Page lft-B?THE BRUNSWICK BE; Blue De> BY JOHNNY CRAIG Clarkton played spoiler Frida; night in the debut of Scorpion coacl Clark Harrell as the Blue Devils tool a 14-12 rain-mared win over hos North Brunswick. The Scorps played error-free foot ball throughout the first two quarter; but coughed the ball up twice in thi final half?the first of which the Blui Deviis turned into the game-winning touchdown. "We left the ball on the ground toe much," said Harrell on the Scorpion? two miscues. "We also let Clarktor off the hook with useless penalties. We are a better team than we showed tonight and we are certainly going to lie." Trailing 12-6, Clarkton defensive lineman Wilbert Lennon recovered * SCORPION FUMBLE?North Brun Keith Woodcock (10) Is wrapped defender after fumbling during Frldi Pende South Brunswick got a rude awakening to the new prep football season Friday us Pender routed the visiting Cougars 25-6. The bigger Patriots, runners-up in the Three Itivcrs 3-A Conference a year ago, broke from a scoreless first quarter to score four times in the sePnttrl utwl tLie,i ?I- a. 1-t ?L ...... .11 HI LI ill II J?.:i uius IU DlOW lilt' game open Pender look advantage of a pair of Cougar turnovers In the second quarter for its first two scores. Pat fulllMick Kevin Penigar (5-10, 220) scored the first Pender touchdown with Just over a minute played In the second quarter following Kicky Carr's recovery of a fumble by South Brunswick's Quentin McCracken. Four plays after the turnover, Penigar went in front the 20 while IX-an Herring added the extra point for a 7-0 lead, latter in the quarter, Pender's SPORTING SCENE Rains Pla< Prep Ope BY JOHNNY CRAIG Although only one game was postponed because of Friday's downpours, mast prep coaches were tar from pleased with their teams' opening play It seemed the slopy and inconsistent play by area teams went hand-in-hand with the adverse weather conditions last weekend. Two of three Brunswick County teams opened last week with neither the Cougars or Scorpions making a successful debut. South Brunswick probably faced the toughest opening opponent of anyone in lYnder. The huge Patriots simply overpowered smaller South Brunswick. I! S although the Cougars lost four of eight fumbles North Brunswick was the only county team to open at home as the Scorpions dropped a disappointing 14-11 loss to Clarkton. The Scorpe wishbone offense worked to near perfection early but two turnovers u the second half proved to tx disastrous The first turnover proved to be tN must costly as quarterback Kelt) Woodcock fumbled deep in Scorpior territory Clark ton had little problen in scoring Just three pla> s (oUowtni the nusoue and North Rmnswici could never muster another scorirq drive. South Robeson opened on a sue cessful note with a 20-12 win ovei ' 4 ICON, Thursday, September S, 1985 ils Edge Nc Scorpion quarterback Keith Wood/ cock's fumble at the North i Brunswick seven yard line with 5:43 c to play in the third quarter, t Three plays later, Alfred Baldwin scored from the four yard line and also ran for the two-point conversion - for the winning margin with 4:22 to play in the period. "This is a tough game to swallow. Our offense sputtered and we failed to break the game open when we had the chance in the first half, con1 tinued Harrell. ' North Brunswick took a 6-0 lead on 1 its second possession of the game taking advantage of a Blue Devil ' fumble at the Clarkton 27 yard line. 1 Following I-anier Sloan's 20-yard run to the Clarkton three, Woodcock scored two plays later on a 10-yard keeper with 2:52 left with the Blue ^NflSk" swick quarterback contest. Wllbert i a up by a Clarkton and Clarkton wet ay's nonconfercnce touchdown just thr r Rolls Past Sc Maurice Simpson intercepted Cougar quarterback Glyn McCuen's pass to set up the Pats next score. Two two plays following the miscue, Penigar scored again on a two-yard dash and Herring added the extra point for a 14-potnt halftime lead. Pender took a 21-0 lead with 8:24 to play in the third quarter on Thomas Smith's 50-yard run with Herring kicking the extra point. wtui 1:57 lo play in Uie period, Sean Lewis scored on a 66-yard run and Herring added his fourth extra point for u 26-0 spread. South Brunswick prevented the shutout with 5:12 to play when McCuen connected with Darius Wise on a six-yard scoring pass to highlight a 65-yard Cougar drive. Penigar led the Patriots with 102 yards rushing on 16 carries. South Brunswick visits Hoggard gue fners Saint Pauls. The Mustangs, coining off a 6-t season last year, look to be the choice to land one of the Waccamaw Conference's three playoff spots according to a number of league coaches. The only game involving an art a team was West Columbus' opener at Acme-Delco The contest whs played on Saturday but West Columbus had little problem in outmamng the 1-A Trojans, 41-6 1 The opening win by such a convincing score, regardless ofthe opponent, i has to be a big boost to Viking coach i Dave Pless West Columbus is rebuilding alter a i-6 season in 'S4 m which the Vikings came within a game o( finishing in the Three Rivers > Conference cellar 1 Both North and South Brunswick i continue nonconference play Friday while F-ast Bladen. West Brunswick, t Fairmont and Whiteville take the ( field for the first time Kast Bladen visits Clinton, I Whitevitle hosts Bladenboro. Fairi moot entertains Orrum while West i Brunswick travels to Pender i Both North and South Brunswick t travel Friday in search of first wins, i North Brunswick visits Dixon while I South Brunswick meets 4-A Haggard West Columbus and South Robeson both have an open date before returnr ing to action next Friday K ff " * * *<* "* . ' >rth Brunswi Devils blocking the extra-point attempt. Clarkton pulled even with 3:46 left in the half on a 61-yard, 11-play drive capped by quarterback Waymond McKoy's 20-yard scoring pass to Montreal Freeman on a key thirdand-12 situation. However, the Blue Devils failed on the two-point conversion try. Scorpion haifoack Chubby Sanders gave the lead back to North Brunswick just minutes later on the longest scoring play of the game. On the third play of the drive, Sanders broke into the Blue Devil secondary and outran several Clarkton defenders 46 yards for the score. The extra-point attempt failed again but North Brunswick took a 12-6 lead with 2-4(1 left V* v - cyN X * nnon (39) pounced en the loose ball it on to score the game-winning ec plays later. I juth's Cougar: Friday in next action while Pender hosts West Brunswick. Kickoff for ! both games is 8 p.m. THE YARDSTICK S.Brunswick Pender 8 First Downs 11 234 Rushing Yardage 121 0 Passing Yardage 95 0-3 Passes Att-Comp. 20-10 0 Passes Int. By 1 5-31 Punts (No. Avg.) 6-38 3 Fumbles l-ost 4 75 Yards Penalised 84 James Bradley announces t of his offi Practice oj VOO )/nt/n>n Drive ).iu/>on Bench ? YH| MU*rttSKH MAI ON I ? EY v r or ( l I Q. Why wrrr my nfw glasses more rxornslvr than mv t . husband's? A- Everyone's eyes are different. Some of us need more complicated prescriptions that may cost more Your doctor of optometry can POATON