Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 29, 1990 TAG: 9003290118
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Doug Doughty
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Wooten has missed most of the Hokies' spring drills with an inflamed rotator cuff in his right (throwing) shoulder. Team doctor Duane Lagan said Wednesday it will be determined next week whether Wooten needs arthroscopic surgery to correct the problem.
Lagan said previous tests have shown that Wooten does not have a torn rotator cuff, a more severe injury.
The Hokies already were without the services of Will Furrer, their quarterback to start the 1989 season, who underwent knee surgery and will miss spring drills. Wooten assumed the starting job when fifth-year senior Cam Young, Furrer's stand-in, also was injured during the 1989 season.
In Wooten's absence, former third-stringer Tom Zban, a redshirt sophomore, has moved to the top of the spring depth chart. Redshirt junior Dave Strock, redshirt sophomore Eric Smith and redshirt junior Eros Sanchez also are working at quarterback.
Furrer, who started 14 of 15 games in his freshman and sophomore years, is expected to rejoin the team in the fall. Also, the Hokies will welcome high-school All-America quarterback Maurice DeShazo from Bassett.
\ Free safety Damien Russell, timed in 4.23 seconds for 40 yards, was the fastest of 19 Virginia Tech players clocked under 4.6 seconds at the end of winter workouts. Tailback Tony Kennedy and wide receiver P.J. Preston were tied for second at 4.37. Six players were timed under 4.5.
\ Jimmye Laycock, William and Mary's football coach for the past 10 years, has received a new four-year contract. The Indians are 29-16-2 in the past four seasons and 48-30-2 in the last seven, including 43-16-2 against Division I-AA opposition.
\ NBA superscout Marty Blake said Virginia Tech star Bimbo Coles could really help his draft status when he plays in Orlando, Fla., in April.
"We [NBA officials] know Bimbo can play," Blake told columnist Bill Brill. "He's a heck of a player. He just played on such a terrible team and tried to do too much."
Blake says the draft is wide-open. "Who's a lottery pick? I know one - Derrick Coleman [of Syracuse]. Chris Jackson [of LSU] may be picked [in the lottery], but that's a mistake. He's not as ready as Coles. Who can he [Jackson] guard?
"Will Dennis Scott [a junior at Georgia Tech] come out if he can make $2 million? You sort of read between the lines. If he does, he should give [Georgia Tech point guard] Kenny Anderson $1 million, but I don't think he will."
\ Virginia Tech team doctor Lagan said the Hokies' David Herbster likely will have surgery to correct a shoulder problem that has plagued the 6-foot-9 junior.
Herbster has what doctors call an "unstable joint," which can result in partial dislocation of his shoulder. The shoulder popped out of joint several times during the 1989-90 season.
Lagan said the surgical procedure involves shifting tendons in the shoulder to stabilize the joint.
\ When Duke and Georgia Tech advanced to the NCAA semifinals, it marked the second time in ACC history that two conference schools had made the Final Four. The only previous time was in 1981, when North Carolina defeated Virginia in a semifinals.
The eight-team ACC is the only conference in which each member school participated in the NCAA Tournament in the 1980s. Nine teams from the 10-member Southeastern Conference made the NCAAs during the '80s, with Mississippi State the lone absentee.
\ Robert Doggett, who broke the North Carolina high school record for career 3-pointers, has committed to Wake Forest. Doggett, a 6-foot-3 guard from Reidsville, N.C., averaged more than 29 points as a senior. He had 229 3-pointers for his career, including 123 as a senior.
\ The NCAA has rejected an appeal by Louisville seeking to restore the eligibility of prize recruit Dwayne Morton, a high-school All-American from Louisville. Morton signed with the Cardinals in November, but later was ruled ineligible because Louisville coach Denny Crum met with Morton's mother at a restaurant during a period when contact between a coach and a player's family is not permitted.
Crum could lose a $1 million annuity from the school if Louisville is put on probation, which appears unlikely. As for Morton, Tennessee looms as a possible destination. Crum's former assistant, Wade Houston, has just completed his first year as the Volunteers' coach.
\ Old Dominion point guard Chuck Evans, freshman of the year in the Sun Belt Conference, has announced plans to transfer to a school closer to his home in Milledgeville, Ga. Evans, who averaged 5.1 points and 6.9 assists, is interested in Clemson, South Carolina and several Southeastern Conference programs.
William Davis, leading scorer for James Madison in 1988-89 as a freshman, may not be long for the Dukes' program. Davis, who averaged 15.7 points in '88-89, dropped to 8.2 this season and did not play in the semifinals or final of the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament or in JMU's 78-74 loss to New Orleans in the National Invitation Tournament.
\ Kelly Hunter, a senior from Cave Spring High in Roanoke, has been named captain of the men's tennis team at William and Mary. Hunter entered the season with 111 career victories (56 singles, 55 doubles) and has won or shared five championships in his career. He also has a 3.47 grade-point average with a major in psychology.
\ After Virginia Tech's baseball team committed 27 errors in its first 11 games, Hokies' coach Chuck Hartman moved senior Len Wentz from second base to third, freshman Josh Haggas from third to shortstop and sophomore David Dallas from short to second.
The Hokies went errorless in their next three games; however, in the next three games, Tech had seven errors, one of them opening the door for a nine-run inning by Western Carolina on Tuesday.
\ North Carolina State's baseball team had won a school-record 19 games in a row before Sunday, when it lost to Virginia 12-7 in Charlottesville. The Cavaliers entered the game with a 5-18-1 record, including 11 losses in their previous 12 games.
\ Twins Will and Matt Suggs from Roanoke were named first-team All-America in smallbore rifle shooting. Will, a senior at Navy, was named first-team All-America in air rifle, and Matt, who attends South Florida, was second-team in air rifle. The Suggs brothers moved to Roanoke in the past year from Clarion, Pa.
by CNB