SPORTING SCENE
Losing The Game
Didn't Spoil Great
Grid Season
Two teams as different as night and day played for North
Carolina's 2 A High School football Championship Saturday in
Chapel I lill.
It was I homasvillc, the foot
hall machine from the West, ver
sus West Brunswick, the lion
hearted dreamers from the Hast.
Thomasville won the game,
21-6. but West stole the show. It
was the group of unknowns
from tiny Shallotte who left their
guts on the Kenan Stadium turf.
The game was business as usual for the Thomasville
Bulldogs, making their fourth appearance at the state title game
in the last five years.
There was no wild celebration on the field as the final sec
onds ticked otf the clock. The Bulldogs had come to win.
Anything less than a state championship would have been a dis
appointment.
West Brunswick also came to win and played hard enough to
win. But their season didn't hinge on the outcome of the state ti
tle game. The Trojans were elated just to be there.
Aldwin l ance, the senior tailback who rushed for more than
1.5(H) yards this season, kept tilings in perspective.
"There's about 30 other teams that wish they were in our spot
to be here today," Lance said, kneeling in the east end zone after
the game. "We're proud of what we've done this year."
All West Brunswick did was overcome the deaths of a team
mate and former coach, beat South Brunswick twice and knock
off conference fix's East Bladen and Whitcville on the road in the
playoffs.
All the Trojans did was go 13-2 and advance past the second
round of the state playoffs for the first time in school history.
There were a lot of factors that might have made the differ
ence in the state championship game Saturday.
It may have been Hiomasville's freshness. The Bulldogs
started 1 1 guys on offense and 1 1 different guys on defense.
'Unit's unusual for a 2-A school, where the best athletes usually
play both ways.
Maybe it was experience. Thomasville, who also won the
state title in l^KS. knew going in what it was like to play in the
big game.
Most West Brunswick players had never even been to Chapel
I lill. let alone dreamed about playing on llNC's historic field.
Whatever factors decided the game, the funny, oblong ball
that had bounced in favor of West Brunswick throughout the
playoffs wasn't so friendly on Saturday.
Thomasville and West Brunswick both showed what they
were made of on the football field Saturday. But 1 think they re
vealed more al ter the game than during the game.
The Bulldogs dished out the high fives, picked up their tro
phies. packed their briefcases and went home.
Coach Allen Brown and his staff have probably started plan
ning for next season, w hen another championship will be expect
ed.
West Brunswick's players took their time leaving the field.
'I "hey embraced each other, took in the scenery and talked about a
special season that even a tough loss like this one couldn't spoil.
"1 told my players after the game that I have just been really
blessed to have had the opportunity to coach them," Coach
Marshall Seay revealed. "We lost the state championship game,
but we were the last ones standing."
Hie 1991 Trojans proved that success is a journey, not a des
tination. They were a smashing success and should hold their
heads high.
Mistaken Identity
On a less positive note, 1 have an apology to make.
I apparently goofed last week when 1 identified the unruly
tan at the West Brunswick-Whiteville playoff game as School
Superintendent Jerry Paschal.
As it turned out. Dr. Paschal was doing the play-by-play over
the public address system, as he always does.
But it was a fan with a bull horn in the stands below the press
box who was rooting for the home team and against West
Brunswick.
I was misinformed, as were others. 1 apologized to Dr.
Paschal after learning about the error, and he graciously accepted.
Trojans Selling Champ Sweatshirts
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West Brunswick Hijih School is
inking orders lor sweatshirts com
memorating the football team's
N.C Kastern 2- A High School
Championship, with proceeds to
help boost next year's football pro
gram.
Sweatshirts in school colors will
cost SI7 and hooded sweatshirts
will cost S21, said Athletic Director
Jerry Small.
Orders can be placed at the West
Brunswick school office, and cus
tomers arc asked to pay in advance.
Small said the shirts should arrive
at school after the Christmas break.
Proceeds from the sale will be
added to the West Brunswick loot
ball budget.
(Tl}e zuish you a Merry Christmas
and a 'J(eaCtfuj 9\[ezo year!
1 lore's hoping your holidays are joyful and
that when you get together with family and
friends, you realize your greatest gifts are
; the love you share and your health!
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/\HVIil.l.A MAR IX) W, surrounded by West Krunswick football players, prepared the pre -game meals
for the eastern champs all season.
'Miss Arvella' Cooks Up Big Season
Behind every great high school tool ha 1 1 team is a
hanl-working took who somehow manages to keep up
with the king-si/ed appetites of young athletes.
