ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, February 17, 1997 TAG: 9702190034
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-4 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: IN THE REGION
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Staunton River boys' track team proved Saturday that it can be successful under any conditions.
The Golden Eagles, the defending Group AA outdoor track and field champs, won the state invitational indoor meet Saturday at Heritage High School in Lynchburg. Staunton River amassed 102 points, well ahead of second-place Charlottesville's 68. (Complete team scores in Scoreboard. B5)
Other Timesland teams included sixth-place Christiansburg (23 points), ninth-place Salem (14 ), 17th-place Liberty (6), 18th-place Blacksburg (5) and 21st-place Lord Botetourt (2).
Heritage won the girls' championship with 65 points. Salem was ninth (15), Staunton River 10th (12), Christiansburg 11th (11), Patrick County 12th (8) and Blacksburg was 16th (2).
Jarrett Ferguson won three events for Staunton River, the long jump (22 feet, 4 inches), triple jump (44 feet, 1 inch) and 300-yard dash (34 seconds). Ferguson also was part of the mile relay winners with Doug Eubank, Johnny Coles and Ahmad Sangbana. Eubank also won the pole vault (11 feet, 6 inches) and Sangbana won the 600-yard dash (1:19.4).
Salem's Mike Henry was second in the 60-yard high hurdles and the Spartans were third in the 880 relay.
On the girls' side, Salem's Ashley Bush was fourth in the 60-yard hurdles. The Spartans also had a second-place 880 relay team and a fifth-place mile relay team.
In other sports news in the region:
* Shayne Carnes hit a first-inning grand slam and Dan Harness added five RBI to lead Alabama-Birmingham (2-1) to a 16-3 college baseball win over VMI at Birmingham, Ala, on Sunday. Dale Moore had two hits and two RBI for VMI (3-5).
nSophomore outfielders Todd Ellingson and Al Dominick each homered for Washington and Lee (0-2) as the Generals dropped a doubleheader to Savannah College of Art & Design 10-5 and 9-2.
* Roanoke's K.J. Hippensteel advanced to today's finals of the United States Tennis Association Mid-Atlantic Championship No.2 tournament with a victory in Baltimore.
Hippensteel defeated Joey Hopke of Richmond 6-4, 6-0 in a semifinal match. Hopke had won championship No.1. Hippensteel is competing in the under-18 division of the 32-player tournament.
* Roanoke's Addams England, 17, advanced to the quarterfinals of the boys' 18-year-old category of the USTA Mid-Atlantic Championship at Woodbine, Md., by beating Derrick Nguyen 7-6 (8-6), 6-3. England faces fifth-seeded Ryan Davidson of Virginia Beach today.
* In volleyball, Salem goes to William Byrd at 5 today to settle the Blue Ridge District title. The Spartans won the regular season crown. Both teams have qualified for the Region III tournament this week.
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