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? . ? -w v ? * ? j * ? - '?a Till SOU in HRl XSWH K IKK ) of (from left ) Chris McHride, Chris Walker and David McDowell led the Scorpions 10 a second straight county baseball title and into the state playoffs. A A/J)\VI\ IANCE (32) rushed for mure than 1,500 yards to lend the West Brunswick Trojans to the A \C. Eastern 2 -A High School Football Championship. ALOOKBACKAT 1991 Trojan Grid Season Highlights Bittersweet Year In Sports it\ ix >i a ki i i i k West Brunswick's ?. hainpioiiship vax'ii on the lix>t h.ill Ik- IJ hi i:hlicluo?1 w lui can onl> lv considered a bit tersweet >car in Brunswick County s|\>rts. Ihc deaths ol West Brunswick student-athlete George Daniels and former assisuuit lixnball coach Fred Bradic> rocked the scluvl's first N.C. Eastern 2-A High Schivl Championship leant Bui then untimely dcaihs were also what inspired the I rojans to their eastern title on the gridiron and their 13-2 record, which was the best in school history. Daniels, a hulking young titan who played baseball and lootball at West Brunswick, was killed in an automo bile accident on his way to sclnxil May 14. West Brunswick's football team dedicated its season to Daniels, who was known to his Iricruls as "Big Ci." He would have been a senior this year. As a further tribute, the stfuxil retired Daniels' base ball and liX'ibal! jerseys. making him the lirM Trojan ath lete to have dual numbers retired. Bradley, who had taught at the high sclnxil and served several years as the tixuball team's defensive co ordinator. died Nov. S following a long battle with can cer. The Trojans lost the state championship game to Thomasville Dec. 14 in Chapel Hill, but the 21-6 defeat didn't sjxul an otherwise remarkable season. West Brunswick, which opened lootball camp in the dog days of August, sported a perfect X-0 record through the first two months of play. The 1 rojans began their season on the right foot, w nh senior tailback Aldwin lance scoring a school-record five touchdowns in a 38-0 season-opening win over North Myrtle Beach. S.C. West Brunswick ended the month of October w ith a 53-0 drubbing of North Brunswick and tied with East Bladen atop the Waccamaw 2-A Conference. The Trojan^ dropped their only game of the season Nov. I at East Bladen. But West Brunswick rebounded from the 16-7 loss and beat South Brunswick in the sea son finale to win the county championship and ensure a playoff berth. West Brunswick definitely uxik the long road through the state playoffs. After hosting Farmville Central in the first round, the Trojans won at James Kenan. Whiteville and f ast Bladen to advance to the suite finals. Fall Sports West Brunswick's football squad wasn't the school's only fall sports team that tasted success in 1991 . Coach Brenda Council led the lady Trojan volleyball leant to 19-2 season and a share ol the Waccamaw Conference crown w ith Whiteville. Louisburg defeated West in tlte second round ol ihc suite volleyball playoffs. The West Brunswick's girls' tennis team also had a big >ear. finishing second to undefeated Whiteville in the conference and c losing out the year w iih an X-2 record. Junior Krisi\ Poulos, the team's top player, advanced to the N.C. 1A/2A ( lirls" Tennis Tournament after reach ing the semifinals on the regional level. Elsewhere in the county, the South Brunswick Cougars became the county's first soccer champions by posting a 4-3- 1 record. In the final game of the inaugural season. South and West Brunswick battled to all lie in double overtime. North Brunswick finished second in the county race with a 4-4 record, and the Trojans finished third at 3-4-1. South Brunswick's lootball team, which lost the county championship to West, finished tourih in the con ference and barely missed a playoff benli despite starling the season at 1-3. Coach Bill I lew en's Cougars bounced back with four consecutive wins in October before losing its last final two games against Whiteville and West Brunswick. North Brunsw ick's Scorpions h;ul .1 tough year on the gridiron. finishing l-l> and lasl in the conference alter blanking topsail 2(> 0 in the season -ojvncr Spring Sports Winning seasons 011 the baseball diamond lor all three county high schools were the bright s|xits in a busy spring sports season. West Brunswick. making it> lirst ap|varance in the state playoffs in seven years, advanced to the final eight for only the second time 111 school history Ivlorc losing to eventual state champ Whitevillc. North Brunswick won its second straight county baseball championship and reached the playoffs, but lost in the opening round. South Brunsw ick put together a I2-1> season but didn l make the playofls. North's David McDowell and Scorpion Coach Keith Moore were named Brunswick County baseball playei and -oach of the year. The All-Waccamaw Conference baseball team in cluded seven players from Brunswick County. Named were Chris McBride, Chris Walker and McIXiwell from North. Shawn Swain and Scott Phillips from South and Brian Alderson and Aldvvin Lance from West. Brunswick County also sent two of its high school softhall teams to the state playolls. 