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WAYNE BRANCH had five hits last week as West Brunswick's
baseball team extended its winning streak to five games with victo
ries at East Columbus and West Columbus.
WBHS Sending Four
To State Track Meet
West Brunswick will send four
athletes to the North Carolina 3A
High School Track and Field
Chmnpiooshipa this Saturday at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
All four qualified for the state
meet with top-four finishes at the re
gional last weekend at Wash
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Conch Wesley Shoemaker said the
lYojaas finished sixth out of 24
teams in the region and will send
three athletes to the state champi
Leading the contingent will be se
nior Phillip Johnson, who qualified
for the state meet in both the shot
put and discus.
Johnson, who placed second in
the state in the discus last year, won
the regional meet for the second
straight year with a toes of 134 feet
He afao placed third in the shot put
"Phillip definitely has a<
both events," Shoemaker said Mon
day. "He's going to be OK."
Also representing West Brans
wick at Saturday's state meet will be
sophomore high jumper Derek
Frink, who placed third in the region
with a leap of 6 feet 4 inches.
Coach Shoemaker said Frink
cleared the same height a? the first
and secooa-piace finishers, but had
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West's Timmy Vaught also quali
fied for the state championships
with a fourth-place finish in the
1600-meter ran.
Vaugbt's time in the mile was
4:38, which was 10 seconds better
his winning time at the Wac
Conference championships
two weeks ago.
Christy Thorpe is West Bruns
wick's only girl to qualify for the
state meet Thorpe, the two-time
conference discus champion, fin
ished fourth in the regional meet
with a 93-foot tow.
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FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN
Trojans Rally Past West Columbus 7 0-6
BY DOUG R UTTER
West Brunswick rallied from a 4
0 deficit then scored four runs in the
seventh inning for a 10-6 high
school baseball win over West
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Chris Payne drew a bases-loaded
walk with two outs in the seventh to
drive is the gsmC'Winning run ss the
Trojans notched their fifth straight
win and remained unbeaten in the
month of May.
Wayne Branch, Mike Johnson,
Cameron Jones and Heath Inman
had two hits apiece for West Bruns
wick, which improved to 7-4 in the
Waccamaw Conference and 13-9
overall.
The Trojans fell behind 4-0 after
three innings but came back to take
a 6-5 lead with three runs in the
sixth. The Vikings tied the score
with one run in the sixth before West
Brunswick plated four in its final at
bat.
"It was a great comeback," West
8 Brunswick Coach Mike Alderson
said. They kept pecking away and
? peeking away. The whole team con
tributed tonight."
Magellan Powell, Frank Merritt
and Ryan Benton had two hits each
for the Vikings, who fell to 4-6 in
the Waccamaw Conference and 10-9
overall.
West Columbus opened the scor
ing in the seconri inning on Greg
Nobles' RBI double. The Vikings
bumped their lead to 4-0 in the third
when Powell ripped a two-run triple
and Jason Nance followed with a
sacrifice fly.
West Brunswick got on the board
in the fourth when Josh Baker
walked and later scored on a wiid
pitch.
The Trojans added two more runs
in the fifth. Mike Johnson doubled
and scored on a ground out by
Jones, and Eric Johnson walked ind
came home on a passed ball.
Wss! Cotambtfa got zr. RB! single
from Merriit in the bottom of the
fifth to take a 5-3 lead.
But West Brunswick came right
back with three rests in the sixth to
take its first lead of the game, 6-5.
Catcher Gabe Cooper led off with
a double to right. Courtesy runner
Neil Warren moved to third on a
base hit by Branch and scored on
Payne's RBI single.
Nance came on to relieve West
Columbus starting pitcher Merritt,
and Mike Johnson promptly deliv
ered a two-run single to left field to
give the Trojans the lead.
The Vikings tied the score in the
bottom of the sixth. Benton doubled
down the left-field line and pinch
runner Jimmy Featherson scored
from second base on an infield error.
West Brunswick broke the tie
with four runs in the seventh. A sin
gle, walk and hit batsman loaded the
bases with two outs.
Payne drew a walk to drive in one
run and a second run scored on a
wild pitch. Eric Johnson and Jones
followed with RBI singles to give
the Trojans a iO-o Icou.
Eric Johnson (6-1) was the win
ning pitcher despite yielding nine
hits in six innings. He struck out
seven batters and issued three walks.
Mike Johnson pitched the final in
ning for the save.
"I think this is the first time in I
don't know how many years we've
beaten everybody in Columbus
County," Coach Alderson remarked
after (he game, "wc split with every
one."
West Brunswick will wrap up (he
regular season Thursday night at
home against county rival South
Brunswick. The Trojans won the
first meeting with the Cougars, 3-1.
