TEEING OFF
Shanking: cause and cure #1
Making contact with the hosel of the club instead
of the club face is called shanking. It’s a serious
detriment to proper hitting and has four possible
causes. Here’s one:
Heels
raised,
weight
shifted
forward
Cause
■ Your weight may move onto your toes
in the downswing, causing your body to tip
forward. The dub will hit improperly.
Cure
Your weight should be on the balls of
both feet at all times. To leam this try the
following:
■ Place a head cover just beyond the ball.
■ Do not hit the head cover on the
downswing.
■ If you hit the head cover, you have
lurched forward or are swinging on an
improper swing path.
SOURCE: Golf Digests Book of Drills
Copley News Service/Dan Clifford
GOLF REPORT
Double-eagle highlights event
The Fox Squirrel Men's Golf Association team traveled to Shallotte on
May 19 to play the Brierwood MGA in an interclub golf match.
Fox Squirrel came out on top in a very close team match, winning by the
score of 52-44.
Several of the Fox Squirrel players scored shutouts during their individu
al matches, including Jack Hall, Fuz Clark, Og Parrott, Elmer Schorzman,
Steve Barthold, Jim Jefferies, Jerry Call and Mike Williams.
This was the second match between these teams this year, with Fox
Squirrel having won the initial match in April.
One of the highlights of the day was when the Brierwood pro Charlie
Webster scored a rare double-eagle on a par-five hole to beat Fox Squirrel
pro Rick Vigland, who made an eagle on the same hole.
The next interclub match for the Fox Squirrel Men’s Golf Association
team is scheduled for June 8 at home against Oak Island, a team that beat
Fox Squirrel both matches last year.
Hole-in-one aids victory
Bob Whiting’s hole-in-one contributed to victory in the Oak T«i«m
Linksters round-robin tourney May 15-16.
Whiting, teamed with Charlie Roberts, aced the 160-yard, par-three 16th
hole for a net zero.
Roberts and Whiting topped Flight C in the tourney, two points ahead of
Red Hinchcliffe and Doug Horton.
Terry Vereen and Hannon Templeton ran away with Flight A, five points
ahead of Bill Montross and Bill Ozanne.
■Hie all-Irish team of Joe O’Brien and Jack Shea took Flight B by two
points over Milt Reece and Bob SlocketL
Net 58 wins FOP tourney
The second annual Brunswick County Lodge #53 Fraternal Order of Po
lice Easter Seals Golf Tournament was held on May 22 at The Qnnmiiq
The first-place team of Tim Fowler, John Gore, Austin Heath and Will
White shu a 58 in the captain’s choice format. Second place was captured
by Wayne Wright, Scott Ward, David Leach and Dale Brannon with a
score of 60.
They beat out the third place team of Lee Aldridge, Jerry Spencer, Philip
Presson and Davis Herring Jr., who also shot a score of 60. A tie-breaker
was used to decide second and third place.
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Continued from page 12
Amanda Reaves, Joye Todd, Nikki
Grady and Angela Northern.
McKoy’s sister plays softball on
the North Brunswick team,
McBride’s two brothers play
baseball -- one at UNCW and one at
the high school.
The boys baseball team with their
season-ending batting averages
were: Ray Caffee (.290), Adam
Child (.500), Mike Edge (.650), Wes
Emmons (.364), Rashad Green
(.621), Jason Hanna (.250), Brett
Hobbs (.188), Timmy Johnson
(.273), Shamon Kinston (.500),
Tony Nelson (.379), Carson Scott
(.250), Ashley Simmons (.235),
Brett Simmons (.200), Larry White
(.071), and Kirby Whitely (.394).
Edge, Child and Caffee led the
team in hits with 26, 16 and nine,
respectively. Edge and Green hit
two homers each while Caffee and
Whitely had one apiece.
Nelson also won five games as a
pitcher, striking out 50 batters in 28
and two-thirds, innings. "He’s gonna
be a tough one. Throws pretty hard
and worked hard this year," Fennell
said.
Caffee, Ashley Simmons, Child,
Green, Edge, Brett Simmons and
Whitely also saw action on the
mound.
The team batting average was .406
with 121 hits in 298 times at bat.
Fennell believes the middle school
baseball and softball programs
should be taught like the high school
coaches will teach them.
And Clark, an Eton graduate,
believes winning is fun for everyone
— even the coaches.
West beats
Continued from page 12
in the top of the third by scoring two
runs off West Brunswick starter
Mike Turner. South Brunswick
leadoff hitter Jeremy Baker reached
first on an error before the next bat
ter, Eric McMahan, reached base
safely when an attempted fielder’s
choice for a force out at second
didn’t get anybody.
Cougar catcher Mike ("Hardrock”)
Clewis then laced a single to left,
scoring Baker before McMahan
scored on a throwing error by
Turner.
Turner went two and two-thirds
innings, yielding two runs on two
hits, suiking out one and walking
three. Eric Johnson relieved him in
the third inning.
Legion
Continued from page 12
Albert ("Tebo”) Rogers, a long-time
supporter of area youth baseball pro
grams, serves as the post com
mander.
Post 68 plays all of its home
games at Scorpion Field in Leland.
All home games are at 8 p.m.
Brunswick Shores alternates its
game between West Brunswick and
South Brunswick high schools and
starts the contests at 7:30 p.m.
American Legion baseball differs
from high school baseball in that the
rules are governed by professional
baseball standards. The big dif
ferences are that nine innings con-,
stitute a game and there is no free
substitution rule.
The regular season is played
through June and post-season
playoffs begin in July and go
through August until the national
championship is played.
Scorpion
Continued from page 12
Bandys twice in one afternoon to
cop the state championship and a
finish a 21-0 campaign. Belinda
Jacobs was the pitching staff that
day, picking up both wins and rais
ing her season win total to 16.
The next season, North Brunswick
journeyed into the state finals to
play Lexington, where they came up
one game short of duplicating their
state championship.
Assistant coach Mercer, whose
daughter Amy plays the same posi
tion (catcher) that he did as a
baseball player at North Brunswick
in the early 1970s, once caught a
perfect game in the state 1A-2A
baseball playoffs. Wayne Rabon
threw it as North Brunswick beat
Clarkton in 1973,2-0.
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