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Inside this section: . People in The New, Page 4 Calendar Of Events, Page 6 Prep Teams Continued Winning Traditions In '94 BY DOUG RUTTER It was business as usual in 1994 as far as Brunswick County high school sports was conccmed, as the area's most successful teams contin ued to build on winning traditions. West Brunswick flexed its muscle in football, soccer and tennis. North Brunswick dominated in baseball, softball and track. South Brunswick enjoyed success in girls basketball and golf. Fall Sports The fall season actually started on the last day of July, when local high school football teams began prepar ing for the campaign ahead. Expectations were especially high in Shallotte, where West Brunswick had made three straight trips to the state champi SPORTS onship game and won back -to back state titles. The Trojans were not able to make a return lUI.-UUU'.'J r, ? ?^1 but they did put together the best regular-season in school history. Under first-year head coach Yogi Hickman. West Brunswick finished 6-0 in the Waccamaw Conference and 10-2 overall The "Mean Green Machine" went unbeaten in league play for the first time in 19 years and set a school record with 10 regular-season wins, including nine in a row West Brunswick's season ended in controversy with a 21-20 loss to eventual state runner-up Eastern Randolph in the first round of the state 3A playoffs Trailing 21-20 with levs than a minute remaining, the Trojans ran the fumblcrooski play for the appar cnt game-winning touchdown Mow ever. the play was whistled dead at 'he line of scrimmage, and the Trojans were eliminated West Brunsw ick quarterbacks safe ty Eric Johnson was named county player of the year and went on to THE COLORFUL IAMARR HARDY helped carry the West Rrunsnick boys tennis team to a second-place finish in the Wac camaw Conference last spring. represent his school at the Shrine Bowl all-Mar game in Charlotte. blsewhere in the county, the foot hall wins did not come easily. South Brunswick struggled under new head coach Derrell Force, but the Cougars showed promise toward the end of the season in narrow loss cs (o playoff teams Whiteville and South Columbus. Led by senior running back/line backer OJ. Morris, South Bruns wick posted a 2-4 mark in the Wac camaw Conference and an overall record of 3-8. In Lcland. North Brunswick's MACON HU PHOTOS TIMOTHY DANIELS ( 10) and the West Brunswick football team had another great year in 1994. The Trojans won the Waccaman- Conference and finished 10-2. To all our friends & customers, thank you for your patronage and your trust in choosing us! VV'e look forward to serving you again during the new year. Security savings! f8a? ?Long Beach 278-6022 ITT ?Southport 457-5246 ?Leland 371-6546 ?Shallotte 754-4371 ?Calabash 579-3595 2JT Scorpions started off strong but fad ed down the stretch. Still, first-year coach Garry Bishop may have turned the program in the right di rection. The Scorps entered the year with a 19-game losing streak, but wiped the slate clean with a 33-15 win over Topsail in the season opener. North won two of its next three games, but lost its final six to finish 3-7. On the high school soccer scene, the rich got richer in 1994 as West Brunswick continued to dominate. Coach Teak Hemphill's Trojans captured their third consecutive county and conference champi onships and finished 12-3 overall. Chris Payne ended his brilliant ca reer at West with 23 goals in his se nior year. West Brunswick's girls tennis team also won a share of its third straight conference title in 1994. The Lady Trojans of Coach Rahn Adams went 11-1 in the league to tie for first place with Whiteville. Summer Sports There were a lot of questions when the county's two American Legion baseball teams agreed to a merger just prior to the 1994 season. Many observers wondered if it was a marriage that could last. If the first year was any indica tion, the merger of Brunswick County Post 68 and Brunswick Shores Post 445 should provide the county with a competitive team for years to come. The new Post 68 squad, made up of the top players from the county's three high schools plus a few from Columbus County, won the Area II East League regular-season champi onship with a record of 13-1. Brunswick County finished 22-12 and came within a few runs of beat ing eventual state champion Wilmington Post 10 in the league playoffs. The summer of 1994 was an espe cially good one for two baseball players who played their high school ball in Brunswick County. Chris McBride. a former North Brunswick standout, was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the third round of the Major league Baseball amateur draft in June. He spent his first season in Canada. Former West star Brian Alderson was named to the National Junior College Athletic Association All Region 10 First Team as the short stop at Southeastern Community College. Alderson later signed a grant with Gardner- Webb College. Spring Sports There was magic in the air last spring in Leland, where North Brunswick's baseball, Softball and track teams enjoyed remarkable suc (See NORTH, Page 2-D) NORTH BRUNSWICK'S SOFTBALL TEAM advanced to the state I A semifinals in 1994, led by pitcher Jenny Crowder. Rlfc^EDWARDS CHEVROLET PONTIAC BUICK1 ft ^CK ? UMUMHOI CO m "OO MUC mwm if' NOBODY BEATS OUR PRICE! b LL OOK VALLE ?5.0 R YOUF? IlLLte JSTOMER SATISFACTION IN THE AREA CENTURY"747 1 ? t"\ P is| I v .f. I K t nttv i. h.iU Ml I'll,, ? pju> UI.J.I}! tttk \V?ii .p|Uii\i .K1. .I11 RICK EDWARDS ? 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