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BRETT MOVING TO NORTHERN NASH West Brunswick Searching For New Football Coach BY DOUG Rl TI ER West Brunswick Principal F.d l emon says he hopes to have a new athletic director and head football coach selected fov March I to re place the outgoing Jim Brett. After coaching the Trojan footbaii team to a pair of state champion ships in two years at the school, Brett announced last week he will leave West Brunswick at the end of the school year. Brett will take over as athletic di rector and head football coach at Northern Nash High School near Rocky Mount at the start of the 1494-95 academic year. "The reason that I personally made the decision I made was it was a raise for me financially first of all." Brett said Sunday. "Second, it put me closer to my family in that area." Brett, who has 2(1 years experi ence as a high school head football coach, declined to say how much mone\ he will receive at Northern Nash. However, he indicated the move will allow him to secure a bet ter retirement income. "At this point in my career. I can retire in a few years if 1 want to. The money I make at this point will af fcci my retirement." Brett Said. Brett, who coached at Tarboro High School for 18 vears before "The reason that I personally made the decision I made was a raise for me financially first of all. Second, it put me closer to my family in that area. "?Jim Brett coming to West Brunswick in 1992. has two daughters living in Tarboro, which is about 20 miles from Northern Nash. Brett coached West Brunswick to the school's first state football championship in 1992. when the Trojans defeated Maiden 14-6 for the 2A crown. After moving up in classification last year. West beat High Point Andrews 1^-14 to cap ture the 3A championship. In two years at West Brunswick. Brett's teams posted a combined record of 23-6. including a 10-0 mark in the playoffs. Brett takes a career coaching record of 191-67 to Northern Nash. "It's been two great years for me from a coaching standpoint. My stay as far as coaching has just been fan tastic " Brett ^uid. "The thing that is toughest of all about the situation is leaving the young men I coached this year who are coming hack next year. They're all great young men. and I think they have an excellent chance to have an other great season next year." Brett also coached a state 3A championship team at Tarboro High in 1984 and has taken his teams to the state football playoffs 14 straight years. l^emon said Friday the school is disappointed that Brett is leaving. "But he's the kind of person you wish him well wherever he goes. He's a quality person and a quality coach. We hate to lose him. but it's his decision." Brett will take over a 4A North ern Nash football program that hasn't seen much success in recent years. The Knights finished 1-4 in the Big Hast Conference and 4-6 overall last year. Over the past three sea SPORTING SCENE Trojans Hooe To End Cougar Jinx Saturday Doug Editor Saturdays can In; pretty exciting when you're a high school student. No classes during the day. No homework. Twenty-four hours of fun. The West Brunswick High School boys' basketball team hopes this Saturday will be even more fun than usual. The Trojans will catch a bus to Boiling Spring Lakes Saturday night to face their old nemesis?the South Brunswick Cougars. Rutter It s been four years since West Brunswick has defeated South Bruns- J SpOrtS wick on the basketball court. The Cougars have won seven in a row. That's a statistic that doesn't sit well with the Trojans. Not since Jan. 26. 1990. has West Brunswick waikcd off the court with a victory over South Brunswick. A skinny kid named Ricky Daniels scored 25 points that night for the Trojans. He forced overtime with a basket at the buzzer, then scored four points in the extra period to lead West to a 59-54 win. That was the only time this decade that West Brunswick has defeated its higgest county rival. Of the last seven meetings. South Brunswick has won four of them by at least 10 points The remaining three include a great showdown Feb. 22. 