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...Sonf Brunswick County Afhlsfss T Di IKJ I IKS ICUI f IO Continued From Preceding Page the year were Mashall Seay (West football and athletic director), Jim Steed (North football). Gene Doane (South boys basketball) and Paulk Faulk (South baseball). Brunswick County hosted the N.C. men's statewide basketball championship tournament won by the Speedy Gs of Wilmington. In one of the few black marks in county athletics during the dacadc, the Brunswick Dixie Youth baseball league faccd financial questions in Lelar.d. Local league officials met with state officers in an attempt to solve the matter. 1987 Three stories topped the year ? South's Quentin McCracken, for mer North and c urrent N.C. State /~>l 1.:- -- J ~ duu n^iiuvmc uiuwn anvi a diaiu mii Fishing record. McCrackcn became the first county player named to the annual ahnne Bowl football game. In the game, he was the sccond Icading rusher for the N.C. squad in a 24 13 Tar Heel loss. McCracken was also among 300 N.C. track McCRACKEN athletes honored in Durham for leadership both on and off the field at U.S. Olympic Festival in August. Brown had carecr-high 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead N.C. State to a record 10th Atlantic Coast Conference basketball champi onship in a 68-67 win over UNC. The former North star also received second-team all-tourney honors. Buddy Grooms (Sunset Harbor) shattered the state sail fish record by some 14 pounds with a 100-pound catch five miles off the Brunswick Pmmtti p/vipI vwuii^ vwtaui, West's Paula Smith was named the school's most outstanding stu dent/athlete. The West boys' basketball team, under first-year head coach Harold Johnson, rallied from a 3-7 record in early January to a 13-12 finish 2nd the fin2ls of ih^ Scr(ion^i in tourney at Whiteville. The Trojan cagers also won their second straight county title. In other fishing news, Carl Beckwith won the N.C. saltwater fishing tournament with an 11 pound, 12-ounce flounder caught off Holdcn Beach. The winning fish was part of a 27 -category tourney sponsored by the N.C. Division of Travel and Tourism. North cheerleaders won the east cm N.C. regional championship and advanced to national championships at Williamsburg, Va. Golf continued to expand in Brunswick County with the con struction of Lockwood Folly and the opening of the Pearl, Brisk Landing & Sandpiper Bay courses.1 Former North football standout Jeff Sholar won the coaches award at Wingate College while maintain ing a 2.38 grade point average. Also in tits college rsnks, former West football standout Mark Jones helps Emory & Henry advance to the NCAA Division III football semifinals. The spring Special Olympics at West grew to 600 special education particpants ? the largest field in the event's history. The West boys' tennis team won their fifth conference title in seven years and finished seventh in the state 1-A ? 2-A tournament. The Trojans ended the season with a perfect 20-0 record. The South baseball team (19 4) won the WC championship and cap tured its first state playoff berth in school history. The North girls' softball team (18-6) also qualified for the state playoffs. Kelly Stanaland (most outstand ing student/athlete) and the boys' tennis team took top honors at West athletic banquet. South's McCrackcn and Wynn Beck were named to the all-state baseball team. Brunswick County hosted the N.C. Dixie Youth baseball tourney (ages 13-14) eventually won by Columbus County. The World Amateur Handicap Golf Tournament was held in late WYNN BECK Augus; at three Brunswick Countv courses Carolina Shores, Ocean Isle Beach and Sea Trail. North's Laverene Holiday be came the first Scorpion player to rush for over 1 ,000 yards in a single season. South went on to win the county grid title defeating both North and West. The three-point field goal was added to prep hasketball for the first time The three-point stripe mea Sct U 9"inChCS f^m *c 19 88 toP, story of year came with south winning the ?tate 2- A baseball championship. For South it was the school's first state cham pionship in any sport in its history The Cougars also won their sec ond straight WC title and earned the nght to host the state finals. It was the first umc ever that a state base ball title scries had come to the county. South swept Charlotte Catholic in two games to win the best-of-three scries and finished a perfect 29-0 ~CG" Gales was named tournament most valuable player. Later in the year, South's Wynn Beck became the highest-selected county player ever in the major amatcur draft when the Oakland A's made him the 3 1st overall pick. As a senior. Beck hit .505 with 48 . 