ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, November 8, 1996 TAG: 9611080046
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B8 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
TYPE: IN THE REGION
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
MEMO: shorter version ran in the Metro edition.
Player of the year Brandon LaCroix of North Cross leads the 1996 Bob McLelland Hall of Fame high school golf team, as determined by the Roanoke Valley Golf Hall of Fame.
LaCroix earned 2,160 points in a ranking system devised by the Hall of Fame. Lee Taylor of Patrick Henry was the only player close to LaCroix, finishing with 2,050 points.
Northside's Jason Orlando, Franklin County's Matt Chandler, Lord Botetourt's Daryl Byrd and North Cross' Trey Clower joined LaCroix and Taylor on the first team.
The second team consisted of Northside Josh Mattox, Patrick Henry's Ryan Patterson, William Byrd's Greg Austin, William Byrd's Mike Damiano, Northside's Jacob Jarrett and Cave Spring's Justin Shirley.
Franklin County's Charles Jamison was selected coach of the year.
COLLEGES Big South honors Radford stars
Radford University midfielder Karen Dellavia has been named rookie of the year in Big South Conference women's soccer.
Dellavia had five goals and four assists for the Highlanders, who dropped a 4-0 decision to Charleston Southern on Thursday night in the first round of the conference tournament in Greensboro, N.C.
Radford's Kelly Moran and Jill McFarlane were named to the All-Big South first team, and Kelly Riescher and Macie Mabry were second-team selections. UNC Greensboro swept the other individual awards, with Ali Lord named player of the year and Jack Poland coach of the year.
* Virginia Tech defender Chris Chladek has been named to the All-Atlantic 10 Conference first team in men's soccer.
Chladek anchored the Hokies' defense while contributing one goal and six assists. Tech forward Brian MacFarlane and midfielder Cory Turner were second-team selections.
* Virginia freshman Meredith Elwell has been named ACC field hockey rookie of the year. Elwell, who was second on the team in goals (17) and points (39), has six game-winning goals this year.
Three Cavaliers made the All-ACC team: senior defender Heather Hale, sophomore forward Meridith Thorpe and sophomore midfielder Michelle Vizzuso.
* Two freshman UVa women's soccer players were named to the All-ACC first team and three other Cavaliers made the second team.
Freshman goalkeeper Megan Boehm and freshman forward Angela Hucles were UVa's first-team picks. Second-teamers for the Cavaliers were: sophomore defender Karem Esteva, junior midfielder Wendy Hartwig and junior forward Dina Padula.
* The 1996-97 Virginia men's basketball team will play an exhibition game tonight when the Cavaliers entertain the Melbourne Tigers at 7:30.
UVa originally was to have played the Perth Wildcats, but the Wildcats canceled their U.S. tour after four players suffered knee injuries. The Tigers feature one-time Seton Hall star Andrew Gaze, a member of the Australian Olympic team.
Five players will be making their debut in a Virginia uniform. They are sophomore Monte Marcaccini, a transfer from Pepperdine; and freshmen Willie Dersch, Colin Ducharme, Kris Hunter and Craig McAndrew. McAndrew is an Australian native.
* DeMya Walker scored 20 points and Tiffany Bower added 16 points and 10 rebounds as Virginia routed Chevakata of Russia 83-42 in an exhbition women's basketball game in Charlottesville.
* The Burger King Corporation will donate $10,000 to the University of Virginia on Saturday in recognition of the accomplishments of senior tailback Tiki Barber from Roanoke.
A presentation will be made at halftime of the Cavaliers' football game with Clemson. Barber is being honored for his ``outstanding academic, athletic and community achievements,'' the corporation said in a news release.
Barber, a graduate of Cave Spring High School, set a school rushing record last year with 1,397 yards and was named an Academic All-American in 1995, when he had a 3.361 cumulative grade-point average.
ETC. Express loses goalie to AHL
Roanoke Express goaltender Paul Taylor has been called up by the Saint John Flames, Roanoke's American Hockey League affiliate.
Saint John helped arrange for Taylor to come to Roanoke a week ago after he had a brief stint with the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Komets of the International Hockey League. Taylor was 1-1 in two starts with the Express - a 3-0 shutout against the Charlotte Checkers on Nov.1 and a 5-3 loss to the Pensacola Ice Pilots on Wednesday.
``I hate to lose him,'' said Pierre Paiement, Roanoke's general manager. ``But I would rather see him moving up with our affiliation than any other team at that level. This way we will always have a chance for him to come back to Roanoke during the regular season or the playoffs.''
* Chad Harris, the 1996 Late Model Stock champion at the New River Valley Speedway, was honored this past weekend in Nashville, Tenn. at the Winston Racing Series Champions Banquet. Harris (Stuarts Draft) received $2,100 from the Winston national points fund for his eighth place finish in the Blue Ridge Region standings.
Steven Howard (Greer, S.C.) collected $36,000 for winning the Blue Ridge Region and Larry Phillips (Springfield, Mo.) was awarded $114,000 for capturing the Heartland Region and his fifth national series title.
The New River Valley Speedway will also honor Harris, as well as other division champions Tam Topham, Ray Sowers and Tommy Allie at the ninth annual Champions Banquet, held Nov.16 at the Salem Civic Center. Tickets are still available to the public by calling (540) 639-1700.
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