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

DATE: TUESDAY, January 18, 1994                   TAG: 9401180167
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

ROANOKE NATIVE SEVERELY INJURED

Marshall defensive back Tuan Reynolds severely injured his spine in a pickup football game Monday in Huntington, W.Va., a Huntington television station reported.

Reynolds, a 6-foot, 179-pound freshman from Roanoke broke the sixth vertebra in his neck during the game on campus, WOWK-TV reported.

He was in guarded condition in the intensive care unit at Cabell Huntington Hospital, a nursing supervisor said.

Marshall coach Jim Donnan refused to discuss Reynolds' injury Monday night. Sports information director Gary Richter said he had not heard of the injury and had no information.

Reynolds moved into the starting lineup in his first season with the Thundering Herd. Marshall advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA championship game for the third consecutive year, losing to Youngstown State 17-5.

In other sports in the region:

\ HIPPENSTEEL WINS: K.J. Hippensteel of Roanoke defeated Andrew Vu of Reston 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 to win the Mid-Atlantic boys 14 tennis championships in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.

Dustin Friedman of Owing Mills, Md., defeated Ramez Qamer of Fairfax 6-1, 6-4 in the third-place match.

by CNB