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ro|ans Travel To Fairmont In Search Of First League Win
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BY JOHNNY CRAIG
After a M start, the West Brunswick Trojans have
suffered defeats against two of the best 2-A football
teams m the statc-Whiteville and East Bladen, The Tro-
“PPonent of unbeaten
Whiteville and Last Bladen in '87 has tasted defeat The
ou\y problem for the Trojans is they just happen to be in
CougTrT*^ conference as the powerful Wolfpack and
And while a 3-2 overall record is better than some
grid teanLs in the area can boast of, it is the 0-2 Wac-
camaw Conference mark that Trojan coach Marshall
Seay hopes to improve upon Friday when West
Brusnwick visits Fairmont in a key league matchup.
Both Fairmont and West Brunswick enter the game
without a conference win. The loser will drop to 0-3 Tn the
league and face a near impassible La.sk of climbing hack
into the .state playoff picture with only four ganies re
maining.
The Golden Tornadoes won as many games after the
second «eek of this season than the previous two years
combined. Back-to-back 1-9 seasons came to an abrupt
halt this year as k'airmont shot out to a 2-0 start including
a 1.3-6 overtime upset of defending state 1-A eastern
champion Tabor City and a 7-0 shutout of Orrum.
Ihe win over labor City was Fairmont’s biggest
since 1983 when the Golden Tornadoes won the 2-A Divi
sion II eastern championship.
Since downing the Red Devils, the Golden Tornadoes
have suffered a relapse with losses to St. Pauls (21-0),
Whiteville (.37-0) and East Bladen (37-6).
Although Fairmont has 15 returning starters from a
SPORTING SCENE
Waccamaw Titio
To Be Settled Friday
year ago, only 10 players on head coach Steve Hagen's
43-man roster had more than five games of varsity e.\-
perience entering this season.
The increased team numbers has enabled Hagen to
implement a strict two-platoon system with .separate of
fensive and defensive squads.
Such a system has Hagen in hopes of wearing down
opponenU and making it easier to implement offensive
and defensive adjustments during a game.
leading the Fairmont offense is fullback David
Barber, a 5-foot-ll, 180-pounder who will lie the key to the
Golden Tornado wishbone. Barber gives speed to his
large frame turning in a time of 4.6 in the 40-yard dash.
The Fairmont wishbone piled up 222 yards on tlie
gro-.md in the upset win over Tabor City.
Directing Fairmont at quarterback Ls .sophomore
Greg Davis (5-!0, !&5i who was moved up from the junior
varsity team late last season.
Senior Phillip Ixiggett (5-8, 150), who .started la.st
year at quarterback, has been moved to one halfback
spot. Senior Darryl McCormick (5-8, 165), junior Darrell
Ford (5-7,140) and Richard Thompson (5-11,195i all split
time at the other halfback position.
Thompson is the fastest player on the Fairmont
roster with a 4.46 time in the 40.
Thompson and I.£ggett both scored touchdowns in
Fairmont’s win over Tabor City.
James Gilchrist, who scored Fairmont’s only
touchdown in the loss last week to East Bladen, is also
another running treat.
Anchoring the Fairmont offensive line will be
sophomore center Joseph Johnson (5-8,230), guards Matt
Buie (5-8, 215, jr.) and Ale.x Collins (5-11, 170, .sr.i and
210, sr. I and t'orey
Uickles Tony Brockington (5-io,
Fullmore (5-8. 260, so.i.
Leading the Golden I ornado receiving corps at split
end are .sophomore Kicky .Stephens (5-7, 1.35, .so.i and
senior Lenwowl Taylor (5-7, 150).
Tight ends include a pair of seniors in Kevin Holl
ingsworth (6-3, 170) and Andy Collins (5-11, 170).
.Seven defensive starters return for Fairmont in
cluding junior inside linebacker Troy Sealy (6-1,225) who
was an ail-conference offensive lineman in '86.
Another linebacker. Tim Pittman, (6-1, 2.30, jr. i also
gives the Golden Tornado stop unit leadership.
