North's McDowell,
BY JOHNNY CRAIG
North Brunswick pitcher/outficldcr David McDowell
and Scorpion coach Kciih Moore are repeals as county
prep baseball player and coach of the year respectively.
McDowell, who recently signed
a grant to play at UNC-Wilmington,
won player of the year honors as a
junior in his first year at North
Brunswick.
This spring, in his senior season,
McDowell hit at a .377 pace that in
cluded 26 hits in 69 at bats, 24 runs
balled in, four doubles, three triples
and a home run while also stealing
eight bases.
McDowell was just as effective McDowell
on the pitching mound for the Scorpions, striking out 63
bailers in just 48 innings. His 1.75 earned run average
was among the lowest on the team and was down from
a 2.15 ERA in his junior season. He also gave up 26
hits and walked 35.
Moore guided the Scorpions to a 13-10 overall record
and a second place finish in the
Waccamaw 2-A Conference. The
third-year coach has led North
Brunswick baseball teams to the
slate playoffs the last iwo years
while the Scorpions have also cap
tured back-to-back county titles.
Last year's 13-9 team in Moore's
second year and the 1991 squad
have produced North Brunswick's
best baseball records in the past six
years.
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McDowell was just one of seven players named to
the all-county diamond team for the second conscculive
year.
Other repeat performers include West Brunswick's
Bryan Fleming, Chris Walker and Chris McBride of
North Brunswick and Shawn Swain, Jcron Monroe and
Scott Phillips of South Brunswick.
Fleming, a sophomore who is a two-year starter as
catcher for the Trojans, improved dramatically defen
sively this spring while struggling somewhat at the
plate.
Fleming threw out 50 to 60 percent of all base run
ners attempting to steal this season compared to a 25 to
30 percent ratio as a freshman. However, his batting av
Moore Repeat As County Baseball
Player, Coach Of Year
cragc dropped to .315 after hitting at a .380 clip in his
first varsity season.
"Brian had a good year and is one of the reasons why
we were a better defensive team this season," said West
Brunswick coach Mike Alderson. 'The teams in the
Waccamaw Conference know what kind of arm he has
behind the plate."
"Bryan will continue to improve in his last two years
at West Brunswick. With a stronger bat, he will defi
nitely be a major college prospect and one of the top
catchers in eastern North Carolina."
Walker and McBridc arc another pair of Scorpion se
niors who recently signed college grants to continue
their baseball career.
Walker inked with UNC-Asheville of the Big South
Conference earlier this month and McBridc joined
McDowell by selecting UNC-Wilmington.
McBridc led the Scorpions in hitting (.535) getting
23 hits in 43 plate appearances. He also drove in 20
runs, scored 12 times and banged out four doubles.
The senior was just as strong on the mound where he
hurled 19.2 innings, giving up 14 hits while compiling a
2.55 ERA.
Walker led the North Brunswick mound staff with a
1.10 ERA while striking out 80 in 76.1 innings pitched.
He allowed 38 hits and walked 43.
Swain has been the top pitcher at South Brunswick
the last two years and compiled a 6-4 record in his se
nior season this spring. He hurled 85.2 innings and
struck out 70 with an impressive 1.64 ERA. Swain also
yielded 62 hits and walked 37 batters.
Monroe has been named to the all-county team as an
inficldcr for the second straight year after having hit at
a .319 average as a senior. Monroe, a shortstop, also
had three doubles, two triples and a home run in help
ing the Cougars to a 12-9 overall finish.
Phillips, who played second base for the Cougars, hit
at a .281 pace while also collecting five doubles.
Also named to the all-county team for the second
time in the last three years was West Brunswick desig
nated hitter Alton Johnson.
The senior led the team in hitting with a .478 aver
age. Johnson was named to the all-county team (third
base) as a sophomore after leading the team in hitting
(.383).
"Alton is just a pure hitter," said Alderson. "He has
been in the baseball program four years here and sees
the ball well and makes use of the entire field. He un
derstands situational hitting and knows how to move
1991 ALL-BRUNSWICK COUNTY
BASEBALL TEAM
Plaver School
PITCHERS
George Daniels West Brunswick
Chris McBride North Brunswick
David McDowell North Brunswick
Shawn Swain South Brunswick
Chris Walker North Brunswick
INFIELDERS
Tommy Clark North Brunswick
Chris McBride North Brunswick
Jeron Monroe South Brunswick
Scott Phillips South Brunswick
CATCHER
Bryan Fleming West Brunswick
OUTFIELDERS
Aldwin Lance West Brunswick
David McDowell North Brunswick
DESIGNATED HITTER
Alton Johnson West Brunswick
UTILITY PLAYER (infield, pitching)
Brian Alderson West Brunswick
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
David McDowell North Brunswick
COACH OF THE YEAR
Keith Moore North Brunswick
people around the bases."
