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Friday as West Brunswick wrapped
up the high school football regular
season with a 34-14 win over visit
ing South Brunswick.
Johnson, one of nine West Bruns
wick seniors recognized in pre- game
ceremonies at Rourk Stadium, led a
potent running attack that amassed
266 yards against the Cougars.
Fullback James Morgan rushed
for 82 yards and tailback Ty Brown
gained 70 yards as the Trojans
closed out the regular season with a
record of 6-0 in the Waccamaw
Conference and 10-1 overall.
"1 thought we totally dominated
the game with the exception of a
couple plays," West Brunswick head
coach Yogi Hickman said.
"We got tired in the third quarter,
but when they got their backs to the
wall they did what they had to do."
West Brunswick's defense contin
ued its recent strong play, holding
South 's offense to 25 total yards in
the first half and 149 for the game.
Senior defensive tackle Jonathan
Faulk had two quarterback sacks
20 ? First Downs 9
38-266 Rushing 36-t39
5-11-54 Passing M<M0
2-2 - FumWes-Lott ? 1-0
Ints. Thrown 2
1-34 Punts(No-Avg) .5-32
7-75 Penalties- Yards ..10-107
Score By Quarters
W. Brans. 13 6 7 8?34
S. Brans. 0 014 0?14
and senior end Kelly Woolen had
one sack. Aqui Bryant and Jamal
Stanley each had an interception.
With the win over its county rival.
West Brunswick concluded its first
undefeated conference season since
1975 and won its first outright con
ference championship since 1988.
The Trojans, four-time county
champions, also set a new school
record with their ninth consecutive
win and won 10 regular-season
games for the fust time in school
history.
West Brunswick jumped out to a
19-0 lead in the first half, but South
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WEST BRUNSWICK COACH YOGI HICKMAN talks with Ah
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Brunswick pulled to within 26-14
midway through the third quarter.
The Trojans responded with a defen
sive stand inside their own 10-yard
line and then drove 90 yards for the
final score.
The 27th meeting between West
and South looked like a laugher ear
ly as West's Bryant intercepted an
Adam Kaufhold pass on the first
play from scrimmage to set up the
Trojan offense at South's 28-yard
line.
Johnson passed 18 yards to Eric
Hewett on the next play, and
Johnson dove into the end zone
from 1 yard out three plays later.
Derek Frink's extra point gave the
Trojans a 7-0 lead just 1 minute, 44
seconds, into the game.
West bumped its lead to 13-0 less
than five minutes later when running
back Sherrell Lance busted through
the middle of the line for an 11 -yard
touchdown ran. Frink's PAT attempt
was wide right.
Following the third of Five, first
half punts for South, West's offense
put together one of its longest drives
of the year. The Trojans took over at
their own 8 and marched 92 yards in
nine plays.
Johnson, who has rushed for 14
touchdowns this season and passed
for eight, capped the drive with a
35-yard TD run on an option keeper.
An attempted two-point conversion
ran failed, and West led 19-0 at the
half.
Sduth Brunswick's defense re
vived the Cougars' upset hopes ear
ly in the third quarter when line
backer OJ. Morris scooped up a
fumbled pitch and ran 10 yards for a
touchdown.
JaXTiic " Tuner s extra point cut
West Brunswick's lead to 19-7 with
1 1:05 left in the third quarter.
West Brunswick took the ensuing
kickoff and drove 60 yards in eight
plays. Johnson's 26-yard run and
two 15-yard penalties against the
Cougars set up a 2- yard touchdown
ran by Brown.
Frink's kick gave the Trojans a
26-7 lead with 6:35 to play in the
third quarter.
South Brunswick responded with
a four-play, 59-yard scoring drive
which ended with a 48-yard touch
down ran by Morris. The senior run
ning back was held to 19 yards rush
ing in the first half but finished with
IA1LBALK I Y BROWN (40) rushed for 70 yards and scored a touchdown for the Trojans. Making
the tackle for South Brunswick is Kevin Brown.
