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This Week In Brunswick Sports I III RSI) w . \| C.I S I IS ?North Brunswick hosts Richlands in a high school football scrimmage, 6:30 p.m. i u 1 1) vv. \i <;i s i i?> Four Starters Return To South Tennis Team The hopes of the South Bruns wick girls' tennis team will rest heavily on the shoulders of four re turning starters this fall. Veteran players Ginger Hegler, Camille Wilmoth, Hillary Brinson and Crystal Worley are expected to make up two-thirds of the Lady Cougar ladder. Hegler was South 's top-secdcd player last season, while Wilmoth was third, Brinson fifth and Worley sixth. Fourth-year tennis coach Debbie Adams will choose from 10 other players to fill out the top six. Other returning players are Anna Powell and Anna Canady. "I'm excited because 1 know those four have been with me for four years," Adams said. "I feel good about the team we have. It's just a matter of whether they per form like they are capable of per forming." Adams said the team has been working a lot on conditioning since practice started Aug. 1. "So far so good. The girls have been working real hard." SOUTH BRUNSWICK GIRLS' TENNIS SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT Aug. 31. ?West Columbus Sept. 6 .at East Columbus Sept 7 Whiteville Sept. 12 ? Pender Sept. 14 ..at S. Columbus Sept. 19 West Brunswick Sept. 26 ? .at West Columbus Sept 28 .East Columbus Oct 3 ? at Whiteville Oct 5 deader Oct 10 Sooth Columbus Oct. 12 at West Brans. ? All matches start at 4 pun. South Brunswick was 8-4 in the Waccamaw Conference last season and will battle West Brunswick for the league's only berth in the stale 3 A dual team playoffs this fall. The Lady Cougars will scrim mage visiting Purneil-Swett this Saturday at 8 a.m. South Brunswick opens the regular season Aug. 31 against visiting West Columbus. Iteui Sate Aug^fei Save On File Cabinets Calculators ? Desk Chairs ? Labels Ribbons ? Fax Paper ? Binders ? Folders Come check out our everyday sale specials Brunswick Business Service Main St., Shallotte, 754-8300 ? Long Bch. Rd., 457-4565 i>r Saunders, O.D. OPTOMETRY ? Comprehensive Eye Examinations ? Ocular Emergencies ? Contact Lenses & Glasses Prescribed ? Diagnosis & Treatment of Diseases of the Eye ? Full Selection of Eyeglass Frames CALL 910-754-9687 FOR AN APPOINTMENT. Office hours by appointment. Evening appointments available. Member American Op?ometrir Association 3 ? Promenade Office Park ? 143 Ho) den Beach Road ? Shallotte. NC HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS West Girls Seek Third Conference Title BY DOUG RUTTER While West Brunswick's football team has won stale championships each of the last two years, the girls' tennis team hasn't been far behind in terms of adding hardware to the school trophy case. The Lady Trojans have lost just one Waccamaw Conference match in the last two seasons. They won the conference championship in 1 992 and tied for the league title last year. With four starters returning this fall, the idea of winning a third straight conference crown and mak ing another deposit in the trophy case is not inconceivable. "Our goal this season is to contin ue the winning tradition in Lady Trojan tennis. If we all work togeth er and concentrate on one match at a time we'll have a good season." Coach Rahn Adams said Friday. As always. West Brunswick can expect a stiff challenge from White ville in the conference race. Strong play also is expected this fall at South Brunswick and South Columbus. Adams, who coached the West Brunswick boys' tennis team last spring, is in his first year as the girls' coach. He replaced Martie Gillis Arrow ood. who is now teach ing at Rocky Mount. Despite the coaching changc. West's tennis team will have a fa miliar look when it opens the season next week with four returning starters and a total of nine players back from last year. Adams will have to replace last year's top two singles players, Jen nifer Simmons and Joanna Barber, who graduated after leading the Lady Trojans to a 13-5 record and STAff rMOTO ?T DOUG *UTTf* ERICA CUMBEE is one of nine returning players on the West Brunswick giris ' tennis team. The Lady Trojans are shooting for their third straight Waccamaw Conference championship. into the second round of the dual team playoffs. Among the starters returning from 1993 arc seniors Blair Milligan, Yar bi Lemon and Allison Hardee and junior Jessica Robertson. Milligan and Robertson made up West Brunswick's top-seeded dou bles team last year, when they quali fied for the state championships. Other returning piayers include juniors Erica Cumbee, Julia Fort and WEST BRUNSWICK GIRLS' TENNIS SCHEDULE DATE OfTONPfT Aug. 25 Hoggard Aug 29 South Columbus* Aug. 30 at llapwl Sept 6 at Whheirflle* Sept 7 Eart Columbus* Sept 12 M West Columbus* Sept 19 at South Brunswick* Sept 21 at South Columbus* Sept 26 .Pender* Sept 28 Wlutevillc* Oct. 3 at East Columbus* Oct 5 West Columbus* Oct 12 ..South Bnmswick* ?AM matches start at 4 pja. Amanda Reeves and sophomores Tracy Kittley and Mandy Redwine. Newcomers to the tennis team in clude seniors Nicole Stumblingbear and Brandy Watson, juniors Kcisha Gregory and Jacqui Moll and fresh man Ashley Hardy. "This is a good, experienced team that's fairly well balanced from top to bottom, so balanced that I'm not sure yet about the exact lineup," Adams said last week. The Lady Trojans have been prac ticing since Aug. 8 and will host 