THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, February 15, 1996 TAG: 9602150502
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C5 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
LENGTH: Long : 104 lines
Ike Richardson scored nine points in the fourth quarter and Ricardo Trevisan made one of two free throws with five seconds remaining as top-ranked Maury overcame a 12-point deficit to edge visiting Cox 50-49 in a boys basketball game Wednesday.
Richardson finished with 17 points and six assists and Jake Schultz added 12 points, seven in the fourth period, as the Commodores won their 21st straight.
Ben Green scored 17 for the Falcons.
In other boys games:
Indian River 80, Booker T. Washington 79: Edward Seward hit the second of two free throws with 9.8 seconds to go in overtime to lift the No. 2 Braves. David Selby scored 28 points and Jason Capel had a triple-double: 22 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.
Churchland 67, Oscar Smith 64: Sadiki Tingling hit the go-ahead basket as the Truckers converted two steals into points in the final eight seconds to upend the No. 8 Tigers. Jermaine Turner sealed it with a layup after stealing the inbounds pass.
Tallwood 52, Princess Anne 42: Knotted at 35 after three quarters, the No. 4 Lions got eight points from Neil Roberts in the fourth quarter to improve their Beach District lead to one game over Green Run and Cox. Roberts totaled 26 points.
Northampton 99, Chincoteague 54: Tucker Terry grabbed 14 rebounds and Jamell Satchell had 11 assists for the Yellow Jackets.
Rock 76, Ryan 35: Mike Phillips scored 15 points for the Eagles.
In the TCIS tournament:
Three of the top four seeds advanced as the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools boys basketball tournament opened with quarterfinal play at Greenbrier Christian.
The host Gators, seeded fourth, fell to No. 5 Catholic 67-61 as Byron Whitehead scored 15 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter to rally the Crusaders.
No. 2 Nansemond-Suffolk needed an 18-9 third-quarter spurt, sparked by eight points by Eddie Bagnell, to hold off Norfolk Christian 60-57. John Dragseth led the Saints with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Kinte Smith scored 17 of Cape Henry's first 19 points, then hit eight straight free throws in the fourth as the No. 3 Dolphins defeated Peninsula Catholic 74-54.
And Tad Galloway had 19 and Juraj Podvorac added 18 points as top-seeded Norfolk Academy trounced Norfolk Collegiate 99-36.
The semifinals are Friday at Greenbrier, with Academy playing Catholic in the first game at 6:30 p.m., followed by Cape Henry vs. Nansemond-Suffolk at 8.
In girls basketball:
Cox 35, Maury 28: Playing without South Hampton Roads' leading scorer, Shannon Drury, who nursed a sprained neck suffered in Tuesday's loss to Princess Anne, the Falcons got four 3-pointers and 16 points from Tonya Laffkas to upend the No. 9 Commodores. Shwante Snead scored 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Maury.
Churchland 66, Oscar Smith 49: Sparked by Courtney Hundley's 10 fourth-quarter points, the No. 4 Truckers closed with a 21-6 surge.
Princess Anne 62, Tallwood 35: Dominica Moody scored 12 points during a 19-2 second-quarter run as the No. 1 Cavaliers romped over the No. 5 Lions.
In indoor track:
PORTSMOUTH - Rallying in the final three events, the Western Branch boys won their third consecutive Southeastern District indoor track championship Wednesday at Churchland.
The Norcom girls won their first title ever in a cakewalk.
The Western Branch boys finished with 96 points. Deep Creek was second with 86, followed by Churchland (71), Norcom (63), Great Bridge (46), Oscar Smith (41), Indian River (30) and Wilson (20).
Trailing Deep Creek, last year's state champion after a runner-up finish in the district, and Churchland throughout the three-day competition, the Bruins picked up 35 points in the last three events.
Entering the final event, the 1,600-meter relay, Western Branch had vaulted into a 7-point lead over the Hornets and wrapped up the crown with a second-place finish.
Two boys records were broken Wednesday. Jason Buckley of Great Bridge posted a 1:05.84 in the 500 meters to clip a fraction of a second (1:06) off his two-year-old mark.
Churchland's Jamin Elliott had a 47-foot, half-inch triple jump to better the old standard of 45-8 by Rasha Joyner of Indian River in 1994.
On Monday Jessie Grant of Indian River set a long jump record of 22-6 1/2 and Brian Hunter of Great Bridge broke the high jump record, clearing 6-5.
``I was concerned after we dropped a baton in the 800 relay but we battled back and finished strong,'' said Western Branch coach Wade Williams.
In the girls division Norcom piled up 132 points. Great Bridge was runner-up with 93, followed by Deep Creek with 66, Oscar Smith with 44, Western Branch with 40, Indian River with 28, Wilson with 16 and Churchland with 1.
Norcom's Brandi Smith had a record triple jump of 36-9 1/2. Her teammate, Missy Banks, had a record shot put of 41-7 on Monday.
``We've been building toward this for a few years now,'' said Norcom coach Vincent Pugh. ``And we wanted to go out of the Southeastern District as a champion.''
Norcom, Churchland and Wilson will be competing in the Eastern District next year but that conference does not have indoor track.
``We would love to be able to compete against the Southeastern teams next year if we can,'' said Pugh.
- BILL LEFFLER by CNB