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Scorpion Softball Team 3-0 In Conference BY DOUG RUTTER North Brunswick's softball team continued its winning ways last week, picking up a pair of victories to improve its record to 8-1 overall and 3-0 in the Waccamaw 2-A Conference. The Lady Scorpions pounded 11 4 East Bladen 18-3 in conference ac tion last Thursday in Elizabethtown. North Brunswick was a 10-4 winner over visiting South Brunswick last Tuesday. At East Bladen, North Bruns wick's Tonya Edge powered the of fense with a 3-for-4 day at the plate I *UL and a home run. Winning pitchcr Cindy Holt also went 3-for-4, while Kim Ganey was 2-for-3 and Ashley Burton hit a home run. In the South Brunswick game, Rcgina McKoy, Christy Register and Edge were each 2-for-3 to lead 1MB STAFF PHOTOS BY DOUG HUTIt* SOUTH BRUNSWICK'S DUSTY HO!J AND takes a cut during last Tuesday's 10-4 loss at North Brunswick. Catching for the iMdy Scorpions is Wendy Ganey. North's Bell Rattles Cougars In Baseball Conference Opener IIY DOUG RUTTER North Brunswick's Demetrius I Bell pitched 6 1/3 no-hit innings and I had two hits to lead the Scorpions to a 3-2 win over South Brunswick last Tuesday in the Waccamaw 2-A Con ference baseball opener for both clubs. Although wild at limes, the senior left-hander recorded seven strike outs before being relieved by Jarcd McGee, who picked up the last two outs to help the Scorpions to their first win of the season. North Brunswick improved to 1-2 with the combined no-hitter, while South Brunswick fell to 0-5. ll was a frustrating game for the Cougars, who had three runners picked off and left six men on base. Scorpion Coach Wes Coward was happy with his team's effort. "I think our bats are starting to wake up. 1 was pleased since this was our first conference game after seven or eight days off." Coward had planned to let Bell pitch six innings before bringing in a reliever. But the first-year coach let his lefty take the mound to start the seventh inning since he was working on a no-hitter. "I know Bell pitched good for us last year in high school and Legion ball. I wasn't expecting him to go as far as he did," Coward said. "I was impressed with his tenacity. I was ecstatic he went as far as he did." South Brunswick took a 1-0 lead in the third inning after Bell walked the first two batters and was later called for a balk to give the Cougars runners at second and third with no outs. Following an infield fly, South third baseman Steve Zakzeski scored from third on a fielder's choice. However, Jason Bracey was gunned out running from second to third to end the inning. The Scorpions tied the score in the fourth. McGec reached base on a fielder's choice, stole second and scored on a two-out single by center fielder Adrian Black. North added two more runs with a two-out rally in the fifth inning. Bell tripled to the right-field fence and second baseman Jeremy Child fol lowed with an RBI double to right center. Child scored on McGcc's drive to deep center field that was dropped ?by South Brunswick's Lewis Vaught. North Brunswick's 3-1 lead held up until the final inning. South's Eric McMahan walked to lead off the bottom of the seventh, advanced to second base on a way ward pickoff attempt and later scored on an infield throwing error. With one out and runners at first and second. North's McGce moved from shortstop to pitcher and picked up the save with a strike out and ground ball back to the mound. Coach Coward was confident McGce would hold the lead. "Jared's forte is to come in in the late innings in tight situations. Thai's what he likes. Janxl did like 1 thought he would. He shut them down." South Brunswick, which suffered its third one-run loss of the season, had every chancc to win the game. Bell walked the lcadoff hitter in the last five innings and issued nine walks in the game. South responded with lackluster hitting and base-run ning blunders. "When you get three runners picked off first base what can you do?" Cougar Coach Jack Brown asked. "We just beat ourselves," he added. "If we get a couple of hits it's a different ball game. Two or three innings we had it in the palm of our hand and couldn't capitalize." Brown praised the effort of South Brunswick pitcher Brett Tabor, who went the distance for the Cougars. The right-hander yielded six hits while striking out nine Scorpion bat ters. Game Summary N. Brunswick 0 0 012 00?3 64 S. Brunswick 0 0 10 0 0 1?2 0 3 Games Canceled Following Deaths South Brunswick's varsity base ball game at West Columbus was canceled Friday following the deaths of two West Columbus students ear lier in the day. Seniors Dwaine Betts and Gary Wright were among four people killed in an accident early Friday morning on U.S. 74 in Robeson County. West Brunswick's varsity baseball and softball games against West Columbus scheduled for Tuesday al so were canceled. They will be made up later in the season. Betts was a standout on the West Columbus basketball team last sea son, when the Vikings advanced to the state playoffs for the first time since 1986. SCORPS WIN AGAIN McBride Tosses One-Hitter North Brunswick's Casey Mc- North Brunswick. Coach Wcs Bride tossed a one-hiucr to lead the Coward's Scorpions scored four Scorpions to a 7-0 victory over East runs in the second inning and added Bladen Friday in Waccamaw 2-A three more in the sixth. Conference baseball action in Le- North Brunswick finished with land. nine hits, and committed no errors Robert Hewctt was 3-for-4 with a on defense to back up McBride's double and three RBI as the Scor- fine pitching performance. pions improved to 2-0 in the North Brunswick was scheduled Waccamaw Conference and 2-2 to continue conference play Tuesday overall. at Whiteville. The Scorpions will Jarcd McGcc was 2-for-4 with compete in the Sea Shell Invitational two doubles and a pair of RBI, and high school baseball tournament Demetrius Bell hit a home run for next week in Wilmington. the Lady Scorpions past the county rival Lady Cougars. McKoy