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From Staff, Wire Dispatches
Monacan, Virginia of Bristol, and Parry McCluer in the boys' division, and Fort Hunt and Virginia in the girls' won state high school cross country championships yesterday over the 5,000-meter Piedmont Comjmunity College course in Charlottesville.
GROUP AAA BOYS
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Chiefs Use Teamwork to Take State Crown Richmond News Leader, Monday, Nov. 10, 1980 Everyone knows it takes five good players to do well in basketball. But some aren't aware that success in cross country hinges on the same number of runners. The Monacan Chiefs' top five male runners finished ahead of any five from any other school Saturday and, as a result, won the state AAA cross country chapmpionship. Monacan got is usually strong performances from Laurin Willis and Winston Hurst, who finished third and ninth respectively. But the most important points in the meet were scored by Neal Fleenor and Mike Fabrizio. Fleenor was the third Monacan runner across the finish line and finished 36th overall. Fabrizio was next for the Chiefs in 65th and Jake Willis was fifth for Monacan in 67th. "I think this proves that you have to have a whole team effort to win a meet like this," Monacan coach Granger Ancarrow said. "Fleenor and Fabrizio usually finished fifth and sixth for us, but they came through when we needed them."
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Monacan finished with 123, just four ahead of Washington and Lee. E.C. Glass was a good example of the importance of five good runners. The Hilltoppers had four men in the top 20, but their fifth man was 95th and that was their downfall as they finished fourth. The area's top individual finisher was Huron Jackson from Hermitage. He finished second overall, covering the 5,000-meter course in 15:32. His teammate Tom Berry was 10th and those two helped the Panthers finish sixth in the team competition. "It was hot, around 70 degrees," Ancarrow said, "and I think that helped us. I think the meets we had run and the training we had done paid off forr us. No one was really ready for the heat, but I guess we blew up less than the other teams." The Monacan girls finished seventh in the team competition, while the Midlothian girls were sixth in the AA meet, and Clover Hills girls were 10th. The Goochland boys came in sixth in their A competition. Virginia High School from Bristol pulled off the first double in state competition by winning the boys and girls AA title. "The day started out for us with six girls either hurt or sick," Ancarrow said, "so we knew then it wasn't going to be a normal day. "We didn't run as well as we have in the past, but it's always nice to be champions. It makes all the work worthwhile." |
CHARLOTTESVILLE (UPI) -- Monacan's boys and girls teams swept to state high school cross country championships yesterday as runners set five state records.
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Monacan cross country team reaches pinnacle
Richmond News Leader, Monday, Nov. 16, 1981
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For the boys, Alex Downing was 14th overall and eighth in the team scoring. Jeff Slater was 15th and ninth; John Hair was 23rd and 15th and Paul Rzasa was 34th and 22nd. "We didn't have one kid who didn't have the right attitude," Ancarrow said. "All of our kids followed the race play perfectly. At the halfway point, you would have thought we were out of it. But our kids didn't go out too fast and it paid off." Hermitage finished fourth in the boys meet. Huron Jackson was third overall for the Panthers, and Tom Berry was 11th and Henry Loving 12th. Their fourth and fifth men rean well, but it was a case of Monanca's last two just having a better day. Monacan's boys were 10 points better than second-place Annandale. The girls were 16 points better than runner-up Kempsville. "I thought we had a possibility of winning both. But I knew it was going to be tough. You've got to be good and lucky," Ancarrow said. "I'm happy for a lot of people. I didn't know whether to go home and cry or go out and celebrate." He finally decided to celebrate -- with his teams, of course. |
BY VIC FULP T-D staff writer Monacan coach Mike Walker was kidding prior to last night's meeting with Petersburg that this would be the first time a team of his had ever played the No. team in the state.
