Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, January 17, 1994 TAG: 9401170095
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Bostek, a 6-foot-5, 255-pounder, narrowed his choices to UVa and Vanderbilt last month and revealed his decision after returning from Vanderbilt over the weekend.
Bostek, who moved to Virginia from Rhode Island after his sophomore year in high school, has been timed in 4.8 seconds for 40 yards and has the strength to have thrown the discus 154 feet, 5 inches.
"They've told me they want me to start out on defense, but I'll play anywhere I can hit somebody," said Bostek, who is the eighth player to commit to UVa, five of whom weigh 250 pounds or more.
Bostek has a 3.6 grade-point average and a score of 1,150 on the Scholastic Assessment Test.
Roanoke Star White teams won three championships at the fifth annual Blum Newman & Blackstock Indoor Soccer Tournament at North Cross.
The Star Under-12 girls' edged the Jamestown Jammers 2-1, the Roanoke Under-19 and Under-16 girls' shared a co-championship in the Under-19 division and the Star Under-16 boys' 1 and 2 teams shared a co-championship in the under-16 competition. The co-champions were declared so the Roanoke teams would not be pitted against each other.
Other winners were the Newport News Aztecs, who defeated the Roanoke Star White Under-11 boys 3-0, and the Frederick (Md.) Excel, who beat the Greensboro (N.C.) Buccaneers 2-1 in the Under-13 boys' division.
K.J. Hippensteel of Roanoke defeated Claude Grady 6-1, 6-1 in the quarterfinals and Ramez Qamer 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals of the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Association Boys' 14-under Championships in White Sulpher Springs, W.Va. He will face Andrew Vu of Reston in the final.
In Lexington, Cave Spring's Emily Rakes set a meet and school high jump record of 5 feet, 7 inches at the Keydet Invitational indoor track and field meet. She also placed sixth in the 55-meter hurdles. Cave Spring's Jason Dowdy placed fourth in the 3,200-meter run in 10:04, a regional qualifying time. The Knights' Molly Rutherford finished fifth in the 1,000-meter run.
by CNB