THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, February 25, 1996 TAG: 9602230194
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 22 EDITION: FINAL
COLUMN: The Sports Editor
SOURCE: Bill Leffler
LENGTH: Medium: 65 lines
Notes on a frayed white cuff. . . .
A broken jaw isn't keeping Portsmouth's Chris Honeycutt off the diamond at Christopher Newport.
Honeycutt was hit by a line drive but the jaw has been wired and he continues to play.
Honeycutt, a graduate of Manor, and David Mitchell, an Alliance grad, were selected as co-captains of the Christopher Newport team this year.
The two first were teammates when they started into T-Ball together on the Hawks in the Olive Branch Little League.
Former Churchland High basketball standout Amy Cross, now at Averett College, is another who has been battling injury problems in college.
She suffered a dislocated right shoulder in December. In her first game back as a starter she scored 17 points in an Averett victory over Wesleyan College. She had 13 points and 13 rebounds in a 70-64 loss to Christopher Newport.
Due to the development of shin splints, Cross bypassed the cross-country season. However, when a teammate was injured, she was asked to run in the conference championship meet. She finished in eighth place, helping Averett to a second-place finish.
The Commerce Bank Portsmouth City Amateur golf tournament has been scheduled for June 22-23 this year at Sleepy Hole.
Billy Judah of Chesapeake won last year with a 36-hole 139. It was a record since play was reduced to two rounds four years ago.
The area's master golf schedule, compiled each year in an effort to avoid overlapping of events, also lists these tournaments of local interest: Ambassador Club's two-man Scholarship Tournament at Elizabeth Manor on May 17-18; Lefty Wright Memorial at Sleepy Hole on May 20; ODU-Spivey Scholarship two-man tourney at Sleepy Hole on June 7-9; State Amateur and State Open qualifying at Sleepy Hole on June 10; Elizabeth Manor Member-Guest on June 14-15; Cedar Point Member-Guest on June 21-22; Sleepy Hole Amateur on July 6-7; Eastern Amateur First Flight Tournament on July 8-9 at Elizabeth Manor; Eastern Amateur at Elizabeth Manor on July 11-14; and the Sleepy Hole Junior Tournament on Aug. 7-8.
The Crawford Bay Crew Classic is getting set for its sixth renewal on March 16 on the Elizabeth River off Portside.
The intercollegiate rowing regatta has moved its starting time to 9 a.m. this year. Viewing, as always, is free.
The field will include Old Dominion, William and Mary, American, Catholic, George Mason, Indiana and University of Maryland/Baltimore County.
Any crew enthusiast who wants to become a team patron for $50 will get a tailgate space for the Alumni Tailgate Party, a T-shirt and a listing in the race program. The deadline for becoming a patron is March 6. To sign up, call Ports Events at 393-9933.
Tickets for the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament go on sale Monday at Willett Hall and area TicketMaster outlets.
The tickets are $6.25 for one night or $20.25 for the entire four-night tournament.
Special discounts are available for group sales. These tickets can be purchased by calling 446-6827 or 393-2559.
The tournament will be April 3-6 at the Churchland High School gym. by CNB