B{JENA VISTA - The Bath County Chargers lost the with a 8-2 mark in the Pioneer and a 16-3
neer and a 16-3 overall record. bye~s and D-2 will take eight teams with the top four teams
first volleyball set to the homestanding Parry McCluer·
Blues but bounced back to take the match, 14-25, 25-20,
25-18,25-13, Thursday night.
Amelia Walters slapped a game-high 12 kills for the
Chargers as they secured a second-place Pioneer District
regular-season finish.
Charger setter Emily.Bartley spread 25 assists around
to the Bath frout line on the evening. Katelyn Rice was on
the receiving end of 'five while Jordan Fry and Amanda
Shifflett each killed fonr.
Bekka Pauley had the host serving hand for Bath and
registered five aces and aced two.
The game ending the season for the Chargers
Three former Bath County High School athletes are
playing college sports at three schools across Virginia
this fall.
In Lynchburg, Tommy Shaver and the Liberty Uni-
versity football team rolled to its fourth staight win with
a 34-24 road victory over Presbyterian in Big South play.
Shaver, the Flames' starting tight end, had one catch for
four yards and played special teams in the contest.
"It was a 'good win on the road in the conference for
us," said Shaver, "I played all right, had one catch and
blocked pretty well."
For the season, Shaver has eight catches for 104
yards, averaging 13.0 yards per catch, and two kickoff
returns for 30 yards. He has caught passes in six straight
.games.
LU, winners offour straight, improved to 6-2 overall
and 4-0 in the Big South. The Flames, ranked no.12/14
in FCS,entertain Gardner-Webb on Saturday at 3:30
p.m. "They have been up and down," Shaver said of
this week's opponent. LU games can be heard locally
on 103.5 FM.
In Newport News, Jim King and the Christopher
Newport University football team won its third straight
Bath, Highland post season sports schedule
Thursday, Nov. 4
Cross Country Regione Championships @ Giles, 2 p.m.
. Friday, Nov. S
Football @Pendleton, 7:30 p.m,
Saturday, Nov. 6
Volleyball @James River
Pioneer District Semifinals at 2 and 3:30 p.m.
Pioneer District Finals at 7 p.m:
Wednesday, Nov. 10
Volleyball Region C, 0-1 quarterfinals at Eastern
Montgomery; 6 and 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 11
Volleyball Region C, 0-1 Finals at Eastern
Montgomery, 7 p.m.
Saturday the Chargers will be going for a fifth-straight
Pioneer tourney title hosted by James River in Buch-
ana"n. ' George Wythe in the new Region C format.
The semifinals begin at 2 p.m. with James.River playing
either Parry McCluer or Covington and Bath playing Craig
in the following game around 3:30. The winners will play
for the tournament hardware at 7 p.m. in the finals.
This year the Region C volleyball tournament divides
into the Division land Division 2 fannat currently used
for football.
Instead of eight teams (district regular season and
tournament winners from the fOUf Region Cdistricts) the
D-l will take six teams with the top two getting first round
game with a 27 -21 win over Ferrum in USA South play.
King, the Captains' starting pnnter, did not play due
to an injury. "I have a partially dislocated knee," said
King. "It gave out on me in practice. I had been kicking
too much."
King said he,.is definitely out for this week's game. "I
can't explode off of it," he said, "I have been rehabbing
it and hopefnlly I will be back next week. I'm staying
optimistic."
For the season, King has 29 pnnts for 1,133 yards,
averaging 39.1 yards per kick, with a long of 52. He also
has one kickoff for 47 yards and one tackle.
CNU, winners of three straight, improved to 4-4 overall
and 4-1 in the conference heading into this ·week's game
at Maryviile (Tenn.).
In Ashland, Hillary Jessee and the Randolph-Macon
women's volleyball team is all over the country picking
up wins.
The Yellow Jackets picked up fonr wins in Atlanta last
week at the Emory tournament and Jessee has seen her
playing time increase.
In a 3-0 win over Christopher Newport, she had one
kill and one block assist; six kills, one set assist, one dig,
Friday, Nov. 12
Football vs. THO, Region C, 0-1 quarterfinals, 7
p.m. (If necessary)
Saturday, Nov. 13
Cross Country State Championships @ Great
Meadow in Warrenton, 9 a.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 16 .
Volleyball Group A, 0-1 Quarterfinals hosted by
Region Champ, THA.
Friday, Nov. 19
Volleyball Group A, 0-1 semifinals at VCU in
Richmond, 10:30 a.m. amd 12:30 p.m.
Football vs. THO, Region C, 0-1 semifinals, 7 p.m.
getting quarterfinal home games.
Bath will not play James River, Radford, Auburn, or
The way things stand now the Chargers will get a
number-two seed behind 'Galax barring an upset in the
Pioneer tourney. .
If so, Bath will get a first-round bye, and play in the
Region C, D-I semifinals next Wednesday, Nov. 10th, at
Eastern Montgomery at 7:45 p.m. Eastern Montgomery
hosts the finals Thursday at 7 pm.
The official Region C patings will be.announced Sun-
day.
two solo blocks and six block assists in a 3-1 win over
Birmingham-Southern; five kills, three digs and four
block assists in a 3-I-win over Berry.
. The freshman left hitter also had one dig, one kill
and one block assist in a 3-0 loss to Emory and eight
kills, two set assists, one dig and one block assist in a
3-0 win over Maryville.
Prior to playing in Georgia, R-M traveled to Califor-
nia for a tournament. "We got to meet Gene Simmons
of KISS," Jessee said. "His daughter plays for Ponoma-
Pitzer. We got our picture taken with him."
The Yellow Jackets head into the Old Dominion
Athletic Conference tournament on Friday as the de-
fending champion and top seed. R-MC, 22-7 overall,
faces Bridgewater in the opening match on Friday at 4
p.m. at Hollins University in Roanoke.
"We played Emory pretty tough as they are ranked
no. 2in the country," said Jessee. "We have no doubt
that we can beat any of these teams we play in the.
tournament."
For the season, Jessee has 66 kills, 17 set assists,
18 digs, 10 solo blocks, 40 block assists and two serve
aces.
Saturday, Nov. 20
Volleyball Group A, 0-1 Finals at VCU in
Richmond, lp.m.
Snead tees offin rexas
SAN ANTONIO - Champions Tour golfer J.C.
Snead had a 75th place at the AT&T Championship
last week. The Hot Springs pro fired rounds of 79-
75-75.229, 16-over-par.
Snead, who recently turned 70, won $1,015 and
has earned $13,491 in five tournaments this year.