SPORTING SCENF
Trojans , Cougars Forecasted
Among Top 2-A Grid Teams
BY JOHNNY CRAK;
West Brunswick and South Brunswick prep football teams are consid
ered among the best in the 2-A ranks, according to at least one North
Carolina high school gridiron prognoslicalor.
Arnold Solomon ol Kannapolis, publisher of North Carolina Prep
Football 1991, has compiled perhaps the state's best and most thorough
preseason high school grid magazine ever.
The publication includes schedules, state records, recruiting news,
preseason predictions, power ratings and complete 1990 results. It is cer
tainly a must for avid prep football fans.
Solomon lists both Trojan and Cougar teams among the lop IX in the
2-A classification. Joining the county pair arc two other Waccamaw
Conference members ? Whitcville and East Bladen.
Those arc lofty predictions for the eight-member Waccamaw
Confcrcncc without even including defending champion South Robeson
and a much-biggcr and much-improved Fairmont team.
Solomon sees Whitcville as the WC favorite followed by East Bladen,
which returns 14 starters, and West Brunswick.
The publisher sees the Trojans as perhaps the most-improved team in
the WC, a league that will be dominated by defense this season.
South Brunswick is forecasted as fourth but could easily finish higher.
Rounding out the league, Solomon predicts Fairmont to finish fifth, West
Columbus sixth. South Robeson seventh and North Brunswick eighth.
*****
Speaking of prep football, today (Thursday) is the official opening of
preseason practice in North Carolina.
Five of the eight Waccamaw Conference teams will get only four full
weeks before kicking off the season on Aug. 30. Three other league mem
bers open die year on Sep. 6.
West Brunswick and North Brunswick both open the season on Aug.
30. The Trojans entertain North Myrtle Beach, S.C. in their opener while
the Scorpions visit Topsail.
South Brunswick opens its season the next week on Sep. 6, hosting
county rival West Brunswick.
Whitcville begins its season on Aug. 30 entertaining defending state 2
A champion Clinton and East Bladen opens its year the same night hosting
Clarkton.
Fairmont also begins its season on Aug. 30 at Bladcnboro while both
defending league champion South Robeson and West Columbus kick off
the year on Sep. 6. The Mustangs will travel to Red Springs and the
Vikings will host Clinton in the Dark Horses' second week of Waccamaw
Conference competition.
Former County All-Stars
West Brunswick's Ricky Daniels wasn't the first county prep star to
play in the annual North Carolina East- West All-Star Games in Greensboro.
Daniels scored eight points and grabbed a team-leading nine rebounds
to help the East to a 112-110 double-overtime win against the West in the
basketball contest. It was the sixth win in the last eight games for the East
which also leads the series 24-19.
Daniels joins a list of former county greats including North Brunswick
basketball star Chuckic Brown, currently playing for the NBA Cleveland
Cavaliers, who was selected in 1985.
Former South Brunswick multisports star Quinton McCrackcn was
named to the East roster for the 1988 football classic and helped his team to
a 32-3 romp over the West.
Two Shallotle High School stars ? James Vamum and Robert
Galloway ? arc also among the county's East-West All-Star veterans.
Varnum was selected to play in the football game in 1954 (a 41-0 rout by
the West) and Galloway participated in the basketball contest in 1963 (a 60
47 West triumph).
Whiteville Dominates East
Whiteville Post 137 won its third straight eastern North Carolina
American Legion baseball title Monday with a 13-6 win over Pitt County,
thus taking the best-of-scvcn scries in five games.
Monday also marked Whitcvillc's fifth eastern legion title since 1985.
The win upped Post 137's record to an impressive 32-6.
Whiteville will likely face defending state champion Caldwell County
later this week for the North Carolina legion title. Caldwell County led
Kerncrsville 3-1 in another best-of-scvcn scries for the western champi
onship earlier this week.
i Top Off Your Day
' FREE!
