West Brunswick
Spring
Sports Schedule
TRACK AND GOLF SCHEDULES
TRACK Apr. 29 at West Brunswick
Date Opponents
Fairmont
Mar. 18 at Whitcville South Robeson
West Brunswick Norlh Brunswick
Fairmont May 5 Conference Champ
East Bladen ionshipsatWcst
Mar. 25 at West Brunswick _ Bruns. (3 p.m.)
Fairmont ^ 15 Rcg.Championships
East Bladen May 21 *22 -Slalc Champion
West Columbus ships
Mar. 29 at South Brunswick -Meets start 4 p.m. unless
West Brunswick otherwise noted
Worthingion Chris. GOLF
Apr. 1 at South Brunswick Date Tournament Host Time
West Brunswick Mar. 15 Fairmont* 1 p.m.
West Columbus Mar. 22 Whitcvillc* 1 p.m.
Fairmont Mar. 29 ...North Bruns.* ....2 p.m.
Apr. 5 at West Brunswick Mar. 31 ....S. Columbus 3 p.m.
West Guilford Apr. 5 South Bruns.* ....2 p.m.
Apr. 8 at South Brunswick Apr.l 8...Whitcvillc Invit. ..1 p.m.
West Brunswick Apr. 19 ....West Bruns.* ....2 p.m.
East Bladen Apr. 21 West Bruns 3 p.m.
North Brunswick * Apr. 26 League Tourn.*
Apr. 22 at West Brunswick at W. Columbus ..2 p.m.
South Robeson May 3 Region Toum TBA
South Brunswick May 14-15 ..State Tourn TBA
Whiteville * denotes conference match
SOFTBALL
Date Opponent
March 16 Pender (4 p.m.)
March 18 al New Hanover
(4 p.m.)
March 22 New Hanover
(4 p.m.)
March 24 at Topsail
(DH. 3:30 p.m.)
March 26 at Whiteville*
March 30 at Fairmont*
April 2 South Robeson*
April 6 at West Colum
bus*
April 9 North Brunswick*
April 20 at East Bladen*
April 23 South Brunswick*
April 29 Whiteville*
May 4 Fairmont*
May 6 at Pender (4 p.m.)
May 7 at South Robeson*
May 11 West Columbus*
May 14 at North Bruns
wick*
May 18 East Bladen*
May 21 at South Bruns
wick*
?Games start at 5 p.m. unless
otherwise noted
* denotes conference game
BASEBALL
Date Opponent
March 19 Wacc. Academy (4:30 p.m.)
March 22 at Dillon, S.C. (6 p.m.)
March 25 at Wacc. Academy (4 p.m.)
March 26 Whiteville*
March 29 Dillon, S.C. (6 p.m.)
March 30 at Fairmont*
April 2 at South Robeson*
April 6 West Columbus*
April 9-10....Bch. Diamond Class. (TBA)
April 12-14 at Sea Shell Invitat. (TBA)
April 20 East Bladen*
April 23 at South Brunswick*
April 27 at North Brunswick*
April 29 at Whiteville*
May 4 Fairmont*
May 7 South Robeson*
May 11 at West Columbus*
May 14 North Brunswick*
May 18 at East Bladen*
May 21 South Brunswick*
May 25 State Playoffs
?Games start 7 p.m. unless
otherwise noted
* denotes conference game
BOYS' TENNIS
Date Opponent
March 15 Whiteville*
March 17 Fairmont*
March 22 at South Robeson*
March 23 South Columbus
March 24 West Columbus*
March 29 at St. Pauls
March 31 East Bladen*
April 5 at South Brunswick*
April 7 at Whiteville*
April 19 at Fairmont*
April 21 South Robeson*
April 26 at West Columbus*
April 28 St. Pauls
May 3 at Hast Bladen*
May 4 at South Columbus
May 5 South Brunswick*
May 11 Dual Team Playoffs
May 14-15 Regional Championships
May 21-22 ......State Championships
?Matches start at 4 p.m.
* denotes conference match
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Busy Spring Season
Kicks Off Next Week
The spring sports season gem under way next week at area high schools
with the promise of offering a steady diet of baseball, Softball, track, golf
and boys' tennis through the end of
the school year.
Spring is the busiest of the three
high school athletic seasons, with five
sports going at one time. That makes
it lough on sports writers who, try as
they may, can't be everywhere at
once.
Despite the hectic schedule,
spring may be the most enjoyable of
the three seasons. The weather is usu
ally pleasant. It'll feel plenty good to get outdoors after spending the winter
cooped up in smelly gyms.
At West Brunswick High, the new season officially kicks off Monday
when the defending Waccamaw Conference champion Trojan tennis team
entertains Whitcville.
Coach Marti Gillis has most of her team back from last year, plus a few
new faces who should strengthen the ladder. Monday afternoon's match fig
ures to be an important one in determining this season's conference champi
on.
