STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG RUTTTt
High School Hoops
West Brunswick High School's boys and girls basketball teams are
busy preparing for the upcoming season. Kaneka (iris sett is among
the players expected to lead the Lady Trojans this year. West
Brunswick will open the regular season Dec. 2 at North Bruns
wick .
McKinnon New Boss
At South Brunswick
The Ed McKinnon Era at South
Brunswick officially begins next
Tuesday when the Cougars host
Wilmington Laney in the high
school basketball season opener for
both teams.
McKinnon, the new varsity boys'
basketball coach at South, brings 17
years of experience to Boiling
Spring Lakes but has not coached on
the varsity level since 1987.
He served as the junior varsity
boys' basketball coach for the last
four years at Scotland County High
School. The Robeson County native
hasn't coached a varsity squad since
leaving Chatham Central seven
years ago.
McKinnon has big shoes to fill at
South Brunswick, where he takes
over for veteran head coach Gene
Doane.
In eight years at Boiling Spring
Lakes, Doane turned the South
Brunswick b*sketb*?'l program from
a perennial cellar-dweller into a
perennial conference contender.
Under Doane's leadership, the
Cougars advanced to the state play
offs five consecutive years, put to
gether four straight 20-win seasons
and captured a regular-season con
ference championship and two con
ference tournament titles.
South Brunswick finished fifth in
the Waccamaw Conference last year
with a 4-8 record and 9-15 overall.
This Week's
Tide Table
NOVEMBER
HIGH LOW
Da? Date AM. PM. AM. P.M.
tlMndqr 24 J 1:26 11:56 5:20 5:57
Ffxfcy 25 12:18 6:13 649
Sftunky 26 1257 1:15 7:14 7:46
taKfcy 27 2.-01 2:16 8.20 8:43
28 3:05 3:19 9:26 9:45
29 4:08 421 10:29 10:43
30 508 Sa I 11:28 11:39
ADJUSTMENTS
SHAIXOTTE INLET ? add 17 rain,
high tide, add 32 n? tow tide.
LOCKWOOD POLLY ? subtract 22
Bin. high tide, subtract 8 min. tow tide.
9 BALD HEAD ISLAND-fiibmct 10
Kin. high tide, subtract 7 min. km tide.
SOUTHPORT? add 7 min. high tide,
add 15 ram. tow tide. ?
LITTLE RIVER ? subtract 11 win.
high tide, add 18 mat. tow tide. ^
SOUTH BRUNSWICK
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Nov. 29 Laney
Dec. 2 Hoggard
Dec. 6 at North Brunswick
Dec. 7 at Tar Heel (6:30)
Dec. 13 ? North Brunswick
Dec. 15 at Hoggard (4:30)
Dec. 16 ? at Laney (4:30)
Jan. 3 Tar Heel (6:30)
Jan. 6 at West Brunswick
Jan. 13 West Columbus
Jan. 17 East Columbus
Jan. 20 at Whiteville
Jan. 24 Pender
Jan. 27 South Columbus
Feb. 7 at West Columbus
Feb. 10 at East Columbus
Feb. 14 Whiteville
Feb. 17 at Pender
Feb. 21 at South Columbus
Feb. 24 West Brunswick
? Gaines start at
5 p.m. unless noted
To improve on last year's finish,
McKinnon will need strong play this
year from players such as Chris
Champion, Jeff Shew, Charles Blue,
Mike Pelham and Johnny Scott.
After finishing 9-3 in the Wac
camaw Conference and 17-10 over
all last season, South Brunswick's
girls enter the 1994-95 campaign
seeking their fourth straight league
title.
Coach Mike Isenberg will need to
replace last year's top two players.
Lost to graduation were guard Tam
eka Davis and center Grika Bryant, a
two-time county player of the year
now playing at North Carolina
Central University.
Following next Tuesday's season
opener against Laney, the Cougars
will entertain Hoggard on Dec. 2.
BOARDING FOR I
DOGS & CATS
PATE
OPPONENT
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South Faces Long Season On Road
BY DOUG RUTTER
If South Brunswick High School's wrestling
team has a successful 1994-95 season, at least
part of the credit will have to go to one of its
heavyweights ? the team bus.
With the Cougars traveling to compete in seven
tournaments and hosting only four dual team
matches all year. South Brunswick will be asking
a lot of the team wheels.
Fortunately for the Cougars, nine of their 13
road matches are in Brunswick or New Hanover
counties. The others are in Fayetteville, Morehead
City, Lejeune, and Socastee, S.C.
"I like to go to a lot of tournaments because
that gets you ready for the regional and state tour
naments at the end of the year," said first-year
coach Ross Little.
Little is a former wrestler at Pembroke State
University and was a volunteer assistant coach
last season at New Hanover High School.