1991, in Shallotte. A packed house saw South's Josh White connect on a 35-foot bomb at the buzzer that gave the Cougars a 76-74 w in. Both West-South matchups last year were close games. But White, then a senior, was too much for the Trojans to handle. The flashy point guard had a 30-point performance in the Cougars' 74 67 win at Boiling Spring Lakes. He followed it up with a 44-point outburst that lifted South to a 90-81 overtime w in in Shallotte. Which brings us to 1994. If ever there was a year for the Trojans to end their misery, this could be it. West Brunsw ick has been improving since the season started, while South has been struggling. !f West Brunswick wins only one more game this season, the Trojans would want it to come Saturday night on the Cougars" home turf. These teams just don't like each other. A few months ago. a West Brunswick football player commented that the Trojans would rather beat South Brunswick than win the state champi onship. I assume that holds true in basketball as well. Super Bowl Pick Oh. brother. The one thing Ni l. fans have been fearing all season is another appear ance by the Buffalo Bills in the Super Bowl. With their 30-13 win Sunday over the Kansas City Chiefs, the AFC champion Bills will make an unprecedented fourth straight trip to the big dance. Their opponent w ill be the Dallas Cowboys, w ho beat the San Francisco 4:>ers 3K-2I Sunday to w in a second straight NFC championship. Hard to believe, but I was two-for-two in picking the conference cham pionship games. That brings my record to 7-3 in the playoffs. Kor the first time in Super Bowl history, there will be a rematch. I'm sure ' don't have to remind anyone about last year's Snnrr Row I Dallas scored 52 points and Buttalo had i 1. it was the worsi Super Bowi in histoiy. I'd love to see the Bills finally win one. They've shown grit by making it as tar as they have. And it it weren't for three Super Bowl losses, they would be considered one of the best teams in Ni l. history. Plus I hate the Dallas Cowboys, maybe worse than I hate snakes and spinach and people who drive slow. I especially despise Dallas Coach Jimmy Johnson and his neat hair and his "l-am-the-center-of-the-universe" attitude. But Jimmy and the Cowboys will repeat as Super Bowl champions The Bills are incapable of winning a Super Bowl and after this year, they should be banned from further participation in the playoffs. Super Bowl XXVIII won't lx- quite as ugly as Super Bowl XXVII, but it won't be pretty either. Dallas 31. Buffalo 17. This Week's Tide Table JANUARY HIGH LOW Day Date AM. P.M. A.M. P.M. Thursday 27 7:34 7:56 1:20 1:54 Friday 28 8:19 8:43 2:06 2:37 Saturday 29 9:03 9:30 2:52 3:21 Sunday 30 9:49 10:20 3:40 4:05 Monday 31 10:37 11:14 4:31 4:53 FEBRUARY Tuesday 1 11:29 5:25 5:44 Wednesday 2 12:12 12:26 6:24 6:41 ADJUSTMENTS SHALLOTTE INLET?add 17 min. high tide, add 32 min. low tide. LOCKWOOD FOLLY?subtract 22 min. high tide, subtract 8 min. low tide. BALD HEAD ISLAND?subtract 10 nun. high tide, subtract 7 min. low tide. SOUTHPORT?add 7 min. high tide, add 15 min. low tide. LITTLE RIVER?subtract U min high tide, add 18 min. low tide. Scott Bowls 245 In Woodmen Mixed League Doug Scott rolled a high game of 245 and a ()02 series to lead the men in the Woodmen of the World Mixed Ix'ague last l-riday at Brunswick County Bowling Center in Shallotte. Other top men's finishers includ ed Roland Decker. 233, 586; Lee Harris. 215. 572; Kevin Williams. 215. 522; Terry Decker, 214, 572; and Scott Decker. 2(K). 540. High scorers among the women were Beverly Williams. IK*), 502; Becky Rountree. ISO. 520; Bonnie Decker, 169. 423; Debbie Cumbce, Uj7. 437; Mona Lafontaine, 166. 359; and Cathy Sibbett. 157. 420. Over 30 League Tips Off Monday The Brunswick County Over 30 Men's Basketball League will begin play Monday. Jan. 31. at Supply (Elementary School. For more information on the league, call county athletic coordi nator Joe Rosselli at 253-4357 or 1 800-222-4790. I' IN CALABASH | Snuin ijnilir DmiMu nuivic THEfeBEACON On Sale At JIMMY'S PANTRY MIKE'S KWIK MARKET MINUTE-MAN MOORE'S GROCERY SEASHORE DRUGS SHEILA'S COUNTRY KITCHEN SIMMONS' BEVERAGE MART THE UNSINKABLE BOAT can Ron Taylor at: 1-800-545-2293 sons. Northern Nash is 2-15 in the conference and 11-19 overall. "It is a challenge, hut it is a fairly large sch(x>l and it's got some ad vantages." Brett said. "We used to play them every year when I was at Tarboro and they've always had tal ent." Despite recent reports, Brett said the Brunswick County school hoard's decision to reduce money for athletics and eliminate the posi tion of county athletics director ef fective July I did not influence his decision. "Those were just things I would like to see corrected in the school system even though I'm leaving," he said. "They are not the reasons I'm leaving for this other job." Brett said a "small factor" in