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Thursday. March 24. 1994
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Branch Powers Trojons Past Waccamaw
BY DOUG RUTTER the Warriors had knockcd West
West Brunswick's baseball team Brunswick starter Cameron Jones
trailed Waccamaw Academy 4-0 last out of the game with a four-run out
Thursday when Trojan outfielder burst.
Wayne Branch stepped to the plate "We got down early and Phillip
and did something he had never came in and held them at bay,"
done in his life. Alderson said. "They didn't get any
The senior outfielder belted his thing off Phillip."
first career home run, and later With Leonard silencing Wacca
tripled to drive in the game-winning maw Academy's bats. Branch gave
run to lead the Trojans to an impres- the Trojans the spark they needed
sive 6-4 win over the visiting War- with a solo home run to right-center
liors. in the bottom of the third inning.
"Wayne had a big offensive night In the fourth. West Brunswick
for us with the home run and game- tied the game by scoring three runs
winning hit," West Brunswick with two outs. Leonard started the
Coach Mike Alderson said. "The rally with a one-out single, and Eric
home run sparked the team a little Johnson was hit by a pitch.
bit. It put a fire under them." James Morgan?the courtesy run
Branch's big night at the plate ner for Leonard?and Johnson ad
wouldn't have mattered, however, if vanccd on Heath Inman's sacrifice
it wasn't for the excellent job done fly. Both runners scored on wild
by relief pitcher Phillip Leonard. pitches that eluded Waccamaw
The junior right-hander entered catcher Dan Greene and rolled to the
the game in the second inning after backstop.
West tied the game on Neil War
ren's ground single up the middle,
which scored Jay McRoberts from
third.
The Trojans took the lead in the
sixth when Warren reached base on
a dropped third strike and scored on
Branch's line triple into the right
center field alley. Branch later
scored on a wild pitch to give West a
6-4 lead.
"We needed a game like this early
in the season. We needed a game
where we got behind and came
back," Alderson said. "This will
help us later in the season. At least
we know we have comeback capa
bilities."
The victory lifted West Bruns
wick's record to 2-0 heading into
this week, when the Trojans had
four non-conference games on the
schedule.
"I'm pleased with the guys so far.
They're working hard in practice,"
Alderson said. "If the pitching staff
holds up, we'll give some people
some fits."
West Brunswick has just two se
niors this year and only four players
back from last year's varsity club.
The corps of the team is the 1993 ju
nior varsity squad that won the
Waccamaw Conference champi
onship.
West Brunswick was scheduled to
play at Waccamaw Academy on
Tuesday. The Trojans will host
Wilmington Hoggard Friday at 4
p.m.
West will travel to Lumbcrton on
Saturday for a doublehcader starting
at 10 a.m. The Trojans play Lum
berton in the first game and
Winston-Salem Carver in the second
game.
Game Summary
Wacc. Acad. 0 4 0 0 0 0 0?4 3 6
West Bruns. 0 0 1 3 0 2X?6 6 2
West Brunswick Soars
In Track Opener
BY DOUG RUTTER
West Brunswick's Reggie Frink
won three events and was part of a
winning relay team as the Trojans
opened the high school track season
last Thursday by winning a home
tri-meet.
Despite missing several athletes
due to injury, Coach Wesley
Shoemaker's squad racked up 75
points to hold off second-place fin
isher South Brunswick by 15 points.
South Columbus took third with SI
points.
Frink was one of the top perform
ers for West Brunswick, winning the
long jump, triple jump and 300-me
ter hurdles, lie also ran the opening
leg of West Brunswick's winning
400-mctcr relay team.
Also contributing for the Trojans
were Phillip Johnson with first-place
finishes in both the shot put and dis
cus events.
Other West Brunswick winners
were Derek Frink in the high jump,
Steve Holmes in the 100-meter dash
and Tim Vaught in the 1600-meter
run.
The 4(X)-meter relay team includ
ed Reggie Frink, Dexter Bass, Wil
liam Stanley and Holmes.
