By Douglas Cutting
Staff Writer
Whether you like 'em broiled,
baked, or fried golden brown, spots
are still the stars of local fishing
news. Boats lined the mouth of the
Coast Guard channel in the west
curve of the river, and anglers lined
the piers armed with bloodworms
and October smiles, as the fall fish
ing rolls on.
Flounder, speckled trout, and gray
trout occupied other inshore fisher
men last week. Luann Spradling
reported five-pound, 13-ounce
flounder from the Sure Catch
Tackle scales. Nelson Cobble told
us that the spots were on fire in the
river last week, as the bloodworms
left the store in droves.
Jimmy Price hosted the first annu
al Wildlife Bait and Tackle
Speckled Trout tournament last
weekend, and it ran smoothly
according to Tony Bivalacqua. Jerry
Helms, local trout specialist, took
first place with a 2.8-pound fish.
Bobby Barksdale finished second.
Offshore, the grouper are picking
up, and keeping charter boats
happy. The Salty Dog had an excel
lent week, putting one customer—
Robert Williams-on a 20-pound,
four-oiince red grouper.
The Fugitive kept the beeliners
busy, with loads of the tasty bottom
fish on each charter, and numerous
scamps, blacks and red grouper
added to the bag.
OUTDOOR SPORTS
Senior fishing trip Oct. 26
Brunswick County Parks and Recreation Department and the Brunswick
County Department of Aging will sponsor a senior fishing trip, Monday,
October 26.
The boat \yill leave from Capt. Pete’s Seafood at Holden Beach aboard the
Mega Flite at 7 a.m. and return around 4 p.m.
Capt. Mike and his crew will provide everything a fisherman needs to
catch the big one. Seniors will need to bring a small cooler with lunch and
drinks.
Preregistration is required. Contact Tracy Young, 1-800-222-4790, or
Becky Rogers, 253-2174 for fees and more information on the trip.
Perhaps the best fishing news
comes from the piers, as the ocean
has cooled a bit and the spots and
flounder continue their fall run.
Tina Fowler at Yaupon Pier sent
word of some nice flounder being
caught through the week on mullet
minnows. The pier weighed a five
pounder and a 4.8-pound flatfish.
The spots, whiting, and pompano,
and gray trout kept other Yaupon
anglers busy.
Kona Auman at Ocean Crest Pier
said the spots were consistent, and
that one angler had landed two
enormous skates off the pier Sunday
night.
Patti West had a variety of fish to
report form Long Beach Pier.
, Although none of them were cita
tions, she saw blues, spots, trout,
whiting, and a few flounder
throughout the week.
Best bet this week?~Go to the
reefs for gray trout, flounder, and
heavy puppy drum. Hit the grass
islands on any river or creek flat for
trout and redfish, and pile the spots
in the cooler two at a time with
bloodworm bottom rigs.
Trip to races
November 1
A race trip to the AC Delco 400 in
Rockingham Sunday, November 1,
is planned by the Southport Parks
and Recreation Department.
There are 20 tickets available for
the race at the North Carolina Motor
Speedway in Rockingham.
Cost is $72 per person and
includes the bus ride and ticket. For
more information, call Joe Medlin,
457-7945, or 457-7923.
Photos by Jim Harper
Jeff Jones (above) and Daniel Martin (right) were
two key players for coach Gary Downing’s South
Brunswick soccer team this season.
Jones, Martin guide Cougars
Pair plays important role on South soccer team
By Douglas Cutting
Staff Writer
Jeff Jones and Daniel Martin have
taken South Brunswick soccer to a •
new level. They both have soccer in
their blood, and it’s been there for a
long time,
Jones was born and raised in New
York, and Martin was born in,
Anaheim CA. While Jeff brought
thirteen years of northern soccer
exposure to South Brunswick when
he arrived in August, 1995, Daniel
started his soccer career in
Southport. Both have seen changes
in Brunswick county soccer in the
last few years.
“Soccer has been getting better
around here for a long time,” said
Martin. “We (South Brunswick)
used to be pretty bad, but we’ve
improved every year for the last
five.”
Why the local upswing in soccer?
"The youth programs have helped
a lot.” said Jones. “I referee for the
younger kids, and there are just
more and more kids out here play
ing every time.”