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Chiefs inhale deep whiff and enjoy smell of victory By TIM PEARRELL
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"Coach anticipated their 1-3-1 defense," said Herbertson. "It was very spread out. They left Mike open inside. It was very easy getting it to him." Monacan was 12 of 18 from the floor in the first quarter. Nine of those shots were taken from five feet or less. Said Walker, "The first thing I said when they came in at the end of the first quarter, 'That's great, but I remember being in exactly the same position last year and blowing it.' " Not this time. The Chiefs seemed on the verge of losing their grip several times when they stopped attacking Petersburg's 1-3-1 trap and coughed up 32 turnovers. But a cross-court pass here and layup there righted things. The Chiefs were 31 of 46 (67.4 percent) for the game, with 26 shots coming under the basket. While Monacan had the touch of Midas, Petersburg was more like Medussa. Everything they shot turned to stone. It wasn't that the Wave's shots weren't falling; some of their shots were so far off the mark they couldn't have fallen in a manhole. Petersburg was 24 of 57 (42.1 percent) for the game but only 14 of 32 in the first three quarters. "We didn't shoot well, but we didn't have good shot selection either," said Petersburg Coach Bill Lawson. "We just didn't play well." Even so, Walker wasn't breathing too deeply until the game was over. "I was watching the scoreboard tonight more than I usually do," he said. "I don't know who it was, maybe it was Al McGuire, who said every team hopes to have one good run. You hope that run is at the right time, and it lasts long enough. It's hard to peak a team twice a game. "Once we started struggling, I watched the score. I would have been worried if it had gotten under 10. But I'd have been happy if we won by five points. I've still got some black hairs that need to turn gray." Walker enjoyed the victory, but he was cuatious. The Chiefs, with one starter back from last year, are young and impressionable. He doesn't want them to get the wrong impression. "Obviously, it's a great win for our program," said Walker. "But it's what you do with the No. 1 team at the end of the year, not what you do now. I hope the kids don't get too high with this. If we go down to Dinwiddie Friday night and lose, then we'll have accomplished nothing." Winiecki says no problem. "We know we can play with anybody now," he said. "It feels great, but we can't live on this victory all year. We've still got to keep on playing." |
1985
FOOTBALL: MONACAN'S FIRST WINNING TEAM GOES ALL THE WAY TO STATE PLAYOFFS
BY VIC FULP T-D staff writer Monacan last night proved again that its bite as an underdog is much worse than its bark as the Chiefs continued their dream season by downing Marshall-Walker 17-14 to capture the Central Region title at University of Richmond Stadium.
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Chiefs raise loud amen as champs By TIM PEARRELL When the game had ended, when the Monacan Chiefs had colored in the ninth frame of a string of firsts, football Coach Buddy Gregory entered the delirious locker room and asked for quiet.
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Gregory looked as if he pulled out some divine guidance. He dropped Peck back in a shotgun formation, and Peck's pass to Cole on an out pattern was on target. When Cole slipped past his defender and into the end zone for a 17-14 lead with 12 seconds left, the Chiefs were again healed. "He got on us at halftime about how we had played," said Cole. "We stunk it up defensive-wise. That was the worst we've played. We just took it from there. I guess we just got tired of them kicking our butts for four years." The Chiefs were even more blessed in the second half. Late in the third quarter, Marshall-Walker reached the Monacan 12. But Evans was stripped of the ball by Earl Layne, who also recovered the fumble. Monacan then launched a drive of its own. The Chiefs went 85 yards to the MW 4. But Peck was piled up short of the first down on fourth down with 5:44 left. Faced with going 96 yards, Thornton began to riddle the Monacan secondary with short passes. A few passes to Myron Richardson, mixed with runs by Evans and a screen pass to Eric Hopkins, had the Cavs on the Monacan 24 with 57 seconds left. "I was worried to death," said Gregory. "He (Thornton) was picking us apart. The bad thing about it was I could envision them scoring, and us having no time, or little time, to retaliate." Earlier in the drive, MW had tried twice to get deep passes into the end zone. The third time was not a charm. Defensive back Kurt Heine stepped in front of a streaking Johnson at the goal line on the next play and picked off Thornton's pass to preserve the victory. Monacan had hung on. "They had been running that play all night and had been completing it," said Heine. "Finally, we got together and recognized it. It came to my side. I just jumped up, caught the ball and fell in the end zone. "The last game we played them, I didn't have a very good game. I haven't had a very good game (against MW) the last two years. I felt this game paid them back." To a man, the Chiefs conceded last night they didn't think they'd get to the regional. After all, this was a team that was 3-6-1 last year. Now, though, it's "On to the beach," the theme written on the blackboard in the locker room. Jotted beside it was, "Get out your Birdwells (Beach Britches). "At the beginning of the year, no way (I thought we'd win the final)," said Heine. "I thought we'd be competitive, but not this competitive. I can't wait to go to the beach. "We play better as underdogs. That's the way it's been all year. This whole year is a first for everything. This is the first time we've been in a tournament, the first time we've won a tournament and the first time we've beaten Marshall-Walker. It's a great feeling." |
BY TIM PEARRELL News Leader Sports Writer Allison Asher was taking batting practice. With fluid ease, the powerful first baseman rifled one line drive after another into left field.