1 23 on 26 carries.
Trailing 26-14, the Cougars got a
big break when they recovered West
Brunswick's second fumble of the
quarter at the Trojan 32-yard line.
South moved the ball inside the
West Brunswick 10 behind five
straight running plays before the
Trojan defense stiffened. West threw
Morris for a 1-yard loss on first-and
goal at the 9, and three straight Kev
in Brown passes fell incomplete.
West Brunswick took over at its
own 10-yard line with 11:48 left in
the game and bullied its way down
the field. Hickman called 10 consec
utive running plays, and Johnson
scored from 1 yard out with 6:49 re
maining.
Hickman said later he was im
pressed with his team's defensive
stand and 90-yard drive at such a
crucial point in the game.
"They got challenged and they
came through and then they took the
ball 90 yards. That was impressive.
It really was," he said.
"It was all done on the ground
with Eric, James and Ty doing the
work and the guys up front just gut
ted it out and did a good job. That
was a really impressive drive, lot of
character involved in that," Hick
man said.
"That was a gutty, gutty drive.
That was a character drive. Bad
teams don't make that drive. That's
90 yards. We did that all on the
ground too. That's something we
haven't done all year."
West Brunswick, the defending
state 3A champion and 1992 state
2A champion, was scheduled to
open the 1994 3 A playoffs Friday
night at home against Eastern
Randolph (9-2).
South Brunswick, which has now
lost seven straight to West Bruns
wick, finished 2-4 in the Waccamaw
Conference and 3-8 overall. West
had opened the season with a 28-7
non-conference win over South.
"South is really improved," Hick
man said. "That's not the same foot
ball team we played in August. They
found out what they did well and
they did it. I was impressed with
their improvement. We knew we had
a battle on our hands." j
Scoring Summary
(WB) Johnson, 1-yard run (Frink
kick)
(WB) Lance, 11 -yard run (kick
failed)
(WB) Johnson, 35-yard run (run
failed)
(SB) Morris, 10-yard fumble re
turn (Bruner kick)
(WB) Brown, 2-yard run (Frink
kick)
(SB) Morris, 48-yard run (Bruner
kick)
(WB) Johnson, 1-yard run
(Hewett run)
Individual Rushing
South Brunswick: Morris, 26
123; 1. Brown, 4-14; K. Brown, 4
11; Kaufhold, 2-minus 8.
West Brunswick: Johnson, 13
100; Morgan, 12-82; Brown, 11-70; 1
Lance, 2-14.
Individual Passing
South Brunswick: K. Brown, 1-6
10; Kaufhold, 0-4-0.
West Brunswick: Johnson, 5-10
54; Frink, 0-1-0.
Individual Receiving
South Brunswick: Peterson, 1-10.
West Brunswick: Hewett, 2-22;
Brown, 1-18; A. Green, 1-13; Frink,
1-5.
Bengals Boot West From Soccer Playoffs
BY DOUC. R UTTER
Fuquay-Varina scored two sec
ond- half goals lo beat West Bruns
wick 4-2 in the opening round of the
state 3A high school soccer playoffs
last Tuesday in Shalkxte
The Trojans, behind goals from
seniors Chris Payne and Gabe
Cooper, battled to a 2-2 halftime tie
before succumbing to the Bengals in
the second half at Rourk Stadium.
"They deserved to win," West
Brunswick coach Teak Hemphill
said. "In the second half they passed
the ball better than we did. They
made better adjustments at halftime,
and I think that was the difference."
Despite the opening-round play
off loss, Hemphill said he was
pleased with his club's effort against
Fuquay-Varina, the second-place
team out of the Triangle Conference.
"That's pretty good against a
school like that. It was shown that at
least we can compete with any
body," Hemphill said.
