The Virginian-Pilot

THE LEDGER-STAR

SPORTS: Thursday, February 29, 1996

• NO ONE ENVIES ODU FOR DRAWING DUKES
• ECHL CHIEF SOCKS ICEGATORS FOR FIGHT WITH ADMIRALS
• BACKBOARDS & BLACKBOARDS: THE JUNIOR COLLEGE ROUTE TO THE BIG-TIME
• HOOP DREAMS THE TWO BEST HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYERS IN HAMPTON ROADS LAST YEAR DIDN'T ENROLL IN AN ACC OR BIG EAST SCHOOL, BUT NOT FOR LACK OF TALENT. SHAWN HOBSON (ABOVE) AND BRETT HARPER ENROLLED INSTEAD AT A JUNIOR COLLEGE, WHERE THE BASKETBALL IS BIG-TIME BUT THE ACADEMIC PACE IS SLOWER. WITH A LITTLE LUCK AND A LOT OF HARD WORK, THEY MAY REACH THEIR DESTINATION OF MAJOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL. TO GET THERE, THOUGH, THEY DETOUR TO HAGERSTOWN, MD., HOME OF THE HAWKS.
• TWO TEAMS TO CLINCH STATE BIDS TONIGHT
• SPARTANS OPEN THEIR CIAA TOURNEY BID TODAY VS. VA. STATE
• ODU WOMEN OVERWHELM J. MADISON THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE CAA'S TOP 2 TEAMS WAS NEVER REALLY CLOSE.
• STATE'S WINNINGEST WRESTLER WANTS ``TO GO OUT WITH A BANG''
• COMPLETE SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE
• TRICKLE WILL FILL IN FOR INJURED ALLEN
• BROPHY'S RETURN TO SCOPE IS UNEVENTFUL
• KEMPSVILLE EKES PAST DETERMINED TRUCKERS
• SALEM STOPS MENCHVILLE'S QUEST FOR PERFECTION EASTERN REGION GIRLS SEMIFINALS
• NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR ADMIRALS TORCHIA STAR FRO HAMPTON ROADS, WHICH WON WITH JUST 13 SKATERS.
• WINSTON ESCALANTE WRESTLER IS TAKING EMOTION TO NEXT LEVEL
• ERIN DUCKETT -KEMPSVILLE SHE'S THE CHIEFS' LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD