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Thumtoy. May 26. 19Q4 Wtjf * COUft DOCk?t, Page 9 TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS North Relay Team Strikes Gold; West Senior Second In Discus BY DOUG RUTTER Led by a go ki-medal- winning relay team. North Brunswick High School's girls raced to a seventh-place finish in the North Carolina 1A Thick and Field Championships last Friday in Chapel Hill. The team of Vderie Smith, Kim Radford, L'Kisha Pretty and Crystal Davis won the 800-meter relay race in a time of 1 minute, 52.48 seconds. Their performance capped an exceptional year for North's boys and girls track teams. Both won Three Riven Cotucicmc niiniwii i? i|i? and fliitStScd :r. She top uiree at the Eastern i A Rcyiuiu! mcd. 'I'm very pleased," North Brunswick Girls Track Coach Garry Bishop said Monday. "We did about what i thought we'd do, maybe a little better. We had the best score nom the eastern pan of the state. The Lady Scorpions, who were 33-3 during the regu lar season, scored 26 1/2 points at the state meet. Hayesville won the meet, which was dominated by teams from western North Carolina. North's 1600-meter relay team, which includes two freshmen and one sophomore, placed second in the state. Pretty, Radford, Kerri Cox and Crystal Corbett com biscd for s tinsc of 4^21.53, which 1c** than four seconds off the winning time posted by Suny Central. Individually, Smith placed second in the 100-meter dash. Her time of 13.17 seconds was just .03 seconds be hind state champion Wendy Wilson of Chatham Central. "It wm a nho?o finish," Coach Bishop said, "it was al most a tie. but I think the other girl won it" Bishop, in his first year as girls track coach, expects almost everyone back next season. The team, which placed second in the eastern regional, includes only two seniors and three juniors. "We 're real young. We're looking for big things the next couple of yean. We shouldn't have any problem with teams in the eastern put of the state," Bishop said. North Brv.tswick's boys, coming off a third-place fin ish at the regional meet, did not place in the state's top 10 teams but had several fine performances from its re lay teams. Shannon Dorsey, Aaron Yeoman, Joe Crowder and Kai Vernon combined for a second-place finish in the 1600- meter relay. Their time was 3:3531, less than one mm gggagj W ?!> ??%?! ????? ? ? ?? JVWUW WUMM UIV *? UU VI Dorsey, Yeoman, Crowder and Colin Rcsvra also teamed up for a third-place finish in the 3200-meter run with a time of 8:3430. North Brunswick, which was 25-6 during the regular season, placed rounh in the 400-meter relay. Lament Southcrland, Vernon, Michael Edge and Andre Motley posted a time of 45.86. Crowder, a senior who qualified for the state champi onships in four events, placxd fifth in the 400-meter run with a time of 52.50. JoiwMNi Tkkes Second In Saturday's state 3A track and field championships at the University of North Carolina. West Brunswick se nior Phillip Johnson placed second in the discus event with a toss of 153 feet. It was the second straight year that Johnson finished second in the state in the discus. He was a two-time con ference and regional champion. A lineman on West Brunswick's back-to-back state championship football teams, Johnson has signed to play football next season at Western Carolina University. Morgan Wins Shot Put Phillip Morgan, a senior at South Rowan High School MIKE JOHNSON kmd two kits mmd draw in thn * nuu in West Brunswick's !!-? wim *mer South Brunswick. 1 6th Annual North Carolina Freedom Run Set For July 2 The IMh Annual North Carolina FrrMinm Rijn and W?!k is planned Satorday, July 2, in Sonthport, at part of the N.C Fourth of July Festival. The day wili begin with the one mik fun run/Walk at 8:30 a.m. At 9 a.m., runners will compete in a 5 race along the historic - - ?? - ? ? ff n,,A? n ^ m rl ? I n M - streets of soutnpon ana uoag me Cape Fear River waterfront. The pre-mcc registration fee is $10, which includes a T-shirt. The entry fee will be 312 after Jane 25. Runners may register July 1 at waiemoot rare irom o p.m. until o p.m. and July 2 starting at 7 turn. In the fun run, awards will be giv en lo the top three male and female finishers. The top overall male and female ? ? !? mwm ??? ? rinnners in inc jiv wiu receive awards along with the top three fin ishers in each age group (14 and un der, 15-18, 19-23, 24-29, 30-34, 35 39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-55, 56 and over). For more information and entry forma, call Kathy Scheetz at 910 457-0224 or write to N.C Freedom Run, c/o Kathy Scheetz, 239 E. Bay Street, Southport, N.C 28461. O-BREW S4J BEER KITS ? WINE KITS CORDIAL KITS mm* 1207 taty. 171 UolMIM ^u_jao3gei4m STATE CHAMPS! North RnuLvwirk\ ROO-meter relay team took firs! place a! the North Cerolim I A Track and Field Championships. Pictured (from left) are Crystal Davis. Kim Radford and Valerie Smith. L'Kisha Pretty is not pictured. and put-time Sunset Beach resident, took first place in the shot put competition in the state 4A championships. His winning toss was 54 feet, 4 inches. Morgan, who has signed a