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I'ROJ i.\ QUARTERBACK UK/ \ \ \l DERSO.S (V) camp/rial tour of Jive passes for 107 yards hist Friday against Whiteville ? one of his best games of the year. West Brunswick lineman Tony Caison irixhi) moves in to block Whiteville's Brandon Stevens < 70). SlAff PMOIOS BY JOHNNY CRAIG WEST BRL'XSW ICK'S JIMMY CR/SSETT (S.I) recovered this fumble by Whiteville receiver Andre Spieer to set up the Trojans' first touchdown. Also pictured is A Id Hi n leince (32). TROJANS KEEP ON ROLLING West Brunswick Squeaks By Whiteville In Football Playoffs ISY IKH <; Kl 1 1'KR West Brunswick converted i?ii turnovers into touchdowns aiul then relied on lis delensc 10 squeak past W'hiteviHe in third-round high seluvl Uvtball playolf action last week 1 he frowns wrote >et another h.iptcr hi the school history hooks l.i\ nglu in Whitevillc. defeating the ir conference ftv 1 and ad vancing to the eastern 2-A finals tor the t ir-^t time ever. ?We've got a great defense." said West Brunswick Coach Marshall Sc. iy We've leaned heavily on iheni all vear. and tonight they just had io, Io n.'" I he I rojans battle East Bladen, the only team that's beaten them thi< season. in Elizabethtown Friday night lor the right to play lor the state 2 A football championship. West Brunswick's Aldwin Lance, the team's leading rusher, scored both Trojan touchdowns last week, despite being held to 34 yards on the ground. WhitcviHe outgained the Trojans on otieiisc. but fumbled twice .>?J threw two interceptions. West turned iu o of ;he Wulfpack miscues into touchdowns and didn't have any turnovers on offense. Seay said W'hiteville won the bat tle on the line of scrimmage, even though they lost the game. "We couldn't crack that shell." he said. "They stuffed us tonight." Leading the West Brunswick at tack were quarterback Brian Alderson, who completed four of five passes, and Jimmy Grissett. who caught two passes for 73 yards and recovered a fumble. West Brunswick, which was held to INS total yards, threatened to score on its first possession of the game. firissctt, chosen last month to play in the Shrine Bowl with the stai \ other top high school football projects, returned the opening kiekofl 47 yards to the W'hiteville 36-vard line. But the Trojans only moved the ball nine yards on four straight run ning plays. and the Wolfpack took over at its own 27-yard line. W'hiteville opened up impressive - l\ on ollense. moving the ball to the West Brunswick 21 -yard line behind the strong running of Dennis Smith. I he drive ended when West Brunswuk sophomore William Stanley recovered a tumbled piuh in the Wolipack backlield. I he I rojans moved the ball ironi then own 2x to the W'hiteville 21 yard line on their next possession. ~ ' t?f> WEST IIRL'XSWICK RECEIVER Matt Hoseman (S5) caught this third-quarter pass aver Wolfpack defender Anthony Southern to help set up the winning touchdown. Hoseman also intercepted a Whiteville pass late in the fourth quarter. hut turned it hack over when a fourth-down pass loll incomplete. Alderson completed two of three passes during the drive, including a 24 -y ardor to (irissott. who made an acrobatic catch over a W hiteville de fender on the final pla\ ol the lirst quarter. Whitevillo inoved the hall to mid field on ils next jMssession hut lum hletl again lollowing a short pass completion. Grissett recovered lor the Trojans, and then combined with Alderson two pla\ s later lor tli. tuggcsl gain ol the nighl. Alderson dtopped hack to pass, shook oil two While\illc delenders and threw deep to (irissott across the middle. The pla> covered -il> yards anil gave West Brunswick a first down at the Wollpack 6-yard line. l ance plowed in on the next play to me the Trojans a 6-0 lead with v44 lo It in the hall. Alderson's extra point attempt tailed. "Brian's a pitcher in baseball." Seas said. "He knows what tiuht sit uations are. He knows what a 3-2 count is. He's a competitor." West Brunsw ick's defense set up the Irojans' second score earl> in the third quarter when senior linebacker Daniel Kuss intercepted a pass iroin Whiteville running back Anthony Southern near midtield. The Wollpack gave West Brunswick a critical lirst down when they jumped offsides on lourih-and-two at the 40-yard line. Alilcrson passed 21 yards to wide receiver Malt Boseman on the next play, setting up another first down at the White ville 14-yard line. Lance carried the ball to the 3 vard line, ami then dived in on the next play to increase the Trojan lead to 12-0 with 7:40 lelt in the third quarter. A two-point conversion at tempt tailed. Whiteville started us next drive at its own the 43-yard line following a short West Brunswick kickoti. The Wollpack drove 57 yards in S plays lor its only score ol the game. Quarterback John IMullips threw 6 yards