Darrius Vaught, Bruce McAfee,
Tim Vaught and Chris Brown
teamed up to give West a win in the
3200-meter relay.
In the girls' meet. South Colum
bus won 11 events and scored 102
points to take first place. South
Brunswick was second with 52
points, and West Brunswick finished
third with 13 points.
West's Christy Thorpe finished
first in the shot put and discus
events.
West Brunswick's track team is
scheduled to compete Thursday af
ternoon at South Brunswick. Wac
camaw Conference foes Pender and
East Columbus also were expected
at the quad-meet.
ROYS RESULTS
Shot put: Johnson (WB), 46-8!4;
Discus: Johnson (WB) 151-1; Long
jump: R. Frink (WB), 19-6 3/4;
TViple jump: R. Frink (WB), 40-11;
High jump: D. Frink (WB), 6-0;
Pole vault: Cordle (SB), 8-0; 110
meter hurdles: Azevedo (SB),
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STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG RU
DEREK FR1NK of West Brunswick cleared 6 feet to win the high jump competition at last Thursday's
high school track and field meet.
16.44; 100-meter dash: Holmes
(WB), 11.45; 1600 meters: T.
Vaught (WB), 5:26; 400 meters:
Morin (SB), 1:01.56; 300-meter
hurdles: R. Frink (WB), 43.84; 800
meters: Braxton (SC), 2:27; 200
meters: Lewis (SC), 27.56; 3200
meters: Lange (SB), 13:05; 400
meter relay: West Brunswick,
47.24; 800-meter relay: South Col
umbus, 1:46.48; 3200-meter relay:
West Brunswick, 9:53; 1600-meter
relay: South Brunswick, 4:19.85.
GIRLS RESULTS
Shot put: Thorpe (WB), 28-7y4;
Discus: Thorpe (WB), 97-4; Long
jump: Dozier (SC), 15-1; Triple
jump: Ford (SC), 28-11 'A; High
jump: Burnside (SB), 3-8; 100-me
ter hurdles: Ford (SC), 18.84; 100
meter run: Gause (SC), 13.94;
1600-meter run: Lineberger (SB),
7:23.8; 400-meter run: Dozier
(SC), 1:10.3; 300-meter hurdles: meter relay: South Columbus,
Wright (SC), 55.13; 800-meter run: 58.43; 800-meter relay: South Col
Fowler (SC), 2:58.8; 200-meter umbus, 1:59.73; 3200-meter relay:
run: Cause (SC), 30.52; 3200-me- South Brunswick, 12:43; 1600-me
ter run: Eagle (SB), 16:21; 400- ter relay: South Columbus, 5:00.9.
West Wins Against Hoggard
Sophomore Josh Baker went 4- gard," West Brunswick Coach Mike
for-4 and pitched four scoreless in- Alderson said. "We only had one er
nings as West Brunswick opened the ror and hit Andy Wager pretty good,
high school baseball season with a He's supposed to be their ace."
6-2 win last Tuesday at Wilmington Alderson said Baker pitched very
Hoggard. well, giving up two hits and no runs.
Mike Johnson belted a two-run Both Hoggard runs scored in the
home run in the third inning and had bottom of the seventh off relief
three RBI for the day. Baker also pitcher Mike Johnson.
knocked in a run, and Wayne Game Summary
Branch had a double for the Trojans. W.Brunswick 1 0 3 001 1?681
"We played well against Hog- Hoggard 0 0 0 0 0 0 2?2 44
West Netters Win
First Two Matches
West Brunswick's boys tennis
team improved its record to 2-0
Monday afternoon with a 7-2 Wac
camaw Conference win over the vis
iting Pender Patriots.
I^amarr Hardy, Kelly Wooten,
Jeremie Varnam, Patrick McGowan
and Jon Thomas won their singles
matches tor the Irojans. In doubles
play. Hardy and Jon Trull teamed up
for a victory, as did Wooten and
Varnam.
