UNBEATEN IN LEAGUE PLAY
Lady Trojan Cagers Extend Winning Streak To Five Games
LADY TROJANS WIN FIFTH ? West Brunswick's Becky
Buffkin dribbles between a pair of South Robeson defenders in
last Friday's Waccamaw 2 -A Conference contest. Buffkin scored
17 points to lead the Lady Trojans to their fifth straight win. South
Robeson's Cynthia Oxendine (left) and Mary McKoy (right) de
fend for the Lady Mustangs.
SPORTING SCENE
Girls' Athletics On Upswing
At West Brunswick High
BY JOHNNY CRAIG
West Brunswick volleyball coach Debbie Newman and girls' tennis
coach Marti Gillis were all smiles at Monday night's Trojan fall sports
awards.
Both guided their respective teams to superlative seasons last fall,
which is enough for most mentors to smile about. However, it appears the
best is yet to come for girls' sports in Trojan country.
The Lady Trojan volleyball team captured its first state playoff berth in
13 years last fall after finishing third in the Waccamaw 2-A Conference. On
a team dominated by underclassmen, 13 girls will return to the Lady Trojan
volleyball team next fall. It doesn't take an athletic genius to realize that the
West girls will be even tougher to deal with next season on the volleyball
court.
The West girls' tennis team, with only two seniors this fall, is also like
ly headed for better seasons. The Lady Trojan netters advanced to the sec
ond round of the state team playoffs while also sending the doubles duo of
Erika Farr and Christy Poulos to the state 1-A ? 2-A championship tourna
ment last fall.
The West girls breezed to a 9-3 WC record, good enough for a third
place finish while also boasting a 10-4 overall mark. The Lady Trojans also
defeated Whiteville for the first time in three years.
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And the Lady Trojan success doesn't stop with tennis or volleyball ei
ther.
The girls' basketball team, with a 9-1 overall record, is off to its best
start in perhaps the 18-year history of the school under the guidance of sec
ond-year coach Brenda Council. The Lady Trojans are also on top of the
Waccamaw Conference cage standings with a perfect 2-0 mark.
Like both tennis and volleyball teams, the basketball squad is dominat
ed by underclassmen. Only two seniors are listed on the Lady Trojan cage
team, thus providing West with a bright girls' basketball future.
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Success trom the fall and winter seasons will hopefully nib off onto the
softball and track teams this spring. Since most athletes on the volleyball,
tennis and basketball teams also participate in either softball and track as
well, this spring should provide similar success for the Lady Trojans.
Waccamaw Conference Cage Results
In Waccamaw 2-A Conference boys' basketball action last week.
South Brunswick remained undefeated in loop play with an 82-58 pounding
of North Brunswick. Whiteville won its first league game in a 61-41 whip
ping of South Robeson and East Bladen destroyed West Columbus 79-38.
In girls' action, South Brunswick got its first league win with a 66-25
romp over North Brunswick and West Columbus defeated East Bladen 61
40. Whiteville also got its first conference decision with a 39-37 edging of
South Robeson.
Perhaps the most improved girls' team in the Waccamaw Conference
can be found at West Columbus. The Lady Vikings are off to a 2-0 league
start and sport an 8-2 overall record. This improvement comes after last
year's 1-13 league finish and 3-17 overall record.
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BY JOHNNY CRAIG
The West Brunswick Lady Tro
jans whipped South Robeson 53-39
last Friday to remain unbeaten in
Waccamaw 2-A Conference basket
ball play while extending their win
ning streak to a season-high five
games.
Bccky Buffkin scored 17 points
and Christy King added nine to lead
the Lady Trojans who rallied from a
9-8, first-quarter deficit
"We hustled on defense tonight
and that's what really pulled us
through," said West Brunswick
head coach Brenda Council. "South
Robeson had only one main ball
handler and our defensive press
seemed to rattle them and get them
upset As result, we got some easy
layups."
'Tonight was a better overall
game than compared to our win last
week against Whiteville. We played
as good as we could have in the first
half against Whiteville then had a
very good second half. Tonight we
put both haives iogeuiU. Trie girls
played great defense and were just
all over the co?srt"
"We got some steals late in the
first half off our press which helped
us score some easy baskets," ex
plained Council. "That's why we
opened the second half pressing
again."
West Brunswick took the lead for
good early in the second quarter on
a 6-0 spurt that put the Lady Trojans
ahead 15-11.
The bench scoring of Regina
Hankins helped West build a 23-16
halftime lead with a late 6-2 scoring
spree.
Hankins scored four of her eight
points on two free throws and a
lay up with just over two minutes re
maining in the half. Pam Detrie
added a short jumper with five sec
ond left to give West its seven-point
advantage.
South Robeson closed to within
three points, 29-26, on Chastity
Oxendine's layup with 3:10 to play
in the third period. However,
Buffkin scored four points on a pair
of short jumpers to help the Lady
Trojans maintain a 35-30 lead at the
end of the quarter.
South Robeson could get no clos
er than four points in the final peri
od. Oxendine's layup and free
throw in the opening minute pulled
the Lady Mustangs to 37-33 but it
was to be the last South Robeson
points for over four minutes.