letter of intent to attend UNC-Chariotte next year on a track scholarship, also placed fourth in the discus competition. West Brunswick Wins Slugfest 1 1 -8, Tuned Up For Upcoming Playoffs BY DOUG RUTTER Mike Johnson and Cameron Jones drove in three runs each as West Brunswick defeated Soutn Bruns wick il-8 in a high school baseball slugfest last Thursday in Shallotte. It was the ?i*?h ?fr*ighl win fe the Trojans, who rallied from 4-0 ana 8-5 deficits to complete a season sweep of their county rivals from Boiligg Spring 1 The Trojans finished 8-4 in the conference and tied for second place with South Columbus and East Columbus, wtuteville finished 10-2 and captured its sixth straight league West Brunswick (14-9 overall) handed the Cougars their fifth straight loss. South Brunswick fin ished the regular season 2-10 in the conference and 8-15 overall. Despite a sixth-place finish in the Waocamaw, South qualified for the stale 3A playoffs because it had a better record than the conference's only other 3A team, Pender (1-11, 1 20). Six pitchers saw action last Thursday m West and South com bined for 22 hits, inrlnding three home runs and six doubles. Phillip Leonard was credited with the win, and Brian flicker took the los. Jones and Eric Johnson each had three hits, and Mike Johnson and wayne nrancn aoaea two mmy. to lead West The Trojans continued their re cent offensive surge with 13 hits against the Cougars. West has aver We put it in writing. More paople ore turning to Nationwide far auto insurance because of our Blue Ribbon Claims Service Guarantee. If* our written prsraisc to rcpai.' or reploce domoged items to your complete jatisfcct-ic.-. CaS ut today fc?r aM the details 754-4366 NAHOMWDE m V INSURANCE "!? - 1 II J? * f ?mm aged 10.7 hits and 8.7 runs per game during its winning streak. "We hit the ball. It was an offen sive game," West Brunswick Coach Mike Alderson said. "When West plays South it's always a big rivalry 2nd both tcsjss gc: up for it." South 's Jerry Galloway was defi nitely up for the game, going 4-for-S with a pair of home runs and five RBI. He would have had six RBI if it hadn't been for a base-running blunder in the first inning After Eric McMahan reached on an error and Joey Medlin walked. Galloway lifted a Josh Baker pitch -?-?-? e.u if u?w uk aiyii-iiMy ivsmv. was called out, though, when he passed Medlin in the basepath be tween first and second. trading 2-0, the Cougars added two more runs in the second inning when a hit batsman, single by Brian TWIey and walk loaded the bases with ooe ouL Jeremy Baker scored from third on an infield error, and Tblley raced home on a sacrifice fly by Lewis Vuight to give South Brunswick a 4-0 lead. Hie lead was sbort-lived as West Brunswick came back in the bottom of the second with a five-ran, two out rally. Branch had an RBI single, Chris Payne an RBI triple, Mike Johnson a double, Eric Johnson a single and ivuCa ? |TCU-{UU ringr* mt ui? Trojans banged out five consecutive hits. South Brunswick regained the lead with four runs in the fourth. Rodney WUIoughby walked and scored on an error, and Galloway followed with a massive, three-ran homer to right. Trailing 8-5, the Trojans came bsd: is hnttnm of the inn>ng with four runs of their own. Payne drew a leadoff walk and came home on Mike Johnson's two ran homer to left. Following a single by Eric John son and double by Jones, Heath Inman delivered an RBI single to left and Leonard added a run -scor ing sacrifice fly to give West a 9-8 lead. The Trojans added two runs in the fifth. Branch led off with a bunt sin gle and scored from third on Mike Johnsoc's sacrifice fly. Eric Johnson then doubled and scored on Jones' third hit of the game. In addition to Baker and Leonard, Mike Johnson and Eric Johnson also saw mound action for the Trojans. Eric Johnson (6-1) was expected to SUH Wcsl's fL-st rcusd plsycff Tuesday night against Rockingham County (18-2). "Since we didn't play Tuesday, the pitching worked out the way 1 wanted it to," Alderson said. "I wanted everyone to get some work. I was glad everybody got to plav in the last pmt of the season." Prior to their current six-game winning streak. West's longest win ning streak this scasoo was three games. The Trojans have not lost since April 28. "1 just hope we can keep this mo mentum going into the playoffs. Momentum is everything when you get in the playoffs." Alderson said. South Brunswick was scheduled to open the playoffs Tuesday night at Northeast Guilford. S. Bran. 2 2 0 4 0 0 0? 8 9 0 W. Bran. 0 5 0 4 2 OX? 1113 3 k aii CHRYSLER, PLYMOUTH DODGE, JEEP. EAGLE, INC. IN SHALLOTTE * * SERVICE MANAGER SPECIALS * * ? I arid T ilter Change" TwrCo^OTi^lervice~Speciall i *13.95 ! *3995 i is HHr | (^ to 5j^ <4 and Atsr ? Uohidss requiring epedal ^ I Summer Cooling System Service { Auto Transm Offer good through May 31, 1994. Applies to domestic Chrysler. Plymouth and Jeep vehicles. Must present coupon at service deportment. We service domestic cars and light trucks as well as most Imports. Your Chrysler Corporation vehlcla may havea recall. Service! 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