THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, June 26, 1994 TAG: 9406240252
SECTION: CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER PAGE: 27 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY JOHN GORDON, CLIPPER SPORTS EDITOR
DATELINE: 940626 LENGTH: Long
Blattert won gold medals in softball, basketball free throw, 1,500-meter walk, 50-meter dash, horseshoes, long jump, croquet and discus.
{REST} There were two local medal winners in the 80-84 age bracket. Levie Goard garnered the gold in the 1,500-meter walk, horseshoes, bowling and jump rope while taking silver medals in softball hit/throw, frisbee and basketball. He also brought home a bronze medal in riflery.
Meanwhile, Mabel Surrat grabbed golds in the shot put, 100-meter run and the long jump.
Mary Munford mustered a gold in the shot put and silvers in the frisbee and softball hit/throw for the 75-79 group. Betty Cowell earned a silver in basketball and a bronze in bowling while Gertrude Paul had a bronze in riflery.
Pat Thume acquired gold medals in the softball hit/throw, long jump, 50-meter dash and basketball and added a silver in frisbee in the 70-74 classification. Leo Wohl took two goals in swimming and another in jump rope plus a silver in basketball.
John Cramer took golds in the 50-meter dash and the 100-meter dash while Elmina Shearin bagged a gold in bowling and a bronze in fly casting. Ethleen Falls received a bronze in softball hit/throw.
In the 60-64 class, E.M. Bland accepted a silver in horseshoes, and in the 55-64 division, Elizabeth Johnson grabbed a gold in minigolf.
HEAD FOR ACADEMY: Two former Great Bridge High athletes - they were graduated last Thursday evening - are headed for the Merchant Marine Academy at King's Point, N.Y., where they will play soccer.
Brent Cashman and Jay Pientka, both named to the second team All Southeastern District team, will report to the Long Island institution July 10 for their indoctrination period.
Cashman, who also kicked for the Wildcats' football team, shifted from back to forward on the soccer team during the past season and played several different positions on the field.
``That's what we're looking for,'' academy coach Michael Smolens said. ``We're looking for good student athletes who can learn our system and then we can put them where the need arises.''
Pientka, a goalkeeper, will be battling with a returning letterman who started as a freshman last season, according to Smolens.
``Both seem like solid young men,'' the coach said. ``You have to have a lot on the ball to make it here.''
Smolens is wrapping up his fourth year at the Division III institution, which won the ECAC region title in 1991 and lost in the semifinals the past two years. Last fall, the Mariners had a 10-6-3 mark, including a 2-1 loss to eventual tourney winner Montclair State.
Although Kings Point lost the first three games, it captured the next 11. The Mariners placed second in the Skyline Conference with a 3-0-2 mark.
``I wouldn't go as far as saying we are a powerhouse,'' Smolens said. ``We are a very competitive program. Our team's improvement each season has allowed us to play with the best teams in our region.''
The Academy, which was founded in 1943, is one of the five federal service academies. Enrollment is limited to 950 midshipmen.
ALL STARS PLACE SECOND: Jackie Miller's Tidewater All Stars placed second in the annual Burger King Shootout in Chester on June 18. The Chesapeake-based team lost to the Churchland Truckers, 16-13, in the championship contest.
``We allowed five runs on five errors in the last inning,'' Miller said. ``You can't make that many mistakes against top caliber teams.''
During the tourney, Kelly Lupton paced the All Stars with four home runs, including a grand slam, and a double. Charlene Hager slugged a homer, triple and three doubles while Cindy Cline had a home run, triple and double.
Michelle Por added a homer and double, and Jessica Jones crushed another circuit blast.
The All Stars are taking this weekend off, but will compete in the National Softball Association (NSA) state championship tourney in Hampton on the Fourth of July weekend, beginning Saturday.
GATOR COACH RESIGNS: Joy Fagan, three-sport coach for Greenbrier Christian Academy for the past five years, has resigned to return to Cedarville (Ohio) College, her alma mater, to be an assistant coach.
GCA Athletic Director Ed Bailey said the school is interviewing applicants to fill the position. Fagan also taught Spanish at the institution.
PERSONNEL TURNOVER: Several athletic directors have changed at some of the area's private schools.
Mark Phelps, formerly of Rock Church Academy, is the new AD at Atlantic Shores Christian, replacing Dennis Tower, who has gone back to teaching. D.J. Dozier, former assistant baseball coach at Rock, is now the athletic director.
Larry Smith, who used to coach at Greenbrier Christian and was basketball coach at Portsmouth Christian this past school year, has been promoted to AD, replacing Mark Sibley who has gone into administration.
Steve Adkins, former athletic director and coach at Alliance Christian, has resigned and is being replaced by Ricky Dorn.
RACQUETBALL RESULTS: Chesapeake racquetball players performed well in the 18th annual international all military racquetball championships held at Norfolk's Downtown Athletic Club last weekend.
Bob Wray won the men's 45 and over division, and Richard Sampson placed second to Ft. Monroe's Robbie Brown in the men's 35 and over bracket. Sampson also teamed up with Norfolk's Charlie Church to take second in the Open Class A doubles event.
Jeff Wagner of Chesapeake and Derrick Miller of Virginia Beach came in second in the Class B/C doubles. Team winner was the USS Enterprise (CVN 65).
FREEMAN SETS RECORDS: Calvin Freeman, a Chesapeake resident and teacher/coach at Indian River Middle School, not only won three events in the recent Virginia State Games, but he also set records in each one.
He won the long jump with a record leap of 20-10 1/2, the triple jump with a 40-2 1/2 and the pole vault with a 13-0 in the 30-39 sub-masters age group.
``I was competing for the Pony Express Track Club, and we were entered in the 400-meter relay, but the baton got dropped,'' he said.
Freeman said he and his teammates will be running at the Commonwealth Games at Roanoke on July 12. And the former San Francisco 49er also has football on his mind.
``I'm also getting ready for football,'' he said. ``I'm going down to Charlotte for a three-day tryout with the Panthers on July 15.
``I'm going out for wide receiver or anything that's open. It was an honor just getting invited.''
REST OF THE STORY: Howard Marshall, who won the Professional Bowlers Association tourney at Pinboy's here last weekend, had some unusual comments about his victory.
For openers, he qualified in the 24th and last spot for the finals by only two pins. But Marshall quickly moved up to third and finally the title.
``For Saturday's qualifying, the lanes were pretty oily,'' he said. ``But they got better. On Sunday, they were more dry.''
Marshall was averaging 235 when he reached the final match against fellow Maryland resident Barry Hartman of Severn. Ironically, the two had battled in an earlier head-to-head match and Hartman won, 247-212.
Although Marshall dropped to a 203 in the finale, it was good enough because Hartman fell to a 177.
``It was his first PBA tourney,'' Marshall said of Hartman. ``He isn't even a member, but he and I have bowled against each other many times.
``And you squeeze a little bit in the finals. It's like the basketball game last night (the NBA championship game).''
However, one lane was dry and the other was oily in the last contest, according to Marshall.
``I had rolled a 256 and 248 on those lanes earlier, but I had to throw two different balls.''
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