SPORTING SCENE
Lost Game
Memorable For 1 2
Senior Trojans
Michael Lance bounced around the home locker room at UNC's Kenan
Stadium Friday night talking up a
storm. The West Brunswick Trojans
had just defeated High Point Andrews
19-14 to win the state 3A football
championship.
Lance, one of 12 seniors on the
West Brunswick squad, was elated
with the Trojans' comeback win and
their second consecutive state cham
pionship and their 1 2-3 season.
At the same time, though, he was
feeling a little blue, lie had just played
No more Friday nights under the bright lights.
Long after his teammates had removed their uniforms and changed into
dry clothes. Lancc walked around the locker room in his football pants.
They were muddy and dripping wet. He didn't want to take them off.
Lance, who played on the talented 1991 West Brunswick team that
went 13-2 and the inspiring 1992 squad that finished 11-3. said this year's
club was the best of the three.
"I love all these guys." he said. "I just hate this is my last game. I'm
glad we won, but I just hate that I'm not going to be able to come out
Monday and practice with all these guys. I love them like my family."
Lance is part of a special group of young men who have done the
school and community proud. He's one of 12 players who have helped take
the Trojans to Chapel Hill each of the last three years.
Charlie Peele is also part of that group. While everyone celebrated in
the rain and the cold as the final seconds ticked off the clock Friday, Peele
was kneeling and crying at midfield.
"It might have been the last football game I'll ever play." he said later.
"When we won last week against Tarboro I was thinking it was going to be
just another trip to Chapel Hill. When we got up here and the lights were
on. that was the best feeling in the world."
Peele and Lance have been a big part of the Trojans' success the last
three years, when the team has put together a 36-8 record. They've helped
produce three eastern championships and two state titles in that time.
It's hard to believe now. but things haven't always been so rosy at West
Brunswick. The Trojans had just six winning football seasons in the
school's first 14 years.
West Brunswick was at the bottom of the football pile just 10 years ago
When it had consecutive 1-9 seasons in 1982 and 1983. It's amazing what
has happened since then.
The program started gaining momentum in 1986 w hen Coach Marshall
Seay grabbed the reigns. Starting with a 5-5 record his first year. Seay
steadily built a winner at West Brunswick.
Seay never had a losing season in six years and left Shallotte following
the 1991 campaign as the all-time winningest football coach in school his
tory w ith a 48-20 record.
It was Seay who led the team to a school-best, 13-2 mark in 1991 and
took the kids to Chapel Hill for their first game in spacious Kenan Stadium.
Before then. West had never been past the second round of playoffs.
As its seventh football coach in school history. West Brunswick was
lucky to land Jim Brett. He has helped give the Trojans that little edge they
needed to grow from state contenders to state champs.
Under Seay and Brett, the Trojans have enjoyed seven straight winning
seasons and a record of 71-26 since 1986.
West has been to the state playoffs three straight years and five of the
last six. The team has won at least 1 1 games each of the last three years.
They've won 10 straight playoff games and 14 of their last 15.
We've all been spoiled rotten.
Doug
Rutter
Sports
Editor
his final high school football game.
This Week
In Brunswick Sports
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16
[_JSouth Brunswick hosts Laney in basketball. 4:30 p.m.
QNorth Brunswick hosts West Brunswick in basketball. 5
p.m.
[_JWest Brunswick at Hoggard in basketball, 4:30 p.m.
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South Brunswick
Cagers Sweep North
Antoine Johnson and Mike Clark
combined for seven three-pointers
and 32 points to lead South
Brunswick to a 72-55 win over visit
ing North Brunswick last Friday in
high school boys' basketball action.
Johnson, a senior guard, knocked
down four three-pointers and fin
ished with a game-high 19 points.
Clark connected on three "treys"
and ended up with 13 points.
North Brunswick's Scorpions (2
2) were led by Kiafia McKoy with
15 points and Angelo McKenzie
with 14. Lewis Vaught and Jeff Sim
on added 10 points apiece for the
Cougars, who improved to 2-2.
