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Whiteville Pounds South Girls In Waccamaw Finals BY DOUG RUTTER Whitcville l"he South Brunswick girls' has- An asthma attack seriously limit kctball team had two strikes against ed the playing time of senior center it heading into the championship Erika Bryant, the team's top scorer game of the Waccamaw Conference and rehounder, and starting forward Tournament last Friday against Natalie Smith was out for discipli r WHITEVILLE 'S DAWS THREADGILL (left) scored a game high 20 points to lead the Lady Wolfpack to a 52-25 win. Defend ing for South Brunsw ick is Latonya Lee. RECREATION BRIEFS Contra Dance, Egg Hunt Among Activities Planned For Saturday, March 19 Spring Egg Hunt The Brunswick County and lead the dance Southport parks and recreation de partments will jointly sponsor a Contra Dance on Saturday, March A spring egg hunt for children 'J 19. ana younger has tic en set for Contra dancing is a type of moun- Saturday, March 26, a! JO a.m. tain-style square dance. Children and their parents should The dance will be held at the meet at the Brunswick County Southport Community Building Public Assembly Building in from 7-10 p.m. A beginners' work- Bolivia and bring their own baskets, shop wiil stan at 6:45. There wiii be For information ainiui ciilici (?u> a SI fee per person. Comfortable gram, call Lmma T. McGraw, spe shoes are suggested. cial events coordinator of the The Couch Surfers, a three-piece Brunswick County Parks and band and dance caller from Recreation Department, at 253-4357 Charlotte, will provide music and or ! S(K) 222 4790. A/twIle ALLERGIES Inhatar A?, iffe Your 'l alant Allergies: Seasonal and t ar ^ount* Sfli Food Allergies: Mostly Hidden and Can Affect The Whole Body The office of Dr. Mark Lizcik offers full allergy services. ant Upper Respiratory Infections^jB^'c Sinus Infections? Headaches? St Hgp Chronic Fatigue? 0\ Chemical Sensitivity? t ^ ^ Don't Suffer r?j * U \Uy Longer...is? - v- Call For Your Medical Evaluation Today! Mark A. Lizak, M.D. 754-2920 ? Mon.-Fri. 9 am-5 pm The Doctor's Complex ? The Brunswick Hospital. Supply, NC nary reasons. Whitevillc took advantage of South Brunswick's adversity, scor ing 15 of the game's first 17 points and cruising to a 52-25 win. Dawn Threadgill scored a game high 20 points. Regina Garcia added 11 points and seven assists and Dee Dee Toon scored seven points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Lady Wolfpack. "They outplayed us all around." South Brunswick Coach Mike Isenberg said. "The whole team is not experienced enough when we get behind early to refocus. We let Whitevillc take it to us instead of us taking it to them." Whiteville (21-4) and South Brunswick (17-9) tied for the regu lar-season conference champion ship. With Friday's win. Whiteville avenged two straight losses to South in the conference tournament cham pionship game. "We were looking to get over the hump." Whiteville Coach Ken Helms said. "They've beaten us twice and we talked about that be fore the game." Whiteville dominated from the start, jumping out to a 7-0 lead in the first three minutes and pulling out to a 15-2 advantage with 2:34 left in the first quarter. Threitdgill scored nine of her 20 points in the opening period. Her three-pointer from the right wing with 29 seconds left closed out the first-quarter scoring and gave the Lady Wolfpack an 18-6 lead. Whiteville, which harassed South Brunswick with full-court pressure throughout the first half, scored sev en straight points to open the second quarter and led 25-6 with 6:43 left in the half. The Lady Cougars trailed 27-10 at halftime. but started making the game interesting in the third quarter thanks to outstanding play by Ta meka Davis, who led South with 13 points. Whiteville led 31-14 before a three-point play by Davis cut the lead to 14 points. The point guard later came up with a steal, forced a turnover and drew a charge to spark South's biggest run of the game. The l^ady Cougars scored the last four points of the third quarter, and Davis made two free throws at the start of the fourth quarter to cut Whiteville's lead to 33-23. That was as close as South Bruns wick would get. I"he 1-adv Wolfpack scored eight unanswered points to build its lead to 41-23 with 4:44 re maining. Following two more free throws by South's Davis, Whiteville scored the last 11 points of the game. Bryant, who struggled to catch her breath at times, went as hard as she could for as long as she could. She played just over 16 minutes and scored eight points. "My asthma was bothering me, plus i have a kidney infection," Bryant said following the game. "I went pretty hard but I could have gone harder. I think we got a little discouraged when we were down by 17." Isenberg tried to rest Bryant as of ten as possible, taking her out of the lineup nine times during the game. She sat down for good with 4:46 left in the fourth quarter. "! was trvins ECt ht*r in thi-rc on J c o offense and let her rest on defense," Isenberg said. "Erika didn't have much to give tonight because of her health. She was really hurting." Whiteville and South Brunswick both received first-round byes in the state playoffs. South was scheduled to open the 3A playoffs Wednesday night at Campbell University. Score By Quarters South Brunswick 6 4 II 4?25 Whiteville 18 9 6 19?52 South Brunswick scoring: Tam. Davis, 13; Bryant, 8; Fullwood, 2; D. Smith, 2. Whiteville scoring: Threadgill, 20; R. Garcia, U; K. Garcia. 8; Toon, 7; I (olden. 4; Palmer, 2. STAfF PHOTOS Br DOUG RUTTER SOUTH BRUNSWICK'S ERIKA BRYANT (right) drives past Whiteville's Dee Dee Toon during Friday's conference tournament finals. Bryant saw limited playing time due to an asthma attack and was held to eight points. 30-26 WIN Cougars Roll East Columbus Gators The South Brunswick girls' bas- of a one-and-one opportunity with Davis added six. Sharonda Moore of ketball team overcame a 21-12 half- 35 seconds left. Lee missed the sec- East Columbus (12-14) led all scor time deficit to defeat East Columbus ond free throw, but teammate Sheba ers with 19 points. 30-26 last Thursday in the Wa- Fullwood urabbed the rebound and c . ? . -T- . , & Score Bv Quarters ccamaw Conference lournament scored. semifinals. East Columbus, which scored just East Columbus 14 7 4 1?26 South Brunswick cut the Lady five points in the second half. South Brunswick 6 6 10 8?30 Gators' lead to 25-21 heading into missed three, three-point attempts in East Columbus scoring: Moore, the fourth quarter and tied the score the final 30 seconds. South Bruns- 19; Freeman, 4; Bray, 3. at 26-26 on a basket by Latonya Lee wick added a free throw in the clos- South Brunswick scoring: Full with 5:04 remaining. ing seconds to nail down the win. wood, 9; Tam. Davis, 6; Lee, 5; Bry Lee gave the luidy Cougars a 27- Fullwood led the Lady Cougars ant, 3; Karriker, 3; Smith, 2; Joyner, 26 lead when she made the front end (17-8) with nine points, and Tanicka 2. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Ron Taylor will bring Economic Growth to Brunswick County. Economic Growth is what Southeastern North Carolina needs. As Senator for this District with first hand knowledge of business and industry, Ron Taylor will make the difference. He is president of one of Southeastern North Carolina's largest industries. With counties banding together to attract factories, corporate headquarters, dis tribution centers and other businesses, it is a must to have a leader who will bring regional economic development to Brunswick County. 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