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I I'agc 10-B?THK BRUNSWICK BKAC1 LADY TROJANS FALTER?Suzanne footing as Socastee guard Teish Holme.* the 1-adv Trojans' 40-23 loss last week. 1 while only three West Brunswick girls i SPORTING SCENE Beach Ball Cl< Best Prep Tec BY JOHNNY CRAIG I The sixth annual Beach Ball i Classic tournament, billed as the na- t i tion's best high school holiday I basketball event, is nearing tipoff l time at host Socastce High School t aIIU U1C (IViu 13 pUSSIUlV one 01 me strongest ever. s The four-dav tournament is set for ? December 27-30. with another all-star t lineup featuring some of the best f prep talent in the country. a Headlining this year's eight-team a field will be two-time defending na- ^ tional champion DeMatha of Hyattsville. Maryland. The Stags won the j 1584 and 1985 tournament cliampion- ? ships and look again to be this year's j favorite. ( legendary Stag coach Morgan | Wootten won his 800th career game in \ last year's Beach Ball Classic and has a pair of all-Americans to lead [ his team to a possible third-straight ; title. a Another top team this year will be Archbishop Molloy of New York City. c The Stanners won the 1983 tourna- j ment and appear to have the talent to $ give DeMatha a run for the title. Stanners coach Jack Curran has won more than 560 games at Molloy. One of Curran's most recent products s from Molloy is all-Arnerican guard S Kenny Smith, now at tlie University s of North Carolina. The New York state champions h i>ingnamlor. Patriots will also be par- C ticipating in the tourney. The Pats c return four starters from last year's stale championship team and feature a one of the best point guards in the na- p tion?King Rice. Mercer Island is the first team p from Washington state to play in the tournament. The Islanders are both a v northwestern and national power and f will travel over 3,000 miles to com- G pete h Mercer is led by coach Ed Pepple s who lias registered 462 wins with the Islanders. 0 PainLsville, Kentucky, is also par- fr ticipating in its first Beach Ball r Classic. The Tigers return four V starters from last year's team and is b the smallest school t enrollment > to ever enter the tourney p The Tigers have a team GPA s (grade point average) of 3.25 as c Paintsville is considered one of the h best academic schools in the nation, v The remaining three teams are a from South Carolina?Kau Claire (Columbia), Myrtle Beach and host Socastee. Kau Claire is making its second ap- * pearance in the tournament and is f led by a pair of NCAA Division I pro- ( spects. Myrtle Beach came within several f seconds of defeating Archbishop 5 Molloy for the 1083 championship, ( The Seahawks have plenty of talent s returning from last year's team including 6-foot-5 ail-American Eric t GrLssctt. 1 Host Socastee enters this year's 1 tourney with possibly its strongest a team ever. t The Braves return a load of talent that advanced to the Region 5 tourna- <1 ment scmifinaLs last year bow ing out I to eventual state 4-A champion West i Florence. Teams from a dozen different ' states and Washington, DC have par- t ticipated in the previous five tour- c 4 IN. Thursday. December II. 1986 f MBM Evans of West Brunswick loses her ;(3) drives toward the basket during Holmes led all players with 22 points managed to score. uss/c Brings ims To Area laments. While Mercer Island Washington) is the most distant earn in this year's tourney, teams rom California and Alaska have venured to Myrtle Beach in earlier tour laments. The first round of the event will be et for the first two days i Dec. 27-281. iemifinals will be held Dec. 29 with he championship scheduled the ollowing night. In addition to the championship ind consolation games, there will ilso be games for fifth through eighth ilaces. Opening-round games i7 and 9 i.m. i set for the first night will be iocastee?Archbishop Molloy and 3inghamlon--Myrtle Beach. The se:ond night of openers has Mercer Island?Eau Claire and DcMalha? Paintsville matchups. The Socastee gum can seat 3.000 )ut. as usual, this year's tournament s expected to be a sellout with tickets it a premium. Ticket information is available by ailing 803-293-1133 or by writing to leach Ball Classic, !}0* Box 15403. urfside Beach, SC 29578. Shrine Bow/ Set The 50th annual Shrine Bowl high chool football game will be played atiirdav in Charlotte's Memorial tadium. The game annually pits the top iioh cohnnl fastball nl0..0~ !arolina against those of South Carolina. Players on both 35-member teams rrived in Charlotte last Saturday for ractice throughout the week. The ame will kickoff Saturday at 1:30 .m. The players spent last Sunday isiting patients at the Shriners lospital for Crippled Children in ireenvillc, SC. Each year the ospital is the benefactor of the alltar game. Whiteville's Roosevelt CoLson Ls the nly player for the Waeeainaw Conerencc area on the North Carolina oster. Colson, a tailback with the t'olfpack, was listed as a defensive iack for the charity game. Several of North Carolina's top layers will miss the game as the tate championships in ail four testifications will be held Friday. A tandful of participants from teams rhich advanced to the finals have ilready been replaced. Hosts I A Finals The nearby Tabor City Red Devils rill host the state 1-A football ehamtionship Friday against Murphy