West and Whitevillc battled tooth-and-nail for the conference crown
last year. They split their regular-season matches, but the Trojans won a mi
ni-playoff that determined the league champ.
The Trojan golf team also tees off next Monday afternoon in a
Waccamaw Conference match at Fairmont. Ben Hunt, a local pro, will
coach this year's squad, which will play home matches at Brick Landing.
Things don't let up after the tennis and golf matches Monday. On
Tuesday, Coach Traccy James' softball team opens its 1993 campaign with
a home game against the Pender Patriots.
The Lady Trojans, also a defending conference champion, went 13-4
last season and should field another solid squad this spring. Coach James
has most of his players back from last year.
Pender, currently a member of the Coastal 3-A Conference, will join the
new-look Waccamaw 2-A/3-A Conference next school year. Trojan-Patriot
clashes will become very important starting next fall.
On Wednesday, the Trojan tennis team returns to action against visiting
Fairmont. West's junior varsity baseball team also opens Wednesday with a
home game against New Hanover's Wildcats.
Coach David Arrowood, one of the masterminds behind West
Brunswick's state football championship last fall, will lead the junior varsity
baseball team this season.
The West Brunswick campus takes a break Thursday afternoon, when
no home events are scheduled. The boys' and girls' track teams will open
Thursday at Whiteville. Fairmont and East Bladen will join the Trojans for
the quad-meet.
Coach Jim Brett, who led the Trojans to the state football title in his
first year at West Brunswick, will coach track this spring. Brett is no
stranger to track and field.
At Tarboro High School, he coached the boys' team to 12 conference
championships, five eastern championships and four state championships in
15 years. Panlon the pun, but that's a pretty good track record.
On Friday, Coach Mike Alderson's varsity baseball team opens the sea
son against visiting Waccamaw Academy. The Trojans are coming off a 19
7 season in 1992, when they reached the eastern finals for the first time in
history.
Look for the Trojan diamond club to be strong again this season.
Anyone interested in getting a sneak peak of the baseball team should be at
the high school today (Thursday) for a 4 p.m. scrimmage with South
Columbus.
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LAUY LMAKLrEKS WIN DU-48
Northwood
Bumps Lady Trojans From Playoffs
BY DOUG RUTTER
Northwood defeated West Bruns
wick 50-48 Monday in the opening
round of the state 2-A girls' basket
ball playoffs?eliminating the Lady
Trojans for the second straight year
on a late basket.
West Brunswick had a 48-47 lead
with 10 seconds remaining but
missed a onc-and-onc opportunity
and then committed a foul to send
the Lady Chargers to the line with
five seconds left.
Northwood also came up empty
on the onc-and-one chance, but
grabbed the missed free throw,
scored the game-winning basket and
tacked on a free throw for a three
point play.
"Wc had every opportunity to win
it," West Brunswick Coach Brcnda
Council said Tuesday. "Wc didn't
rebound and wc made crucial
turnovers down the stretch that
killed us."
Angela Perry scored 28 points
and Lisa Watson chippcd in 13 to
lead Northwood. Nicole Norris had
15 points, Kancka Grissetl 13 and
Monique King 11 for West Bruns
wick.
Host Northwood jumped out to a
16-6 lead in the first quarter, but
West Brunswick outscored the Lady
Chargers 22-14 in the second period
and trailed 30-28 at halftime. The
"It seems like it's been that
way the whole year. Games
that could have gone either
way haven't gone our way."
?West Bruns. Girls Coach, Brenda Council
scorc was 37-37 after three quarters.
"We were basically trading bas
kets the whole second half," Council
said. "We played pretty good, but
we just didn't crash the boards."
Northwood's Perry dominated in
the paint. "She just killed us on the
boards," Council said. "She went af
ter everything. They just threw it up
and she went after it."
West Brunswick was the third
seeded team from the Waccamaw
Conference. Northwood, which is
located in Pittsboro, finished third in
the Central Tar Heel Conference.
The loss at Northwood marked
the seventh time this season that the
Lady Trojans lost by three points or
less. "It seems like it's been that
way the whole year. Games that
could have gone either way haven't
gone our way," Council said.
West Brunswick finished the sea
son 13-12. The Lady Trojans lost six
of their first eight games, but came
on strong in the second half of the
season and put together a five-game
conference winning streak down the
stretch.
Coach Council said the season
was frustrating. "I wasn't real, real
pleased with the season. I felt like
we had the potential to do a lot bet
ter than we did if we had a little
more dedication on the team and de
sire to win."
Northwood and West Brunswick
also squared off in the first round of
the 1992 state playoffs. The Lady
Chargers jumped out to a 12-0 lead
and held on for a 48-46 win in that
game.
