TEEING OFF
Stopping heel hits
If you are hitting the ball with the heel of the club,
your arms are probably drifting too far forward in the
downswing. Try this drill to draw your arms nearer
iH I lii
■ Place two balls on
the ground about 3
inches apart.
■ Address as if you
were going to hit the
farther one Q.
■ Make a half swing
and strike the ball
nearest you 0.
■ Increase your
strength and swing
size as you make solid
contact with the
closest ball.
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SOURCE: Golf Digest’s
Book of Drills
Other heel-hitting tips
■ Change your distance from the ball.
■ Keep your weight evenly distributed.
■ Don't lurch forward.
■ Make sure you are not jerking the
club around in the swing path.
Copley News Service/Dan Clifford
liOJLE REPORT
Oak Island invitational set
The Oak Island Ladies Invitational golf tournament will be held Wednes
day, May 12, with an 8:30 a.m. check-in and 9 o’clock shotgun start
The $35 entry fee includes greens fee and cart, lunch at The Gauntlet at
St. James Plantation and a variety of prizes.
A player’s name, handicap index and entry fee should be sent to Enid
Shea, 15 Greenview Drive, Caswell Beach, NC 28465.
Tourney helps Easter Seals
Brunswick County Lodge #53 Fraternal Order of Police will sponsor its
second annual Easter Seals Golf Tournament on May 22 at The Gauntlet
Golf and Country Club.
The tournament will use a captain’s choice format with a 10 a.m. shotgun
start. Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams and for longest drive
and closest to the pin.
The entry fee is $45 per player with a discounted fee of $40 for entries
received before May 10.
Council sponsors golf event
The Brunswick County Literacy Council Inc. will host a golf tournament
on Saturday, June 13, at Carolina Shores Golf & Country Club in
Calabash, which is donating the use of the course and golf carts.
Tee times are available from 11:30 a.m. and 1:37 p.m. The format is a
four-person captain’s choice with two divisions (men’s or mixed, and
women). The $30 per person entry fee includes greens fee, cart, refresh
ments, food and prizes.
All proceeds will be used by the literacy council to help improve the
reading skills of Brunswick County residents.
For more information or to register for the tournament, persons should
call Joe Giamalva, 919-579-2921; John Deming, 919-579-8925; or the lit
eracy council office, 919-579-READ.
Cox column Continued from page 14
Hill at the West Brunswick-Maiden state football title game in the Kenan
Stadium press box.
"Neil," I asked that day as we sat down to eat, "has anyone ever told you
that you are a spittin’ image of Bobby Hurley?"
Realizing that Patrick, who comes up to my shoulders, still couldn’t see
the autograph table, I looked up at Neil as he approached us and said,
"Bobby, would you give Patrick an autograph?"
Patrick bought the trick -- hook, line and sinker. He thought he was final
ly seeing his hero. Of course, we told him soon after that Neil wasn’t
Bobby and he suddenly remembered the Wilmington sports writer from a
basketball game he’d attended at South Brunswick this past winter.
Patrick, Carrie go silent
Shortly afterward, Patrick was jumping around like a gazelle in anticipa
tion of finally seeing his star. As we approached the table, I introduced
Patrick and Carrie (Dawn had already jumped ahead and was done).
Bobby signed his program which I had purchased and shook his hand
when Patrick suddenly got real shy and turned away. He just couldn’t take
the pressure and didn’t know what to say.
Carrie also got a good case of a sore throat and couldn’t say a word, ei
ther. Hurley signed her program and we walked away from the table. The
deed was finally done.
Surprise
Continued from page 14
four innings, hit the first two batters
- Jason Bracey and Joey Medlin.
Both advanced on a wild pitch
and, with one out, catcher Mike
Clewis executed a squeeze bunt to
score Bracey with the tying run.
Medlin then scored when the pitcher
overthrew first base.
West Brunswick had taken a one
run advantage in the first frame
when leadoff batter Greg Mott drew
a base-on-balls, stole second, ad
vanced to third on a ground-out and
scored on a single by Aaron Butler.
Ricker, who picked up the win,
struck out two and walked three
Trojan batters.
West Brunswick’s Turner was
relieved by Eric Johnson after four
innings and yielded two runs to go
along with two strikeouts and two
hit-batsmen. He didn’t walk a batter.
Trojan head coach Mike Alderson
had little to say after he had seen his
team suffer through three heart
breaking defeats during the week to
East Bladen, Whiteville and South
Brunswick.
Brown was elated with the victory,
especially since his team had experi
enced so many close losses, includ
ing three consecutive 3-2 defeats.
West Brunswick 100 000 0-132
South Brunswick ' 002 000 x - 2 3 2
Turner, Johnson (5) and Fleming; Rick
er, Willoughby and Clewis; WP: Ricker;
LP: Turner.
