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SPORTING SCFNF Decode Of 80s Brought Championships To Brunswick ... o i jOHNNY v,rAIu The 1980s was a banner decade for Brunswick County sports. Never have so many teams and individuals achieved as much as they did during the past 10 years. Every county high school won at least one state cham pionship and a growing number found themselves in professional baseball and basketball. The county experienced a golfing explosion that is continuing into the 90s. Youth leagues expanded from baseball to basketball, football, soc cer and wrestling. Sports facilities (new fields, equipment, etc.) also grew at the high school level and the county parks dept. as well. The county sports story cf the dccadc? Ask 10 local sportsmen ana you'll probably get 10 different answers. Reminisce through the past 10 years and decide for your self which was the best 19 80 The story of the year was without question North Brunswick's state 1 A ? 2- A softball championship. The lady Scorpions went a perfect 21-0 and swept Bandys in two games, 9 1 and 5-3, for the title June 4 played at Lcland. The team, under the guidance of head coach William Hargrove and assistant Delia Sloan, included Cookie Southerland, Sonya Sloan. Iris Sloan, Ginger Dcnkins, Denisc Mintz, Sherry Blanton, Elenor Bal lard, Denisc Davis, Wanda BuUer, Belinda Jacobs, Gail McMillian, Leslie McCoy, Alecia Bryant, Val arie Sloan, and Rita Brown. Just the year before the North girls went 18-1 before losing in the third round of the stale playoffs. The Waccamaw all-stars also captured a state championship of thair Awn ? the Dixie Boys (13-14 year olds) title at Indian Trail near Charlotte. The local team went 22-3 and advanced to the regional tourna ment in Montgomery, Ala. before losing their first two games. Playing for Waccamaw were Rusty Johnson, Henry Stevenson, Barry Kelly, Ken Howard, Scott Evans, James Wiiiiams, toward Smith, TerTy White, Jeff Johnson, Timmy Ludlum, Alfie Hill, Jeff Milliken, and coaches Jimmy Clcm mons and Howard Benton. In other baseball news, former North and East Carolina baseball star Billy Best was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 27th round of the major league baseball college draft. While at ECU, Best set school career records for triples, stolen bases, at bats and RBIs. The Dixie Youth baseball state tournament came to Brunswick County for the first time ever. Long Beach'hosted the event. The county little league baseball all-stars won the district VI tourna ment and advanced to third place in the state toumcy. West's Audrey Owens became the first girls in school history to be named athlete of the year. Also at V/cSi, ilic Trojans VP*-3) won the Three Rivers 3-A Conference football championsliip and advanced to the state playoffs for the first time in five years. Head coach Sam Page was also named athletic director replacing Jimimy Marshall. Also under Page, the Trojan base ball team broke a school record for most wins in a season finishing 13 10 overall. The Trojans equalled the old record of 10 wins with a 4-1 tri umph over Pembroke. In basketball, the Trojan boys advanced to first round of disuict III tourney falling to Durham Jor dan. Don Stevenson received top indi vidual honors on the Trojan cage team being nominated to Mc Donalds AH- American team. Stev enson led West with a 16.5 point per game average. Former West cage standout Billy otOiiaCu |;ia)Cu ui NAiA iuiuCnai tournament with Southern Tech (Marietta, Ga.) in Kansas City. Former Lady Trojan Jackie Gore helped Chowan JUCO to a 17-9 record as a freshman center. West tennis star Alan Powell cap tured the TRC singles tournament championship. Some 200 athletes made the year's Special Olympics held at South the largest ever. The U.S. Open King Msckcrn! Fishing Tourney at Southport held its second annual event. The year before, the tournament was the largest in the North Carolina. 1981 Former North baseball star Clyde I lollcy iuuk tup individual honors during the year in his junior season at UNC- Wilmington. Holley led the Seahawks to a 32-15 season, a team best since being in thie NCAA Division I ranks. Holley ended the year with a .333 batting average and 38 RBIs. Also in baseball. West equalled a school single-season record for wins with a 13-8 record under first year head coach Greg Ncrris. Greg Pigotte started the season off on the right foot by throwing a no-hitter in his first start of the season, a 7-0 win over South. Post 68 captured tne American Legion Area I! Eastern Division championship. The title was the last won by Post 68. The local team went on to an 18-11 record. The West boys' basketball team opened 1981-82 season with 11 straight wins before losing their TRC opener to West Columbus. The Trojans went on to a 16-6 season. Freddie Stevenson got top indi vidual cage honors being named to the al!