lounty. The Red Devils failed in their bid or a 2-A title in 1078 to champion daiden. That w as the last time Tabor "ity captured the eastern championihip. Talior City (13-1 and runners-up in he Southern Eight Conference) is iack again eight years later and on a iifforcnt level. Only this time iiuiiiiu, me iilu i?VIis are the host earn. In other grid charnpionsh-os to lie lecided Friday, a pair of 13-1 teams tattle for the 2-A title when Ix?xntftnn hosts Ahoskic. Unbeaten Haveloek (14-0t visits helby (12-1-1) in the 3-A title fjame ind Kayctteville 71st r 13-1 > entcrains West Charlotte f 13-1?for the 4-A championship. Lady Tro BY JOHNNY CRAIG The West Brunswick girls saw ; their record dip to 0-3 last week with a pair of nonconfcrence basketball t road lasses to I laggard and Soeastee. t SC. The Lady Trojans ended the week's action with a 53-3fi defeat at lloggard while earlier suffering a 40*23 setback to Soeastee After playing its first three games away. West Brunswick returns home Friday in a rematch with Hoggard then entertains Topsail Tuesday. Hoggard After h:itfline the LA I *iHt* Vikin... on even terms in the opening quarter. West Brunswick saw host Haggard erupt in the second and thin! periods enroute to a 17-point win. its second in as many games. The two teams ended the first period deadlocked at 4-1 before Hoggard used a 14-point second quarter to take an 18-10 halftimo lead. Hoggard kept its offense in high gear throughout the third period as the 1 ady Vikings increased their lead to 18 points, 37-19. The lady Trojans failed to cut into the Hoggard lead significantly in the final quarter despite 16 points in the closing eight minutes. Jane Cause led West Brunswick scoring with 18 points ami Ccrnldine Hill added nine. Score By Quarters W.Brunswick 4 6 9 16?36 Hoggard 4 14 19 16-53 West Brunswick Scoring: Gause 18. Hill 9. Jackson 2. Bnrdin 3. Hewett 2. S.Evans 2. Hoggard Scoring: Birzenieks 6. Nagle 19. Makowski 10. Kelly 9. Wiggins 2. O'Shields 7. Socastee. SC Only three Lady Trojans hit the scoring colunui in last Tuesday's 40-23 loss at Socastee. West Brunswick fell behind early and trailed 10-4 at the end of the first quarter and 21-12 at the half. However, the Iadv Trojans cut into the Socastee advantage and pulled flj within five. 23-18. with 5:20 to play in the third quarter. After a quick Socastee timeout, the Lady Braves took control once more I to take a 27-19 lead with 1:54 left in s the period. By the end of the quarter. i Unbeaten No North Brunswick ran its unbeaten 10 record to 3-0 last week with a pair of sc nonconference wins over 1-A opponents Topsail and Acme-Delco. pc 10 The Scorpions opened the week with a 66-12 defeat of Topsail and con- ? eluded play with a 61-53 win over Acme-Delco. Myron Perkins led North Brunswick in the win over Acme Delco with 19 points and Martin Blue had 16. Gerald Graham led the Trojans with 19 points. The Scorps handed Topsail its third straight loss earlier in the week as Randy Hill scored 20 points to lead North Brunswick. Myron Perkins had 12 points and Ricky Southerland Trojan JV Drop Pair The West Brunswick junior varsity last its first two games of the season last week to nonconference foes Socastec, SC and Hoggard. The Trojan JV opened the week's action with a 44-19 defeat toSocastee <1-0) then dropped a 63-48 decision to Hoggard. West Brunswick (1-2) will host Hoggard in a rematch Friday. Eric Simmons led the Trojans in the loss to Socastce with six points while Simmons, Daniels and EricHardy combined for 34 points in the Hoggard defeat. Tracy Jackson, Carlton Prickett and Bob Robinson led Hoggard (1-1) as the trio combined for 42 points. The Trojan JV will be at homeTuesday for its final nonconference S. Brunswick Nips SW Onslow South Brunswick uppcd its record to 2-1 last week with a 51-15 nonconference win over Southwest Onslow. Bo Wise led the Cougars with 20 points and Dean FormyDuval had 11. South Brunswick continued nonlcaguc play Friday liostiiu; New Hanover (Wilmington). jans Swept wvaslir had tipped its marp.iii to 10, {9-10. West Brunswick could get no closer han 10 points in the last quarter as he 1 <ady Braves scored the final seven points of the (lame to win their trasou opener. .lane (iause led West Brunswick ! [HH IU.I. TEAMED?Socastec's Trclsl urrouudrd 1?\ West Brunswick dcfrndci lonconfcrnire Ramp Inst week. On th r+h Brunswick D l In round out the lop Scorpion orcrs. Steve Sidbury led Topsail with H > lints followed by John Sidbury with '1 FORD, LINCC ajf Rig! TIP? Fix My free Lift I do quality service work, i it up like nobody else. Wit Lifetime Seance Guarantt ever need to have your Ft Mercury, Lincoln or Ford 1 fixed, you pay once, and I tee that if the covered part to be fixed again, I'll fix it/ parts. Free labor. 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Smith 2. (Irif) (in Hacks. Coleman. I .nil. i Tonya Hewctt (left), Suzanne Evans llltv Ml'MllI It'll i fit'III i KiipikIko u on I ison npruer 40-23. Acme-Delco Soulherlnnd 10. Perkins 12. Johnson 8. Blue 7. Cnrtrcttc 2. Topsail Scoring: S.Sidbury H. J.Sidbury 10. Ross 8. Toby 3. Sullivan 2. S.Shcpnrd 2. Pate 2. W.Shcpard 1. RY OWNERS: 99 Guarantee! s as long as you own No matter where or >ught it My free Lifetime rantee. It means "I fix it free." Come in for keeps. | ), INC. 51 I
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