During the South Robeson cold
spell. West Brunswick scored 11
unanswered points to build a com
manding 48-33 lead with 4:26 left.
The Lady Mustangs' biggest op
portunity to cut into the West lead
came at the free throw line but
South Robeson conncctcd on only
five of 15 attempts.
Oxendine led South Robeson
with 16 noints while Mary McKoy
added 10.
West Biunswick (2-0, 9-1) contin
ues WC play Friday traveling to
North Brunswick then hosts Fairmont
Saturday. The Lady Trojans then en
tertain East Bladen next Tuesday.
South Robeson (0-2 in confer
ence play) hosts North Brunswick
next Tuesday.
Score By Quarters
South Robeson 9 7 14 9 ? 39
West Brunswick 8 15 12 18 ? 53
South Robeson scoring: McLean
2, Killens 8, Cynthia Oxendine 3,
Chastity Oxendine 16, McKoy 10.
West Brunswick scoring: Detrie
4, M. King 3, C. King 9, Gausc 1,
Williams 6, Norris 5, Buffkin 17,
Hankins 8.
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STAFF PHOTOS ?Y JOHNNY CtAIG
KING CONTROLS? West Brunswick's Christy King (14) brings
the ball upcourt during the iMdy Trojans' 53-39 Waccamaw 2-A
Conference win over South Robeson last Friday. The win kept the
West girls (2-0, 9-1) undefeated in league play. Defending on the
play for South Robeson is Elena Haskins.
TROJANS 2-0 IN WC
West Brunswick Cruises Past South Robeson
BY JOHNNY CRAIG
West Brunswick improved to a
perfect 2-0 in the Waccamaw 2-A
Conference last Friday with a 75-62
basketball win over visiting South
Robeson,
Ricky Daniels scored 35 points to
'.cad the Trojans, now 10- 1 overall.
West Brunswick grabbed a 10
point, 15-5 lead just four minutes
into the game and was never threat
ened until the Mustangs rallied in
the closing minutes against Trojan
reserves.
"We were able to give a lot of kids
some playing time tonight," said
West Brunswick coach Billy Mims.
"The final scoring margin might not
look like we played very good but I
thought we played extremely well."
"We got some good bench play
from James Clarida and Patrick
Hughes (six points). Sometime
down the line this season we are go
ing to have to count on our bench to
come right in and play."
"We were aggressive on defense
and really got after them with our
trapping. South Robeson managed
to move the ball around fairly well
when they were able to break
through the trap."
The Trojans broke from an early
5-5 deadlock with a 13-0 run that
gave West an 18-5 lead with 3:10 to
play in the opening period. Daniels
scored seven points during the spurt
and South Robeson never got closer
than 11 points in the first half.
Aldwin Lance struck for a three
point goal with five seconds left in
the first quarter to give the Trojans a
27-15 lead at the end of the period.
West Brunswick led by as many
STAFF PHOTO BY JOHNNY CHAIG
DANIELS REBOUNDS ? Ricky Daniels hauls in a rebound for
West Brunswick during the Trojans' 75-62 Waccamaw 2-A
Conference win over South Robeson last Friday. Daniels scored
35 points to lead the Trojans, now 2-0 in league play and 10-1
overall West Brunswick's Jerry Reaves (left) and Patrick Hughes
(right) block out on the play.
as 18 points in the second quarter,
40-22 on a pair of Hughes free
throws with 3:07 remaining in the
half.
Vaughn Alford scored a three
point goal with 49 seconds left to
get the Mustangs within 47-32 at
the break.
The Trojans scored nine unan
swered points during a 1:36 stretch
early in the second half to extend
their lead to 56-34.
However, South Robeson man
aged to score five straight points of
its own but continued to trail 56-39
with 3:34 to play in the quarter.
Daniels' three-point play after a
Shawn Bo wen jumper gave the
Trojans a 67-48 lead at the end of
the third period.
West Brunswick managed only
eight fourth-quarter points as South
Robeson whittled away at a 69-50
Trojan lead with 4:39 remaining.
Willie Davis led South Robeson
(0-3 in the WC) with 24 points and
William Odom added 12.
Along with Daniels for West
Brunswick was LaPerry Hill with
10 points and Lance with seven.
South Robeson won the junior
varsity game 40-38 behind Justin
Fowler's 14 points. Leon Johnson
led West Brunswick (0-2, 0-6) with
eight points.
The Trojans continue league play
traveling to North Brunswick on
Friday and hosting Fairmont on
Saturday. West Brunswick enter
tains East Bladen next Tuesday. All
three contests begin at 5 p.m. with
the junior varsity game.
Score By Quarters
South Robeson 15 17 16 14 ? 62
West Brunswick 27 20 20 8?75
South Robeson scoring: Pierce 3,
Davis 24, Jacobs 8, Odom 12,
Alford 6, C. Watson 9.
West Brunswick scoring: Bowen
4, Johnson 2, Marlowe 3, Lance 7,
Hill 10, Mitchell 3, Hughes 6,
Reaves 5, Daniels 35.
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