday and Thursday in Pinehurst, N.C.
Joining Yancey on the Virginias squad are Richmond Junior champ Ben Keefer, Virginia Beach's Matt Paulson and Kevin Miller, Staunton's Michael Gooden and Suffolk's Sean Dougherty. Virginia trails 10-3 in the series.
* Virginia will meet South Carolina in the first round of the Maui Invitational men's basketball tournament, according to pairings released Monday.
The Cavaliers will play South Carolina on Nov.25 at 5:30 p.m. EST in a first-round game that will not be televised. Other first-round match-ups at the Lahaina Civic Center are Chaminade-Massachusetts, Kansas-LSU and Iowa-California.
ESPN will broadcast semifinal games Nov. 26 and the championship game Nov.27.
* A women's softball team representing Charbel's Sports Bar & Grill scored five runs in the top of the eighth inning to defeat Fast Eddie's of Fairfax 11-6 and win the USSSA Division C state tournament in Richmond.
Charbel's won four games before losing its first game Sunday against Fast Eddie's, which had advanced to the finals of the double-elimination tournament through the loser's bracket.
* K.J. Hippensteel finished 10th at the National Tennis Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich. Simone Amorico defeated the Roanoker 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) in the quarterfinals on Friday. Michael Buquette beat Hippensteel 6-0, 3-6, 6-2 in a consolation game on Saturday.
* The East Coasters-Backstreets mountain bike racing team participated in the Snowshoe mountain bike race at the Snowshoe resort in West Virginia. In the expert class, Chris Pohowsky finished 18th and James Loverich placed 20th. In the sport class, Jim Stone finished 14th, Chris Lenth was 21st and Ash Amanna placed 32nd.
* North Roanoke fell to Tennessee 5-4 in eight innings in the Dixie Ponytail World Series in Aiken, S.C.
The game, which began Sunday, was finished Monday after a rain delay in the double-elimination tournament.
Florida leads North Roanoke 1-0 after two innings in a third-round game delayed by rain. The game will resume this morning.
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