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Special Olympian 'Bowled
Over' By South Bend Games
BY RAHN ADAMS
For 22-year-old bowler Maurice Edge, this sum
mer’s International Special Olympics competition was
the experience of a lifetime.
Edge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Edge of Win-
nabow, was one of 72 athletes from North Carolina who
participated in the event.
Edge is a .student in the Brunswick Interagency
Program at Supply.
An estimated 5,000 Special Olympians from
throughout the United States and 70 foreign countries
took part in the 1987 International Summer Games, held
July 27 through Aug. 8 in South Bend. Ind.
Special Olympians are athletes who have been iden
tified as being mentally retarded.
According to Dorene Vereen of Brunswick County
Parks and Recreation, Edge placed fourth in singles
bowling, lacking only nine pins for a bronze medal.
“He was still happy with that,” Ms. Vereen said,
adding that the trip to South Bend was reward enough
for Edge.
“Just to see them at the opening ceremonies,” she
said, “that’s when you see the magnitude of having
them (special athletes) all in one place.
“It was a good experience." she added. “Just think
about 10 days of total exhaustion."
The Olympics offered several first-time ex
periences for Edge and his teammates. Ms. Vereen said
it was the first time Edge had been in an airplane, the
team flying from Winston-Salem to South Bend.
“We asked them what they liketl most about
flying," Ms. Vereen .s;iid. "and Maurice .said he liked
‘going up.’ The others liked it when we hit bumps—tur
bulence.”
Other firsts included meeting other special athletes
from across the country and around the world.
"It think it was great for a lot of the athletes." Ms.
Vereen said. “Maurice really doe.sn’t go out of the state
much . . .
“It was good for them to be with athletes from other
countries.” she said. “A lot of them made friends.”
Ms. Vereen said the North Carolina athletes were
especially amazed by .African counterparts who par
ticipated in the Games barefoot, and by foreign athletes
who spoke languages other than English.
Edge’s trip to South Bend was a combination of
hard work and luck. .Ms. Vereen .said.
He qualified for the event by winning a gold medal
in February at the N.C. Special 01ympic.sin Henderson
ville. Names of gold medalists were then drawn at ran
dom to choose North Carolina's team for the Interna
tional Games.
The 10-day trip was funded by county, slate and na
tional agencies, with Brunswick County paying S323
toward Edge’s expenses.
n Preparing for opening ceremonies at this summer’s 1987 In-
lernational Special Olympics in South Bend, Ind.
County Golf Courses
Host World Amateur
BY DOUG RUITER
Three Brunswick County golf courses are among the .1-i clubs
hosting the World Amateur Handicap Championship tliis week.
Carolina Shores Golf and Country Club, Sea Trail Golf Links and
Ocean Isle Beach Golf Course are each a part of the 72-hole event which
annually brings golfers of varying abilities and backgrounds together
for one week in August. The fourth annual tournament started .Monday
and was to continue through today (Thursday).
As a first-time member of the World /Vmateur Championship.
Ocean Isle Beach Golf Course ^ro Randy Fuquay said the course
became involved mainly for promotional reasons.
“Being a part of this tournament is good because it gets a lot of peo
ple here from dLfferent part.s of the country. It helps us make a name for
ourselves," he said.
Ocean Isle played host to the men’s 21-23 handicap group Monday
and was scheduled to entertain the senior’s 16-20 handicap group Thurs
day.
Fuquay said the course became involved with the tournament
through Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday, an advertising firm specializing in
the promotion of Myrtle Beach and surrounding golf courses.
Ue said r.oU Uotiday conUieled area courses to determine if any
were interested in hosting the World Amateur. The courses get the pro
motional benefits of the tournament while agreeing to coordinate the
event at reduced rates for competitors, he said.
Both Sea Trail Golf Links and Carolina Shores Golf and Country
Club became a part of the World Amateur in 1986.
Monday s action at Sea Trail saw the first round of the men’s 19-20
handicap and the women’s 20-25 handicap groups.
The men’s 28-36 handicap group and the women’s 30-40 handicap
group were scheduled for play Thursday at Sea Trail.
Carolina Shores was played by the men’s 9-10 handicap group Mon
day and was scheduled to host the men’s 0-6 handicap group Wednes
day.
Tlie tournament is jointly produced by Golf Digest magazine and
Himmelsbach Communications, with Du Pont as a major sporLsor.
This year s event catered to 1,849 golfers from 48 states (all except
North and South Dakota i and 10 foreign countries including Colombia
Australia. Italy and France, according to a Himmelsbach Communica
tions spokesman.