-region first-team. The first annual South Brunswick Islands four-ball golf toumancmt (sponsored by the ch?mlvr of com merce) fielded 46 teams. The two day event held at Marsh Harbor and Carolina Shores was the higgest tourney held in the county. Girls' track came to West in the spring for the first time ever under coach Debbie Newman. Also in girts sports, the West ten nis team won the TRC champi onship in their lira winning season. At North, the Lady Scorpions won the East Waccamaw Conference vuiieybaii title. West standout Michael Bryant was named athlete of the year. Bryant went on to play football at North Carolina for two years. Twelve county athletes won nine gold medals at N.C. Special Olym pics in Charlotte. Brunswick County hosted the N.C. littJe league baseball tourney won by Southwest Forsyth. Just a week earlier local all-stars failed to qualify for the district finals for first time in five years. Defending Dixie Boys state champion Waccamaw won the dis trict II baseball tournament but lost their bid for a second straight N.C. title losing their first two games. The Trojan Athletic Boosters Club was formed and the new orga nization built a new press box for the football Held. West won its second straight county football championship de feating both North and South. 7982 The Brunswick Beacon named the first all -county football team this season and selected the first all BC basketball squad the following year. All-county teams are now select ed in baseball as well and have grown to include players and coach es of the year. North Brunswick pitcher Craig Coker was drafted by the Phil adelphia Phillies in the 11th round of the major j? (Til A KocaKoI 1 nmn teur draft Coker was a standout for both Scorpion and American Leg ion Post 68 teams. Also on the legion diamond scene, Whiteville Post 137 defeated Post 68. 4-3 in the Area H Eastern OiViStCti uw**ui"*'wi ov4ivo. Brunswick County finished the sea son 16-12. Waccamaw was the host site of the N.C. Dixie Youth baseball tour nament. Cape Fear won the tourney while Waccamaw finished third. The West girls' tennis team won their second straight TRC champi onship and finished 7-2 overall. On the prep gridiron scene. North equalled a school record four-game win streak to start the sm?so?i enroute to a 5-5 finish. An estimat ed 1 .200 fans turned out for North's 20-8 homecoming win over Acme Delco to set a school attendance record. Jeavonne Bryant also set a North single-season rushing record with 907 yards. J 983 The top story of the year was North's first and only county foot ball championship. The Scorpions defeated South on Mike Blank's last second 45-yard field goal and downed West for first time in 10 years enroute to the title. North finished 4-5-1 after winning its first three games of season. The West baseball team won a school-record 14 games while win ning their first conference champi onship and advancing to the state playoffs for the first time in eight years. Also at West, the boys' tennis team won the TRC tide with a 9-4 record. A trio of county athletes signed college grants during the year. South's David Tomlinson signed a football grant with The Citadel, West's Prise ilia Herring signed a basketball grant with N.C. Central and North's Mike Oliver signed a basketball grant with Saint And rews. Former So"?h football star In In White was named Central Inter collegiate Athletic Association (C!AA) offensive player of year at Livingstone College in Salisbury. The junior rushed for over 3,000 yards in his career and was a three time all-district 26 & all-ClAA per former. Former North pitcher Craig Coker won six straight games on mound for Phillies Class A team in Spartanburg, S. C. Another county baseball player, West's Perry Johnson, signed with the Oakland A's after a college career at Ml Olive JUCO. Both West boys and girls basket ball teams along with North boys and South girls qualified for the dis trict tournaments. Host Brunswick County little, league all-stars won their sixth dis trict VI tide in nine years. The locals went on to finish fifth in the state tournament. North's C!:i! Gibson was named EWC basketball coach of year after leading the Scorpions to a 19- win season. Carolyn Galloway was also named EWC volleyball coach of year after guiding the Lady Scorp ions to a second place finish. 1984 Improvement was the key word in the county in 1984. Facility uplitts at all county high schools, at the county parks and the arrival of a number of resort golf courses made for a great year in Brunswick. Oyster Bay Golf Links was named America's best new resort course by Golf Digest. The county's newest course received a two-page spread in the golfing magazine. The Brunswick County all-stars won the N.C. midget girls' softbal! championship in Wilmington. La Shonda Grissett was the tourney most valuable player. North, South and West boys bas ketball teams all qualified for the AlA Kr\#k WahK WMU U> ? ?V I Ma WU( * Ml and South girls. The West boys cagers had their best year under five-year head coach Ronnie Champion, winning their first