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South Brunswick High School (Continued) m Jevon Dlona Lee iiUI '? * r.\v J1 Melissa Renee Karrlker Sherry Metlnda Wilson Michael Jeremy Royal f Michelle Stevenson Eric Lavon Arils mm Chad Onslow Simpson Howard Andrew Cowan Jr. r Sean Patrick McMartin John Richard King Jeffrey DeVon Hankins Varnle Nell Fullwood Jr. Monty Guy McNeill Sherri Lynn Parrish Amber Dawn Winders Mike Unkous r HbnUr . Shawn Allan Cavender Elizabeth Catherine Baxter David Lee Short Jr. Heather Leigh Geise Christ op h- Hermann Iver Neven Aietha Rocheile Brown Gerald Brian Nance Gary Wayne Nowell Jr. "Jftaete It! CELEBRATE IN STYLE See B. Kirby for the best selection of quality men's apparel with distinctive style. Vixby ???? & C<mvjicuuf, 754-5000, Coastal Plaza, Shallotte CLOTHING FOR MEN Amy Elizabeth Caroon Jeffrey Benjamin New Cherl Sylesteen Champion Michael Anthony Williams Long, Toll Senior Athlete Was Also Helping Student BY MARJORIE MEGIVERN Everybody in school looks up to Preston McGriff. The fact tliat he's 6 feet one inch tall may have something to do with it. An obvious choice for the South Brunswick High School (SBHS) basketball team, he has been a high scorer there and af ter his June 1 graduation, will move on this fall to more of the sport at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNC-W). I However, there's much more to Preston I than physical height. He has demonstrated through his four years at SBHS that he has ; the maturity and sensitivity to be in a helping role, as well. He has worked with Special Olympics throughout his high school career. "A teacher asked me to help out when I was a freshman," he said, "and 1 just kept it up. I like hanging around little kids." Softball throws and relays are some Special Olympic events he enjoys supervis ing. The New Jersey native moved to Southport with his mother, Carlctha McGriff, seven years ago and in his sophomore year played football. "I stopped doing that, because I didn't want to get injured," he said. His basketball interest had sprung, however, from the advice of an uncle who was injured on a basketball court. "I used to like football a lot more than bas ketball," he said, "because I like rough sports. But my uncle talked about how much fun basketball was, so I tried it" I This shy, soft-spoken young man said ? English and Spanish were favorite subjects in school, whereas he had encountered a little trouble with math. | "I've stayed after school to be tutored in that," he said. In his spare time, Preston has typical . teenage recreational interests: video games | and television. And, oh, yes, he has a social ? life, too. "I date a girl from West Brunswick," he ? said, smiling. Preston has pinpointed his future, begin ning with a communications major at UNC w. "I want lo do something like sports report ing after college," he said. Responding to the suggestion that the Bulls' Michael Jordan of Wilmington might be a hero, Preston shook his head. BEACON FILE PHOTO PRESTON MCGRIFF'S best known for his performance on the basketball court, but he'll be remembered at South Brunswick High for his work with Spe cial Olympics athletes as well. North Carolina Farm Bureau HOYT HUCKS-Agency Manager, Shaliotte, 754-1875
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