FRIDAY NIGHT PREVIEW
West Brunswick To Bottle Woccamow
BY DOUG RUTTER
West Brunswick's ftxitball team
takes its four-game winning streak
to Whiteville Friday night for a
game that may Ultimately decide the
Waccamaw 2A/3A Conference
championship.
The Trojans and Wolfpack enter
the contest lied for first place in the
league standings at 2-0. The winner
will leave Legion Stadium with sole
possession of first since West Col
umbus, also 2-0, is idle this week.
West Brunswick Coach Jim Brett
admits this week's game is an im
portant one, but says it's still too
early in the season to start thinking
about conference titles.
"It's an important game, yes. Do
or die, I don't think so," Brett said
prior to Monday's practice.
"It's too early to say this is for the
conference championship because
you have two other teams that figure
very highly in this thing," Brett said,
referring to West Columbus and
South Brunswick.
West Brunswick (4-2 overall) is
coming off a 42-7 home win over
the Pender Patriots. The Trojans, de
fending state 2A champions, have
won eight straight games on the
road.
Coach Brian Aldridge's Wolf
SPORTING SCENF
pacK, which has won three straight,
defeated county rival South Col
umbus 29-16 last week. Whiteville
(4-1-1 overall) is the defending con
ference champion.
Brett said one of the keys to win
ning Friday night will he containing
Whiteville's explosive senior tail
back, Anthony Southern, who has
rushed for 879 yards and scored 13
touchdowns this season.
The 6-1, 188-pounder ran for 256
yards and scored twice in the
Wolfpack's win last week.
"He is very good," Brett said. "If
we don't control him to some extent
we're going to be in a world of trou
ble. He's just taken care of business
against everybody he's faced."
Brett said Southern has speed and
strength. "He's got the total pack
age. He can outrun you and at the
same time he can run over you too.
We just have to keep him reasonably
under control."
Brett said West Brunswick will
continue to use its trademark of
fense ? a deceptive, three-back run
ning game with an occasional play
action pass from quarterback Eric
Johnson.
During its four-game winning
streak. West Brunswick has scored
42.3 points per game using primarily
West Brunswick Girls
Finding Ways To Win
"Where there's a will there's a way." It's one of the oldest cliches in
sports, but it's just as true today as it w
years ago.
By all accounts, the West
Brunswick girls' tennis team was not
expected to challenge for the Wac
camaw Conference championship this
fall.
Sure, the Lady Trojans were the
defending league champs and were
12-0 against conference opponents
last year. But that was with Kristy
Poulos, Jenny Judah and Lauren
Boyte smashing forehand winners and slicing backhand drop shots. Those
girls graduated last spring, leaving West with a serious void on the tennis
court.
It didn't take long for the 1993 Lady Trojans to show their inexperi
ence. In the first conference match of the season, West Brunswick was an 8
0 loser at Whiteville.
So much for defending the league title, right? Not so fast.
West Brunswick's tennis youngsters have grown up in a hurry this fall,
and the Lady Trojans shocked previously-undefeated Whiteville with a 5-4
win Monday to move into a first-place tie for the conference lead.
The match was tied at 3-3 after singles play, so it was up to the doubles
teams to pull it out. No problem.
West's number one duo ? junior Blair Milligan and sophomore Jessica
Robertson ? have won their share of big matches in the past. They fell be
hind 0-4 Monday but rallied for an 8-6 win.
So it came down to West Brunswick's two seniors, Jennifer Simmons
and JoAnna Barber, and they responded like seniors with an 8-4 win to
clinch the match for West Brunswick.
Now the Lady Trojans have a good chance to successfully defend their
league championship.
They showed that they have the will. And when you have the will, you
can always find a way.
Fans Needed At Whiteville
West Brunswick's football team has received pretty good support this
year from the fans. ..at home games at least.
The number of Trojan fans thinned out considerably when West
Brunswick traveled to Wilmington (Hoggard) and Georgetown, S.C.
