DATE: Sunday, July 13, 1997                 TAG: 9707110306

SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN             PAGE: 15   EDITION: FINAL 

SOURCE: BY JAMES C. BLACK, SUN SPORTS EDITOR 

                                            LENGTH:   64 lines

TRIO WILL BE COMPETING AGAINST STATE'S FINEST

Three June graduates of Suffolk high schools will participate in the Virginia High School Coaches Association All-Star Games in Hampton this week.

Lakeland's Darius Bryant will compete in the football game Thursday while schoolmate Damon Tillery will play in the basketball contest Monday and Nansemond River's Angie Gatling will play in the softball game Wednesday.

``It's a great honor for Angie, especially since she did not play last year,'' Warriors softball coach Jerry Varacallo said of Gatling.

Gatling, a second-team all-state pick for Group AA as a sophomore, missed her basketball, volleyball and softball seasons as a junior because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament. She started for the Eastern Region qualifying basketball team this year, earned first-team all-conference in volleyball and hit .395 to make first-team all-district in softball.

According to Varacallo, Gatling has not decided whether she will attend South Carolina State or Norfolk State in the fall.

Tillery, who guided the Cavaliers to the Group AA championship final as a junior, was named first-team all-Southeastern District this season. He was the area's fourth-leading scorer at more than 19 points a game and plans to attend Tyler (Texas) Junior College in the fall.

Bryant, the state Group AA defensive player of the year as a junior, earned first-team All-Tidewater honors this season. He led the team with 91 tackles, 60 unassisted, and recorded six sacks. He will attend North Carolina State on a football scholarship.

Each of the athletes were nominated for the all-star games by their coaches. A committee of coaches made the final selections.

VHSCA All-star Games Monday, July 14 GIRLS & BOYS BASKETBALL

Hampton Coliseum

6:30 & 8:30 p.m.

Locals: Erin Duckett, Kempsville; Raquita Washington, BTW; Sadiki Tingling, Churchland; Damon Tillery, Lakeland

Tuesday, July 15 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Holland Hall

2 p.m.

Locals: Jennifer Burns, Indian River

BOYS SOCCER Darling Stadium

8 p.m.

Locals: Colin Kibler and Pat Kilkenny, Cox; Adam Schultz and Joe Moriarty, Kempsville; Landon Moore, Churchland; Robbie O'Donnell, First Colonial

Wednesday, July 16:

SOFTBALL

Briarfield Park, Hampton

2 p.m.

Locals: Bronwyn Blair, Salem; Kelly Cahill, Cox; Angie gatling, Nansemond River; Heidi Hill, Bayside.

BASEBALL

ODU

7:30 p.m.

Locals: Cory Bauswell, Western Branch; Jason Dubois, Cox; Jeff Butler, First Colonial

Thursday, July 17

FOOTBALL Darling Stadium

7:30 p.m.

Locals: James Boyd, Indian River; Darius Bryant, Lakeland; David Martin, Norview, James Whitley, Norview; George Miller, Deep Creek; Arnie Powell, Deep Creek; Donald Stakes, Kempsville; Clyde Bryant, Green Run. KEYWORDS: ALL-STARS GAMES

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