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"I told Coach (Keith Daniels) he owed me a quarter," said Asher. "He told me the day before in practice he'd give me a quarter if I hit one out. I told him the second time around it's 50 cents." Asher was walked once intentionally, then hit two home runs over the left fielder's head yesterday on an open field at Clover Hill. But she says she's not a home-run hitter. "Rather than hitting home runs, I'd rather be a consistent, line-drive hitter," said Asher. "The first thing I thought when I saw the ball go was that I'd popped up, and that made me mad. My pet peeve is popping up. "They laugh at me because I talk to myself when I'm hitting. I look down at the bat and say something to myself that I need to work on in that game. What I said to myself (on the home runs) was shoulder up, head down and don't swing for the fence." Asher has helped Monacan swing undefeated regular seasons the past two years in the Central District. The Chiefs are tied for first place this season in the Dominion District. Asher is so strong she uses a 34-inch, 35-ounce bat. Even with a club like that, she stands with her back foot 1/2-foot in front of the plate. "I've got real strong arms and quick wrists," said Asher. "If I get in back of the plate, all I hit is foul balls down the third-base line. I've always been a pull hitter. "This year and last year, I've been trying to work on spreading myself out. I've been hitting the ball more up the middle." Still, Daniels has seen opposing teams put all of their outfielders in left field. It doesn't work. "They've loaded up on her before," said Daniels. "They'll put the left- fielder on the line, the center fielder in left and the right fielder in left-center. All three will be from left-center over. She'll stand in there, wait for an outside pitch, hit it up the middle and blow everybody's mind." |
Watch Asher on the field, and the Chiefs' captain is as much a vocal leader as she is a leader at the plate. She's always talking to everybody, letting them know the situation, or shouting encouragement. "She's just a great kid," said Daniels. "She helps everybody. And she knows the game. She's a fast-pitch player. "In three years, she's missed two practices, one because she had to go to a wedding in California and the other because she had a temperature of 103. The next day, she got out of the sick bed to come up here and take batting practice so she could play the next day." Asher came to Monacan from Maryland, a fast-pitch mecca. She'll probably be heading back north next year. She plans to play softball at St. Francis College in Loretto, Pa., where her father, Bill, went to school. "She's a sleeper," said Daniels. "Nobody knows about her. Fast-pitch softball isn't heavily recruited, but she's major college. She's a class act." |
BY VIC FULP T-D staff writer
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Rubber-armed Wesley wraps up region title for Chiefs By MIKE HODGE A couple of questions here: Just how does Moncan High's Rob Wesley do it?
And why hasn't his arm fallen off by now?
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Wesley and Dave Smith had key hits in the rally. Monacan's John Eliasek led off with a walk took second and third, when Whiteside tried to pick him off first and threw the ball into right field. Todd Campbell scored Eliasek with a ground ball. Two batters later, Aaaron Cannaday bunted and reached on a fielder's choice. Gordon Glidwell ran for him. He scored on Chris Porter's bunt. Wesley singled to right. That run scored when Smith singled up the middle. That made it 7-4, and Wesley retired the side on three weak pop ups. None were close to base hits. "Good Lord, I don't know if we would have ever hit him," Lee-Davis Coach Mickey Byrd said. That ensured Monacan of its second state Group AAA tournament appearance in six years. The last time the Chiefs made it this far was 1983. They lost in the first game. "They have an outstanding team," Byrd said. "I wouldn't be surprised if they won it." The Chiefs have heart. Last night's victory marked the second consecutive game that they came from behind to win. In both games, they trailed early but won both in extra innings. Last night's game went nine; the victory over J.R. Tucker took 10 and lasted until 1 a.m. "Guts," George said. "They're determined. They don't give up until the game is completely over." Stress the word "completely." Wesley: "We never quit. We showed that yesterday and today. We could have folded in the fifth." But the Chiefs didn't, and Lee-Davis' defense did, when it needed it the most. Monacan scored three runs to tie it. Smith, Mike Peasley and Dan Rogers got key hits. Smith and Peasley scored; Rogers had an RBI single. There no outs. Sheffield replaced Moore with the bases loaded and retired the next three batters, the No. 3, 4 and five hitters. A double play took care of the first two outs, a ground ball accounted for the third. The inning mirrored Lee-Davis' woes. The Confederates made the great plays -- they turned three double plays -- but they couldn't make routine ones. They had five errors. "The little plays hurt us on defense," Byrd said. "We didn't execute." |
BY SKIP WOOD Times-Dispatch staff writer Pummeling a widely held perception that Mills Godwin owned the area's
premier football team, Monacan ripped the Eagles 41-0 last night in the
semifinals of the Group AAA, Central Region, Division 6 playoffs
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Chiefs, Warriors Shake Up Region Playoffs Monacan Tears Apart Proud Eagles' Hope
By WELDON BRADHSAW The contrast was striking.