"They outplayed us as far as pass
ing the ball. Their defense stepped up
a notch in the second half and shut us
down. We had a couple of chances
there and couldn't capitalize."
Said Fuquay-Varina assistant
coach Rob Morrison, "I thought
West Brunswick had a really good
team. They were very strong defen
sively. We had the ball in their end a
lot but weren't able to get off a lot of
good shots."
West Brunswick used its superior
quickness to its advantage in the
first half, but the Trojans grew tired
in the final 40 minutes and were not
able to mount much offense.
The three-time Brunswick County
and Waccamaw Conference champi
ons opened the scoring about seven
minutes into the match when Payne
unleashed ar left-footer into the
Bengal net.
But before the buzzing on the
West Brunswick sideline had stop
ped, Fuquay-Varina camc back to tie
the score. West goalie Jay McRo
berts made the initial save on a cross
ftom the left wing, but the Bengals
scored on the rebound.
The visitors moved ahead 2-1
four minutes later when a hard cros
sing pass from the left wing acciden
tally bounced off a Trojan defender
and rolled into the net.
With about eight minutes left in
the first half, West Brunswick tied
CHRIS PAYNE has led West Brunswick to three straight county
and conference soccer championships. Payne has scored 51 goals
since 1992 and the Trojans have put together a three-year record
of 30-7-5.
the score at 2-2 on Cooper's goal.
Fuquay-Varina pulled ahead 3-2
early in the second half and tacked
on an insurance goal on a penalty
kick with about 10 minutes left to
advance to the second round of the
playoffs against Havelock.
James Maumford scored both sec
ond-half goals for Fuquay-Varina
(17-6). Gino Anacleto and Richard
Rattray also scored for the Bengals,
who won their first nlayntt match in
school history.
West Brunswick, still looking for
its first playoff win, missed senior
halfback Cameron Kinlaw. He was
declared ineligible for the match af
ter being ejected from the Trojans'
final regular-season contest.
"It hurt us a lot without Came
ron," Hemphill said. "That's just
somebody big and strong in the mid
dle who would have helped."
This was the third straight year
that West Brunswick was eliminated
in the first round of the state play
offs. The Trojans lost to Dixon 9-1
in 1992 and Northwest Guilford 7-1
last year.
"I'm disappointed that we lost,
but it was a better showing than the
last two years. It shows how far
we've come as far as our program,"
Hemphill noted. "I was hoping the
seniors would win a playoff game
before they left."
Hemphill will lose II seniors to
graduation this spring and will need
to rebuild next year around returning
players such as Jeremie Varnam,
Zack Hicks, Christian Tompkins,
Alex Karagiannis and Adam Nixon.
"I'm going to try to get some of
these younger kids to a camp this
year. If they put their mind to it I
think they'll do just fine," he said.
"The good thing about the kids we
have coming back is they all have a
good attitude. They all do well in
school. They have their act together."
Hemphill said West's defense ?
comprised of fullbacks John Bran
ning, Tony Shreve, Scott Sum
mcifield, Cameron Jones and Neil
Warren and McRoberts in goal ?
showed a lot of improvement during
the season.
Offensively, the Trojans (12-3)
were led by Payne with 23 goals,
Cooper with nine and Kinlaw with
six.
Payne has scored 51 goals the last
three years to lead West Brunswick
to an overall record of 30-7-5.
The center forward made a good
impression on Fuquay-Varina's
coaches. "He was one of the better
forwards we've seen all year. He's
very quick. He's very good," Morr
ison said.
Hemphill said West Bruns. would
benefit if the Wac. Conference's oth
er schools started soccer programs.
South Brunswick is the only other
league school with a team.
"It's shown in our school that
having a soccer program is not go
ing to take away from football," he
said. "To me it's getting more kids
off the streets and having them do
something productive."
Hemphill said he appreciated all
of the parents who attended matches
this year, especially Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Russ for donating uniforms
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lassiter for
donating T-shirts.
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