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West Brunswick Hoping To Contend For WC Basketball Title by Dotit; ruti kr Wcsi Brunswick Boys' Basketball Couch Billy Minis hopes the Trojans will conicnd lor the Waccamaw 2-A Conference basketball cmwn this year, despite the loss of superstar Ricky Daniels. "1 expect us to he pretty gtxKl," Minis said. "I expect us to be right hack up there with Fairmont and South Brunswick lighting for the conference title." Daniels, a two-time Brunswick County player of the year who averaged nearly 29 (mints a game last year for the Trojans, is playing his freshman year at Anderson College. Although his absence will be noticed at West Brunswick, Mints said life must go on without Ricky Daniels. "11k 6-6 guard led the Trojans to a 21-(> record last year, their best season on the hardwood in 1 3 years. "If we haven't won a game by the end of December, we'll miss him a whole lot," Mints joked. lite coach said this year's leant has eight players ca pable of scoring in double figures, and the team's suc cess will depend on everyone doing their part. "It we " When our fans come to see us play we're gonna play hard and get after people. That I can guarantee." ? Billy Mims Boys' basketball coach ilon'i have thai, we're going to be in trouble. " So far, ihe Trojans have been practicing without some of their lop players, who are still playing football. l.onnie Mitchell, Jerry Reeves and Shaun Howen three likely starters on the basketball team are contributing to West Brunswick's line season on the gridiron. But Mims isn't using the extended football season as Lady Trojans To Rebuild West Brunswick Girls' Basketball Coach Brenda Council said the Lady Trojans will be haul pressed to improve on last year's performance. The girls finished almost as strong as the boys last year ? winning the county championship, tying for second in the confercnce and advancing to the sectional semifinals of the stale playoffs. The Lady Trojans were 17-8 overall and posted a conference mark of 9-5. But Ms. Council said the team lost several key players from last year's squad to graduation. "1 think this will be my rebuilding year," said the third-year coach. "Things are shaping up at a slow, slow pace." Among the players who graduated were center Becky Buffkin and guard Christy King. Both were named to the all-conference and all-county teams last year, as Buffkin scored 16.3 points per game and King averaged 1 1.7. West Brunswick returns two starters from last year's team, forwards Pam Detrie and Monica King. Ms. Council said Cathryn Bell and Stacey Hill will likely start at the guard spots this year, and Nicole Norris and Tikila Morgan will play cen ter. The Lady Trojans have a lot of young and inexperienced players on the 12-pcrson roster. Coach Council says it will take a lot of hard work and determination to return to the state playoffs. "I'm hoping we can make it," she said. "It's going to lake a whole lot of effort." Whiteville. which has all ol its players back from last year, and West Columbus, should be the top teams in the conference this year. Ms. Council said. Small Game Hunters Must Wear Orange This Season Many rabbit and quail hunters across the state will take something new to the woods when the season opens Saturday ? bla/e orange. State lawmakers extended die or ange garment requirement to small game hunter* this year as requested by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. Mandatory orange for big game hunters has been credited with sav ing lives since in went into effect in 1987, according to a state news re lease. Since that law was passed, wildlife officers have reported a marked drop in the number of hunting accidents in which the vic tim was mistaken for game. This year, hunters of rabbit, squir rel, grouse, pheasant and quail are required to wear fluorescent orange that is visible from all sides. Some small game hunters started wearing bla/e orange voluntarily in recent years because they felt safer in the woods, said Capt. Wilton Pate, who heads ihe wildlife com mission's hunter safety program. "We probably have as close lo 1 (X) percent compliance as we are going to get." Pate said. "Most of the big game hunters complied im mcdiatcly, and we've seen many small game hunters wear orange when they were not required lo wear it." Blaze orange won't help reduce the number of self-inflicted wounds or falls from tree stands. Pate said many of those hunting-related acci dents occur due to carelessness. The new blaze orange require ment for small game will be en forced with warning tickets until October 1992. After that, any viola tion of the- law will result in a S25 fine. The rabbit, quail and grouse sea sons