Salem

SALEM, Va. -- Despite three hits from Wady Almonte, the Salem Avalanche defeated the Frederick Keys, 4-3, yesterday in a Single-A Carolina League game.First baseman Tom Russin added two hits for Frederick, which heads to Lynchburg today to begin a four-game series with the Hillcats after taking two of three from the Avalanche.Keys second baseman Lincoln Martin went hitless, ending his seven-game hitting streak.Pub Date: 4/15/96

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Gone is the smell of cured tobacco, the rich, almost food-like aroma that used to hang over the city day and night.Most of the huge red-brick cigarette factories remain and still fill block after block of the downtown, but they're vacant now or used for something else. The dominant features now are skyscrapers owned by insurance companies and banks.For nearly a century, it was hard to tell where Winston-Salem left off and R. J. Reynolds tobacco began. But not any more.

BOWIE -- Freshman Ryan Pigford scored two touchdowns and Bowie State limited Winston-Salem State to 180 yards en route to a 20-7 victory yesterday in a Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association game.Bowie State (3-5, 3-4) limited Richard Huntley, the CIAA's leading rusher, to 52 yards on 17 carries. Huntley, who came in averaging 215 yards a game, was ejected late in the third quarter.Pigford broke a 7-7 tie with 1:29 left in the quarter on a 31-yard touchdown run, capping a three-play, 37-yard drive.

You know the feeling -- the lemming-like fervor that propels you as you set out for a vacation at Cape May, Stone Harbor or some other spot along the Jersey shore.You can't wait to feel the sand, to dive into the surf, to start getting some return for the hundreds of dollars you're shelling out for a beachfront condo.So you set your baseball cap a little lower and press a little harder on the gas pedal. Stop for a meal? No chance. Drinks? Only if the van's air-conditioning breaks down.But there is another way.See those highway exit signs flashing by, touting towns such as Salem and Millville?

FREDERICK -- David Lamb's two-out double drove home Trovin Valdez with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth last night, giving Frederick a 4-3 Carolina League victory over Salem at Grove Stadium.Valdez had singled against losing pitcher Jeff Sobkoviak (0-1) and then stolen second.The top two batters in the Keys' order -- Valdez and Lamb -- combined for seven hits, including two doubles by Lamb, and had a hand in all four runs.Salem (20-18) had tied it at 3 in the top of the ninth against Keys closer Chris Lemp on a double by Brian Culp, an error and two walks.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Kevin English scored 15 points as Bowie State defeated Winston-Salem State, 62-61, last night.David Burgin contributed 11 points and 14 rebounds for Bowie State. Phenizee Ransom had 18 points and William Gray scored 14 for Winston-Salem State.BOWIE STATE -- Patterson 3-7 3-6 9, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Burgin 5-18 0-1 11, Wright 3-12 3-4 9, Marvin 1-4 5-6 7, King 1-2 0-1 2, Gumbs 0-0 1-2 1, Moore 3-6 0-0 6, English 7-10 0-0 15, Combs 1-2 0-0 2, Carter 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-63 12-20 62.WINSTON-SALEM STATE -- Ransom 7-18 4-6 18, Salley 1-3 1-4 3, Deng 2-2 0-4 4, Herron 2-4 2-3 6, Martin 0-2 1-2 1, Blanton 0-1 0-0 0, Powers 1-5 2-7 4, White 1-1 0-0 2, Middleton 4-7 1-4 9, Gray 6-12 1-2 14. Totals 24-55 12-32 61.Halftime--Bowie State, 29-27.

FIRE* Winfield: Winfield and Mount Airy investigated an alarm in a building in the 4400 block of Salem Bottom Road at 8:45 a.m. Thursday. Units were canceled after two minutes.

FREDERICK -- Matt Jarvis, Scott Conner and Chris Lemp combined on a three-hit, seven-inning shutout as the Frederick Keys defeated the Salem Buccaneers, 2-0, in the first game of a doubleheader.Frederick, 21-11 in the second half, is 3 1/2 games ahead of Prince William in the Northern Division of the Single-A Carolina League.Jarvis yielded one hit and struck out four in five innings of work. Lemp allowed a hit and a walk in the ninth but recorded his 17th save.Roy Hodge and Lincoln Martin each had RBI singles for the Keys, who also had only three hits.

FIRE* Winfield: Winfield responded for a truck fire near the intersection of Bloom and Salem Bottom roads at 7:04 a.m. Wednesday. Units were out 42 minutes.

SALEM, Va. -- The Frederick Keys used four home runs and a four-run seventh inning to defeat Salem, 11-8, in the Carolina League opener for both teams last night. Bryan Link and Billy Owens each had three hits for the Keys. Catcher B.J. Waszgis hit a three run homer in the Keys' seventh.