10 lead the Couears. He was also named N.C. player of the year by Gatorade and Quaker Oats and also by the U.S. Baseball Fed eration. - ' ? The county had a brush with pro fessional baseball itseif when a New York Yankees farm team sought to locate near Leland. However, coun ^r^,0nCrS dcclined to sPend a /UU.UUO for a new baseball stadi um to house the team. North s Tammy Ballentine won the girls N.C. 1-A-2-A 100-meter championship at Duke University with a 12.62 time. The local sprinter also won a Junior Olympic meet at r*ew ecru laier in the year. Another product of South's state championship baseball team, Quen tin McCracken, signed a football grant with Duke on the opening of ^e^ college national gridiron signing The South senior went on to have an excellent freshman season being one of only two player* in ,hi> acq to return a kickoff for a touchdown McCracken led the team with a 25.4 yard average kickoff return and was second played comerback and helped I Duke to a 7-3-1 record, the Blue Devils' best since 1962. He was also a four-time all-coun ty player and was named to the all C, all-east and Shrine Bowl teams 35 I ST'?r McCracken also played in the 40th annual East- West all-star game in Greensboro as pan of the tion 30 Association conven West (i0-2) captured the WC football championship, its league title since 1980 and advanced to second round of state 197y5 for the time< since Three Brunswick County athletes won medals at the Special 01ymp,cs llth annual southeastern regional gam es in Boone. Pf? ^"8 beach) won ,k Sa,lwater Fishing toumey wito a four-pound barracuda caught in Brunswick County waters F?,,y Golf" links 2K r ** C,ghth county c?urse <uid the first to comc to the Holden Beach area. The county youth wrestling pro gram began its first year undei the direcuon of Joe Rosselli. The West boys' tennis team won a share of WC title but Ions-time coach Jerry Small announc ed his resigna tion. The veter an coach led Trojan teams to nine conference and two region al champion ships. In West girls' tennis, Kelly SMALL Ward won the regional singles title and advanced to the state finals tourney. Kelly Stanaland was named West Brunswick student/athlete of year. Brick Landing Plantation hosted the first Amateur, the first national golf tournament held ?n Brunswick County. Fayetteville's Gary Robin son won the 72 hole event. BiuiiSwick County little league again wins the district VI title and advances to the state championship tournament Former North grid standout Jeff Sholar was named honoray captain of the Wingatc College football team and received top academic honors as well. 1989 The year's top story was again centered around Chuckie Brown. This time the former North and N.C. State Wolfpack star was draft ed by the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association. Brown was the 43rd player chosen overall in the draft and became the first county player in the NBA since Leland's Sam Pelham in late 70's. Brown ended his senior year being named to the all-ACC first team, averaged 16.4 points and 8.8 rebounds per game to lead N.C. State to final 16 of NCAA tourney. Kelly Stanaland (West) and Graver Gore (South) were recipi ents of the first annual Brunswick County student/athletes of year award. Former West football star Corey Hankins signed with Catawba College after county player of year honors as a senior. Hankins was a three-time all county, two-time all-WC and all area performer for the Trojans. South extended its school- record baseball win streak to 32 games by winning the first three games of the spring season. South's Gene Doane listed among top 10 winningest b-ball coaches in state and won his 499th career game in the opening round of a Christmas holiday tournament at UNCW. Former West football standout Gary Gore signed a grant with Lees McRae JUCO. As a senior, Gore was an all-WC, all-county and all area perfomer. Randy Daniels (200-mcters) and Jeff Bernard (triple jump) set West track records in their respective events. Former West pitchcr Matt Gore ranked third in the NCAA Division I with a 0.89 earned run average and a 5-0 record. Also in West baseball, the Trojans captured their first county diamond title in four years. The West golf team also had per haps its best year ever finishing foulh in the state tournament in Chapel Hill. The West Softball team won its first conference championship in eight years and advanced to the slate playoffs for the first 'ime in four seasons. The Lady Trojans rolled all the way to the eastern 2-A semifinals before bowing. Frank Bolick (Holden Beach) and his Myrtle Beach partner won the S.C. Volvo tennis league doubles state title. Also, county resident Marlen McWilliams advanced to the national Senior Olympics as a cnrin?f?r RJ. Johnson was named the top athlete at North and Kelly Stanaland was a repeat winner as top student,' athlete at West. Brunswick County hosted the N.C. Dixie Boys (ages 13-14) base ball tournament won by Stanley. In other county baseball news, Lcland advanced to the state finals of the Dixie Youth Baseball (ages 11-12) tourney in Bessemer City. The prep football season started with a bang in Brunswick County. 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