McGriff Inks With UNC
Wilmington Seahawks
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South Brunswick basketball star
Preston McGriff signed a grant-in
aid Tuesday with the University of
North Carolina at Wilmington.
The 6-foot- 1 1 -inch senior, the all
time leading scorer at South with
1,799 career points, will play his
college ball close to home.
McGriff will play Division 1 bas
ketball for UNC-Wilmington Coach
Kevin Eastman's Scahawks of the
Colonial Athletic Conference.
"I think he'll fit in real well,"
South Brunswick Coach Gene
Doanc said. "He has the tools. Now
what he docs with them is up to
him."
McGriff was recently chosen as
Brunswick County's best prep bas
ketball player of tl?e year after aver
aging 21 points per game his senior
year with the Cougars.
Doanc thinks the signing will
prove to be the right decision for
McGriff and the university, which
he said needs a good player from the
area.
"I'm very pleased Preston has
chosen UNC-Wilmington," Doanc
said. "1 truly believe Preston is go
ing to a program and a coach who
really care for the total person and
not just the player."
Doanc, who has coached basket
ball for 32 years and recorded more
than 500 wins, said UNCW's East
man gets the most out of his players.
'"TTicre's no question they're do
ing it the right way," Doanc said of
the Scahawk basketball program.
Doanc said he thinks McGriff can
help turn UNCW into a contender as
he did at South Brunswick. "It's
kind of like him being at South. I
think he can do the same thing."
The Cougar coach said McGriff s
decision will also be welcomed by
South Brunswick fans who followed
his prolific high school career.
They'll be able to watch him play
college ball without traveling far.
McGriff will be the thinl South
Brunswick basketball player to latch
on with a Division I collcgc program
in the last two years.
Former Cougar Carl Parker was a
redshirt freshman this year at
William and Mary, where he recent
ly received the most improved play
er award.
'That's not bad to be picked as
the most improved and never get to
play in a game," Doanc said.
"They're expecting big things out of
him next year."
South Brunswick's Greg Will
iams made the basketball team at
UNC-Grccnsboro last season as a
walk-on.
Doanc said the succcss of
McGriff and others brings attention
to the South Brunswick basketball
program and its players.
"As far as helping get kids in col
lcgc, it helps," Doanc said. "It helps
get lesser kids in smaller schools.
They know they get a solid kid with
a good attitude."
Doanc said McGriff considered
more than a dozen schools and had
narrowed the field to UNCW and
UNC-Charlotte.
"Just about every team in the
Colonial Athlctic Conference rc
cruitcd him," the Cougar coach ad
ded.
Doane said the UNCW head
coach told McGriff that he was the
number one big man the Seahawks
would be recruiting this year.
"I think that made a difference,"
Doanc said. "A lot of schools say
they're recruiting you, but not many
will say you're their number one
guy"
North, South Lose In Tourney
North Brunswick and South
Brunswick both lost their opening
round games in the Sea Shell
Invitational baseball tournament
Monday in Wilmington.
As a result, the Scorpions and
Cougars were scheduled to play
each other Tuesday afternoon at
Hardee. Held in a losers-bracket
game.
West Brunswick, the recipient of
the tournament's only first-round
bye, was to play Hoggard Tuesday
night.
On Monday, North Brunswick
was a 9-7 loser to the Lancy Buc
canecrs, while South Brunswick
took a 12-0 loss to New Hanover's
Wildcats.
In the North Brunswick game,
Adrian Black hit a two-run home
run to left field in the second inning
to erase a 2-0 Laney lead.
The Scorpions later took a 4-2
lead before Lancy came back and
plated three runs in the bottom of
the third to Lake the lead for good.
West Brunswick got a bye in the
first round after Drehcr High School
of South Carolina withdrew because
of a scheduling conflict.
The Trojans took a three-game
winning streak into their game
Tuesday against Hoggard, which ad
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BEACON FIU PHOTO
PRESTON MCGRIFF (left) blocks the shot of Hoggard's Adam
Carlson during a game in January. Also pictured is South 's Josh
White.
SPORTING SCENE
School Rivalry Thriving
Between West And South
When West Brunswick and South Brunswick meet on the athletic field,
you can forget about the records.
The cross-county rivals will always give each other a game, no matter
which team has the most talent or best record.
South Brunswick's softball team pr
stopped West Brunswick's undefeated <
The Lady Trojans entered the
game at 8-0, averaging a hefty 19 runs
per contest in its previous four games.
South Brunswick entered the
game at 4-3, with losses to two of the
confcrcncc opponents that West had
already beaten.
On paper. West Brunswick should
have won the game. But grudge
matches like the West-South clash
aren't played on paper.
When it comes to West versus Sou
the other team usually wins.
South's girls apparently wanted it more than West's girls last Thursday
at Boiling Spring Lakes. They won 10-1.
The same night in Shallottc, the West and South boys were going head
to head on the baseball diamond.
West, with a 7-2 record going into the game, obviously has a better team
this year than South, which entered the contest at 3-8.
The Trojans won the game, but only by two runs. South fell behind 6-0
in the second inning but kept chipping away at the lead.
The Cougars were only one or two timely hits away from making the
game closcr than it already was.
West and South have battled for 20 years, pulling kids from two sections
of Brunswick County that have a history of waging verba! warfare.
The West-South rivalry is a healthy one. Competition among neighbor
ing schools is great tor the communities they represent as long as it doesn't
get out of control.
Several Columbus County schools will be saying goodbye to longstand
ing rivalries when consolidation lakes effect next year.
That's a shame for both the kids who must change schools and their par
ents who helped build those rivalries, but progress has a price.
We're fortunate in Brunswick County. From the looks of things. West
and South will be going at it on the athletic Held for many years to come.
That's good news for everyone, whether you're a diehard Trojan fan or
bleed Cougar blue.
Summer Camp At West
West Brunswick Head Basketball Coach Billy Minis is getting ready for
the fifth annual Trojan Basketball Camp to be held June 22-26.
The camp is for boys and girls ages 8 to 17 and costs S35 per child. Each
participant will receive a T-shirt and refreshments daiiy. The purpose of the
camp is to teach the fundamentals needed to improve as a basketball players.
Highlights of this year's camp will include a guest appearance by former
West Brunswick superstar Ricky Daniels, who recently completed an out
standing freshman season at Anderson (S.C.) Junior College.
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