to Southern lor the touch clown. Whiteville went for two points al ter ihe score. but Phillips' pass fell incomplete, and the Wollpack trailed 12-6 with 3:55 left in the third quar ter. The Wollpack drove to the West Brunswick 14-yard line mid-way through the fourth quarter, but the Trojan defense stiffened. Grissctl helped break up a third down pass, and linebacker Adam Johnson hit Phillips as he attempted a fourth-dow n pass. Whiicville's offense got one last chance with 2:07 left in the game, but Boseman intercepted a Phillips pass lo preserve the win. Last Friday's game marked the first lime a West Brunswick football team had ever played in the third round of the state playoffs. The Trojans, who finished second to Hast Bladen in the Waccamaw 2 A Conference, have won a school record 12 football games this year. The previous best was 10 wins in both 1975 and ll>XX. "It was a hard game to get up for because you're almost satisfied, anil that 's something we just hail to work real hard on all week," Seay said of the Whiteville game. West Brunswick beat the Wollpack I *>-7 in the regular season, but Seay said Whiteville had im proved a lot since the Sept. 27 game. Last week also marked the first time the Waccamaw Conference ri vals had met twice in the same year and first time they had met in the playoffs. Seay said West Brunswick is probably the only team that has ever beaten Whiteville twice in the same year on their field. THK YARDSTICK West Brunswick Whiteville 7 First Downs 14 30-81 Rushes- Yards 39-134 107 Passing Yardage 69 4-6 Pass (Comp-Ati) 8-19 0 Interceptions Thrown 2 3-34 Punts (No-Avg) 2-20 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 5-35 Penalties- Yards 3-15 Score By Quarters West Brunswick 0 6 6 0 ? 12 Whiteville 0 0 6 0?6 Scoring Summary (WB) Lance, 6-yard run (kick failed) (WB) Lance, 3-yard run (2-point conversion failed) (W) Southern, 6-yard pass from Phillips (2-point conversion failed) liidi\idual Rushing West Brunswick: Butler, 10-46; Lance, 18-34; Grissett, 1-3; Holmes, 1 -minus 2. Whiteville: Smith, 17-65; Gilles pie. 11-50: Southern. 9-21: Phillips, 2-minus 2. I n il i % idual Passing West Brunswick: Alderson, 4-5 107; Lance, 0-1-0. Whiteville: Phillips, 8-18-69-1; Southern, 0-1-0. Individual Receiving West Brunswick: Grissett, 2-73: Boscman, 1-21; Johnson, 1-13. Whiteville: Southern, 4-40; Spic er, 3-17: Bostic, 1-3. Johnson, Alderson, Bradley Are Trojan Players Of Week A(l:illl Johnson Hri.in AlHKtvnn u. ...... . i>. n , * Adam Johnson. Brian Alderson anil Ronnie Bradley were named West Brunswick football players ol the week tor their performance in the Trojans' third-round playoll win over Whiteville last Friday. Johnson, a 5-foot- 11-inch, 220-pound senior, was chosen delensive player of the week alter playing his first game at linebacker lor the Trojans. Head Coach Marshall Seay said Johnson moved front defensive tackle to linebacker to I ill in lor Shaw n Stevenson. Johnson practiced only three days at linebacker. "He played like he's played there all year." Seay said. Alderson. the Trojans' senior quarterback, was named top ollensive player alter completing lour ol five passes lor 107 yards against the Wollpack. Seay said Alderson demonstrated great leadership m the game, even when the offense as a whole struggled. "It was a big hall game and a big crowd." Seay said. "He kept the ollense together and did it when we had to." Bradley, a 5-ftx?i-')-inch. 150-pound senior was chosen special teams player ol the week, lie plays on the kickoll and ku kotl return teams and is th. the punt team. Seay said Bradley was called on to make several long snap deep in West Brunswick territory late in the game and came through lor the Trojans. .lames kt-nan Players ol the week in the second-round playoff game against James Kenan Nov. 22 were Aaron Butler. Aldwin l ance and Jimmy Grissclt. Butler, the top defensive player, recovered two fum bles in the game, and returned one 65 yards lor a touch down late in the lirst half. "lie |ti-i anchored the defense and played excep tionally well all night long." Seay said. Ollensive honors went to Lance, the Trojans' lead ing rusher, who ran lor 1 V) yards and scored two touch downs against the James Kenan ligers. In West Brunswick's final drive. Lance carried X times lor 50 yards and scored on a 3-yard run. Most jvople would tail into the end /one alter a drive like that Seay said. "Aldwin went in standing lip. lie's got a lot ol pride." (irisseti. who returned a kickoll 75 yards lor a touchdown alter James Kenan took a 7-0 lead, was named special teams player ol the week. Seay said ( u i ell had good ku k returns throughout the game, and did an outstanding job protecting the punier when West Brunswick punted. Development, Inc. 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