ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, October 24, 1996 TAG: 9610240059
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: IN THE REGION
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
Wes Swope of Salem and Mike Moyers of Stanardsville tied for first place in the Kazim Temple Mid-Atlantic PGA Club Pro Championship golf tournament Wednesday at Hanging Rock Golf Club.
Swope, representing Drive Away, and Moyers each shot 69 to beat Jack Snyder of Greensboro, N.C., by two strokes. Swope and Moyers each won $605.50, with third place paying $408.
Mark Fry, Ronnie Kelley, Chip Sullivan, Jay Hardwick and Jeff Sprinkle were another two shots back after shooting 73s.
Moyers also took first place in the team competition, pocketing another $176.25.
Kevin Black of Roanoke aced the 172-yard 15th hole, using an 8-iron, to win a trip to Jamaica.
In other sports news in the region:
* Cave Spring cross country runners finished 1-2-3 in the boys race as the Knights won the Roanoke Valley District Championship at Hidden Valley Junior High School.
Ben Dowdy finished the 3.1-mile course in 17:29. Laurence Loesel finished second at 18:21 and Brad Ross was third at 18:40 as Cave Spring finished with 20 points. Patrick Henry was second at 50, Franklin County finished third (64) and William Fleming was fourth (96). The top three teams advanced to the Northwest Region meet to be held in Charlottesville.
Katie Hooker won the girls race to lead Cave Spring to a second-place team finish. Hooker ran the course in 23:11, edging teammate Jennifer O'Meara by two seconds. Franklin County's Denise Ingram finished third as the Eagles finished tied with the Knights but won the title on a tiebreaker.
Both Franklin County and Cave Spring will advance to regional competition. (Complete results in Scoreboard.)
* Blacksburg captured the Blue Ridge District boys' cross country championship in its first season in the league, outdistancing Lord Botetourt by 18 points.
Rockbridge's Jason Hannah took home individual honors by completing the 3.0-mile Virginia Tech course in 15:49.
Christiansburg's girls squad also took home the Blue Ridge team title in its first attempt with two runners finishing at the head of the pack.
Laura Evans won the individual title with a time of 19:27. Blue Demon teammate Laura Dangerfield placed second. (Complete results in Scoreboard.)
* John Nervo of Glenvar and Johanna Newman of Floyd County were the individual champions at the Three Rivers District cross country meet at Radford University.
Nervo was timed in 15:23 on the 3.1-mile course, outrunning John Lucas of Floyd County and Brett Willett of Glenvar.
Neuman finished in 21:19 to beat Michelle Quesenberry of Floyd County and Angela Atkins of Glenvar.
Floyd County and Glenvar tied for the boys' championship with 48 points each with the Buffaloes taking the team title based on the tiebreaker system.
Floyd County's girls also won, finishing ahead of Glenvar, Giles, Radford and Shawsville. (Complete results in Scoreboard.)
* The Roanoke men's soccer team extended its win streak to seven game and took solid hold of first place in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference with a 1-0 victory over Emory & Henry in Salem.
Kevin Goodwin picked up his first-ever goal for the Maroons off a cross from senior forward Todd Hallauer at 8:30 in the first half.
Roanoke (8-3-2) outshot Emory & Henry 18-4. The Wasps fell to 4-2-1.
* Meredith Arnott scored two goals and Allison Dlugof and Laura Pecorale each added one as the Maroons downed Greensboro 4-0 in a women's soccer game in Greensboro. Roanoke is 10-6, Greensboro is 6-8.
* Sam Chase finished with two goals and an assist, and Jamie Parker added two goals as the Washington and Lee men's soccer team routed Bridgewater 6-0 in an ODAC game in Lexington. W&L is 9-3, 4-2. Bridgewater is 2-12, 1-8.
* The University of Virginia athletic ticket office has approximately 330 reserved seat tickets available for the Virginia-Clemson football game Nov.9 at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville. The tickets, which were returned by Clemson, are $24 each and may be purchased by calling the UVa ticket office at (800) 542-8821 or (804) 924-8821. The tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
* Osbourn's Jamie Larson defeated Flavio Nogueira of William Fleming 6-3, 6-2 to claim the Group AAA Northwest Region girls' tennis crown Tuesday in Lynchburg.
It was Nogueira's first loss in 13 singles matches, but she qualified to play in the Group AAA tennis tournament starting Nov.8 at Fairfax. Larson, who will also play in the state tournament, is 16-0.
* Christopher Newport's men's and women's basketball teams are picked to sweep title honors in the preseason Dixie Conference basketball polls released Wednesday.
Ferrum's men's team was picked fourth with one first-place vote and the Panthers' women's squad was picked fifth. Complete poll in Scoreboard).
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