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STAff PHOTO BY DOUG KUTTIK
WEST BRUNSWICK Football Coach Jim Brett will get a good look at his Trojans this Saturday in a
scrimmage game against the North Myrtle Beach Chiefs.
Trojans, Chiefs Scrimmage Saturday
West Brunswick's Trojans will take on the North
Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Chiefs this Saturday in a prc-scason
high school football scrimmage game in Shallottc.
Game time is 9:30 a.m. at M.H. Rourk Stadium. The
contest was originally slated for Monday night but North
Myrtle Beach requested a change in the date, according
to West Brunswick Head Coach Jim Brett.
After one week of practice, Brett said Monday after
noon that he is happy with the improvement he has seen.
"I'm real pleased with the way the kids arc hustling
now. I feel we're making progress every day."
Coming off a state championship last season, Brett
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said there has been a lot of enthusiasm at the practices.
"Motivation has not been a problem for us," he said.
The Trojans began "two-a-day" workouts this week
after morning practices the first week. The team is prac
ticing every day from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.in. and from
noon to 2 p.m.
After its scrimmage with North Myrtle Beach, the
Trojans have a pre season game next Saturday, Aug. 14,
at East Duplin. Kickoff for that game is slated for 6:30
p.m.
West Brunswick will open the regular season Aug.
27 against the visiting Conway (S.C.) Tigers.
This Week
In Brunswick Sports
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12
?Brunswick County Parks and Recreation holds an
organizational meeting for its youth football league at the
county offices, Bolivia, 7 p.m. All coaches should attend.
Call Joe Rosselli, 253-4357.
SATURDAY, AUOUSTJ4
?West Brunswick hosts North Myrtle Beach (S.C.) in pre
season high school football scrimmage, 9:30 a.m.
?South Brunswick hosts Hoggard in pre-season high school
football scrimmage, 7 p.m.
?North Brunswick at East Columbus in pre-season high
school football scrimmage, 7 p.m.
This week's listings includc events reported to the Bcacon. To list a
sporting activity call 754-6890 or write to Doug Rullcr, The Brunswick
Beacon , P.O. Box 2558, Shallotte, N.C. 28459.
Something Is F'shy
At Polk County High
Something is fishy in the Polk County hills, and I don't like what I'm
smelling here on the coast.
Coach Marshall Seay, the one
time savior of West Brunswick High
School football, last week was cleared
of charges that he tried to "recruit"
some of the football players he used to
coach at West Brunswick.
For the second straight year, the
N.C. High School Athletic Associa
tion ruled that Seay, now head football
coach at Polk County High School,
did not use "undue influence" to entice
Fair enough. But let's look at what has happened in the past two years.
Two former Trojan football players have moved to Polk County and are
playing for the man who oncc coached them in Shalloue.
Maybe West Brunswick officials couldn't prove that Seay "recruited"
these young men. Proving "undue influence" is next to impossible when the
NCHSAA doesn't even have a clear definition of what it means.
But 1 still can't figure out why any high school student-athlete would
willingly leave West Brunswick and enroll at Polk County unless he was en
ticed in some way.
First of all, a high school football player couldn't ask for a belter situa
tion than he can get West Brunswick. The Trojans have not had a losing sea
son since 1985 and have been to the state championship game each of the
last two years.
As a new school. Polk County has zero football tradition. The
Wolverines were 3-7 last year and they're expected to finish last in the
Apple Country 2A Conference this season.
Of course, winning football games isn't everything. Playing for a quali
ty coach is important because a good coach can leach kids about life. In his
own way, Marshall Seay was a good coach when he was at West Brunswick.
But he's no Jim Brett. Brett is one of the most respected football coach
es in the state and is widely praised by his peers as an outstanding athletic
director.
Let's see...maybe the atmosphere in Polk County is better than
Shallotte. Some people jusi prefer the mountains to the coast.
Nah. The facts are crystal clear.
It's highly unlikely that a high school football coach and one of his top
young athletes (Chris Mintz) would leave one school and both end up at the
same school 250 miles away by sheer happenstance.
It's even more unlikely that another athlete (Max Crawford) would
leave school one year later and transfer to the same school as his former
coach, again by sheer happenstance.
The odds of that happening have to be one zillion to one.
Granted, I'm no expert on Polk County. The only thing I know about
Polk is you have to drive through it on the way to Ashcville. Polk High
School might have a lot to offer.
But that doesn't explain the magnetic effect it has had on two West
Brunswick football piayers who have turned in their Trojan uniforms to play
for the Wolverines.
The record will show that Coach Seay did not recruit anyone. But you'll
never convince me that these two young men just happened to end up in
Pblk County, miraculously reunited with their old coach.
I don't buy it.
athletes to move to the mountains.
IN COED LEAGUE
Tourney Starts
Friday Night
The Brunswick Baptist Associ
ation Coed Softball League will
open its league tournament Friday
night and play all day Saturday at
Smithvillc Township Park in
Southport.
The final regular-season games
arc scheduled Thursday night at
Smithvillc Park Southport "B" will
play Supply and Town Creek will
take on Calvary. Those games were
rained out last Saturday.
In the key game Saturday night,
Gospel Center- Brunswick Islands
clinched at least a tie for first place
in Division 1 with a 12-1 victory
over Oak Island-Bethel. Calvary can
tie for first in the division with a win
Thursday.
In oUicr games last Saturday,
Soldier Bay edged Faith 15-12,
Supply blasted Southport "A" 20-3
and Southport "A" defeated Shell
Point 10-5. Mount Olive was a for
feit winner over Jennies Branch.
Baptist Softball League
Standings As Of Aug. 12
DIVISION 1
Team Wins Losses
Gospel-Brunswick 13 3
Calvary 12 3
Supply 10 5
Shell Point 8 8
Jennies Branch 5 11
Soldier Bay 3 1 3
DIVISION 2
Team Wins Losses
Mount Olive 14 2
Town Creek 7 8
Faith I 7 9
Oak Island-Bethel 6 10
Southport "A" 6 10
Southport "B" 2 13
Coaches Needed
The Brunswick County Parks and
Recreation Department is looking
for coaches for a Hag football league
for kids ages 8 and 9.
Anyone interested should contact
Joe Rosselli, county athletic coordi
nator, at 253-4357 or 1-800-222
4790.
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