North Cross' Gay takes VIS state title - A readin goes here and here and here four decks
WOODBERRY -- Jane Gay was in good health coming into the Virginia
Independent Schools state cross country meet and the result was
a state title.
The North Cross junior, who missed last year's meet with a stress
fracture, was the only girl to finish the 5K course in less than
20 minutes in the Division II race (19:22.34) and won the individual
title on Friday at Woodberry Forest School.
Roanoke Catholic, led by Mirenda Gwin's 10th-place finish, led
the Celtics to a third-place finish in the 19-team competition.
Potomac School won the team title.
The Roanoke Catholic boys, who won the state title two years ago,
finished fifth and were led by top-10 finishes by Thomas McConnel
(fourth) and Andrew Nordhaus (ninth). Both runners also ended up
in the top 10 a year ago.
North Cross finished 18th overall and were led by Sheel Patel,
who was 28th.
This was the first year the VIS had divided the girls' cross country
in to two divisions.
Potomac school won the girls' Division II title with 57 points,
five less than runner-up Peninsula Catholic. Roanoke Catholic had
118 points.
Miller School won the boys' Division II title with 93 points, topping
Covenant School in a tiebreaker.
FOOTBALL
MAGNA VISTA 35, DAN RIVER 0
RINGGOLD -- Five different players scored rushing touchdowns for
Magna Vista (7-3, 4-1) on Friday night as it scored a blowout Piedmont
district victory over Dan River (1-9, 0-5).
The Warriors racked up 270 yards on the ground and held Dan River
to just 61 yards of total offense in the game.
Magna Vista 13 8 14 0--35
Dan River 0 0 0 0--0
MV -- Brown 30 pass from William (kick failed)
MV -- Penn 6 run (Williams kick)
MV -- Hairston 2 run (Williams run)
MV -- Strickland 18 run (Williams kick)
MV -- Glenn 44 (run)
Galax 35, Pocahontas 0
POCAHONTAS -- Aundrey Sams rushed for 186 yards and three touchdowns
to lead Galax (4-6, 3-2) over Pocahontas (4-6, 0-5) in Mountain
Empire District play on Friday. Josh Sexton had two scores for the
Maroon Tide.
Pocahontas 0 0 0 0--0
Galax 7 21 0 7--35
G -- Sexton 17 run (Lopez kick)
G -- Sams 3 run (Lopez kick)
G -- Sams 2 run (Lopez kick)
G -- Sams 29 run (Lopez kick)
G -- Sexton 9 run (Lopez kick)
Amherst County 51, Liberty 0
AMHERST -- Jonathan Rose rambled for 160 yards and two touchdowns
on just seven carries as Amherst County (9-1, 7-0, Seminole District)
rolled over Liberty (5-5, 3-4).
Alonzo Poe added two touchdowns and 59 yards on 11 carries for
the Lancers, who racked up well over 400 yards rushing. Zach Webb
had 81 yards on nine carries for Liberty.
Liberty 0 0 0 0--0
Amherst County 14 16 14 7--51
A -- Poe 81 punt return (run failed)
A -- J.Rose 5 run (McCoy pass from P.Rose)
A -- Poe 5 run (J.Rose run)
A -- McCoy 5 pass from P.Rose (Poe run)
A -- J.Rose 85 run (Kruzinger kick)
A -- Poe 5 run (Kruzinger kick)
A -- Braxton 10 run (Kruzinger kick)
Fort Chiswell 42, Narrows 20
MAX MEADOWS -- Fort Chiswell got out to a 21-6 halftime lead and
finished the season 5-5, 4-1 in the Mountain Empire District on
Friday night.
Eric Suttle had 18 carries for 202 yards and three touchdowns for
Narrows (3-7, 1-4). Brett Buracker had four catches for 82 yards.
Narrows 0 6 6 8--20
Fort Chiswell 7 14 0 21--42
F--Z. Hamm 2 run (Z. Hamm kick)
F--Maxwell 11 run (kick failed)
F--Maxwell 90 punt return (Montgomery run)
N--Suttle 30 run (kick failed)
N--Suttle 51 run (pass failed)
F--Arnold 2 run (Z. Hamm kick)
F--Arnold 28 pass to D. Hamm (Hamm kick)
N--Suttle 34 run (Lowe to McCroskey)
F--Maxwell 4 run (Z. Hamm kick) |