Score By Quarters
West Brunswick 6 22 9 11?48
Northwood 16 14 7 13?50
West Brunswick scoring: Norris,
15; Grisscu, 13; King, 11; Gausc, 6;
Morgan, 3.
Northwood scoring: Perry, 28;
Watson, 13; Poe, 7; Hackney, 2.
Chargers Face Wolfpack
Northwood was scheduled to face
Whiteville in the second round of
the playoffs Wednesday night in
Whiteville.
The Lady Wolfpack earned a
first-round playoff bye after clinch
ing the Waccamaw Conference's
second seed with a 62-50 victory
over West Brunswick last Thursday
in the semifinals of the league tour
nament.
Tonya Jones knocked down six
three-pointers and scorcd 29 points
to lead the Lady Wolfpack to its
third win of the season over West
Brunswick. Dawn Thrcadgill added
16 points for Whiteville.
West Brunswick was led by
King's 22 points. Grissctt added 13
for the Lady Trojans, who fell be
hind 15-7 in the first quarter and
never recovered. The Lady
Wolfpack led 31-20 at hall time and
held on for the win.
Score Ky Quarters
West Brunswick 7 13 13 17?50
Whiteville 15 16 12 19?62
West Brunswick scoring: King,
22; Grissctt, 13; Bell, 7; Gause, 6;
Morgan, 2.
Whiteville scoring: Jones, 29;
Thrcadgill, 16; Toon, 8; Garcia, 7;
Register, 2.
West's Mims Optimistic
Following
Hoop Season
BY DOUG RUTTER
Despite a second straight season
with a losing record and no playoff
berth, the West Brunswick boys'
basketball team made great strides
this winter and shows promise of
more improvement over the next
few years.
Those were the thoughts of Tro
jan Coach Billy Mims last week fol
lowing his team's final game of the
season, a 70-62 loss to West Colum
bus in the opening round of the
Waccamaw Conference Tourna
ment.
The Trojans led 45-43 after three
periods in last Tuesday's game, but
the Vikings outscorcd West 27-17 in
the fourth quarter to pull out the vic
tory at Fairmont High School.
Mims said the Trojans didn't re
bound well, and that allowed the
Vikings to get second and third
shots on the offensive end. "We
played pretty good the first half. We
just didn't feel like playing that sec
ond half."
West Columbus' Nate Frink led
all scorers in the game with 20
points and Magellan Powell chippcd
in 13 for the Vikings, who swept the
Trojans in three meetings this sea
son.
Anthony Moody led the Trojans
with 15 points, while Eric Johnson
added 14 and Ty Brown had 13.
Senior center Lonnie Mitchell, play
ing his final game for the Trojans,
scored 12 points.
West Columbus edged West
Brunswick for fourth place in the
Waccamaw 2-A Conference this
season with an 8-6 record. In doing
so, the Vikings earned their first
playoff berth since 1986.
West Brunswick finished fifth
with a 7-7 league mark and an over
all record of 8-16. After losing 10 of
their first 12 games, the Trojans
came on in the second half of the
season to win six of their last 12.
The slow start could be attributed
to West Brunswick's state champi
onship season in football. Most of
West's best basketball players were
on the gridiron while other teams
were preparing for basketball sea
son.
"I'm pleased overall with the
year," Mims said. "We should have
"Overall we did make some
improvement from a year ago,
and I hope to make some more
improvement next year
?Trojan Coach Bill Mims
won a few more conference games,
but at least we have something to
look forward to next season. A year
ago we had nothing."
A year ago, the Trojans had just
completed a 4-19 campaign charac
terized by a lack of team unity, lead
ership and discipline. For the most
part, this year's squad played as a
team in victory and defeat.
Mims is optimistic about next
year because the Trojans will only
lose two players to graduation. The
1993-94 team also will be young,
with only one or two seniors expect
ed to play.
"With all of the inexperience, I'm
pretty pleased with what we accom
plished this year. We were just not
as efficient as we could have been,"
Mims said. "Overall we did make
some improvement from a year ago,
and I hope to make some more im
provement next year."
Mims said West Brunswick needs
to improve its rebounding and out
side shooting. The Trojans didn't
have anyone this year who could
consistently score from the perime
ter.
West rebounded well for its size,
but the coach pointed out that when
the smaller players got tired they
stopped rebounding. "We've got to
get some bigger people."
Mims also hopes to find a backup
for sophomore point guard Eric
Johnson, who spent very little time
on the bench this season because the
Trojans didn't have another ade
quate ball-handler.
Score By Quarters
West Brunswick 1615 14 17?62
West Columbus 18 15 10 27?70
West Brunswick scoring: Moody,
15; Johnson, 14; Brown, 13:
Mitchell, 12; Daniels, 3; Williams,
2; Reeves, 2.
West Columbus scoring: Frink,
20; Powell, 13; Green, 11; Betts, 10;
Bellamy, 8; Sanderson, 4; Faulk, 4.
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