GORE BLANKS VIKINGS Fleming Propels West Brunswick Past Scorpions Bryan Flemiig blasted a pair of two-run home runs to lead West Brunswick to 1 10-3 win over North Brunswick in i key Waccamaw 2-A Conference Nscball game Friday in Lcland. The Trojans also beat West Columbus 4-0 last Tuesday behind the one-hit piching of Scott Gore. The two Nins put West Bruns wick in a good position to advance to the state playoffs. The Trojans en tered the final week of the regular season wilh a confcrcnce record of 8-3. West Brunswick was to closc out the regular season this week with a home game against East Bladen Tuesday and road games at South Robeson Wednesday and South Brunswick Friday. Fleming Powers Trojans West Brunswick pitcher Brian Alderson went the distance last Fri day in Lcland, scattering three Scor pion hits and fanning six batters to raise his season record to 5-2. The Trojans collected nine hits ifet ? '**? &.%**$& v" * * 45^ltfS? 1 Si*' STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG HUTTE* NORTH BRUNSWICK'S Cindy Holt pitches during last Friday's game at West Brunswick. The luidy Scorpions won 15-11. North Lady Scorpions Stay In Playoff Hunt North Brunswick's softball team stayed in the playoff hunt with three big wins last week, including victo ries over West Brunswick and Whiteville. North Brunswick camc from be hind to beat West Brunswick 15-1 1 on Friday in Shallottc. Cindy Holt, Tanya Edge and Michelle Bennett had three hits apiece for the Lady Scorpions, who had 18 hits in the game. "Both teams played well," North Brunswick Coach Delmus NeeSmith said. ""I thought we hit the ball well and West hit the ball well." The Lady Scorpions also won on the road at East Bladen last Wed nesday in a game that had been rained on May 6. Shanda Holden and Dawn Sholar had two hits each as the Lady Scorpions defeated visiting Whitc villc 5-3 last Tuesday. North Brunswick pitcher Cindy Holt hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning to break a 3-3 tic. The Lady Scorpions improved to 7-4 in the Waccamaw 2-A Con ference with the three wins last week, tied for third place in the league. "We really have our Fingers crossed to make the playoffs, but it's going to depend on what other peo ple do." Coach NeeSmith said. "In order to get in we have to win all three games this week." The Lady Scorpions were sched uled to host South Robeson on Tuesday and will entertain Fairmont in a doubleheadcr Friday. Cougars Rally For Two Wins South Brunswick's baseball team posted a pair of comeback wins last week in Waccamaw 2-A Conference play. The young Cougars, losers of four one-run games this season, beat South Robeson and Fairmont to im prove to 4-8 in league play and 6-14 overall. On Friday, South Brunswick scored five runs in the seventh inning to pull out a 9-5 victory at Fairmont. Pinch-hitter Matt McMahan knocked in the tying and winning runs with a bases-loaded single in South Brunswick's final at-bat. The Cougars were trailing 5-1 af ter five innings. They scored three runs in the sixth to cut Fairmont's lead to 5^4 before exploding for five runs in the seventh. Last Tuesday, South Brunswick benefitted from late-inning heroics from Brett Tabor in a 5-4 home win against South Robeson. Tabor singled with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning to drive in the winning run. Mike Cicwis had three hits in cluding a double and knocked in two runs for the Cougars. South's Lewis Vaught was the winning against South Robeson, while Jay Galloway picked up the win at Fairmont. The Cougars were to play at con ference-leading Whiteville on Tues day night. They will close out the regular season Friday night with a home contest against West Bruns wick that will decide the county championship. Lady Cougars Drop Twin Bill South Brunswick's softball team lost all three of its games last week, including a doublehcader against visiting Fairmont on Friday. The Lady Cougars lost the first game of the twin bill 4-0 and dropped the nightcap by a score of 2-1, collecting only nine hits for the day. Morgan Harper was the only South Brunswick player with more than one hit in a game. She had two hits in the second contest. Earlier in the week, South Bruns wick lost a 7-4 decision to defending confcrcncc champion West Colum bus. The Lady Cougars were held to just three hits in the game at Boiling Spring Lakes last Wednesday. The game had been rained out on May X. The three losses dropped the Lady Cougars to 6-6 in the Waccamaw 2 A Conference and 8-9 overall. South Brunswick was scheduled to close out the regular season with a home game Tuesday night