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AMERICAN IEQ10N BASEBALL
Brunswick Sinks Beaufort For 4th Straight Win
BY DOUG R UTTER
Brunswick County Post 68 wrapped up a perfect
tour-games- in-four-days stretch on Sunday with a 10-5
win over visiting Beaufort Post 99 in American Legion
baseball.
Post 68 went 4-0 during its busiest stretch of the reg
ular season, and improved to 7-1 in the Area II East
League with Sunday afternoon's victory at North
Brunswick High School.
Jerry Galloway was the winning pitcher for Post 68
after going the first five innings. He gave up three hits
and two unearned runs while walking three and record
ing seven strikeouts.
At the plate, Jeremy Child, Eric Johnson and Paul
Little had two hits apiece for Brunswick County. Casey
McBride had a two-run single, and Demetrius Bell
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Despite the relatively easy win over Beaufort, which
brought only nine players to Leland, it was apparent that
four consecutive games and Sunday's 90-degree heat
had an effect on the Post 68 players.
**i think you could tell the guys were dragging,"
Brunswick County Coach Ed Lewis said after the game
at sun-drenched Scorpion Field.
They had two emotional games in Whiteville. I
wasn't too pleased with the intensity today, but we dou
bled them up so I guess you can't complain,'' Lewis
added.
Heading into the four-game stretch, Lewis said he
had hoped for three wins. However, Brunswick County
won all four games thanks to an unexpected sweep of
Whiteville and a win at Burgaw.
Beaufort (1-5) jumped out to an early lead Sunday
with one run in the top of the first, when Post 68 cora
mited two errors.
Leadoff hitter Ryan Upchurch reached base on an in
field error, moved to second on a poor pickoff throw,
stole third base and scored on Jimmy Piner's single to
center field.
Brunswick County came storming back with four
runs in the home half of the first, thanks in part to three
Beaufort errors.
Child reached on an error and later scored on Bell's
single. Galloway then doubled to left field, and Bell and
JERRY CALLOWAY delivers a pitch Sunday during Brunswick County i 10-5 win over Beaufort Post
99. Galloway was the winning pitcher.
added an RBI double to give Post 68 a 4-1 lead.
Brunswick bumped its lead to 5-1 in the fourth.
Child legged out an infield single and later scored from
third on a wild pitch.
Beaufort trimmed the lead to 5-2 in the fifth when
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COUNTY BASKETBALL LEGEND
Navassa's Chucky Brown Hoping
For Fresh Start In Motor City
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BY DOUG RUTTER
Chucky Brown, wbo has played
for six different teams in five sea
sons as a professional basketball
player, says there's no question in
his mind that he can compete in the
NBA.
That's why he'll travel to Mich
igan in three weeks to participate in
a Detroit Pistons mini-camp with
hopes of landing a spot on the
team's roster for the 1994-95 season.
A native of Navassa who played
his high school ball at North
Brunswick, Brown went to a Detroit
camp last month and the Pistons
liked him enough to invite him back.
"Whether or not they keep me de
pends on if they like what I do or if I
can provide them with something,"
Brown said Monday from his home
in Cary. "I think as long as I go out
and play hard I'll do well."
Brown, one of the best players in
N.C. State University history, spent
much of last season in the
Continental Basketball Association
with the Yakima (Wash.) Sun Kings.
"That went pretty good. The only
thing about the CBA is they (the
owners) are making money but
they're not paying any of the play
ers," said Brown, a 6-foot -8- inch
forward.
The 26-year-old son of Clarence
and Minnie Brown of Navassa was
selected in the second round of the
1989 NBA draft by the Cleveland
Cavaliers with the 43rd pick overall.
He spent two years in Cleveland,
and has since played with the Lorn
Angeles Lakers, New Jersey Nets
and Dallas Mavericks. He also
played briefly overseas.
Brown, who has lived in Cary for
the past couple years, says he
doesn't get discouraged about mov
ing from team to team.
1 don't get discouraged because I
know I try my best," he said. "I just
go out and play hard and the rest is
out of my hands. I have no control
over whether a team decides to keep
me or not so there's no use worrying
I and getting gray hairs over it"
At North Carolina State, Brown
played for popular coach Jimmy
Vdvano, who died last year of can
cer
"I think we all knew it was com
ing, but it was sail a shock when it
happened," Brown said of Valvano's
death. "If he was suffering it waa
probably the best thing for him to go
ahead and oass on."