"He is a rare talent in that he is a power threat but
hits for a good average at the same time. We will really
miss him."
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Rounding out the All-BC infield was North
Brunswick second baseman Tommy Clark who led the
Scorpions in runs scored (28). Clark also had a .318
batting average while collecting 21 hits and stealing 14
bases.
Completing the all-county outfield was West
Brunswick's Aldwin Lance.
The junior centerfielder improved drastically from a
year ago according to Alderson.
"Aldwin's batung average (.320) this year is up
tremendously from last season (.222). He has also re
duced his number of strike -outs while increasing his on
base percentage."
Lance ranked third on the Trojan team in total hits
this spring.
"His defense, arm strength and ability to get on base
make him a complete player," added Alderson. "He can
really create problems for the opposition when he gets
on base. Aldwin also had the game-winning hit in the
Friday's playoff game against C.B. Aycock."
West Brunswick's George Daniels rounded out the
all-county pitching staff.
The junior compiled a 6-2 record while hitting .333
before his untimely death two weeks ago in an auto ac
cident.
"George was our top pitcher at the time and when he
was on the mound, he really made us strong defensive
ly."
"All the guys on defense had lots of confidence in
George's ability to throw the ball over the plate even
though he didn't strike out a lot of people."
George never got rattled in pressure situations. He
may not have had the most talent and the greatest speed
but he had a positive altitude. He was a class ? a real
coach's dream," added Alderson.
Named to the All-BC team as a utility player was
West Brunswick junior Brian Alderson, perhaps the
Trojans (13-9-1) most versatile performer.
Brian, son of coach Mike Alderson, teamed with
Daniels as the Trojans' chief pitching rotation while al
so playing shortstop when not on the mound.
He received the golden glove award at the West
Brunswick sports awards last week for his defensive
ability and also improved his pitching record to 6-3
with last Wednesday's 3-1, playoff-opening win over
Clayton.
"Brian has really pulled through for us in the big
games this spring," said Alderson. "He pitched a 4-0
shutout against South Brunswick in the final game of
the regular season that put us in the state playoffs."
"He also shut down Clayton for eight innings in out
playoff opener and came on to pitch to the last three
bailers in tile sccuiiu-rouiid win over Aycock iast
Friday."
"Brian doesn't throw with a lot of velocity but keeps
batters guessing. This makes him an effective pitcher.
His key to winning has been to limit his number of
walks, throw strikes and stay ahead in the count"
SPORTING SCFNF
Playing Against Soviet
Nationals Was Special
BY JOHNNY CRAIG
West Brunswick basketball standout Ricky Daniels got some pretty
rough treatment last Wednesday playing against the Soviet Union Junior
National cage team in Raleigh. But so did the rest of the state's prep all
stars that comprised a North Carolina Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team
that faced the touring Russian team.
"It was a good experience but was pretty rough. There was a lot of
pushing and shoving going on," said Daniels, who recently signed a grant
to play at Anderson (S.C.) Junior College. "This will help me later on in
my canJer."
Daniels, a 6-foot-6 guard, scored eight points and grabbed four re
bounds in the Soviets' 104-89 win at Reynolds Coliseum on the N.C. Suite
University campus.
Included in Daniels' points was a three -point goal early in the second
half that got the North Carolina squad within 53-50.
"I thought we did a great job considering we had only a couple of prac
tices prior to the game. It was a great challenge," said Daniels.
Raleigh Broughton's Marshall Hamilton served as coach of the North
Carolina team that also included Acme-Delco's John Jacques who signed
with Georgetown University during the recently-completed prep season.
Jacques scored five points, had two assists and collected three rebounds
in 20 minutes of playing time.
Gamer's Donald Williams, a University of North Carolina signcc, led
the local prep team with 22 points.
The game was one of 10 that the Soviet team will be playing against
similar all-star squads while touring the United States.