against Whiteville and a game at West Brunswick on Friday. Wolf pack Shuts Out Scorpion Team Whiievillc pounded North Bruns wick 10-0 in Waccamaw 2-A Con ference baseball last Tuesday behind the ihrce-hit pitching of Clay Boykin. The Wolfpack plated three runs in the third, six in the fourth and one in the fifth for its second shut-out win over North Brunswick this season. Robert Hewitt pitched for the Scorpions and had two of their three hits. Tori Bryant pitched three in nings in relief for North. With the loss at Whitcvillc and Friday's home loss to West Bruns wick, the Scorpions fell to 7-5 in the conference and 10-1 1 overall. North Brunswick was scheduled to play at South Robeson Tuesday night and will host Fairmont in its last regular-season game Friday. off North Brunswick starter Tori Bryant and relief pitchcr Jared Mc Gee. Fleming had three hits, includ ing two homers, and Keane Bellamy had two hits. Coach Mike Aldcrson's crew jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the lop of the first inning. Gregg Mott dou bled to the left-center gap, and Fleming drove a fastball over the left field fence. West Brunswick added three more runs in the third. Aid win Lance led off with a walk, stole sec ond, advanced to third on an infield error and scored on an errant pick off attempt. Alderson followed with an RBI single to left field, scoring Mott, who had reached base on the infield error. After stealing second and third, pinch runner Jason Benton scored on a sacrifice fly by Aaron Butler which gave West a 5-0 lead. North Brunswick got one of the runs back in the bottom of the third. Jeremy Child beat out an infield sin gle and scored on an Adrian Black base hit to center field. The Scorpions cut the West Brunswick lead to 5-2 in the fourth. Bryan Perkins was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and later scored on a Trojan throwing error. West Brunswick bumped its lead to 8-3 in the fifth inning as Fleming hit his second two-run homer of the game, again with Molt on base. Butler scored the third run of the in ning following a pair of North Brunswick errors. West added its final two runs in the sixth. Bellamy led off with a base hit and scored on an RBI dou ble by Lance. Alter moving to third on a fielder's choice. Lance scored on a sacrifice fly by Alderson. North Brunswick picked up one run in the bottom of the sixth. Black doubled down the left-field line and scored on a sacrifice fly by Perkins. Gore Throws One-Hitter West Brunswick's Gore struck ?npppMP - t - STAfF PHOTO BY DOUG R UTTER ADAM JOHNSON scores a run for West Brunswick during last Tuesday's 4-0 victory over West Columbus. out 14 baucrs and allowed just one Shallotte. infield hit as the Trojans beat West The Trojans got all of the runs Columbus 4-0 last Tuesday night in they would need in the second in ning. Adam Johnson led off with a walk, stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error. Johnson scored on a double to deep left field by catcher Adam Abbott. Cleon Butler, who was run ning for the catcher, later advanced to third on a ground out and scored on another West Columbus throw ing error. West Brunswick picked up an in surance run in the bottom of the fifth. Alderson tripled to right-center field and scored on a sacrifice fly by Fleming. The Trojans added one more run in the sixth following a lead-off walk to Abbott. Butler, who was again inserted as a courtesy runner, stole sccond base and later scored on a double to left field by Marty Earwood. West Brunswick had seven hits in the game. None of the Trojans hail more than one hit against West Columbus left-hander Michael Con nor. The Trojan pitcher, who issued one walk and hit one Viking batter through six innings, gave up the lone Viking hit with two outs in the seventh. Pinch hitter Ryan Fleming broke up Gore's no-hit bid with a sharp in field single. Trojan sccond baseman Kcanc Bellamy dove to knock down the sinking line drive, but didn't have time to retrieve the ball and throw to first. Gore worked out a jam in the sixth inning. After retiring the first two batters. West Brunswick made two infield errors to put runners on first and sccond for clean-up hitter Antonio Williamson. West Brunswick's junior right hander responded by striking out Williamson for the third time in the game. Gore's strong pitching perfor mance raised his season mark to 4-2. Earlier this season, he threw a no hitter against Chcsnec, S.C., and a two-hitter against South Robeson. RITE AID Holiday Values Just In Time For Memorial Day At Rite Aid ? ? ? 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