League-Champion Cougars Lead Boys' All-County Cage Team
BY JOHNNY CRAIG
The record-setting South Brunswick Cougars head
line the 1990-91 All-Brunswick County boys' basket
ball team with three selections including 6-foot- 10 cen
ter Preston McGriff, point guard Josh White and for
ward Greg Williams.
Also named to the six-member team are West
Brunswick's Ricky Daniels and LaPerry Hill and North
Brunswick's Greg Waddell.
McGriff, a junior two-time all-BC selection, helped
South Brunswick to a school-best 25-4 record while al
so leading the Cougars in scoring with a 18.8 point-per
game average. McGriff scored 20-plus points in at least
14 games this year including a season-high 28 against
Graham in the Eastern 2-A Sectional III tournament
championship and 27 against West Brunswick in late
January.
White, only a sophomore, is already on many NCAA
Division I coaches' recruiting lists including a number
of Atlantic Coast Conference schools.
The 5-11 guard averaged 14.1 points per contest this
season after growing seven inches from the previous
campaign.
White scorcd in double figures in the last 12 games
this season and struck for a career-high 24 points
against Waccamaw 2-A Conference foe East Biadcn.
White's most dramatic play of the year came with his
35-foot shot with two seconds left tc give the Cougars a
regular-season-ending win over West Brunswick in late
February.
The underclassman also scorcd 23 points against
both North Brunswick and West Columbus this season.
Williams, a 6-1 forward, averaged 14.3 points per
game for the Cougars while having perhaps the highest
vertical leap of any player in the Waccamaw
Conference.
Williams, who also was an All-BC football honoree,
scorcd 25 points against North Brunswick and added 22
more opposite Whiteville.
Behind the play of the trio of McGriff, White and
Williams, the Cougars became the First Waccamaw
Conference team to go undefeated in league play while
also winning the school's first league tournament title
and South's third straight county championship.
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Daniels, a 6-7 senior, led West Brunswick and the
county in scoring this season with a 28.9 point-per
game average. The two-time county player of the year
also averaged just over 12 rebounds per contest in lead
ing the Trojans to a 13-year best 21-6 record (11-3 in
the WC).
Daniels bccame the first county player nominated to
the McDonalds High School All-American team this
season and also set a school single-season scoring
record with 48 points against East Bladen.
Daniels had broken the previous school scoring
record as a junior with 44 points against Whitcvillc.
The senior scored 30-plus points in 13 games this
season while also having two triple-doubles in February
(double-digit scoring, rebounding and assists).
Against Southern Wayne (Mideastem 4-A
Conference), Daniels scored 33 points, hauled in 16 re
bounds, collected nine assists, made eight steals and
blocked six shots.
Daniels had another brilliant performance against
Pleasure Park Ridge, Ky., in the Beach Ball Classic at
Myrtle Beach, S.C., with 18 points, 17 rebounds, three
blocks and four steals.
.Jill, a New Jersey transfer, blended well in his first
year at West Brunswick averaging 13.1 points per
game.
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season including a carecr-high 28 points against
Fairmont in the Waccamaw Conference tournament.
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Waddell led North Brunswick (2-12, 6-17) in scoring
this season with a 11.7 point-per-game average includ
ing a 19-point effort against Fairmont
Other top scoring performances by Waddell included
an 18-point game against Acme-Delco and 17 opposite
While ville.
1990-91 All-Brunswick County
Boys' Basketball Team
Player Pos. School
Ricky Daniels* G West Brunswick
LaPerry Hill G West Brunswick
Preston McGriff. C South Brunswick
Greg Williams J1 South Brunswick
Greg Waddell F North Brunswick
Josh White G South Brunswick
* Player of the Year
Daniels Named Two-Time
County Player Of The Year
BY JOHNNY CRAIG
West Brunswick's Ricky Daniels
became the first two-time Bruns
wick County Player of the Year in
prep basketball this week after lead
ing the Trojans to a record season.
Daniels, a 6-foot-7 senior, played
all positions after starting the season
primarily at guard while averaging
28.9 points and 12 rebounds per
game.
Among the honors already re
ceived this season include his nomi
nation to the McDonalds High
School All-American High cage
team and All-Waccamaw Confer
ence selection for the third straight
year.
In early February, Daniels broke
his own single-season scoring with
48 points against East Bladen. As a
junior, Daniels set the West
Brunswick scoring record with a
44-point performance against
White ville.
Daniels scored 30-pius points in
13 games this season and his two
triple-doubles (scoring, rebounding,
assists) landed him prep athlete of
the month for February by the
North Carolina High School
Athletic Association.
"Our season went pretty good,"
said the soft-spoken Daniels. "It
could have went better. We just had
a bad game in the state playoffs and
lost out early."