The World Amateur was first played in 1984 with approximatelv 700
golfers competing. The tournament expanded over the next two years
with the participation rate increasing to 1,154 golfers in 1935 and l.i)85 in
1986.
Brierwood Women Play Nassau
August 18th’s weekly tournament
for the Brierwood Ladies Golf
Association was a Nassau, using full
handicap over 18 holes and one-half
handicap for the front or back nine.
Twenty seven members played in
three flights.
The winner in the first flight for 18
holes was Peg Sawyer with 86-22-64.
Ann Hierman won the front nine with
39-7.5-31.5. With 42-11-31 Nearle Eins
tein won the back.
In the second flight Nel Ju.stice was
the 18-hole winner with 86-27-59. The
front nine was taken by Toni lossi
with 47-14-33 and Anne Gentles took
the back nine with 4614-32.
Ruth Linder was the winner in the
third flight with 1063670, Jane Flieg
with 47-15.5-31.5 took the front.
Maureen Farley won the back nine
with 51-1636.
Ix)w gross for the day was Ann
Hierrnan’s 82.
Dove Season Opens Sept. 5
The 1987 dove season opens Sept. 5,
with all day hunting allowed.
Details of the federal seasons and
bag limits on doves and other
migratory game birds usually can be
obtained in late September from
local license agents.
A regional hearing on the proposed
regulations was scheduled by the
N.C. Wildlife Commission Wednes
day. Aug. 26. at 7:30 p.m. at the
Bladen County Courthouse in
Elizabethtown.
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jans Ope.n Season Hosting Orrum
BY JOHNNY CRAIG
Friday night will be a “goldcn’’op-
portunity for the West Brunswick
Trojans tosliow off.
Literally.
Sporting new all-gold unifomis
which will be worn on special occa
sions (Similar to the Clemson Tigers’
.solid orange used for big games),
We.st Brunswick will kickoff the ’87
prep football sca.son at 8 p.m. against
nonconfcrcncc 1-A opponent Orrum.
"Friday will certainly be a special
occasion for us,’’ said West
Brunswick coach Marshall Seay.
"This is a new season and we expect
good things to come. We’ll be dre.ssed
in our all-gold uniforms and will be
fired up."
The Trojans have tuned up with
two scrimmages—a dual meeting
with Acme-Delco and Green Sea-
Floyds, S.C. and a final tuneup with
North Myrtle Beach, S.C. last Thurs
day.
In those outings. West Brunswick
held Acme-Delco and Green Sea
scorclc.ss and out.scorcd North .Myr
tle Beach. 3-1.
At the same time West Brunswick
will show off new unifomis, the Tro
jans will also have the opportunity to
snap a seven-year season-opening
losing streak. The Trojans have not
won tlieir first game of the season
since a 1980 home win over North
Myrtle Beach.
“Orrum is a small, quick, hard-
nosed football team with winning
tradition.■’ said Seay. “They operate
offensively out of a split-back veer
and wishbone fomiation."
“Their quarter back throws the
ball well. They could certailnly cause
us lots of problems if we are not
prepared.”
Orrum played only one Waccamaw
Conference team la.st year taking a
12-0 shutout over Fainnoiit.
Defensively the Red Raiders will
line up in a 6-2 or 5-3 fonnation and
are likely to stunt (blitz) from the
linebacker position.
“We look for good things to happen
if we execute well and play good,
tough, hard-nosed football. The key
to winning is execution. Wliichever
team is the most persistant and ex
ecutes the best will come out on top."
Probable offensive starters for the
Trojans will be quarterback Ray
mond Howard (5-8,142, so.), tailback
Ronald I,ance (6-6. 185, sr.) and
fullback Randy Daniels (5-10, 17!,
jr.).
Starting linemen include center
Mark Bennett (63, 190, jr.), guards
Charlie Eaton (6-0, 205, jr.) and
Brent Robinson (69,186, sr.), tackles
Tommy Floyd (61, 285, sr.) and Jeff
Russ (5-8,200, sr.).
Likely receivers are split end Gary
Gore (6-3, 185, jr.), tight end Travis
Snead (6-0, 196, sr.) and flanker Joel
Johnson (63, 205, sr.).
Among the defensive starters are
ends Gore and Snead, Robinson
(tackle), linebackers Corey Hankins
(61,190, jr.) and Ben Hankins (5-11,
236, sr.), cornerback Jeff Bernard
(62.183, so.) and safety Chris Bryant
(6-3,205, sr.).