West Brunswick opened the sea
son last Wednesday with a 5-4 victo
ry at South Columbus. The match
was played in cold and windy condi
tions, and all of the doubles matches
were played in partial darkness.
Winning their singles matches for
the Trojans were the top three
seeds?Hardy, Woolen and Trull?
as well as the sixth seed McGowan,
who won in a third-set tiebreaker.
With the team score tied at 4-4,
the outcome came down to the num
ber two doubles match. West Bruns
wick's Wooten and Varnam defeated
Jonathan Gore and Larry Faulk, 8-5.
The match didn't end until 7:30
p.m., and car headlights were used
to light up the South Columbus
court. West Brunswick broke South
Columbus' serve and won the match
on a service return by Varnam.
West's Davis Simmons also w<>n
an exhibition match at South Col
umbus.
Coach Rahn Adams* Trojans
were scheduled to host Waccamaw
Conference foe Whiteville on Wed
nesday. West Brunswick will travel
to Lake Waccamaw next Monday to
take on the East Columbus Gators.
Pender Results
Singles: llardv (WB) def. Nas
rallah, 6-1, 6-1; 'Wooten (WB) def.
Richards, 7-5, 7-6; Martin (P) def.
Trull, 6-2, 7-5; Varnam (WB) def.
Smith, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; McGowan
(WB) def. Leimore, 7-5, 6-4; Thom
as (WB) def. Giddeons, 6-1,6-3.
Doubles: Hardy/Trull (WB) def.
Nasrallah/Smith, 8-5; W?>oien/ Var
nam (WB) def. Richards/Martin, 8
5; Iximore/Giddeons (P) def. Mc
Gowan/Thomas, 8-3.
South Columbus Results
Singles: Hardy (WB) def. John
son, 6-0, 6-0; Wooten (WB) def.
Gore, 6-2, 6-2; Trull (WB) def.
Faulk, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5; Jones (SC) def.
Varnam, 6-1, 6-2; Inman (SC) def.
Thomas, 6-0, 6-1; McGowan (WB)
def. Cox, 7-6, 4-6, 7-5.
Doubles: Johnson/Jones (SC) def.
Hardy/Trull, 8-6; Wooten/Varnam
(WB) def. Gore/l-'aulk, 8-5; Inman/
Grainger (SC) def. Thomas/ Ballou,
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WEST BRUNSWICK PITCHER Cameron Jones yielded four ear
ly runs to Waccamaw Academy last Thursday, but the Trojans bat
tled back and took a 6-4 high school baseball win.
West Brunswick Girls
Sweep Topsail In Big
M Softball Doubleheader
West Brunswick's Softball team
swept a doubleheadcr at Topsail last
Thursday to even its record at 2-2.
The Lady Trojans won the first
game 14-4 and camc back to win the
nightcap U-6. Amanda Reeves was
the winning pitcher in both games.
"Kaneka Grissctt hit the ball real
well against Topsail," Coach Tracey
James said. "She had a solo home
run out of the park and also had two
triples in the first game."
"Jessi Winfree is hitting the ball
real well," James added. "Jackie
Moll has been a pleasant surprise for
us. She's playing second base and
hitting the ball well for us."
In non-conference action last
Tuesday, New Hanover swept a dou
bleheadcr from visiting West
Brunswick. The Wildcats won the
opener 23-4 and took the second
game 29-10.
Ginger Nixon had three home
runs and seven RBI to lead the New
Hanover attack. Lakesha McCrae
had a grand slam in the sccond
game, Lynn Snyder had two homers
and four RBI and Malia Snyder had
a home run and two RBI.
"We're very young 2nd inexperi
enced. We had the first-game jitters
at New Hanover. 1 played everybody
in those games to try to Figure out a
lineup,'" James said. "Things are be
ginning to solidify for us as far as a
lineup."
West Brunswick was scheduled to
host Wallace-Rose Hill on Tuesday.
New Hanover will visit West for a
doubleheadcr Thursday afternoon.
The Lady Trojans travel to Wallace
Rose Hill on Friday.
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