TRC title in his reign and finishing 18-6. A l*A ur... .1 _ ?T?.i ? ? ?? Oi Tiwi, u?v i lUjdii uascoaii team (19-3) won its second straight TRC championship, set yet another school record for wins in a single season and won 13 straight games during one stretch. Also mi the county diamond. North advanced to second round of state 2-A playoffs. Jo Jo White breaks the CIAA career-rushing record held by Dallas Cowboy star Tim my Newsom. In doing so. White ran his career yardage to 3,922. Scott Evans (West) signed a base ball grant with Campbell Uni versity. Athletes of year were Evans (West), Kenny Bryant and Regia<t Jones (South) and Wanda Jacobs aim (North). The West boys' tennis team won its third TRC title in 4 years and finished 12-2 overall. Both West and South got new head football coaches during the year. Glenn Sasser was named to the top spot at South and Greg Norris moved to the football ranks after a successful tenure with the Trojan baseball team. North basketball standout Chuck le Brown signed a grant with N.C. State and West tennis star Brad Cheers signed with UNC-W. Former West standout Greg Pick ett was named to the all-Dixie Conference at Methodist College. Pickett sported a 6-0 record while helping Methodist to a 37-7 finish. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association made its final alignment draft with West dropping from the 3-A ranks to 2-A. The Trojans' new classification took effect with the 1985 school year. 1985 Chuckie Brown highlighted the year by being named the first North Carolina Mr. Basketball by the Oariotte Observer. !cd North to a 17-3 record as a senior while averaging 25 points and 10 rebounds per game. Brown received all-conference, all-county, all-region, all-east, all state honors while being the most highly recruited basketball player in Brunswick County history. Brown's teammate Dana Ouince signed a professional baseball con tract with the Seattle Mariners. On the collegiate baseball level. West pitcher Matt Gore signed a grant with The Citadel. Kelly Lynn Steep, 8, of Holden Beach won her second straight AAU national karate championship. Sea Trail Golf Links opened in October as the county's sixth cham pionship course with four more in the nlannincr r ? w ??- -* West continued to dominate area tennis. The Trojan boys' team won their fourth conference title in five years (3 TRC and 1 WC) while win ning their 2Siii Miaigiu match since 1984. The Trojans finished the sea son 16-0. CHUCKIE BROWN The Lady Trojans were equally successful winning their fourth con ference championship in five years as well. The West girls finished 10 1 and finished sixth in the state 1 A ? 2-A tournament. Jeff Sholar (North) was honored second straight year at football to all-Coastal football con ference all-star team. All three county boys prep basketball teams finished with win ning iwAMik. Vr'esi (15-8., .?* share of the TRC cbWwJjjP while South went 13-11 and North, 17-3. West's Robert Thompson set a school single Game scoring record in January with 37 points in a win over Clinton. Thompson finished his prep carccr with over 13W points while averaging 24 points and 12 rebounds per game. North (13-10-2) advanced to the final rich! of the state 2-A baseball playoffs and Scorpion coach Bubba Baldwin was named EWC coach of the year. . At West, the Trojan diamond team finished 12-7 and advanced to the state playoffs as well. In ciher diamond news, Bruns wick Count" celebrated ?*? year of little league baseball. 1986 The year's top story was West's Colin Smith winning the state 3,200-meter championship in Chap el Hill in May. Smith broke the West record three times in the 3,200-meter event in the spring before winning the title by some 20 yards in 9:53.20, another school record. Another big story later in the year was South winning the WC football championship. U was the first con ference title for the Cougars in any sport. After a season-opening loss. South won nine straight games and went to a 10-2 finish and capturing the county championship along the way. _ Professional golf came to Bruns wick County for first time ever when a Tournament Players Asso ciation tourney at Oyster Bay (Green Pines Open) featured a SI 31,000 purse. Bill Buttner (Ha.) won the two-day event. The West boys' tennis team extended its win streak to 40 match ?? k..* second in the WC. *"* The Lady Trojan tennis team also had a banner year winning their fourth conference championship in five years. At least three prep players signed with nearby colleges. West s Julie Benton inked with Campbell as the first recipient of a volleyball schol ar^ in in university history. Also, West's Mark Jones signed to play football at Emory & Henry, Va., and North's Chuck Clemmons signed a baseball grant with Lenoir Community College. The West boys' basketball team suffered their first losing season in school history (6-17) but rebounded to win the county championship. 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