• •••
North Brunswick also opens its
season at home Friday entertaining
Topsail.
Defending conference champion
South Brunswick opens on the road
as the Cougars travel to Pender. The
Patriots handed South Bnmswick
one of only two losses in last year’s
record 162 season.
Both South Robeson and Fairmont
will not open the season until next
Friday.
In other games Friday involving
Waccamaw Conference teams,
Whiteville hosts 4-A Scotland County,
West Columbus visits Acmc-DcIco
and East Bladen entertains \-A
power Clarkton.
SPORTING SCENE
Preps Kick Off New Football Season Friday
/Among other regulatioas, it is
unlawful to take migratory game
birds with a rifle or unplugged or im
properly plugged shotgun, with the
aid of decoys, salt, grain, fruit or
other bait, or during closed season or
during prohibited shooting hours.
Violators, as of Oct. 1, will l)c guilty
of a misdemeanor and punishable by
a fine of not less than $150, in addition
to other punishment that may l>e im
posed by the court.
BY JOHNNY CRAIG
High school football returns
throughout North Carolina Friday
night although school will not official
ly tjegin in Brunswick County until
Monday.
While most teams open the season
tomorrow (Friday), the remaining
.squads not playing will begin next
V riday, September 4.
The race for the Waccamaw 2-A
Conference championship is pro
bably the closest to being a wide-open
contest this season as it has ever
been. As many as five teams appear
ready to challenge for the league’s
three state playoff berths.
The conference was rocked last
year with the suspension of a South
Robeson player thus forcing the
Mustangs to forfeit six games (all
wins) and fall from a first-place to
the league cellar.
The incident altered the playoff
picture somewhat and hclpeil South
Brunswick to its first-ever con
ference championship.
While the Cougars advanced to the
.state playoffs, West Brunswick
climbed to the top-half of the league
and narrowly missed a playoff spot
a.s well.
South Brunswick, as most defen
ding champions go, is the team to
beat although the Cougars must find
a few replacements at several key
positions. Ixwk for veteran coach
Glenn Sa.sser to prevail over this
shuffle and have his Cougars battling
for the top spot once more.
Although ’85 champion Whiteville
lost plenty of talent from last year’s
12-2 team that advanced to the
eastern 2-/A finals, the Wolfpack is
still loaded with talent and knows
how to win. Coach Bill Hewett isn’t
kidding anyone with his preseason
blues about downplaying the
Wolfpack s chances of another
league title.
East Bladen may Ik> the most im
proved team in the conference.
Coach I,ennon Fisher’s team had an
off year in ’86 and still managed an
even 65 finish and a state playoff
berth.
The Cougars have a full roster of
veteran players this season and will
be a much more serious threat to the
conference crown this go ’round.
East Bladen greatly expanded its
strength training program in the off
season. Immediate benefits are like
ly to be seen in '87.
We.st Brunswick should be riding
high when conference time rolls
around. The Trojans should make
quick work of their three 1-A non
conference opponents and be ready
to do business with the league’s best
beginning in late September.
South Robeson rounds out the con
ference’s top five teams. Coach
Russell Stone’s Mustangs are surely
ready to avenge last year’s misfor
tune. Instead of a 7-3 finish, South
Robeson settled with a 1-9 record.
The Mu.stangs finished runnerup to
Whiteville in ’85 and should be equal
ly strong this season.
lxK)k for North Brunswick, Fair
mont and West Columbus to fight it
out for fifth place.
All three teams are improved but
have not made the giant strides of the
rest of the league.
Fairmont has made a huge com
mittment to rebuild its football pro
gram under second-year coach Steve
Hagen. The Gold Tornadoes were
winners throughout the 70’s and ear
ly 80’s and yearn to return to those
successful seasons.
North Brunswick could be a sur
prise. The Scorpions could come out
of their three nonconference games
with Topsail, Hallsboro and Acme-
Delco with enough momentum to win
enough league contests to avoid the
cellar.
As Scorpion coach Jim Steed put it,
“We are getting there but will have a
longways to go.”
Veteran West Colubmus coach
Dave Pless is also in the rebuilding
stages with the Vikings. West Colum
bus has been a traditional football
power advancing to the state playoffs
more times than not.
However, it will take the Vikings
probably another season before they
are ready to move into the top-half of
the conference.
Friday’s season openers include
Orrum at West Brunswick, Topsail at
North Brunswick, South Bnmswick
at Pender, Scotland County at
Whiteville, West Columbus at Acme-
Delco and Clarkton at East Bladen.
South Robeson and Fairmont will
both open the season next Friday.
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