THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, January 1, 1997            TAG: 9701010439
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
                                            LENGTH:   14 lines

A YEAR ENDER

DREW C. WILSON/The Virginian-Pilot

Cox High School student Matt Hihalick, 17, left, celebrates a

touchdown Tuesday while he and his vacationing Virginia Beach

classmates play their annual New Year's Eve pickup football game on

Jockey's Ridge.