Junior nose guard Charles Jones (5-5.155) is perhaps
the team s strongest player with a 2u0-pound bench pre-.ss
and a 425-pound .squat. In addition to his strength. .Jones
al.so has a 4.8 tunc in the 4U.
Bobbie Hill (5-9, !65) wil! be a kev at defensive
tackle.
Seeing time at ouLside linebacker are sophomore
Darrell Gilchri.st (5-9, 145). junior .Michael Taylor )6-,3,
225) and senior Reginald .McCallum (5-9, 170).
IX'fensive backs for Fairmont include George Inman
(5-1,145) and speely Colon RoberLs (1.6 speed in the 40).
Junior Mitchell Bullock (5-8, 150) is a secondary key
at cornerback.
Hagen is high on the Fainnont strength program and
feels that (weight training i is the key to football success.
1-ainnont has managed just .six poinLs in the la.st
three games. .Meanwhile, the Trojans have scored just
.seven points in the past two outings.
Since Trojan tailback Ronald Uincc has been slowed
with an ankle injury, head coach .Marshall Seav has been
forced to revamp his running offense.
l-ance ran for only .32 yards in the 19-7 lo.ss to
Whiteville last week to bring his sea.son total to 721 yards
after five games.
Five different running backs saw action last week
against the Wolfpack including Bo.s.sy Clemmons who ran
for a career-high 36 yards on five carries. Also seeing
playing time were Chris Bryant (14 yards), Jeff Bernard
' lo vaio.si and Corey llankiiLs (5 yards).
While '^foot-3. 185-pound junior Gary Gore has been
ine leading i i'ujan receiver, split end iony Graham
emerged to catch three Raymond Howard pas.ses last
week for 28 yards.
West Brunswick won last year’s meeting 35-14 as the
Golden Tornadoes lo.st their first eight games.
Despite early success, both West Brunswick and
Fairmont have tiad trouble .scoring points in the past
three weeks.
(iraham, who also doubles as a defensive back, pick
ed off a John Plasky pass last week to end a possible
Whiteville scoring drive.
Howard neared the 400-yard mark in passing this
sea.son last week completing six of 1.3 for 45 yards and two
interceptions. The sophomore has thrown for 392 yards in
the first-half of the .season.
Lineman .Jon Gore recovered a Whiteville fumble
early in the fourth quarter to also help spark the Trojan
defense.
In other Waccamaw 2-A Conference play Friday,
North Brunswick hosts West Columbus, South Brunswick
visiLs South Robeson and East Bladen goes to Whiteville.
BY JOHNNY CRAIG
Although all eight league teams
have played only two conference
games each, the Waccamaw gridiron
championship will likely be deter
mined F'riday i.n only the third week
of loop play.
Whiteville and East Bladen (both
unbeaten at 5-0) appear a head above
everyone else in the league and meet
I'riday in the most important con
ference contest to date.
Ix)ok for the winner to go on to
claim the league title and top state
playoff spot that goes with the cham
pionship.
Whiteville would appear to have
the inside track since the Wolfpack
will be playing at home and are com
ing off a .siibpar performance last
\Neek against West Brunswick.
After its meeting with the Cougars,
Whiteville’s only major hurdle is a
road contest against South Robeson.
The Wolfpack will enjoy a home field
advantage against both North and
South Brunswick and a road trip to
hapless West Columbus should lead
to a perfect 7-0 league mark.
Meanwhile, East Bladen still has to
travel to both South Robeson and
South Brunswick on consecutive
weeks. That in itself could make fora
long stretch away from home for
Cougar head coach Lennon Fisher.
The winner of Friday’s South
Brunswick—South Robeson matchup
will also be unbeaten in league play
but would be considered a darkhorsc
for the conference title.
West Brunswick followers
shouldii’t write off the Trojans
despite their 0-2 conference start.
The Trojans have played the
toughest teams in the league in the
opening two weeks of conference
play.
