ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, December 4, 1995 TAG: 9512060010
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: IN THE REGION
SOURCE: FROM STAFF AND ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS
Virginia Tech's football team won't be the only Hokie sports team spending New Year's Eve in New Orleans.
As a result of Tech's bid to meet Texas in the Sugar Bowl, Hokies athletic director Dave Braine said Sunday he hopes to work out the final details on moving Hokies' Dec.31 home basketball against Wright State to New Orleans.
``We should be able to announce something in a couple of days,'' Braine said. ``Right now, everything looks good.'
Braine said the game would be played at 1 p.m. in New Orleans' Lakefront Arena.
In other sports in the region:
The three finalists for the 1995 Dudley Award are Virginia Tech defensive end Cornell Brown, VMI running back Thomas Haskins and Virginia running back Tiki Barber.
Balloting for the Dudley Award, named after former Virginia great Bill Dudley, was conducted among 13 sports writers and broadcasters from around the state.
Brown, Haskins and Barber - all juniors - were the highest point-getters among the 14 players who were nominated.
Brown has been named to several All-America teams and was named national defensive player of the year by The Football News. That publication also named him the Big East Conference's player of the year.
Haskins, who graduated from Highland Springs High School, east of Richmond, was the Southern Conference's player of the year in 1995. He's the career rushing leader at VMI with 3,651 yards.
Barber, a Cave Spring High School graduate, rushed for 1,397 yards on 265 carries this season en route to earning All-ACC honors. He averaged 158.8 all-purpose yards per game.
His season highlight came when he rushed for 193 yards as Virginia became the first ACC team to defeat Florida State. He had eight 100-yard rushing games this season, tying Virginia's record.
Presentation of the Dudley Award is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Downtown Club in Richmond.
Lee Taylor of Roanoke won the 13- to-15-year-old division of the eighth annual Moore County Junior Classic during the weekend at Mid Pines Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C.
Taylor, 14, carded a 73 for the round. The field consisted of 56 entrants nationwide.
Roanoke's Lora Zimmerman of the East Coaster's Bike Shop mountain biking team won the women's sport division at the Cane Creek race in Charlotte, N.C.
Brian Bond came in seventh in the men's sport division. In the expert men's division, Chris Pohowski finished 10th and James Loverich came in 14th.
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