and Burton each had home runs for North Brunswick. Holt was the winning pitcher. North Brunswick's girls were scheduled to host Whitcvillc Tues day before traveling to Shallottc Thursday for a game with county and conference foe West Brunswick. The Lady Scorpions will compete in the Hoggard High School Boos ters Club Tournament April 16 and 17 in Wilmington. The Lady Scorpions opened Wac camaw Conference play March 29 wiih a 9-5 victory over visiting West Columbus. Holt, Register and Wen dy Ganey had two hits apiccc to lead North. North Brunswick's 3-0 start in the Waccamaw Conference came on the heels of a successful non-conference campaign for the Lady Scorpions. Two weeks ago. North split a non-conference doublehcadcr at Hoggard after beating New Hanover in Lcland. The Lady Scorps won the first game of the doublehcadcr 9-8, get ting three hits each from McKoy and Register. Burton also had two hits, including the game-winning RBI. In the nightcap, the 4-A Lady Vi kings posted a 12-4 victory to hand North its only defeat of the season. Melissa Raymcr had three hits, and Helen Burney and Brandi Wiggins had two RBI each to lead the hosts. ,;-o,IBM . .. NORTH BRUNSWICK'S CINDY HOLT has pitched the Ud\ Scorpions to a 3-0 start in the Waccamaw Conference and an 8-1 record overall. On March 23, North's Holt Edge had two hits, including a home pitched the Lady Scorps to a 12-3 run, and Patricia Dunn also added win over visiting New Hanover, two hits for North TORNADOES BLOWN AWAY Lady Trojans Dodge South Robeson Bullets BY DOUG RUTTER West Brunswick's softbaJl team dodged several bullets and managed to hang on a 7-5 win over visiting South Robeson last Friday in NVaccamaw 2-A Conference action. South Robeson threatened to snap the Lady Trojans' four-game winning streak, but missed several great chances to score while West's girls did just enough to win. The Lady MusUings left the bases loaded in the third, lost a run on an appeal play in the fifth and failed to score in the sixth after having run ners on second and third with no outs. 'Thank God for small favors," West Brunswick Coach Traccy James said following the game. "We were fortunate to get out with a win." South Robeson jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first in ning, but West responded with two runs on three hits in the bottom of the first. After getting out of a bases loaded jam in the top of the third, West look the lead for good in the bottom half of the inning. Michelle Long slapped a Icadoff triple to right field and scored on Yarbi Lemon's sacrifice fly. The Lady Trojans bumped their "Thank God for small favors. We were fortunate to get out with a win." ?Coach Tracey James lead to 4-2 in the fourth on three straight singles by Madonna Gausc, Patti Clemmons and Kaneka Grissctt. Gausc scored on Grissett's base hit. South Robeson got one run back in the top of the fifth inning, but the potential tying run was wiped out when a Mustang runner left third base too soon on a fly ball to center field. The runner crossed home plate, but West Brunswick appealed the play at third base and the run was disallowed. West Brunswick added to its 4-3 lead in the bottom of the fifth, scor ing two runs when a ground ball rolled through the South Robeson shortstop's legs into left field. The Lady Mustangs trimmed the lead to 6-4 in the sixth, but missed a golden opportunity for more runs. With one run in. South Robeson had runners on second and third with no outs. West Brunswick pitcher Jenny Judah got out of the jam with a Dairy Queen S G WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF "DAIRY QUEEN"" SPECIAL OF THE WEEK Banana Split $2.39 Regular Price $2.95 (Expires April 14) Serving real ice cream and fresh fruit topping since 1950. Shallotte Plaza ? Shallotte ? 754-2545 ROBINSON'S FLEA MARKET and ROBINSON'S SEAFOOD MARKET ARE NOW OPEN EVERY FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY 8 A.M. UNTIL... SPACES FOR RENT 2 COVERED BUILDINGS ? 40 TABLES ? 5 ENCLOSED SPACES RESERVE YOUR SPACE TODAY CALL 842-5361 OR 842-2080 8 FOR MORE INFORMATION. Under the Holden Beach Bridge Columbus. The Lady Trojans host North Brunswick (3-0, 8-1) Thursday in an intra-county contest between two teams off to fast starts. West Beats Fairmont West Brunswick opened Waccamaw Conference softball play last Tuesday with a 17-5 home win over Fairmont's Golden Tornadoes. "We had 20 hits in five innings and we hit the ball as good as I've seen us hit it," Coach James said. "Everybody had a base hit and we played excellent defense." Catherine Bell, Gore, Judah and Clemmons each went 3-for-3 and accounted for 12 of West's 17 runs. Bell had two home runs, while Judah and Clemmons hit one homer each. "It's always good to open the conference with a win," James added. "Fairmont just never was in the ball game. We took them out of it early and they never got back in it" West Brunswick's game with league foe Whitcville was rained out for the second time last Wednesday. The game at Whitcville has been re-scheduled for April 27. ground out to catchcr Emily Gore, pop fly 10 first baseman Lena Janeda and another fly ball to third baseman Jessica Win free. The Lady Trojans added an insur ance run in the home half of the sixth. Gause reached base on an er ror, moved to third on Clcmmons' base hit and scored on another Mustang error. South Robeson scorcd oncc in the seventh and got a runner to third base before Winfrce snagged a line drive for the game's final out. Coach James said the Lady Trojans aren't playing consistent, but that's to be expected because of their youth and inexperience. "We were not ready to play to day," James said. "When we get mentally tough it'll all fall together. When you can win them like this you've got something going." West Brunswick (2-0, 5-1) was scheduled to play Tuesday at West PUBLIC NOTICE ATTENTION HOME OWNERS FHA Title 1/Loan Program has set aside up to $25,000 for homeowners in this area. 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