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Against the Eagles, a team which had allowed just 69 points in 10 games, tailback Leslie Hamlett scored four first-half touchdowns as the Chiefs dominated 28-0. The first three came on short runs following drives of 57, 72, and 76 yards. The fourth came on a four-yard pass from Bowler three plays after Chris Caffrey alertly scooped up an errant flare pass that was ruled a lateral and returned it 12 yards to the Godwin 5 just 1:38 before halftime. Hamlett, a 5-10, 175-pound junior, finished with 123 yards in 27 carries. Bowler picked up 50 yards, mostly on bootlegs, and completed six passes for 99 yards. "The key to our offense? Alonzo Bowler. He came out passing and opened up our running game," said Hamlett. "The draw worked as well as anything because their outside linebackers sprinted to the outside because or his passing and bootlegs, and that left the middle open for the draw. "And our line was unbelievable." From the beginning, the Monacan linemen simply beat the Eagles off the ball. Offensively, they protected Bowler and opened big holes for the assortment of opportunely called running plays called by Coach Buddy Gregory. Defensively, they allowed the Eagles, who had averaged 27 points per game, only 16 rushing yards and four first downs. "We watched the films and realized that Godwin is the best team we've played at firing off the ball," said Justin Andress, a 6-3, 245-pound senior who plays both ways at tackle. "We knew as good as they were that our front four had to keep their blockers off our linebackers so they could do the work. "After barely making it into the playoffs, we had a sense that this was a new season for us. Intensity was a big key." In the second half, the Chiefs scored twice more, once on a 16-yard connection from Bowler to Bill Scott and finally on a one-yard burst by Patrick French. Chris English was solid on five of his six conversion attempts. "We got a couple of breaks, but our line did a super job on both sides of the ball," said Gregory. "Godwin is a sound, consistent team that we figured wasn't going to do anything weird or fancy at this point in the season. "We just knew we had to play good, solid football, and our line did a great job. "When the opposing coach tells you that after the game, I guess it's gospel." |
Mike Gill made two saves in the shootout to lead Monacan to a 2-1 win over
Robinson last night in a Group AAA boys soccer quarterfinal, the first win for
a Central Region boys team in state competition.
Monacan (11-4-2), the Central Region champion, will play Woodbridge Friday night in Group AAA semifinal at a site to be determined. Woodbridge, the Northwestern Region champion, but Eastern runner-up Kecoughtan 1-0. Jimmy Biringer scored early in the second half to give the Chiefs a 1-0 lead, but Robinson's Tito Baptista scored two minutes later on a breakaway after a failed off-sides trap. The score remained tied through the remainder of regulation, two five- minute overtime periods and two five-minute sudden-death periods. The teams then went to a five-man shootout, with Monacan up first. Goals by Biringer, Marc Holley and Mark Janes gave Monacan a 3-2 lead, and Gill then stopped a shot by Jason Zawacki. After Micah Nu'Man scored Monacan's fourth goal, Gill blocked Baptista's shot to give the Chiefs the win. Gill and Randy Wirt split time in the Monacan net. Gill worked the first half, and Wirt was in goal for the second half, the two overtime periods and and the first sudden-death period.
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Gill helps Chiefs fell the Giant By MIKE HYLAND
Tom Federice, the Monacan High soccer coach, calls Mike Gill "a regular
guy. Not your typical wild and crazy goalkeeper." But Gill has every right
to be wild and crazy today.