Jays, Indians
post victories
The Bluejays defeated the Indians
3-1 and the Indians scalped the
Barons 18-10 in Dixie Youth
baseball action last week.
Brad Shrader struck out 13 Indians
and gave up but four hits in notching
the win. He aided his own cause
with two safeties and Chris Wilson
added one. For the Indians, Daniel
Martin, Braeden Baldwin, Chris
Coughlin and Jason Dail had one hit
each.
In the Indians’ uprising against the
Barons Daniel Martin and Eric Ot
toway had four hits each, followed
by Braeden Baldwin, Chris
Coughlin and Kenny Pittman with
two each. Justin Brown and Corey
Polanski added one hit apiece.
Chris Coughlin pitched three in
nings and recorded six strikeouts.
Braeden Baldwin went two frames
and fanned four batters.
For the Barons, Chad Dilahay had
three hits and Mike Pollard two.
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West, South in chase
for third playoff slot
By George Cox
Sports Editor
The mission is simple for the
South Brunswick and West Bruns
wick high school teams in the Wac
camaw 2A Conference baseball
race.
With first place no longer a pos
sibility going into this week’s ac
tion, both teams will be concentrat
ing on finishing in third place to
procure a post-season playoff berth.
South Brunswick played East
Bladen on the road Tuesday night,
hosts Marion, S. C., in a non-league
game tonight at 7 p.m., and hosts
East Bladen at 7 p.m. Friday night.
West Brunswick played at North
Brunswick Tuesday night and hits
the road hoping to give Whiteville
its first league defeat of the season
on Friday night.
What a difference one week can
make, especially for the Trojans of
coach Mike Alderson. West Bruns
wick, with a 2-1 record in the
Seashell Invitational Baseball
Tournament, entered play last week
with an unblemished 2-0 league
mark along \Wth cross-county rival
North Brunswick.
Alderson’s team, however, lost
three loop games last week to East
Bladen, Whiteville and South
Brunswick. That took a contending
team for the regular season
championship and placed it into a
contender’s role for just a playoff
spot.
Meanwhile, for South Brunswick,
last Friday night’s win over the
Trojans at Cougar Field took a little
pressure off coach Jack Brown’s
team, yet in the long run applied as
much or more on the team this
week.
The victory kept alive South
Brunswick’s hope for a third spot in
the final standings and a playoff
slot
The Cougars won their first league
game of the season over West
Brunswick, played a spoiler role,
and also produced the team’s second
victory of the campaign in 12 out
ings.
DIAMOND DUST - After the
Seashell Invitational Baseball
Tournament in Wilmington, two of
the three head coaches in Brunswick
County had been ejected from a
game this season. Now, after last
week’s action, all three have seen
the umpire’s thumb.
North Brunswick’s Wes Coward
was the first - being ejected in the
Scorpions’ victory in the Seashell
against Wilmington Laney. Then,
the next day it was West Brunswick
coach Mike Alderson when the
Trojans beat the Buccaneers.
And finally. South Brunswick
coach Jack Brown was tossed out
last week in a contest in Whiteville.
There was only a slight difference,
though. Brown’s team lost
Statistics released by North Bruns
wick’s Coward last week revealed
that pitcher-outfielder Jared McGee
led the team with a .448 batting
average, followed by pitcher
outfielder Demetrious Bell at .346.
Infielder Jeremy Child was hitting at
a .318 clip.
Scorpion sophomore righthander
Casey McBride, thrower of two con
secutive one-hitters, had the leading
ERA at 0.7 in 20 innings of pitch
ing. That was prior to the Scorpions
victory over South Robeson in
which he yielded one earned run...
In 17 innings of pitching, McGee
had a 2.4 ERA.
’Fiddlers, Cards open softball
season with wins, tight contest
The Sandfiddlers overwhelmed the
Tigers 18-2 in initial Dixie Youth
softball competition April 19 and
the Cardinals drubbed the Lions 11
3 that same day.
But lopsided scoring ended two
days later with the Sandfiddlers tak
ing a 14-13 decision over the Cards.
In the initial Sandfiddler victory,
Carla Pollard and Crystal Clemmons
each had three hits to support the
pitching of Ashley Reaves.
Cardinal Echo Dowling had three
hits to back up her own pitching in
the win over the Lions.
In the Sandfiddlers-Cardinals slug
fest Meris Burton, Kimberly Yates
and Brandy Beard each had three
hits for the winners and Lindsey
Dishman, Corey Lastinger and
Brittney Collier had three hits each
for the Cardinals.
Dixie Youth softball games are
played at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on
Mondays and Wednesdays behind
the Long Beach police station. Rain
games will be made up on Fridays;
no games are scheduled Memorial
Day and the final scheduled games
are Monday, June 7.
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