81ACON Hit PMOIOS Al JASON CUMllEE led the South Brunswick girls to their best basketball season ever with a 17-11 record. Cum bee, who averaged 9.5 points a game Jor the Ixidy Cougars, was named to the all-conference and all-county teams. North Brunswick's Lady Scorpions beat Pamlico be fore losing to conference champ West Columbus in the second round. Soulii Brunswick's girls lost in die open ing round lo Louisburg. Eight Brunsw ick County girls were named to die all confcrcnce soil ball team, including Jenny Judah and Tonia Long of West Brunswick. Selected from North were Dawn Sholar, Angie Gtxldard and Tony Edge, while Jennifer Busficld, Slacie Isenberg and Tasha Sellers represented South. In track and field, the North Brunswick hoys and South Brunswick girls won the county championships in May. Light athletes Iroin South and four Irom North ad vanced to the N.C. IA/2A Track and Field Championships, w here the Scorpion boys placed 12th. Two local track stars also were named "most valu able performers" at the NVaccamaw 2-A Conference Track and Field Championships in Whitcville. South Brunswick's Carrie Fletcher led the Lady Cougars to a third-place finish overall, winning the high jump, 1(H)- -meter high hurdles and 3(K)-mcicr intermedi ate hurdles. Jimmy I lamer of North Brunswick won the high jump, 100-mctcr and 2<X)-meier runs in leading die Scorpions to a third-place finish. West Brunswick's golf team qualified for the N.C. Suite Championship for the durd straight year in 1991, alter breaking a nine-year-old team record on April 11. Scott Quaintancc shot 73 at Land 'O Lakes Golf Course near Whitcville to lead die Trojan golfers to a 290 team score, die lowest in school history. The old record of 3 1 2 was set at Land 'O Lakes in 1982. Brunswick Shores Legion Post 445 opened its first season in die Area II Eastern Division in June, pulling the top players from West and South Brunswick high schools. In July, Billy J(k* Noble of Shallotte won a wrestling championship in the 92-pound division for ages 1 1 and 1 2 at the N.C. State Games. W inter Sports South and West both made impressive showings on die basketball hardwcxxl during the winter season, while North Brunswick led the way in wrestling The South Brunswick boys had their best season in basketball, going 14-0 in die Waccamaw Conference, winning die conference tournament and finishing the year at 25-4. The Cougars defeated Graham 67-66 in overtime lo win the N.C. Eastern 2-A Sectional Finals before being eliminated from the state playoffs. South Brunswick's girls' team also had their best year on die hardwood, finishing die year at 17-11. Two-time Brunswick County Player of the Year Ricky Daniels led West Brunswick to its best season in 13 years, averaging nearly 29 points and 12 rebounds a game. The Trojans finished the year at 21-6, losing to Jordan- Matthews in the sectional semifinals of die suite playoffs. Daniels, named basketball player of die month in February by die N.C. High School Athletic Association, later signed a grant with Anderson (S.C.) Junior College. West Brunswick's girls' basketball team also ad vanced to the sectional semifinals before losing to Southwest Randolph and ending die year at 17-X. Becky Bulfkin, w ho scored 16 points a game for the Lady Trojans, was named county player of the year. North Brunswick struggled on the hardwood but hail a fine season on the mat, winning the first county wrestling championship and advancing to the State I A/2 A Tournament. Scorpion Roddie Jones and Coach Mike Dumas were named county wrestler and coach of the year after the FlWSfl 50 : RICKY DANIEIS (50) averaged nearly 29 points a game for the West Hrunswick basketball team, leading the Trojans to their best season in /.? years. team finished the year at 12-13-1. Jones, chosen most outstanding wrestler at the Onslow County Invitational Tournament, compiled a 23 3 individual record in the 103-pound weight class and became the first county wrestler to advance to the stale 2 A finals. Say Hello to WW Happy New Year tii ;?ll our wonderful friend- ainJ [ itions. i It's been a pleasure sei?ing "m Gceatt Itlc Itttenimo, 579-6091 k ? ? Q.. <^A/[axlz <zSaundE.il., Family Optometry ?Comprehensive F.ye Examinations ?Ocular Emergencies ?Contact l.enses and (.lasses Prescribed ?Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the F.ye Suite 3, Promenade Office Park 143 I lolden Beach Road, Shallotte Office hours by appointment. Evening and Saturday appointments available. Phone 754-9687 Member American Optometric Association CI 990 Tm| RttUNSWiCK BEACON Ofe FURNITURE ' SAVE WAREHOUSE __ OF BRUNSWICK COUNTY, INC. ON LONG BEACH ROAD IN SOUTH RORT Wishing you and yours all the joys the world has to offer for the corning year. Many 0 thanks for making 1991 a o successful year. Have a safe and happy New Year.
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