SPORTING SCENE
Baseball Trivia Abounds
In Brunswick County
BY JOHNNY CRAIG
What is the minimum number of pitchcs required by a pitcher to get
credit for a win in a baseball game?
Can a winning pitcher also get credit for a save in the same game?
Attending a few games of Brunswick County's two American Legion
baseball teams would likely provide the answer to these and other trivia
questions.
In only the first-half of the local American Legion diamond season, a
few strange and unusual situations have developed for both Brunswick
Shores Post 445 and Brunswick County Post 68 teams.
The first came several weeks ago during the first-ever meeting of the
county's two legion teams.
Chris McBridc, a recent graduate of North Brunswick and a UNC
Wilmington signcc, started on the mound for Post 68 and hurled the first
seven innings before moving to first base with his team out front 8-1.
Brunswick County manager Ed Lewis then called the services of relief
pitchers Michael Hewett and Tori Bryant for the final 1.1 innings as Post
445 rallied to get within 10-5 in the bottom of the ninth inning with only
one out.
In an effort to extinguish the Brunswick Shores rally, Lewis elected to
move McBride from first base back to the pitching mound to record the fi
nal two outs and save the game for Post 68.
McBridc was successful in getting two of the next three Post 445 bat
ters out thus saving the game that he had already won.
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The latest bit of Brunswick County baseball trivia occurred Monday in
Brunswick Shores' Area II Eastern Division game at Jacksonville Post 265.
Prior to the regularly-scheduled game against Jacksonville, the two
teams made up an earlier game postponed from several weeks ago that was
ended with a lighting failure at the South Brunswick park.
The game resumed in the top of the 13th inning with Jacksonville at
bat with two outs and the game tied at 8-8.
Brian Alderson started the game in relief and retired the first Post 265
batter he faced on one pitch on a grounder to third base.
Scott Phillips led off Brunswick Shores' bottom of the 13th frame with
a single. Alderson then rapped a grounder back to the mound.
The Jacksonville pitcher fielded the ball and then threw wildly to sec
ond to get Phillips out on a force play. The ball sailed across the
Jacksonville outfield and all the way to the centerfield fence.
Phillips scored easily making Alderson the winning pitcher after hav
ing thrown just one pitch.
Baseball record and trivia keepers might need to be put on
alert ? Brunswick Shores hosts Whitcville Post 137 on Friday at the West
Brunswick park in next action. Who knows what might happen.
Baseball Camp Begins Monday
The annual West Brunswick sum
mer baseball camp for ages 8-15 be
gins Monday at Trojan park under
the guidance of head baseball coach
Mike Alderson.
The camp will run daily from 9
a.m. till 1 p.m. through Friday. Cost
is S25 per person.
Participants are asked to bring
both cleats and sneakers along with
gloves and bat if possible. Catchers
are asked to bring their own equip
mcntas well.
Drinks and t-shirts will be pro
vided to all registered.
The camp will teach defensive
fundamentals, base running, hitting
techniques as well as offer instruc
tion on individual pitching, infield,
outfield and catching instruction.
There will also be a session on
offensive and defensive strategies.
For more information contact
Alderson at 842-7608.
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Alderson, McBride Named To State Games
West Brunswick s Brian Aider
son and North Brunswick's Chris
McBridc have been named to the
Region HI baschall team in the an
nual State Games of North Carolina
in Chapel Hill.
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B. ALDERSON McBRIDE
West Brunswick head coach
Mike Alderson has also been named
to the region coaching staff as an
assistant.
The couniy
trio left for the
state games
Wednesday with
the region's first
game set for to
day (Thursday)
at Baushamer
Stadium on the
University of
M. ALDERSON Norlh Carol,na
campus.
Prior to the opening round of
play yesterday (Wednesday), all
players were invited to a major
league tryout session at 3 p.m.
All eight region teams in the
baseball competition will play a
minimum of three games continuing
through Friday and Saturday.
The teams with the two best
records will then meet Sunday in
Student Athletes To Polish
Skills As Good Role Models
Six Brunswick County High
School students have been selected
to attend the fifth annual Student
Athlete Summer Institute (SASI)
for Region 2 at Mount Olive
College July 7-12.
They are Yates Gupton, Kristy
Poulos and Mark Jesscn from West
Brunswick High School and George
Beasley, James Sharod D'Juann and
Dwain Waddcll from North
Brunswick High School. The stu
dents will develop leadership skills
and learn ways to use their position
as role models to have a positive in
fluence on fellow students.
Sponsored by the N.C. Depart
ment of Public Instruction's Alco
hol and Drug Defense Division,
SASI was started in 1986.
Jeff Cumbie, substance abuse co
ordinator for the Brunswick County
Schools, is co-director of this year's
institute, and one of four county
school system employees involved
in the institute. Joining him as fel
low co-director will be Marti Gillis,
a teacher and tennis coach at West
Brunswick High School Marti
Gillis.
Faculty representatives from
Brunswick County who will attend
the institute arc Brcnda Council, ex
tended day/women's basketball
coach at West Brunswick, and Mike
Dumas, ISS/mcn's wresding coach
at North Brunswick High School.
Cumbie said the summer pro
grams arc aimed at student athletes
because of their unique position in
school. "Student athletes are highly
visible and are often the role models
for other students in their school,"
he said. "The primary focus of the
five-day institute is to bring high
school student athletes together to
discuss leadership skills, learn drug
refusal skills and promote a health
ful, drug-free lifestyle."