run from Nov. 23 through Feb. 29. The season for gray and red squirrel runs from Oct. 14 to Jan. 3 1 , and the fox squirrel season runs from Oct. 14 to Dec. 3 1 . J.M. Parker & Sons Everyday Low Price V It's Famous For A Reason: QUALITY! ? Beautiful, scrubbable flat finish ? Eaty water clean-up ? Variety of pooular colors ft UTEX WALL PAI** / eryday Low Price Gliddens BEST Exterior Latex, For The BEST Results! ? Resists cracking, peeling ?Durable flat finish ?Hundreds of lasting colors ?Quick-drying easy to use 754-4331 Hwy. 211 & 17, Supply an cxcusc, and Ik; hopes the Tn>jan gridders go all the way to tin; state championship. "Like I tell our guys, rain, sleet or snow, the Trojans got to go." Minis said the biggest surprise so far in practice has been junior Wesley Elon King. "Not that he's spectacu lar, but he's solid," the coach said. Other players expected to have an impact this year include Adam Johnson, Jimmy Grissett, Jerome Marlowe, Patrick Hughes and freshman Timmy Daniels, who is Ricky's brother. Minis said he's not sure how many games the Trojans will win this season, but he promises the fans a gtxxl show. "When our fans come to see us play we're gonna play hard and get alter people. That I can guaran tee." The Trojans open the season Nov. 2ft at home against Wallace-Rose Hill, and Minis said the club faces a lough schedule which will prepare it lor the start ol conference play in January. West Brunswick will play two 4-A schools ? New Hanover and Dillon. SC. twice each before getting in u> the confercncc schedule. "I jusi think competition makes us better," Minis said. "II we play good competition early, that will make the team ready for conference play." For the first ume in school history, the Trojans will travel to Gainesville, Fla., to compete in the Gatortown Shootout Classic Dec. 19-21. Minis said West Brunswick is scheduled to open the tournament against Rihauth High School, which has won the equivalent of the VA championship the last two years and is picked to win it again. "Our kids will remember that trip the rest ol their lives," he said. "They'll remember those things more than wins and losses." West Brunswick planned to scrimmage Tarheel on Wednesday and play in a pre season jamboree tourna ment Saturday in Fayettcville. "That'll give us a pretty g<xxl idea where we're gonna slack up," said Mims. who thinks Fairmont and South Brunswick will be the teams to beat this year in the Waccamaw Conference. South Cougars To Defend League Basketball Title BY DOUG RUTTKR Soulh Brunswick High School Boys' Basketball Coach Gene Doanc doesn't think his team has any chance of duplicating the season it enjoyed last year. The Cougars compiled a 14-0 conference record to win the regular season and league tournament titles, and finished the year at 25-4 overall. Doanc doesn't expect to go unde feated in the Waccamaw 2-A Conference this year. In fact, he thinks his team will finish some where in the middle. "That was the first time it ever happened in the history of the con ference," he said of the perfect sea son. "I don't expect lightning to strike twice in the same place." Despite the return of 6-loot- 1 1 - inch center Preston McGriff and point guard Josh White, Doanc said the Cougars arc still looking for oth er players to step forward. "That's the only two starters we've got back. Other than that we're green as grass," LKwne said last week. "Two players don't win a championship. It takes a whole team." McGriff, who scored 1 K.H points per game last year as a junior, and White, who averaged 14.1 points per game as a sophomore, were named to the All-Brunswick County team last year. "We're gonna be a factor and we're gonna be one of the teams picked because we arc the defending champs," Doane said. "But we haven't had what 1 call a good prac tice, so I'm a little disappointed right now." The coach expects to find out what the Cougars are made of this week, when they are to scrimmage with New Hanover and Hallsboro. South opens the regular season Nov. 2(> at home against Acmc Delco. McGriff, one ol the top basketball recruits m eastern North Carolina, has to play defense, score and re bound well this year for the Cougars to win, said Doanc. "He's jusi got to he the leader and the force to hold the team together while the younger players develop," Doanc said. "I think he's capable of having a great season." Without McGrilT in the lineup. Doanc said the team has below -av erage si/c. The Cougars don't have anyone else more than 6 feci 3 inch es tall. So if South Brunswick won't re peat as conference champs, who will be this year's winner? Doanc likes Fairmont, which re turns all of its starters from last year, and East Bladen, which still has