County Baseball Teams All Winners
For the first time in quite a while, possibly for the first time ever, all
three Brunswick County prep baseball teams finished with winning records.
West Brunswick was 13-9-1 prior to Tuesday's third-round state playoff
game against Whitcvillc.
North Brunswick, which landed its second straight state playoff berth
this spring, finished the season 13-10.
South Brunswick ended its season at 12-9 and lost a chance at the play
offs with a 4-0 defeat to West Brunswick in the final game of the regular
season.
The three winning programs will provide plenty of talent and experi
ence to Brunswick County's two American Legion teams that begin play
this week ? Post 68 in Leland and first-year Post 445 in Town Creek.
Ocean View, Supply/Mount Olive
And Zion Win In Church League
Occan View Baptist, Supply/
Mount Olive Baptist and Zion
Baptist were all winners Monday
night in the Brunswick County
Men's Church Softball League.
Ocean View nipped Friendship
Baptist 9-8 in nine innings while
Supply/Mount Olive edged New
Brilian Baptist 10-9. Zion was also
a 17-9 winner over Camp Meth
odist.
Last Friday's games were rained
out and will be rescheduled at a lat
er date.
League play continues tonight
(Thursday) with three makeup
games scheduled for Waccamaw
Park-Shallotte First Baptist vs.
Camp Methodist at 7 p.m., Shallotte
First Baptist vs. New Britian at 8
p.m. and Ocean View vs. Supply/
Mount Olive at 9 p.m.
Regular season play resumes
Friday with three more contests ?
Camp Methodist vs. Shallotte First
Baptist at 7 p.m., Longwood Baptist
vs. Calvary Baptist at 8 p.m. and
Ocean View vs. Lcttics Grove
Pentecostal at 9 p.m.
Monday's games have Occan
View facing Longwood at 7 p.m..
New Britian battling Ziun at 8 p.m.
and Supply/Mount Olive meeting
Friendship at 9 p.m.
Brunswick County Men's Church
Softball League Standings
as of Wednesday, May 29
Team W L
Supply/Mount Olive Baptist ...8 0
Ocean View Baptist 6 1
Longwood Baptist 4 3
New Britian Baptist 4 3
Friendship Baptist .4 4
Zion Baptist 3 4
Calvary Baptist 3 5
Shallottc First Baptist 2 4
Camp Methodist 1 6
Leuics Grove Pentecostal 1 6
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Fuquay-Varina Upends North Brunswick
In Baseball Plavoffs
M
The prep baseball season came to
an abrupt halt for North Brunswick
last Tuesday in a 2-0 loss to host
Fuquay-Varina in the opening round
of the state 2-A playoffs.
The Scorpions, runncrsup in the
Waccamaw Conference, got a six
hit, eight-strike out pitching perfor
mance from loser Chris McBridc
but it was the North Brunswick bats
that were silenced during opportune
scoring chances.
"We had lots of scoring opportu
nities with runners on base but our
big bats just couldn't come across,"
said North Brunswick coach Keith
Moore. "If we played the game
over, 1 would want the scoring op
portunities to fall exacUy where
they did."
"We had runners in scoring posi
tion with our best hitters at the
plate. What more could a coach
hope for? We just couldn't cash in,"
added Moore.
The loss ended North Bruns
wick's season at 13-10 while
Fuquay-Varina improved to 16-8 af
ter finishing 10-3 in the Capital
Area Conference.
Winning pitcher Mike Williams
gave up five hits, struck out four
and walked two while going the dis
tance to lead Fuquay-Varina.
The Tigers scored single runs in
the fifth and sixth innings to gain
the win.
T. J. Hilliard scored the first
Fuquay-Varina run after a one-out
single, stealing second and coming
home on Drew Davenport's RBI
single.
Ricky Manriquez came home for
the second Tiger run with one out in
the sixth after being hit by McBride,
taking second on a fielder's choice
and scoring on Williams' double.
North Brunswick threatened in
the first, third and fifth innings but
failed to score.
Tommy Clark was stranded at
second base after David McDowell
struck out to end the first inning.
The Scorpions put runners on
second and third base with one out
in the third frame only to have
McBride strike out and McDowell
fly out to end the inning.
McBride's sacrifice put two
Scorpion runners in scoring position
in the fifth but McDowell's ground
out ended the inning.
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