The Wolfpack had a record of 87
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lasted from 1985 to 1989. Brown
was named second team All
Atlantic Coast Conference hit junior
year and first team All-ACC as a se
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Brown ranks in the school's top
play hard and the rest is out of
my hands. I have no control
over whether a team decides ^
Use worrying and
20 career leaders in six categories:
points (1337), rebounds (679), field
goals (555), free throw attempts
(360), blocked shots (63) and steals
(62).
He led the Wolfpack in scoring
during the 1987-88 season with 16.6
points per game. He came back the
following year to lead the team in
rebounds with 8.8 per coolest.
Brown was an extremely accurate
?hooter for the Wolfpack, ranking
third all-time with a field goal per
centage of .557.
N.C. State, which reached the
NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16
when Brown was a senior, was one
of the ACCs top teams in those
days. Brown says the Wolfpack can
return to the top with a few good
breaks.
"If they get a couple good recruits
in there things will turn around,"
Brown said. They had a lot of prob
lems getting recruits after they went
on probation a few years ago.
"They basically had to start over.
The guys on the team just need to
stay positive. You can't start over at
the top. You have to crawl before
you can walk," he said.
As a North Brunswick senior in
1985, Brown led the Scorpions to a
19-5 season and into the semifinals
of the District 4 playoffs. He aver
aged 24.4 points pier game for Conch
Cliff Gibson's Scorpions.
The person that helped me the
most was Coach Gteon. He took
time with me and he was patient
with me," Brown said.
"North Brunswick helped me out
a lot. I had some good experiences
there. A lot of the teachers were nice
to me. They tried to help me the best
they could," he said.
Three Going To State Games
Three of Brunswick County'* top
America Legion baseball players
will be missing from the lineup
Friday night against Beaufort and
again Sunday afternoon against
Jacksonville.
Eric Johnson, Michael Johnson
and Casey McBride will be partici
pating in the North Carolina State
?amrn scholastic baseball competi
tion Friday through Sunday at
Durham Athletic Park.
They will be playing for the
Region 2 team, one of eight regional
teams across the state made up of
high school freshmen, sophomores
and juniors who were nominated by
coaches and went through a series of
tryouts in May.
Eric Johnson and Michael John
son are students at West Brunswick,
and McBride attends North Brum
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their iunior years.
William Rivenbark of Pender
High School is the head coach for
Region 2, which is the defending
State Gassss champion. Assistant
coaches are James Fulghum of
Eastern Wayne and Robert Langstoa
of West Craven.
Brunswick County has two Area
II Eastern League gamea this week
end. Post 68 plays Beaufort Post 99
Friday at 7:30 p.m. at East Carteret
High School and hosts Jacksonville
Post 265 Sunday at 2 p.m. at North
Brunswick High School
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Benjy Horton's single.
Post 68 broke the game open with five runs in the
bottom of the fifth. Mike Johnson doubled to the left
field fence 2nd scored from second base on an infield er
ror.
McEridc Iks! a two-reo single is Sert, and rwc
more runs scored when Beaufort third baseman Ryan
Contreras dropped Eric Johnson's two-out, bases-loaded
pop fly.
Post 99 closed out the scoring with three runs in the
sixth off relief pitcher Tim Smith, who gave up six hits
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Phillip Moran singled and scored on Upchurch's
groundnut, Kevin Davis scored on a wild pitch and
Horton added an RBI single to cut Brunswick's lead to
10-5.
Smith held Beaufort in check for two innings before
Matt Mintz came on to pitch the ninth.
"Jerry Galloway ran out of gas in the fifth, but we
p*?c?d !? ?vgr'h*,r ?nd Tim did a good job." Coach Lewis
said. "Things are starting to shape up. We just have to
play with more intensity."
Brunswick County (10-8 overall) was scheduled to
play TUeseay night at Warsaw Post 127. Post 68 travels
to Beaufort on Friday and hosts Jacksonville Post 265
Sunday at 2 p.m.
PAUL LITTLE had two kits including an RBI
double Sunday as Brunswick County Post 68
notchtd its fourth straight win.
Post 68 has a key league game next Monday, June
27, against undefeated Wilmington Post iu ai North
Brunswick. Game time is 8 p.m.
Game Summary
Beaufort Post 99 1 000 1 3000 ? 5 95
Brunswick Post 68 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 OX ? 10 10 3
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