South Brunswick also won the
girls' game, 61-16. Senior center
Erika Bryant scored 26 points and
freshman forward Sheba Fullwood
added 13 to lead the Lady Cougars
(2-2).
Coach Mike lsenberg's girls led
22-12 at halftime, but broke the
game open in the third period when
they outscored the visiting Lady
Scorpions 26-2. North Brunswick
fell to 0-4.
North Brunswick was scheduled
to play at Topsail Tuesday before
hosting South Brunswick on Wed
nesday night. The Scorpions also
will entertain West Brunswick Fri
day night.
In addition to Wednesday night's
game at North Brunswick. South
Brunswick was scheduled to host
Wilmington Laney on Thursday
night.
BOYS GAME
North Brunswick 14 8 21 12 ? 55
South Brunswick 1618 21 16 ? 72
North Brunswick scoring: Mc
Koy, 15, McKenzie, 14; Graham, 9;
Ballard, 7; Knox, 5; Hankins, 3;
Bullard. 2.
South Brunswick scoring: John
son. 19; Clark. 13; Vaught, 10;
Simon. 10; Kennedy. 9; Clemmons,
3; Blue. 3; Champion. 2; Hewett. 2;
James, 1.
GIRLS GAME
North Brunswick 6 6 2 2 ? 16
South Brunswick 14 8 26 16 ? 61
North Brunswick scoring:
Ballard, 7; L.udd. 4; McKoy, 2;
Jones, 1; Crowder. 1; Smith, 1.
South Brunswick scoring: Bryant.
26; Fullwood, 13; Tam. Davis, 8;
Sellers, 6; Tan. Davis, 4; Smith, 2;
Dishman, 2.
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Mario Ballard scored points to
lead the North Brunswick High
School hoys' basketball team to a
75-59 non-conference win over Dix
on last Tuesday night in Leland.
Shannon llankins scored 16
points for the Scorpions, who rallied
from a 30-22 deficit at halftime and
made 13-of-13 free throw attempts
in the final period.
Brothers Marcus and Brandon
Canady scored 16 points apiece to
lead the Bulldogs, who fell to 3-1.
North Brunswick's boys im
proved to 2-1. while the girls fell to
0-3 with a 47-13 loss to Dixon.
The Scorpion junior varsity im
proved to 3-0 with a 72-29 victory.
Shamon Kinston scored 16 points,
and Rashad Green added 14 to lead
North Brunswick.
Trojan Basketball Tips Off Thursday
West Brunswick will open the high sch(X)l basketball season Thursday
night ? not Friday night ? with three games against the North Brunswick
Scorpions in Leland.
The junior varsity boys will tip off at 5 p.m.. followed by the girls at
6:30 and the varsity boys at 8 o'clock.
The games were originally scheduled Friday, but they were changed
because of the school system's Christmas holiday.
Bucs Stop South Brunswick
Brian Johnson scored 29 points
and Derek McSwain had 25 as the
Laney Buccaneers defeated South
Brunswick 85-56 in high school
boys' basketball action last Tuesday.
Senior guard Antoine Johnson
scored 19 points to lead the visiting
Cougars, who trailed 44-23 at half
time. Chris Champion added nine
points for South Brunswick.
In the girls' game, Catherine Mc
Koy scored 10 points to lead Laney
to a 35-34 non-conference win over
the Lady Cougars. Senior center
Erika Bryant led South Brunswick
with 24 points.
GIRLS GAME
South Brunswick 6 6 16 6 ? 34
Wilmington Laney 10 7 13 5 ? 35
South Brunswick scoring: Bryant,
24; Full wood, 4; Davis, 4; Lee, 2.
Laney scoring: McKoy. 10;
Williams. 8; Melvin. 5; Grady, 4;
Lane. 4; White, 2.
BOYS GAME
South Brunswick 815 1518 ? 56
Wilm. Laney 1628 1625?85
South Brunswick scoring: John
on, 19; Champion. 9; Vaught. 7;
Blue, 5; Clark, 5; Simon, 5; James.
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