his decision to move was the lack of an available, year-round rental home on one of the local beaches. The beach was one of the reasons he and his wife. Terri. moved here two years ago. They couldn't find a rental home, and didn't want to buy a beach house because they already own one at Emerald Isle. Nevertheless, the beach, seven straight winning seasons and three straight trips to the state champi onship game could make the West Brunswick job an attractive one for experienced coaches looking to Coach Jim Brett i mine. "Mr. Lemon and Mr. Best have been great to work for and work with. You couldn't ask for a better situation." Brett said. "It's a good job. I don't think West Brunswick will have any problem finding a quality coach." Nelson Best, county athletics di rector. said inquiries about the West Brunswick job have already started coming in. lie received a phone call Friday from the coach of a success ful 4A program in southeastern North Carolina. The position vacancy will be ad vertised for approximately three weeks in all major newspapers in North Carolina and some in South Carolina. "There's going to be a lot of interest." Best said. Lsmon said he docsn t see any reason why West Brunswick can't find another quality coach to replace Brett, who also is considered an out standing athletic director. "I think his stay here has meant more than just state championships." Lemon said. "We did have some problems prior to him coming with the athletic director's role." "Even though he was the football coach, he was totally supportive of each sport," Lemon added. "That's a real fine change he made here. The other coaches don't have animosity toward him because he was the foot ball coach." "To find a quality football coach and athletic director in one person is very difficult." Lemon said. "It's bigger than just the football coach, even though that's how everyone perceives it." The new athletic director and head football coach will not come to West Brunswick until Brett leaves in June, lx mon said he's glad Brett gave the school system time to find a quality replacement. Nominations Sought For Nongame Advisory Board Nominations are being sought by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission for a vacancy on the agency's Nongame Advisory Committee. Appointment by the commission for this unexpired term ending June 30. 1995. will be based on "the merits demonstrated in the nominee's credentials as a conserva tionist," according to a news release from the commis sion. ITie Nongame Advisory Committee was established by the Wildlife Commission in 1986 to help plan and oversee the nongame and endangered species program supported by the income tax return check-off. The N.C. General Assembly in 1987 recognized the committee by authorizing the Wildlife Commission to adopt the state's first list of endangered and threatened species. The com mission's action followed a recommendation by the Nongame Advisory Committee. The committee "serves as liaison between the wildlife commission and conservation and scientific communi ties in matters relating to nongame and endangered wildlife, to recommend priority funding for nongame programs, to recommend strategies to improve the nongamc program and to restore nongame populations." Feb. 4 is the deadline for nominations. Names of nominees and a list of conservation accomplishments should be mailed to Randall C. Wilson, Division of Wildlife Management, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh NC 27604-11X8. Bulldogs Sweep North Brunswick Bladenboro swept North Brunswick in Three Rivers Conference high school basketball Friday night in Leland. winning the boys' game 68-62 and taking the girls' contest 72-17. Alfonza Lewis scored a game-high 31 points to lead the Bulldogs in the boys' game. Mario Ballard paced the Scorpions (1-3 conference. 6-6 overall) with 30 points, and Tyrone Bullard added 11). Heather Walters scored 20 points to lead the Bladenboro girls, and Kanieceuwu Ballard had 12 lor the Lady Scorpions (0-4. 1-11). North Brunswick was scheduled to play at Red Springs Tuesday night. The Scorpions will host South Robeson on Friday. Buying, Building or Remodeling.. ? ii i i ii i! li. " i ii u i r? Contact Us For Competitive Mortgage Rates. S e cur it y tas%^ SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION ^ ?Shallotte 'Calabash *Leland ?Southport *Long Beach 754-4371 579-3595 371-6546 457-5246 278-6022
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