West plays its third road game of the year Friday night at Whiteville.
You can bet Wolfpack fans will fill their side of Legion Stadium.
It would be nice to see more than the West Brunswick parents and
booster club members make the trip to the heart of Columbus County. A
cheering sea of green and gold would really inspire the players.
Phils-Braves
I have mixed feelings about the National League Championship Series
between the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves.
As a native Philadelphian, my heart belongs to the Phillies, who are
making their first post-season appearance in 10 years. I'm rooting for
Dykstra and Company to win it all.
But if the Phillies can't win the NLCS and advance to the World Series,
there's nobody I'd rather see representing the National League than the
Braves.
As a point of interest, two players from nearby Columbus County will
probably be very instrumental in the Phillies-Braves series.
Philadelphia pitcher and Whiteville native Tommy Greene has had a
great year for the Phils (16-4, 3.42 ERA).
Atlanta leadoff hitter Otis Nixon of Evergreen has helped spark the po
tent Braves offense while playing solid in center field.
I have a feeling this will be the National League's year to win the World
Series. 1 believe both the Phils and Braves have enough to beat the winner of
the Chicago White Sox -Toronto Blue Jays series
as when it was first spoken so many
Doug
Rutter
Sports
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"It's an important game, yes.
Do or die, I don 't think so. "
? Trojan Coach Jim Brett
a full-house backfield and an effi
cient passing attack.
The Trojan offense has rushed for
1,364 yards and passed for 267
yards in the last four weeks, while
the defense has held opponents to an
average of 7.8 points per game and
forced 1 2 turnovers.
"We're not going to change any
thing for the most part." Brett said
Monday. "We're just trying to im
prove what we're doing each week."
Besides South Columbus, White
ville has beaten Pender (20-3), Fair
mont (53-0) and Lumberton (27-13).
Clinton handed the Wolfpack its on
ly loss of the season, 21-14. White
ville opened the year with a 14-14
tie at East Bladen.
"They're very quick on defense."
Brett said. "They're no bigger than
us physically but they're very quick,
especially on the corners and in the
secondary."
Whiteville, 6-0 in the conference
and 11-1 overall last year, was
picked in a pre season coaches' poll
to finish first in the conference, with
West Brunswick second.
The West Brunswick-Whiteville
rivalry is a strong one that has be
come more intense over the last five
years as both schools have fielded
teams with conference champi
onship hopes.
The Trojans and Wolfpack have
played 18 games since 1972.
Whiteville leads the series 13-5, but
the teams have split the last six
games. Whiteville won last year's
meeting. 16-6, en route to an unde
feated regular season.
Whiteville dominated the series
through the mid-1980s. The Trojans
and Wolfpack each won two of the
first four games between the schools
before Whiteville reeled off eight
straight wins from 1976 to 1987.
West Brunswick snapped the
streak with an 8-7 win at Whiteville
in 1988, which was the last year the
This Week
In Brunswick Sports
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7
?West Brunswick hosts Flora McDonald in soccer, 4:30 p.m.
?North Brunswick hosts South Brunswick in soccer, 4:30
p.m.
?South Brunswick hosts South Columbus in volleyball, 5
p.m.
?West Brunswick hosts Whiteville in JV football, 7 p.m.
?South Brunswick hosts East Columbus in JV football, 7
p.m.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8
?West Brunswick at Whiteville in varsity football, 7:30 p.m.
?North Brunswick at Tar Hell in varsity football, 7:30 p.m.
?South Brunswick at East Columbus in varsity football, 7:30
p.m.
MONDAY, OCTOBER II
?West Brunswick hosts West Columbus in girls' tennis, 4
p.m.
?South Brunswick hosts Pender in girls' tennis, 4 p.m.
?North Brunswick and Red Springs and Bladenboro in
volleyball, 4 p.m.
?West Brunswick at Wilmington Christian in soccer, 4:30
p.m.