In addition to a bright future of
South Brunswick soccer, both Jones
and Martin are looking at their own
soccer horizons. Jeff plans to walk
on at the college he finally chooses.
Daniel has looked at Campbell
University and UNC Wilmington
and would love to arrive as a schol
arship athlete. Jones dreams of
playing for Cornell or Duke.
Pushed primarily by a desire to
play something fast and active, both
Jones and Martin chose soccer
before they were five.
“I tried T-ball but it was kind of
boring,*so I started playing soccer,”
Jones laughed.
Both of the midfielders say that
although their positions -- center
and wing midfield — require
defense, and constant retreat to
cover the back half of the field, they
look more to putting the ball in the
back of the net.
“I like assists more really, I like
making passes to Jeff and Nic
(Lesh),” said Martin.
Jeff and Daniel both admire
European soccer, and both have had
some quick exposure to foreign
football. Daniel’s family is original
ly form France, and Jeff was fortu
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England, Italy, France, Switzerland,
and .Belgium two summers ago.
Seeing the kids playing pick-up soc
cer was inspiring for Jones, and
Martin was thrilled about France’s
World Cup victory this year.
In the meantime, Jeff works out
and plays year-round with the 81
Wilmington Fury. Daniel keeps his
foot on the ball locally, playing on
the weekends at Smithville Park,
and dedicating his time to soccer.
Judging by their success this sea
son and moves with a soccer ball,
these guys have given plenty of
their lives to this growing sport, and
their practice has undoubtedly paid
off.
Photo by Terry Pope
Brunswick Community College scrimmaged against Hargraves Military Academy last week and opens its
season at the Tip-OfT Classic in Gainesville, FL, November 1-2.
Dolphins get tested
Scrimmage helps BCC team prepare for season
By Terry Pope
County Editor
Coach Gene Doane put his
Brunswick Community College
basketball team through a tough test
last week by hosting Hargraves
Military Academy from Virginia for
the Dolphins’ first scrimmage of the
season at North Brunswick High
School. fi ■ ' <•:'
“We won’t play anybody that’s as
good as they are all season,’’ said
Doane, whose team will play a
Region X junior college schedule
this season. The year starts
November 1-2 at the Tip-Off
Classic at Santa Fe Community
College in Gainesville, FL.
Hargraves is the safe-keeping
school for future college players,
including 6’8” David West of
Gamer, who is reportedly being
recruited by Carolina. He led his
team past BCC in two 20-minute
halves last Wednesday, but B(^C
also stole a 27-26 victory in a third
and final session for the night.
“I thought early on they were too
much for us because they are well
ahead of us,” said coach Doane.
“We looked like we didn’t know
what we were doing early on. I felt
that as the scrimmage went on, we
started doing better and better.”
Doane has assembled an entirely
new team from last season through
heavy recruiting across the state.
The team is led by 6’5” Jeffery
Gibson of Burlington Cummings
who guided his team to a 23-1
record. Gibson averaged 17 points
per game, shot 54.5 percent from
the field and an astounding 51 per
cent from behind the three-point
line.
His shot was evident last week as
he connected on some soft jumpers
from behind the three-point line.
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to help inside but must work on his
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“We’ve got a lot of things that we
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the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Doane hopes playing against tough
competition in preseason scrim
mages will prepare his team for the
Region X schedule. BCC’s confer^
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Community College, Brevard
College, Spartanburg Methodist and
Louisburg College. The Region X
Tournament is March 4-6 in
Kinston, and the Dolphins plan to
challenge for that title.
“I feel that before it’s over,” said
Doane, “this team will be the best
team we’ve had at the college.”
BCC has played two seasons and
last year switched from a communi
ty college to a junior college sched
ule. Most of the opponents the
Dolphins had managed to book
were junior college teams. But none
are expected to be as fundamentally
developed as Hargraves.
“This helped us,” said Doane.
“There’s no question about it. They
helped us by playing the press.
When we finally - in the second 20
minutes — started to understand
what to do against the press we
started beating the press.”
‘I feel that before
it’s over, this team
will be the best
team we’ve had at
the college.’
Gene Doane
BCC basketball coach
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