4A Pumell-Swett in a scrimmage match Friday at 3:30 p.m. West" opens the regular season Aug. 25 against visit ing Hoggard. "I'm really pleased with the turn out and with the young ladies' ef forts so far. It's been awfully hot out there on the courts this week, but they've worked hard," Adams said Trojan Soccer Team Looks To Remain County King BY DOUG R UTTER On the surfacc, it looks like the only way West Brunswick will not win a third straight county high school soccer championship this fall is if the entire team is sucked into a black hole. The Trojans have not lost a match to county rivals South Brunswick or North Brunswick since 1991, and with a load of talented players return ing to West this fall things won't get any easier for the Cougars or Scorpions. Among West's returning starters are Chris Payne and Gabe Cooper, who scored a combined 28 goals last season, and goalkeeper Jay Mc Robcrts, who gave up 1.8 goals per game with four shutouts in 1993. "My prediction is we will win the county," West Brunswick Coach Teak Hemphill said Monday. "1 hope the boys prove me right. It would be a disappointment if we didn't" In two seasons as West Brunswick's soccer coach Hemphill has guided the Trojans to a record of 18-4-5, including an 11-3-2 record in 1993, and two straight playoff berths. "Our aim is to improve from last year. We'd like to win one of those playoff games if we get in," Hemphill said. Much of West Brunswick's success this sea son will rest on the legs and feet of Payne, a se nior who scored 17 goals last fall and made plays to create countless others. Cooper scored 1 1 goals last season and Andy Russ added five to bolster the Trojan attack. Other key returning players include Cameron Kinlaw and Tony Shreve, a fearless and spirited defender. Also returning for West Brunswick are John Branning. Scott Summerfield, Jeremie Vamam, Cameron Jones, Mark Thomas, Zack Hicks, Adam Nixon and Jamie Arms. Five freshmen who played under Hemphill last spring at Shallotte Middle School have joined the team. WEST BRUNSWICK SOCCER SCHEDULE PATE OPPONENT Aug. 23 at Wacc. Academy (4:00) Aug. 25 .at North Brunswick Aug. 30 . ....L at Laney (7:00) Sept 6 Waccamaw Academy (4:00) Sept 8 ? at Dixon (7:00) Sept. 12 .North Brunswick Sept. 15. at South Brunswick Sept 2? South Brunswick Sept. 29.... at North Brunswick Oct. 6..~*. New Hanover JV Oct 13 ........ .at South Brunswick Oct 19 at New Hanover JV (5:00) Oct 20 ? South Brunswick Oct 25 ... .North Brunswick ? MKcta rtart at 4J0 pja. waktm Dated Jenny Wahlander, an exchange student from Sweden, is the only girl on this year's squad. Hemphill said practices "have been terrible" so far brcause many of the players have been busy with summer jobs. "The problem right now is getting in shape," he said. "The guys know what they have to do. It's just a matter of them being dedicated." The Trojans open the regular season Aug. 23 at Waccamaw Academy. West Brunswick also has matches scheduled against Laney, Dixon and New Hanover's junior varsity. "I scheduled a couple tough teams," Hemphill said. "Matches like that will help us if we do get into the playoffs." West Brunswick will play South Brunswick and North Brunswick four times each this season to decide the county championship. New Coaches Elsewhere While Hemphill is entering his third season at West, the soccer programs at South Brunswick and North Brunswick arc under new leadership. Ed McKinnon, who will coach the boys' var sity basketball team this winter at South Bruns wick, is guiding the Cougar soccer team this fall. South was 3-8 last season. There's a new attitude surrounding the soccer program at North Brunswick, where Randy Col lins has taken over as the head coach following a 3-13-2 season in 1993. "We're gonna put the sting back in the Scorpions," Collins vowed last week. "It's look ing promising. The morale is up. Everything's coming together real good. I think these guys are really coming around." Collins said he expects big things this season from seniors Steve Sloan and Josh Miller, junior Andy Williams and freshmen Scott Holden and Bronson Sanie. "Altogether I've got some great talent out here," Collins said. "The guys are playing better as a team also. In the past it's been run and gun and we're playing more as a team now." For the second year. North's soccer team will compete in the Coastal Plains 1A Conference be cause other members of the Three Rivers Con ference do not have soccer teams. North Brunswick struggled to a 2-9 record in the Coastal Plains last year, with both wins com ing over Topsail. "We're going to be in the same conference but it will be a different story this year," Collins said. Collins, who coached youth soccer in Leland for the last five years, said the players would like to see better support from North's students this year than they had in 1993. "The guys are going to play better if they have enthusiasm from the crowd," Collins said. J.M. Parker & Sons Custom Colors Extra ?Durabt* flat -Hundreds of ?Ouick-ttylng 754-4331 Hwy. 211 & 17, Supply ROBERTO'S RESTAURANT AND PIZZERIA Ocean Isle fc Holricn Reach Eat In - Take Out - Delivery SPECIALS MONDAY NIGHT All-You-Can-Eat Spaghetti Sauce & Garlic Bread $3.99 Meatballs & Garlic Bread $4.99 Chicken with pasta & Garlic Bread $5.99 New Hour*! Toes. -Than. 11 -9 ; Fit - tel. 11 ? 10 San.- Man. 4-9 Ocean Isle Beach Holden Beach 579-4999 842-4999
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