sev en of its top nine players from a year ago. Information wasn't available on the South Brunswick girls' basket ball team. The Lady Cougars arc coming off a 17-11 season last year, when they made it to the suite play ofl's lor the first time in school histo ry 1991-92 WEST BRUNSWICK BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Nov. 26 Wallace-Rose Hill .Home Nov. 29 New Hanover Home Dcc. 3 New Hanover Away Dec. 6 Wallacc-Rosc Hill ..Away Dec. 10 Dillon, S.C Away Dcc. 17 Dillon, S.C Home Dec. 19, Gatonown Shootout 20, 21 Gainesville, Fla Away Jan. 10 Whitcvillc Away Jan. 14 Fairmont Away Jan. 17 South Robeson Home Jan. 21 West Columbus Away Jan. 24 North Brunswick... Home Jan. 28 East Bladen Away Jan. 31 South Brunswick ...Home Feb. 4 (OPEN DATE) Feb. 7 Whitcvillc Home Feb. 11 Fairmont Home Feb. 14 South Robeson Away Feb. IX West Columbus Home Feb 21 North Brunswick. ...Away Feb. 25 East Bladen Home Feb. 2X South Brunswick.. ..Away Junior varsity games start at 5 p.m.. followed by girls' games at 6:30 p.m. and boys' varsity at X p.m. North Scorpions Aiming For Basketball Playoffs BY DOU<; RIJTIKR North Brunswick High School's boys' basketball team has set a lofty goal for the 1991-92 season. Despite finishing in a three-way tie for last place in the Waccamaw 2-A Conference last season, boys' coach Cliff Gibson said this year's team has set its. sights on the playoffs. "Our whole objective is to get in to the playoffs," Gibson saiil. "We want it really bad. We're thinking about winning." He said the players have been giving more than 1(X) percent in practice. "This team here is really working. They really want to achieve the goals we've set." North Brunswick, which finished 2-12 in league play and 6-16 overall last year, opens its 1991 campaign on the road Nov. 26 at Dixon. The home opener is Dec. 3 against Topsail. The Scorpions have three starters returning from last year's team ? " Our whole objective is to get into the playoffs. We want it really bad." ? Cliff Gibson North Brunswick Boys' Coach forwards liarry Baldwin and Mad uka Hal lard anil guard Dwaiti Wad dc II. "Those ihrcc arc our co-capiains and they are our leaders," Gibson said. "I've also got a gcxxl crop of J V kids coming up that played last year." Gibson said he expects the ath letes who played junior varsity bas ketball a year ago lo get a lot of playing time on die varsity level this season. Besides the co-cap tains, other players expected to contribute in clude Ronnie Ballard, Dermertius Bell, Ricky Lowery, Redderick Johnson, Brent Ellington, Adrain Black and Martin Cobb. "1 think our leant wilt be much improved," Gibson said. "Our bench will be stronger and I think we'll have a little depth on that bench." North (Jirls Assistant Girls' Basketball Coach Carlic Luck said the team is taking a positive look at the upcoming sea son. The Lady Scorpions lost all 14 conference games last year and fin ished the season at 1-21. Luck said the team may not im prove its win-loss record very much this season, but should be competi tive in a couple of years. "The caliber is not up there at this point to compote with teams in the Waccamaw 2-A," Luck said. Jo Ann Johnston is the head coach this year. She has a young team, with only two seniors and sev eral freshmen and sophomores. Luck said the starling five haven't been chosen yet. "We're not loaded with talent, but we have better ball handlers all around than we had last year," he said. Tosha Robbins, one of two se niors on the team, is the Lady Scorpions' top player, said Luck. She will be playing center or for ward this year, and Luck said she is the "stalwart of the fmnt line." Other than Robbins and one other returning senior. Treola Bress, the rest of the team has little experience playing competitive basketball. "We have freshmen and sopho mores galore," Luck said. "We feel that we're at a crossroads and we're going to be positive now." OCARounns' wellness Health & Fitness Center Bringing You the Wealth of Health Open December on Sellers Rd., Shallotte, in the old Presbyterian Church, combining The Fitness Connection and the Body House Gym with additional new equipment. Come in and see our nutrition books, supplements, vitamins and sports accessories. Call now for gift certificates at introductory prices... they make great Christmas gifts! ?Nautilus ? Free Weights ? Instruction ? Aerobics ?Karate and Kung Fu ?CPR Classes ? Computerized Weight Control ? Stop Smoking ?Men's & Women's Whirlpools ?Sauna ? Support Groups ...and much more! -New Management Mark Jones-Manager/ Weight Trainer Ray Glover-Aerobics/VVeight Trainer Gary Garner-Karate & Kung Fu Instructor 5-time NI.C. 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