Get 1 Free
Candy
[Topping with V
I the purchase of 7
| oz. (or larger)
? Yogurt Cup
I !iL -A
L
with coupon1
I
OFFER GOOD THRU AUGUST 15
niE
Market Express j
I Open 2* Mrs. 7 Days Intersection of tlwy. 17 and Mwy. 130 (Molden Beach Road) |
Corner old Mwy. 9 and new lUvy 9. n Myrtle Beach
Corner Mwy 133 <V Yaupon Drive, Yaupon Bead)
Ricky Daniels Shines In East-West Cage Game
Former Wesi Brunswick basketball star Ricky
Daniels had a superb performance last Tuesday
in helping lead the Fast to a 112-110 double
overtime win over the West in the annual
McDonald's Fast-West Prep All-Star game in
Greensboro.
The game, as part of the summer North
Carolina Coaches Association clinic, drew
7,(XW fans and featured the top graduated prep
talent in the state.
Daniels scored eight points and shared the
lead in rebounding (9) with state player ol the
year Donald Williams.
The former iwo-timc Brunswick County
player ol the year also was a perfect 4-lor-4 ai
the free throw line and connected on two ol sev
en shots from the field in 16 minutes of playing
time.
Williams, who is headed for the University of
North Carolina after being the state's top prep
recruit from Garner, led the Fast with 2l> points
including scoring live of the team's eight |m>iiils
in the second overtime.
Daniels, who signed a cage grant wiih
Anderson (S.C.) Junior College this spring, aver
aged 29.4 points and 10.2 rebounds per game as
a senior in leading the Trojans lo a 21-6 record
and ihe Eastern 2- A Sectional IV semifinals.
The East squad was coached by Lewis
Godwin of Circene Central (Snow Hill).
Leading the West was Tyrone Satterl ield
(Eastern Alamance) and Shawn Smith
(Gastonia Hunter Huss) who scored 19 points
each.
Durham Hillside's Andre McCollum, a future
teammate of Daniels who is headed to
Anderson Junior College, aiso scored 10 (xmiis
for the East and shared the lead in assists with
three.
The East squad featured plenty of future col
lege players in addition to Daniels and
McCollum.
Others included Clinton's Scooter Banks who
is headed lor Wake Forest and Kinston's Wes
Collins who has signed with Furman.
Also Brian Fra/.ier ol Roanoke Rapids who
will play lor UNC-Greensboro tins winter,
Algernon Moore ol Northeastern who is headed
lor Chowan Junior College and Jason Smith ol
Washington who has signed with nearby
Coastal Carolina.
Acmc-IX*lco's John Jacques, who signed a
grant with Georgetown University this spring,
was selected to the Bast squad hut elected not to
participate. Jacques is attending summer school
at Georgetown.
The West avenged the least's w in in the boys'
contest by taking a 7X-74 triumph 111 the girK'
game.
l.ori Rcavis (North Iredell) scored 21 points
to lead the West to their lirst w in in the last live
contests while also being named the game's
most valuable player.
Iris Bcthea ol Pumell Swell (Pembroke) led
the Last with 15 points and nine rebounds.
In the lootball contest played Wednesday, the
West u?)k a 4 1 - 14 w in.
STAFF PHOTO BY JOHNNY CRAIG
jmr i r nv i v>? or ;uPr>rN r PtAlv.
TOP FUND-RAISERS ? Helping raise the most money in a recent fund-raising drive for the Shallotte
Rabe Ruth baseball league are, front, from left, Thomas Heaver, Timothy Heaver, If J. Sarnek and
D.C. Earp. In back are Colonels' coach Kelly Samek and league t-ball coordinator Esther Earp.
I
Babe Ruth
Players Cited
For Fund-Raising
Four players from the Shallottc
Babe Ruth youlh baseball league
have been honored for raising the
most money in a recent fund-raising
drive.
Thomas Beaver, Timothy Beaver.
B.J. Samek and D.C. Harp raised a
total of S5X8 selling raffle tickets in
a fund-raising effort to benefit the
local league.