.Although West Brunswick still has
South Robeson and South Bninswick
to contend with, the Trojans have the
benefit of hosting both Mustangs and
Cougars while traveling to North
Brunswick and West Columbus.
And with the top-to-bottom balance
in the Waccamaw Conference this
year, a 5-2 league record will certain
ly be good enough to break into the
state playoff picture.
North Brunswick certainly proved
last week it is perhaps the most im
proved team in the Waccamaw Con
ference.
The Scorpions nearly upset South
Brunswick at Boiling Spring Lakes
last Friday before the Cougars were
able to use a 21-point second quarter
to claim a 35-22 win.
Several key mental mistakes by
the Scorps were pounced on by South
Brunswick and the Cougars were
able to hang on for their third
straight victory.
The Scorpions should grab their
first league win Friday as they host
winless West Columbus.
Waccamaw 2-A Conference
Football Standings
as of Tuesday, OcL 6
Team Conf
East Bladen 2-0
Whiteville 2-0
South Brunswick 2-0
South Robeson 2-0
West Bnuiswick 0-2
Fairmont 0-2
North Brunswick 0-2
West Columbus 0-2
Friday’s Games
West Brunswick at Fairmont:
We^t Cnlumhijs at North Brunswick’
South Brunswick at South Robeson;
East Bladen at Whiteville.
Last Week’s Results
Whiteville 19, West Brunswick 7;
South Brunswick 35, North
Brunswick 22; East Bladen 27, Fair
mont 6; South Robeson 27, West Col
umbus 13.
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tk-ipating included Jeremy Dan/ord, Alieia Gore,
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West Columbus moved into sole
possession of second place in the
Waccamaw 2-A Conference girls
volleyball standings last week with a
three-game sweep of visiting North
Brunswick.
West Columbus won the match
15-10. 15-4, 15-3 to move to (5-2 in con
ference play and 9-2 overall.
North Brunswick fell to 2-6 in the
league, 4-8 overall.
Leading the I.ady Scorpions were
Angie Fowler 3, Angie Horrell 8.
Angie Knox 3. Ann Robinson 1. Beth
Ganey 2, Sherry Perkins and (linger
Jacobs.
Socring for West Columbus were
.Missy Williams 10. Connie Hinson 8.
Judi Bass 4. Missy Graham 12,
.Micneile i^oweii i, i.ynn i.aiie i ami
Jennifer Pfenning 3. .Also playing for
Uw liidy Vikings were .)ana Buweu.
Jennifer Edmund. Chandra Houser
and Kristie Whitehead.
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Fairmont Spikers Trip Lady Trojans
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The West Brunswick I.ady Trojans
volleyball team remained winless
last week with a four-game lo.ss to
host Fainnont. The I.ady Golden Tor
nadoes won the Waccamaw 2-A Con
ference match 15-3,15-1,13-15,15-3 to
improve their league and overall
record to 5-4.
The loss dropped West Brunswick
to 0-9 in conference play and 0-13
overall.
Scoring for the Ixidy Trojans were
Ginger Evans 7. Kelly Stanaland 4.
Jessica Horne 4, Priscilla Tippett 3.
Kristi lx!wis 2 and Heather Reaves 2.
Also playing for West Brunswick
were Terry Culpepper, .Amy Hewett,
Veronica Jenrette and Robin Caison.
I.eading Fairmont were Charlotte
Wilkerson 11. Miranda McCormick
10, Debbie Bethea 12. .Montina Blue 6.
•Monica Baldwin 12, Jennifer Ren
frew 5, Julia Moore 2, Denise Pitt
man, Melissa Renfrow, Debbie
Washington. Tammy Bethea and
Valerie .Artis.
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2- 5
North Brunswick
245
4- 8
West Brunswick
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0-13
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Worr.-,maw 2-A Conference
Volleyball Standings
as of Monday, October 5
Team font
Whiteville 84)
West Columbus 6-2
F.a.st Bladen 6-3
Fairmont 5-t
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