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

DATE: FRIDAY, September 23, 1994                   TAG: 9409240008
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

VIKINGS WIN BLUE RIDGE GOLF TITLE

Jason Orlando of Northside claimed the Blue Ridge District's individual golf title and the Vikings won the team championship after the district's sixth and final round tournament Thursday at Botetourt Country Club.

Orlando's six-round score of 434 was good for the season's individual title. Teammate Brian Agee finished second with score of 437. Mark Sweeney of Lord Botetourt was third at 445, while Brian Sweeney of Northside and George Pickral of Rockbridge County tied for fourth at 449.

Northside won the season team championship with a total of 1,751, finishing ahead of Lord Botetourt (1,827). The Vikings earned a birth into the Region III tournament, hosted by Appomattox.

Orlando also earned medalist honors for Thursday's final competition with a 65 on the par-71 course. He was four shots ahead Brad Holtzclaw, who led Lord Botetourt to the team victory with a total of 289. Northside was second (290)and William Byrd was third (308).

In other sports in the region:

Roanoke Valley Christian outshot guest Miller School 28-6 and got goals from four different players in a 4-0 Virginia Independent Conference soccer victory. Richard Booth, Ben Thomas, Adam Smoot and Joe Surkamer scored for RVC (3-1 overall, 2-1 VIC).

At Gretna, John Prillaman set a course record in leading North Cross to a 21-43 cross country victory over Hargrave Military Academy. Prillaman covered the 5-kilometer (3.2-mile) course in 20 minutes, 47 seconds.

The Virginia Tech men's tennis team lost its first doubles match in the opening round of the Tar Heel Invitation in Chapel Hill, N.C. Tech's Chad Toleafoa and Abe Helal lost 8-2 to a team from Richmond.

by CNB