Thomas and Timothy Beaver
shared first place with a S50 pri/e
while Samck and Harp each won
$25 for finishing second and third
respectively.
Charles Harrington of Burbank,
California, purchased the winning
ticket in the drawing held at the
league's awards ceremony July 6.
The raffle helped raise approxi
mately $4, (XX) for league expenses.
The local Babe Ruth league (ages
5-12) includes some 20 teams with
eight t-ball squads, four minor and
four major league teams and four
girls' Softball squads.
League play began in early May
and continued through June 20 at
the Shallotte Township Park.
AWARD-WINNING
CUISINE
A TASTE
OF EUROPE
If you icant to experience the true meaning of international cuisine
tvu 1 a taste of Europe, then join us tor dinner. Our unii]u> ..wnit offers
a charming aim/ of superbly prep wed beet, veal, lamb, game, poultry,
fish and seafood.
An International Fare with a Southern Flair
Luck St and Mulberry Si. (Turn off Hut. 17 at the blinking caution light.)
(803) 249-2389
RESERVATIONS SUGGESTED
J.M. Parker
& Sons
? Rrtitti dirt, grtoi*. moufur*
? Applies ?otily. dn?t quickly
? SPRID SATIN <o!om
754-4331
Hwy. 211 & 17, Supply
Boone's Cove
Custom Framing & Matting
We professionally preserve your prints ? original art ?
photos ? needlework ? mementos
Acid-Free Conservation Our Specialty
Also Available: Original Art ? Prints
Art Supplies ? Cross Stitching Supplies
We can now vacuum mount your posters and photos up to 44 "x34".
Boone's Cove Custom Framing & Matting
Resort Plaza, Bus 17 S., Shallotte ? 754-6199 ? Mon.-Fri. 10-6. Sat 9-1
Answers to your
Questions about
Crossed-Eyes
Q. What is strabismus (crossed-eyes)?
A. Strabismus, more commonly known as crossed-eyes, is a vi
sion condition in which your eyes are not properly aligned with
each other. For a variety of reasons, one or both of your eyes
turn in, out, up or down.
Q. What causes crossed-eyes?
A. Coordination of your eyes and their ability to work together as a
team develops in your first six years. Failure of your eyes (or
more precisely, your eye muscles) to adjust properly can lead to
crossed-eyes. Crossed-eyes may also have a tendency to be
hereditary.
Q. Who is affected by crossed-eyes?
A. Children under six are the ones most affected by crossed-eyes,
but it often appears between birth and age 21 months It is esti
mated that 5 percent of all children have some type or degree
of strabismus. Although rare, strabismus sometimes occurs in
adults, but this is usually the result of a stroke, tumor or other
vascular disease.
Q. Wil! a child outgrow crossed-eyes?
A. This is a common misconception. A child will not outgrow
crossed-eyes. In fact, the condition may get worse without treat
ment.
Q. What are the effects of crossed-eyes?
A. Children with crossed-eyes may initially have double vision.
This occurs because both eyes are not focusing on the same
object. In an attempt to avoid double vision, the brain will even
tually disregard the image from one eye. In time, the ignored
eye will become unable to function normally and will become
largely unused. This may result in the development of lazy eye
(amblyopia).
Q. How are crossed-eyes diagnosed?
A. Parents may be the first to notice a slight wandering of one or
both of a child's eyes. A comprehensive vision examination by a
doctor of optometry is recommended if that happens The ex
amination can determine if strabismus is present
Q.How are crossed-eyes treated?
A Treatment for crossed-eyes can include eyeglasses (regular or
bifocal), prisms, vision therapy, and in some cases, surgery.
Crossed-eyes can be corrected with excellent results if detected
and treated early.
m
In the interest of better vision from the office of:
Brunswick Vision Care
Chris Moshoures, O.I).
Pine Si.. Shallotte, 754-2020
Salt Marsh St]., Calabash, 579-4020