?North Brunswick hosts Dixon in soccer, 4:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1 2
?West Brunswick hosts South Brunswick in volleyball, 5
p.m.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13
?West Brunswick hosts Pender in girls' tennis, 4 p.m.
?South Brunswick hosts South Columbus in girls' tennis, 4
p.m.
?North Brunswick and Tar Heel at East Bladen in volleyball,
4 p.m.
?North Brunswick hosts Swansboro in soccer, 4:30 p.m
This week's listings include events reported to the Beacon. To list a
sporting activity call 754-6890 or write to Doug Rutter, The Brunswick
Beacon , P.O. Box 2558, Shallotte, N.C. 28459.
Trojan JV Wins 34-32
West Brunswick's Ricky "CC"
Hill scored the winning touchdown
in overtime and added a two-point
conversion as the Trojans defeated
Pender 34-32 last Thursday in a ju
nior varsity football game.
The game was tied at 26-26 at the
end of regulation. In overtime. Hill
took a quick pitch around the left
end from 1 yard out to give the
Trojans the lead. He also ran for a
two-point play.
Pender also scored in the extra
period, but the Patriots' run for two
points came up short and the Trojans
(2-2) held on for the win.
"The offensive line did an excel
lent job," said running back Jamal
Stanley, who scored two touch
downs for the Trojans. Hill also
scored twice and Eric Hewett scored
one TD for West Brunswick.
West Brunswick will host the
Whiteville Wolfpack Thursday at 7
p.m. at M.H. Rourk Stadium in
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Rival Whiteville
Trojans won a conference football
championship.
After two straight Wolfpack wins
in 1 989 and 1990, West Brunswick
bounced back with two victories at
Whiteville in 1991 .
The Trojans won the regular sea
son contest, 19-7. and returned to
legion Stadium in late November to
battle the Wolfpack in the third
round of the playoffs. West won 12
6 en route to the Eastern North
Carolina 2A Championship.
In other Waccamaw Conference
games this week. South Brunswick
travels to F.ast Columbus and South
Columbus visits Pender. It will be
the first game ever between the
Cougars and Gators. The Stallions
and Patriots also will meet for the
first time on the gridiron.
West Columbus, off to a 5-1 start,
is idle this week. Coach Wayne
Williamson's Vikings may need the
time off as they prepare for their
next three games against South
Columbus, West Brunswick and
Whiteville.
WACCAMAW CONFERENCE
FOOTBALL STANDINGS
Team Conf. O'all PS PA
W Colum. 2-0 5-1 " 204 58
Whiteville 2-0 4-1-1 157 67
W Bruns. 2-0 4-2 1% 71
S. Bruns. 0-1 3-2 117 85
S. Colum 0-2 3-3 114 152
fc. Colum. 0-1 1-4 84 122
Pend. Cty 0-2 1-5 46 121
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
?West Brunswick 42. Pender 7
?West Columbus 26, South Bruns
wick 23
?Whiteville 29. South Columbus 16
FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAMES
?West Brunswick at Whiteville
?South Brunswick at East Colum
bus
?South Columbus at Pender
?West Columbus idle
All games start at 7:30 p.m.
TIED FOR FIRST PLACE
West Tops Whiteville
BY DOUG RUTTKR
West Brunswick's Lady Trojans
pulled into a tie for first place with
Whiteville in the Waccamaw 2A/3A
Conference girls' tennis standings
with a dramatic, 5-4 win Monday.
The match was tied 3-3 after sin
gles play, and West got wins from its
top two doubles teams to improve
its conference record to 7-1. White
ville lost its first league match of the
season.
"I'm really proud of the girls,"
West Brunswick Coach Martie Gillis
said. "To be able to put us in a posi
tion to be able to defend our confer
ence title after graduating so many
starters last year is a real accom
plishment."
The Lady Trojans have won sev
en straight conference matches after
losing their league opener to
Whiteville, 8-0. Monday's match
lasted 5'A hours.