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Shootouts are a guessing game, the goalies doing the guessing as to which way a shooter will go. But Gill doesn't completely guess. "The way a guy lines up and the way he bends his knee is a pretty good tipoff," said Gill. It was a chilly night, and Gill played only the first half and the final sudden-death overtime. He had one testing shot in the first half. He leaped to snuff a crackling shot he half saw. Gill, as usual, gave way to agile and solid Randy Wirt in the second half and the earlier OTs. "I went to Mike in the shootout `cause he's four inches taller than Randy," said Federice. Said Gill, "I ran around to stay warm in the OTs and took some shots from Paul (assistant coach Brophy) on the sidelines. The guys played great tonight, but Mark (Janes) and Charlie (Hudson) have carried us all year and were super on defense tonight." The two were adept at stopping rushes, and Hudson was one of several of the Chiefs (11-4-2) to protect the goal when play got behind a keeper. The Chiefs are young, starting only four seniors. And a sophomore got them going in the regulation and the shootout. Forward Jimmy Biringer scored early in the second half on a looping header just under the cross bar. "We'd put a free kick in deep and Robinson was trying to head it out. I was just hanging out at the 18 (yard-line) and it came perfectly to me," said Biringer. ' ' I can't believe it went in. I've never scored on a shot just like that." Baptista scored in close to knot it two minutes after Biringer's counter. Biringer led off the shootout, grazing one off the left post and by goalie Mark Nelson. "I knew I had to get my team off to a good start," said Biringer. Mark Holley and Janes followed with good ones off to the side for the Chiefs. And then fullback Micah Newman changed tactics. "I knew Nelson would guess to one side or the other. So I kicked one hard (and high) right at him," said Newman. That made four straight good ones. Nelson then stopped Hudson, but Gill dove left to stop Baptista and the yelping Chiefs stormed their goalie in jubilation. |
BY WELDON BRADSHAW T-D Prep Correspondent Monacan's thrilling 63-62 triple overtime victory over Midlothian in the
championship game of the Central Region girls basketball tournament at the
Ashe Center last night can best be summed up in two words: Tiffany Bower.
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"I was looking to drive and dish off. I tried that a couple of times, but
we turned the ball over, so I went ahead and took it myself."
The last play came with her team down one. As Midlothian guard Shannon Ewan dribbled just in front of the center circle with the Trojans in their spread offense, Bower stripped her of the ball, raced downcourt and banked in the winning layup. "I saw she was trying to slow the ball down and do a crossover dribble. She'd been doing that all night," said Bower, who will play for the University of Virginia next year. "I timed it well. It was just there for me." For the Chiefs (23-3), the victory was especially sweet considering the fact that Midlothian had hammered them by 22 and 26 in two regular season Dominion District games this year. "Basically, we talked about what we had to do to beat Midlothian was break their press," said Bower. "We said that we had to get the ball past their first three defensive players by making the long pass to midcourt. "That way, we wouldn't get trapped in the corner like they'd done to us before." After a 10-10 first period, the Chiefs went into halftime up 22-19 and increased their advantage to 37-24 at 1:33 of the third quarter. "I felt like we played a controlled game," said Monacan coach Rosalie Wallace. "We kept our turnovers to a minimum. We had everything to gain and nothing to lose." Down 41-29 early in the fourth quarter, the Trojans (24-3) went on an 18-6 run to even the score at 47 with 1:56 left in regulation. With 1:07 left and the Trojans up 51-48, Bower calmly sank a 3-pointer to tie the game and force the first overtime. |
"It's almost like we went into a cold spell," said Wallace. "Tiffany was so exhausted, but I couldn't take her out. "When we went into our spread offense and slowed it down, she had a chance to catch her breath." The score was tied at 53 after the first OT and at 58 after the second. Bower scored 10 of the Chiefs' 12 overtime points and dealt an assist to Sara Phenix, who scored the other two. Bower was joined on the all-tournament team by her teammate Tinsley Jones and Midlothian guards Ewan, Cox and Katie Tracy. By claiming the tournament championship, the Chiefs earned the right to stay in Richmond for the quarterfinals of the state tournament Monday while the Trojans travel to Norfolk. Monacan will play host to Salem of Virginia Beach (24-3), the Eastern Region runner-up, at the Ashe Center at 6 p.m., and Midlothian faces Menchville of Newport News (27-0), the Eastern champ, at the Old Dominion University fieldhouse, also at 6. |
BY FRED JETER Times-Dispatch Staff Writer The green-canvased left-field fence at the Monacan High softball field is 205 feet from home plate. Behind that is about 30 feet of grass and then some high weeds and a deep ditch.