He has taken over the South Brunswick
wrestling program from Don Millwood, who
guided the Cougars to an 18-6 record and the
county championship in 1993 and an 8-11 mark
last season.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK
WRESTLING SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT TIME
Nov. 22 .......... North Brunswick ....7 p.m.
Nov. 26 at Laney Challenge ....10 a.m.
Nov. 29 at Laney 7 p.m.
uec. 3 at Laney Invitational ? iO a.m.
Dec. 6 at Hoggard 7 p.m.
Dec. 8 at North Brunswick ~.7 p.m.
Dec. 10 at New Han. Tourney.... 9:30 a.m.
Dec. 12 Jit West Brunswick 7 p.m.
Dec. 14 at New Hanover 7 p.m.
Dec. 20 .... at West Carteret Tourney TBA
Dec. 30 at Sundrop Invitational 10 a.tn.
Jan. 6 ....Wesl Brunswick 7 p.m.
Jan. 7 at Douglas Byrd Tourney ? 9 a.m.
Jan. 9 Socastee, S.C 7 p.m.
Jan. 11 .at Lejeune ? ...6 p.m.
Jan. 18 at Socastee, S.C. 7 p.m.
Jan. 26 Pender 7 p.m.
Jan. 28 .at County Tournament TBA
Little's first team does not have much experi
ence or depth with only 15 wrestlers on the roster.
"We're real young. I have one senior and one
junior and everyone else is a sophomore or fresh
man in their first year of wrestling," Little said.
"We're learning every day and improving every
day."
Little will ask a lot this winter from senior 171
pounder Mike Bethel and junior 152-pounder
Brian Bracey.
"I'm looking for those guys to lead the team
and carry us a little bit. They are the only experi
enced wrestlers we have," Little said.
South hosted Hoggard in a preseason scrim
mage last week, but the Cougars better not get to
used to the comforts of home. Ten of their first 1 1
matches, including five multi-team tournaments,
will be on the road.
The Cougars were scheduled to open the sea
son Tuesday night at home against North
Brunrwick. South will travel to Wilmington this
Saturday for the Laney Challenge Tournament.
The Cougars return to Laney next Tuesday for
a dual team match and again next Saturday, Dec.
3, for the Laney Invitational.
This Week
In Brunswick Sports
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?South Brunswick competes in the Laney Challenge
wrestling tournament, Laney High School, Wilmington,
10 a.m.
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?North Brunswick hosts Dixon in basketball, 5 p.m.
?South Brunswick hosts Laney in basketball, 5 p.m.
?South Brunswick at Laney in wrestling, 7 p.m.
?West Brunswick at Hoggard in wrestling, 7 p.m.
This week's listings include events reported to the Beacon. To list a
sporting activity call 754-6890 or write to Doug Rutter, The Brunswick
Beacon, P.O. Box 2558, Shallotte, N.C. 2K459.
THREE RIVERS ROUNDUP
Bulldogs Survive Round Two
The Bladenboro Bulldogs defeat
ed conference rival Tar Heel 40-7
Friday night to advance to the third
round of the state 1A high school
football playoffs.
Bladenboro (9-3) has won five
straight games and will play this
Friday at Mount Airy (10-3) in the
state quarterfinals.
In last Friday's other game in
volving a Three Rivers Conference
team, Western Guilford knocked off
visiting St. Pauls 52-14 in the sec
ond round of the state 2A playoffs.
Western Guilford (11-1) hosts a
third-round game this week against
Bunn (12-0), which defeated
Whiteville 40-34 last Friday in dou
ble overtime.
St. Pauls, which tied East Bladen
for the Three Rivers Conference
championship, finished the season
with a record of 10-2. Tar Heel fin
ished with a record of 4-8.
THREE RIVERS
CONFERENCE
FOOTBALL
STANDINGS
Item ___ Coof. O'all PF PA
St. Pauls 6-1 10-2 ^27 176
E. Bladen. 6-1 7-3 270 171
Bladenboro 5-2 9-3 292 94
S.Robeson. 5-2 8-3 326 51
Tar Heel 2-5 4 8 234 363
Red Springs 2-5 4-6 128 191
N.Bruns. 1-6 3-7 108 241
Fairmont 1-6 1-9 80 306
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
? W. Guilford 52. St. Pauls 14
? Bladenboro 40, Tar Heel 7
FRIDAY NIGHTS GAME
? Bladenboro at Mount Airy
? Game starts at 7:30 p.m.
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Brunswick County Parks and Re
creation Department is sponsoring
low-impact and step aerobics exer
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Participation fee is $15 per month
or $3 to drop in.
Classes arc held at:
~ Leckvocd Polly Comm. Buil
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and Thursdays, 7-8 p.m.. except for
the second Monday of each month.
? Town Creek Community Buil
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and Thursdays, 7-8 p.m.
? Iceland Community Building,
step aerobics. Mondays and Thurs
days. 6:15-7:15 p.m. Bring your
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