"I plan to visit some colleges af
ter school is out and decide where I
want to go from here," added
Daniels.
Among his top performances of
the season was a 33-point effort
against 4-A Southern Wayne where
Daniels also grabbed 16 rebounds,
made nine assists, eight steals and
six blocked shots.
In the Beach Ball Classic in
Myrtle Beach, S.C., Daniels scored
18 points, collected 17 rebounds,
made four steals and blocked three
shots despite the Trojans' first loss
of the season.
BOYS' BEST ? Honored as the best in Brunswick County boys'
prep basketball last week are South Brunswick's Gene Doane as
coach of the year and West Brunswick's Ricky Daniels as player
of the year. Both led their teams to record seasons on the county
hardwood.
Behind the play of Daniels, the
Trojans recorded their best cage
record in 13 years (21-6) while also
finishing second in the Waccamaw
Conference regular season. The
Trojans also won their first eight
games for their best start since the
1980-81 campaign.
Other top performances by
Daniels included a 20-point, 21 -re
bound game against Wallace-Rose
Hill, a 21-point, 16-rcbound effort
against Southern Wayne and a 30
point, 12-rebound contest opposite
Williams Township. He also scored
23 points and grabbed 1 1 rebounds
against Nakina.
Daniels is being heavily recruited
by a number of NCAA Division 1
schools in the eastern U.S. Among
the latest hopefuls for Daniels ser
vices are Wake Forest, Virginia
Tech, South Carolina, UNC
Charlotte and UNC-Wilmington
along with national power Chowan
Junior College.
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ALL-COUNTY CAGERS ? Named to the All-Brunswick County boys' basketball team are, from left,
front, Greg Williams and Josh White of South Brunswick. Back, Greg Waddell of North Brunswick,
Preston McGriff of South Brunswick and West Brunswick's Ricky Daniels. Not pictured is iMPerry
Hill of West Brunswick.
South's Doane, Isenberg Named
County Cage Coaches Of Year
BY JOHNNY CRAIG
South Brunswick's Gene Doane
and Mike Isenbcrg are at opposite
ends of a coaching lifetime but both
garnered Brunswick County boys
and girls Basketball Coach of the
Year respectively after leading their
teams to rccord-sctting seasons.
Doane, a veteran of 30 years of
coaching on the high school hard
wood, guided the Cougars to their
best record in school history (25-4)
this season as South Brunswick also
won its first sectional championship
in the Eastern 2-A Sectional III
tournament earlier this month.
In addition. South Brunswick be
came the first Waccamaw Con
ference team to go through the
league regular season unbeaten (14
0) while the Cougar? also picked up
their third straight county title.
Meanwhile, Isenberg, in his first
year, led his Lady Cougar team to a
similar record finish as the South
girls went from seventh place to a
share of second in the WC regular
season (9-5 league record).
The Lady Cougars also recorded
a school-best 17-11 mark while also
winning their first-ever Waccamaw
Conference tournament and slate
playoff game.
The 17 wins represented more
victories than South girls teams
have recorded in the last three sea
sons combined.
"The biggest factor of our suc
cess this season was getting the
girls to believe in themselves," said
Isenberg, who is also a Southport
attorney. 'They had to realize that
they were good enough to have a
successful season if only they had
the desire."
"I've told the girls that the pres
sure is on them now because going
from seventh to second is a big step
and it will be harder to improve the
next year. Our goal for the next year
is to continue to improve as a
team."
Isenberg, in his first year at the
high school level, has coached at
South Brunswick Middle School as
well as youth league baseball and
basketball.
"It was a great year," said
Isenberg. "I already miss it. This
was a special group of girls. I can't
wait to get started again."
Doane, one of the top 10 win
ningest prep coaches in North Car
olina, equalled a personal-best sea
son with the Cougars' 25 victories.
The Cougars won 20 straight
games before losing to Beaufort
Northside in the Eastern 2-A
Regional tournament semifinals.
"We won't be satisfied until we
win the state title," said Doane re
garding the success of recently com
pleted season. "The people in this
area no longer feel that they can not
win in basketball. This program is a
winner now but it will take a lot of
hard work to go beyond this level."
"The type of season we have stirs
up a lot of enthusiasm which feeds
over into the school and causes a lot
of positive things."
"We need to keep this enthusiasm
going. U gives everyone involved
something to rally behind," added
Doane.
"I thank everyone, even the ones
remotely associated to the basket
ball program, for their support of
what we have done."
The Cougars have now won 45
games in the last two seasons.
Doane guided South Brunswick
to a 9- 1 1 record in his first season
five years ago and followed with
marks of 8-11 and 11-12 and guided
the Cougars to their to a 20-6 finish
last year, the school's first-ever 20
win season.
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