For West Brunswick, the cook behind the scluxil's
first eastern championship team was Arvella Marlow,
known to everyone as "Miss Arvella."
Every Friday afternoon during the regular season
and suite playoffs, Miss Arvella put together a meal of
skinless chicken breasts, baked potatoes and bananas lor
the team.
Oh, there was that one exception. She didn't cix>k
for the team on Nov. 1, when the Trojans lost their only
game of the regular season at Fast Bladen.
Miss Arvella, who has worked in the school cafete
ria for 19 years, didn't miss feeding the team again alter
that game.
In lacl, she drove back from Durham ihc day allcr
Thanksgiving to cook lor the Trojans prior to their third
round play oil game at White wile.
And last Thursday, as the Trojans prepared to leave
for their Saturday afternoon game at Chapel Hill. Miss
Arvella made sure Uiey left with lull stomachs.
"I've enjoyed it," she said last week. "They're nicc
children. I just love them 1 feel comfortable around all
of them."
The players definitely feel comfortable with Miss
Arvella's cooking. They polished off 60 pieces of chick
en, a case of potatoes, bunches of bananas and four
loaves of bread at every meal.
The Trojans gobbled up everything but a few stray
bananas last Thursday. "They usually eat them all," Miss
Arvella said. "They're so hyper today they can't cat it
all."
Four Leading Church League
After Two Weeks Of Play
f our teams remained unbeaten al
ter two weeks of play in the
Brunswick County Church Men's
Basketball League.
Camp Methodist and Ocean View
Baptist were atop the standings go
ing into this week with 2-0 records.
Calvary Baptist and Shallotte First
Baptist also were undefeated at 1-1).
In action last Monday, Calvary
heat New Britton 75-fil. Lollies
Grove edged Supply 47-37 anil
Ocean View topped Jennies Branch
52-26.
Camp Metluxlist routed Soldier
Bay 72-23 and /.ion Baptist beat
Shallotte Presbyterian 47-. V) in
league action last Friday.
Sporting I- 1 records after two
weeks were I .cities Grove, New
Briiton. Shallotte Presbyterian and
Brunswick County Church
Men's Basketball League
Standings as ?r Dec. 15
Team Wins Losses
Camp Methodist 2 0
Ocean View Bapt. 2 0
Calvary Baptist 1 0
First Baptist 1 0
Lctties Grove 1 1
New Briuon 1 1
Shallotte Pres. 1 1
Zion Baptist 1 1
Jennies Branch 0 2
Longwood Baptist 0 2
Soldier Bay 0 2
Supply Baptist 0 2
Zion Baptist.
Jennies Branch. Longwotxl
Baptist. Soldier Bay and Supply
Baptist started the week at 0-2.
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Six teams started competing Nov
19 at Shallottc Middle School, and
will continue league and tournameui
play through March 17.
In action last week, the Jone^
team topped Roberto's Pi //a 15 S.
7-15 and 15-10. Gene's Body Shop
swept Kan's Team 15-7 and 15-1 1
and Rita's Team beat Brunswick
Community College 15-2 and 15 v
Alter lour weeks. Gene's Bodv
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lowed by Rita's Team at 2-1
Roberto's Pizza at 2-2. Kan'\ leant
at 0-3 and Brunswick Coiiiiiiuni'
College at 0-4.
Warriors, 'Tables
Lead Men's League
The Warriors and Turntables were
sitting atop the standings going into
the third week ol play in the
Brunswick County Parks and Rec
rcation Men's Basketball League.
The Warriors chilled oil lgU?>
Freeze 52-51 last Thursday to ini
prove their recoTil to 2-0. The
Turntables, idle last week, also at>
2-0.
In last week's other game, the
Young Guns shot down die Sonic
76-70 to up their record to 2- 1 .
Rounding out the standings are
the Rockets at 1-0 and the Lakers at
1-1. The Brew Crew. Igloo Freeze
and Sonics are each 0-2.
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Season's Greetings
For the year past: It was a pleasure and a
privilege to serve you, our valued cus
tomers and friends. Because of you, it was
a year of growth and goodwill.
For the year ahead: Count on our con
tinued efforts on your behalf. You inspire
us to try harder.
Thank you for understanding our wish to
allow all those who work for us to enjoy
this time with family and friends. We will
be closed Christmas Day. YVe will re-open
our usual hours Dec. 26.