Akkrsuii said SupmiuivBv pitcher
Josh Baker would probably get the
start for West Brunswick so Eric
Johnson and Mike Johnson can rest
their arms for the upcoming play
offs.
West Brunswick has clinched the
Waccamaw Conference's top seed in
the state 3A playoffs. As a result, the
Trojans will enjoy home-field ad
vantage throughout the playoffs.
The Trojans will host the second
place team out of the Triad Con
ference ? either Northeast Guilford
or Northwest Guilford ? in the first
. round of the piayoffs next Tuesday.
"I think we're peaking," Alderson
said Friday. "We're playing pretty
sound defense and the bats are start
ing io neat up. We're getting good
solid pitching."
Game Summary
W. Bruns. 0 0 0 1 23 4?1011 2
W. Colum. 0 1 3 0 1 1 0? 6 9 1
Hardy, Wooten Reach
State Tennis Toumey
West Brunswick tennis piayr-s
Lamarr Hardy and Kctley
wilt compete in the state 3A high
school tennis toum?ment this Friday
and Saturday in Winston-Saletu
Both singles players qualified by
reaching the semifinal round of the
Mideast Regional Tournament Iwt
weekend at N.C. State University in
Raleigh. The state tournament will
fc? held at Wake Forest University.
Hardy (14-2) was seeded second
in the region and received a first
round bye. The West Brunswick se
nior defeated Brock Matthews of
Cape Fear, 6-1, 6-0, and Sam Martin
of Pender, 6-0, 6-0, to rcach the
semifinals.
Woolen (13-3). a junior who was
seeded fourth in the Mideast Region,
also received a first-round bye. He
beat Brian Phelps of Southern
Durham, 6-2, 6-4, and edged Jeremy
Brown of Fuquay-Varina, 6-2, 1-6,
6-3, in the quarterfinals.
in the regional semifinals, Mark
Woodruff of Wake Forest High de
feated Hardy, 6-2, 6-2, while top
seeded Chris Sander of Wake Forest
knocked on Woolen 6-i, 6-i.
West Brunswick's two doubles
sdvsscsd to round
of the regional tournament before
being eliminated.
Jon Thomas and John Coble won
their opening match against Vance
Grissom and Phillip Hughes of
Southern Vance, 6-2, 6-!. Wake
Forest's Greg Hughes and Brian
Whyte defeated Thomas and Coble
6-0, 6-0, in the second round.
After receiving a first-round bye.
West Brui* ick's duo of Jon Trail
and Jeremie Vamam lost their sec
ood-iw i match to Mark Sander
and Mills of Wafcc Fort st, 6
0, 6-0.
West Brunswick, which finished
second in Joe Waccamaw Con
ference, was eii.Tunated fkm the
state dual team playoffs K* Tuesday
in Shallotte.
D.H. Cooky High School of
GmenvitJe defeated the Trojans 6-0
in the first round. No doubles
matches were played after the
Vikings ' wept the singles competi
tion.
Coach Rahn Adams' Trojans fin
ished the season with a 9-4 record.
Playoff Remits
Puttnam (C) def. Hardy,
6-2, 6-0; Mavignier (Q def.
Wooten, 6-3, 6-3; Gibbs (C) def.
Thill. 6-1. 6-0; Fxmndiu (O def.
Vfesss, 6-:. 6-C, F.??i (C) def.
Thomas, 6-4, 6-1; Hooker (C) def.
Coble, 6-0, 6-0.
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West Dumps Gators 5-4
West Brunswick rode the strong
pitching of Mike Johnson to a 5-4
high school baseball win over East
Columbus last Tuesday at Lake
Waccamaw.
Johnson, a junior right-hander,
struck out nine Gator batters and al
lowed just four hits in six innings as
the Trojans won their fourth straight
game.
Wayne Branch went 3-for-4 to
lead the West Brunswick offense.
Cameron Jones and Eric Johnson
added two hits apiece a? the Trojsns
improved to 6-4 in the Waccamaw
Conference and 12-9 overall.
Eric Johnson struck out two bat
ters in the bottom of the seventh in
ning to record the save.
John Junious went 2-for-3 for
East Columbus, which dropped to 6
3 in the Waccamaw Conference and
10-8 overall.
The ioss was damaging for ine
Gators, who are battling Whileville
and South Columbus for the confer
ence's lone state 2A playoff slot.
Game Summary
W. Bmns. ! 0 0 3 ! 0 0 5 9 4
E. Colum. 2666620?442
Senior Games
Annie Tbcatsr of Lskusd participates is As sia^j?boutu competi
tion during last week's Brunswick County Senior Games at Town
Creek Park. Tbomer placed sccond in the 85-89 age group. Com
plete results are inside this section.
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