Winning singles matches for West
Brunswick were Jennifer Simmons,
Jessica Robertson and Yarbi Lemon.
Simmons, the team's number one
player, dropped the first set to
Whiteville 's Alysun Singletary, 4-6,
but won the next two sets, 6-4 and
6-2, to take the mulch.
Simmons had lost to Singletary in
straight sets earlier this season. "I'm
really proud she hung in there,"
Gillis said. "It was a matter of who
cracked first."
Robertson had to pull out of her
earlier match at Whiteville because
of a muscle pull, but came back with
a 6-2, 6-3, win Monday.
"Yarbi did a complete turn-around
from her first match to tie us at three
all after singles," Gillis added.
West's top doubles team of Blair
Milligan and Robertson fell behind
0-4, but rallied for an 8-6 victory
over Singletary and Ashley Shel
burne.
The number two doubles team of
Simmons and JoAnna Barber
clinched the victory for West Bruns
wick with an 8-4 win over Courtney
Soles and Katie Gardner.
In Waccamaw Conference action
last Wednesday, West Brunswick
was a 7-2 winner over visiting Pen
der.
"It was a good match," Gillis
said. "I think we underestimated
them a little. They are a first-year
team, but they do keep the ball in
play and are consistent."
"Their number one player (Sara
Eslinger) is a freshman and will he a
dominant player before she gradu
ates," Gillis said.
West Brunswick lost a non-con
ference match to visiting St. Pauls
last Thursday, 8-1.
"St. Pauls as always is a well
coached, veteran team," Gillis said.
"It was a good, tough match needed
in the middle of the season to get the
team refocused. It was especially
helpful right before the NVhiteville
match."
West Brunswick (8-4 overall) was
scheduled to travel to East Colum
bus Wednesday afternoon. The Lady
Trojans will host West Columbus
next Monday and entertain Pender
on Wednesday.
Whiteville Results
Singles: Simmons (WB) def.
Singletary. 4-6. 6-4, 6-2; Shelburne
(W) def. Barber, 6-4, 6-1; Groves
(W) def. Milligan, 6-1, 6-2; Robert
son (WB) def. Ripple, 6-2, 6-3; Le
mon (WB) def. Soles, 6-2, 6-3;
Gardner (W) def. Hardee. 7-5, 2-6,
6-2.
Doubles: Robertson/M i 1 1 igan
(WB) def. Singletary/Shelburne, 8
6; Simmons Barber (WB) def. Soles
/Gardner. 8-4; Groves/Ripple (W)
def. Lemon'Hardee, 8-4.
St. Pauls Results
Singles: Harrell (SP) def. Sim
mons, 6-1, 6-0; Everette (SP) def.
Barber, 6-1, 6-0; H. Gray (SP) def.
Milligan, 6-3, 6-4; Walters (SP) def.
Robertson. 6-3, 7-6 (7-4); G. Gray
(SP) def. Lemon, 6-0, 6-0; Green
(SP) def. Hardee, 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles: Harrell/Everette (SP)
def. Robertson/Milligan, 8-1; Sim
mons/Barber (WB) def. Walters/
Green. 8-4; G. Gray/Broadwell (SP)
def. Lemon/Hardee, 8-6.
Pender Results
Singles: Simmons (WB) def. Es
linger, 6-2, 6-2; E. Segovia (P) def.
Barber, 5-7, 6-1,6-3; Milligan (WB)
def. Miko, 6-0, 7-6 (7-1); Robertson
(WB) def. Traywick, 6-0, 6-3;
Lemon (WB) def. Teal, 6-0, 6-4;
Hardee (WB) def. Hicks, 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: Eslinger/E. Segovia (P)
def. Robertson/Milligan, 8-4; Sim
mons/Barber (WB) def. Miko/Tray
wick, 8-4; Hardee/Kirtley (WB) def.
Teal/P. Segovia, 8-2.
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