For the athletes themselves, the
institute serves another role, that of
early prevention/intervention by en
couraging and teaching good deci
sion-making and communication
skills, promoting care and respect
for others and gaining an awareness
of the risks of substance use and
abuse.
All program activities focus on
teaching the values of group inter
action and discussion and develop
ing group leadership skills.
A highlight of this year's institute
will be students' contact with Brian
Davis of the 1991 NCAA National
Basketball Champions, the Duke
Blue Devils. He will attend three
days of the institute, sharing fellow
ship with students and promoting
the value of an education, and "do
ing it without drugs," said Cubmic.
Davis, who is president of Duke
Students Against Drugs, will also
be guest speaker at the banquet.
A new ropes coursc will be an in
tegral part of the week. Cumbie said
the course requires students to use
cooperative learning and leadership
skills. It also helps build confidence,
by teaching students to identify, un
derstand and overcome apprehen
sions and fears that limit develop
ment of their potential, he said.
While at the institute students
will develop a personal action plan.
The students will use the plans
when they return to their rcspcctivc
schools to implement activities to
promote a drug-free, healthful life
style in their school and community.
Supply/Mount Olive Remains
Atop Men's Church League
Supply/Mount Olive Baptist rom
ped past Longwood Baptist 12-2
last week to remain in first place in
the Brunswick County Men's
Church Softball League.
Supply/Mount Olive improved to
12-1 with the win to remain three
games ahead of second-place Ocean
View Baptist which took a 15-13
decision over Zion Baptist.
In other league play last week,
Zion rebounded to win two games
over Friendship Baptist 20-14 and
Letties Grove Pentecostal 20-8.
Also, New Britian Baptist split a
pair of games with a 20-9 win over
Camp Methodist and a 13-10 loss to
Branch Still Tops
In Baptist League
Jennies Branch won by forfeit
Saturday, leaving it alone in first
place with one game to play in the
Brunswick Baptist Association Co
ed Softball League.
With the weekend victory, Jen
nies Branch improved its record to
7-2, while Faith dropped to 4-5.
In other action Saturday, Soldier
Bay beat Antioch II by a score of
10-6, leaving both teams tied for
sccond place at 6-3 going into the
final week.
Antioch I crushed Sunset Harbor
16-1 Saturday to up its record to 3
6. Sunset Harbor dropped to 1-8.
Jennies Branch can win the
league with a victory Saturday over
Sunset Harbor. In other games this
weekend, Antioch II plays Faith and
Antioch I takes on Soldier Bay.
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League play continues Friday
with three more games scheduled
for Waccamaw Park. New Britian
faces Longwood at 7 p.m., Shallolte
First Baptist meets Letties Grove at
8 p.m. and Friendship goes against
Calvary at 9 p.m.
Three more contests are also set
for Monday ? Shallotte First Baptist
vs. Ocean View at 7 p.m.. Friend
ship vs. Camp Methodist at 8 p.m.
and Zion vs. Supply/Mount Olive at
9 p.m.
Brunswick County Men's Church
Softball League Standings
as of Thursday, June 20
Team W L
Supply/Mount Olive Baptist ..12 1
Ocean View Baptist 9 3
Longwood Baptist 7 5
New Britian Baptist 7 5
Zion Baptist 6 6
Shallotte First Baptist 5 6
Friendship Baptist 5 7
Calvary Baptist .4 7
Letties Grove Pentecostal 3 8
Camp Methodist 2 12
(he Gold Medal game while the
third and fourth-best teams will
square off in the Bronze Medal con
test.
Rounding out the 20-member
roster and their school are Patrick
Pcroz (Hoggard), Josh Brinklcy
(Southern Wayne), Lamont
Edwards (Clinton), Chuck Sutton
(James Kenan), Rob Davis (Greene
Central), Robbie Lastcr (West
Carteret), Randy Barefoot (Clinton),
James Yopp (Hoggard), Andre
Humphrey (Laney), Brian Britt
(Laney), Craig Mozelle (Pamlico),
Tyree Robinson (Hoggard), Curtis
Whitley (Rosewood), Troll Nixon
(New Hanover), Anthony Warren
(Midway), Curt Holton (Pamlico),
Brad Matthews (C.B. Aycock) and
Carl Lewis (East Carteret).
Hobblon's Jimmy Byrd is ihc re
The King and His Court, one of
the last "barnstorming" traveling
softball teams, will play a local
team known as The Patriots next
week in Southport.
The game is set for Wednesday,
June 26, at 7:30 p.m. at Smithville
Park.
Eddie Feigner's four-man team
has played in most major league
baseball parks, including New
York's Yankee Stadium and the
Houston Astrodome. They recently
appeared on ESPN.
Tickets are available at United
Carolina Bank and First Citizens
Bank. They cost S4 for adults and
S2 for students in advance. Prices
will be one dollar higher at the gate.
The game is sponsored by the
N.C. Fourth of July Festival.
For more information, contact
Mike Isenberg, 457-9506.
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'KING' Eddie Feigner brings
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June 26 for an exhibition
game.
King And His Court
Play In Southport
gion head coach and will also be as
sisted by Tom McMaham (James
Kenan) and Jerry Baldwin
(Pamlico).
The region team includes players
from Brunswick, New Hanover,
Pender Onslow, Sampson, Wayne,
Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Jones,
Craven, Carteret and Pamlico
Counties.
Last year's Region III team cap
tured the bronze medal while the
1989 squad captured the gold
medal.
The Region IV team that includes
players from Whiteville and St.
Pauls will be favored to win the gold
this year. The two schools sport five
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