
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 10, 1992                   TAG: 9203100412
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: METRO   
SOURCE: BOB TEITLEBAUM SPORTSWRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

TIMESLAND TEAMS AIM FOR TITLES

Basketball fans in the Roanoke Valley will have quite a day Saturday, when four Virginia High School League tournament games are held at Lord Botetourt High.

All three Roanoke Valley District teams still alive in state competition will be at Botetourt as well as Covington, the Pioneer District champion.

Patrick Henry's boys, ranked No. 1 in the state, meet Chantilly at 8:45 p.m. in a Group AAA boys' state tournament game after Covington battles Twin Springs at 7 p.m. in the Group A tournament.

The most intriguing matchup Saturday has Cave Spring facing nationally ranked James Madison in a Group AAA girls' game at 1 p.m. The Knights, by winning the Northwestern Region title with a 60-39 victory over Pulaski County, figured they wouldn't have to play Madison in the first round. However, West Springfield upset Madison 58-52 in the Northern Region final to set up the Knights' matchup with the Warhawks.

Pulaski County plays West Springfield at 2:45 p.m., but the Cougars won't have it any easier than Cave Spring. The Spartans lost only one game, to an out-of-state team.

The Blacksburg-Northside Group AA rematch is one of two state tournament games scheduled for Friday. The Indians and Vikings, who split two games in the regular season, will play at 7:30 p.m. at Christiansburg.

The other Friday game matches Lebanon against Haysi at Emory & Henry in a Group A tournament game.

Laurel Park, ranked No. 1 in Group AA, hopes to regroup Saturday when it plays Virginia High at Emory & Henry. The Lancers lost in the Piedmont District and Region III championship games.

Two of the four defending state champions are still alive. Lebanon won the Group A boys' crown a year ago and Madison went unbeaten in taking the Group AAA girls' title.

The complete pairings:

See microfilm for pairings. ***CORRECTION***

Published correction ran on March 12, 1992\ Because of a reporter's error, the record for Patrick Henry's boys' basketball team was listed incorrectly in a story Wednesday. PH is 24-1.

(story ran on Tuesday and mistake was in the pairings list.)

Memo: correction

by CNB