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``We've only got one goal -- to get better each game,'' said Daniels. ``So far we've made mistakes, but we've been able to overcome them.'' Meadows, an All-Metro choice last season, is hitting better than .550 with a pair of homers. She spent the winter as a starting forward on the Monacan basketball squad. ``I think my power comes from being so active,'' said Meadows. ``I play softball spring, summer and fall . . . that's my real love. Then I play basketball in the winters. And during the last year, I've tried to work in some weight lifting. ``I'm always playing something.'' Meadows was second-team all-state as a freshman while helping Powhatan win the state Group A championship. She transferred to Monacan midway through her sophomore year. ``I'd like a state Group AAA championship to go with the A,'' she said. Meadows' homer off Manchester ended a remarkable pitching dual between Johnson and Moss. Both girls worked the full 10 innings. The next day, Moss went the distance in defeating Colonial Heights, which also has a standout pitcher in Martha Covington. ``Seventeen innings in two days -- not too bad,'' said Daniels. ``It showed a lot of guts.'' In her first three at-bats against Johnson, Meadows had struck out, singled and walked. ``I struck out my first time up, but I wouldn't let it get to me because I knew if it did, she would keep getting me out,'' said Meadows. ``I stood a little closer to the plate, because Coach Daniels suggested it. ``He said that Tasha kept the ball away when she got ahead on the count.'' It was on an 0-1 count that Meadows unloaded. The only other player to ever hit a fair ball out of the Monacan ballpark was Allison Asher in 1986. That year, Asher slammed two in one game. ``I couldn't believe it,'' said Meadows. ``The best I'd done before was a foul ball last year against Midlothian. What helped me this time was Natasha's speed on the ball. |
``I turned on the ball, and her speed helped the ball go.'' The Monacan bench erupted as the ball vacated the premises. ``It was very emotional,'' said Moss. ``We were all so excited we ran out on the field to congratulate her when she came to home plate.'' Meadows has high hopes of a college scholarship, and she is setting her goals high. The No. 1 school on her wish list is two-time defending NCAA champion Arizona. ``Michelle is a Division I prospect, no doubt,'' said Daniels. ``She has a great arm -- one of the best I've ever coached. She fields, runs the bases and she has all that power. ``Honestly, I think she could play on the boys baseball team, and Coach (David) George has said the same thing to me . . . she could play third for him. Michelle really comes to play. And that's a breath of fresh air.'' |
The Monacan boys volleyball team overcame a determined Tallwood squad 15-12, 7-15, 15-12, 13-15, 15-7 in a thriller to claim its first state title since 1982 at Salem High School yesterday afternoon.
The Chiefs avenged last year's loss in the state finals to First Colonial by dispatching of them in this year's semifinals. Senior middle blocker Andy Connor led the Chiefs with 23 kills in 26 hitting chances, and 6 blocks, including the match closer. "It was a well contested match. They're more of a defensive-oriented team and we're really balanced offensively," said Monacan coach Bill Reeves. "It was a classic offense vs. defense match and we knew we had to play good defense." Senior outside hitter Josh Shrader added 17 kills, and setter Eric Dye contributed 38 assists, 14 digs and 13 kills. |
Tuesday, November 24, 1998 notes:
Monacan volleyball coach Bill Reeves thought his team was a little bit better than average after the Chiefs' record stood at 6-3 midway through the regular season. Now, the Chiefs are the best boys team in the state after winning the Group AAA title Saturday at Salem High in Virginia Beach. The victory over Tallwood of Virginia Beach was the 14th in the past 15 matches for Monacan. "They showed that hard work and determination paid off in the end," Reeves said. "After losing to First Colonial in the final last year [in the first state boys tournament], they set goals to beat Clover Hill and win the state." Five of the six Chiefs on the floor when Monacan won Saturday will graduate. Juniors John Feeney and Al Arrington will lead the returnees. |
Reeves credited Feeney with "coming up big" and providing a needed spark in the Dominion District and Central Region tournaments. Arrington, the starting middle blocker, had 10 point blocks and 10 kills in the state tournament. "I'm already thinking about the changes . . . I'm enthusiastic about next year," Reeves said. --By TIM PEARRELL and ARTHUR UTLEY, Times-Dispatch Staff Writers |
Chiefs' Schrader brings heat in volleyball, too
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Ask Andy: Monacan senior had all the answers
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