SPORTING SCENE
West Brunswick Home
For Playoff Openers
As long as there are no major upsets at this week's Waccamaw
Conference Basketball Tournament.
West Brunswick's boys and girls
will advance to the state 3A play
offs.
Better yet. both teams will open
the playoffs on their home court.
The Lady Trojans are scheduled to
open the playoffs next Monday
night, while the boys will enter post
season play on Tuesday.
West's boys and girls both con
cluded regular-season play last
Friday night with losses to South Brunswick. With 5-7 Waccamaw
Conference records, both West Brunswick teams will be number two seeds
out of the Waccamaw.
All we know right now is that both first-round playoff games will start
at 7 p.m. and the West Brunswick girls and boys will host the third-place
teams out of the Triangle Conference.
We won't know the opponents by name until the conference basketball
tournaments are concluded this week. In both cases, boys and girls, it will
either be Harnett Central or Cape Fear paying a visit to Shallotte.
West Brunswick's girls will be making their fourth straight appearance
in the state playoffs, while the Trojan boys arc making their first trip to the
post-season party in three years.
South Brunswick's girls also have qualified for the state playoffs. As
the top 3A seed out of the Waccamaw Conference, the I.ady Cougars will
receive a first-round bye and an automatic berth in the sectional semifinals.
Coach Mike Isenberg's girls will open the playoffs next Wednesday at
8:30 p.m. at Campbell University against either the second-place team from
the Mid-Piedmont Conference or the third-place team out of the Triad
Conference.
Raleigh Bound
If my little red Subaru can make it all the way to Raleigh this weekend,
I'm planning to take in the N.C. State-Wake Forest basketball game on
Saturday afternoon.
It will be the final home game this season for the Wolfpack, which start
ed off slowly but has probably shown more improvement during the course
of the season than any other team in the ACC.
West Brunswick High School product Ricky Daniels has been a big part
of that turn-around. I'm looking forward to watching Ricky perform and
meeting with him after the game.
NMB 68, Shallotte 66
It's never been an ambition of mine to become a police officer, but I
couldn't pass up an invitation to play for the Shallotte Police Department
basketball team Saturday night.
The locals took on a VERY physical North Myrtle Beach Police
Dc|>aiiuit:iii Iciuii ifi a chanty game at Lons Elementary School and lost by
the slimmest of margins. 68-66.
Not that it really matters, but Shallotte could have won easily had the
officials actually watched the game. I could have sworn I saw NMB Police
badges pinned to their zebra suits.
I found it quite interesting that Shallotte Officer Keith Croom was
called for two fouls while he sat next to me on the bench.
The scoreboard/clock operator also seemed about 10 cents short of a
quarter. I think he checked his brain at the door because every time Shallotte
scored, North Myrtle Beach was rewarded with points.
Chief Rodney Gause wants a rematch. Stay tuned.
Veteran Ferster Wins First Racing Title
It was a long time coming, but
veteran remote-control race car dri
ver Fddie Ferster has won his first
points championship in the Southern
R/C Motors ports Club.
A Shallotte resident and driver of
the Kodak Chevrolet, Ferster held
off Doug Alsbrooks and the True
Value Ford by 19 points to win the
club's winter season points champi
onship.
Ferster finished with 220 points.
Alsbrooks followed with 201, and
rookie driver Ricky Danfoid check
ed in with 198. Al Ward finished
with 196 points and Paul Holdcn
had 190 to round out the top five.
Danford, driver of the Hooters
Ford, was honored as the Out
standing Rookie for the winter sea
son, while STP Pontiac driver Lynn
(iause received the Hard Charger
Award.
The Southern R/C Motorsports
Club is a group of local racing enthu
siasts who race tiny, remote-control
Winston Cup cars. They compete on
a concrete track south of Shallotte.
The club has adopted a new for
mat for the 1994 season, which will
begin this Sunday, March 6. "This
season will include 22 races and
continue through November.
The 1994 race schedule is as fol
lows: March 6, 19, 20: April 9, 10,
24; May, 1, 15, 29; June 12, 26; July
10, 24; August 7, 21, 28; September
11, 25; October 9, 23; November 6,
20.
Qualifying starts at 5:30 p.m. and
races begin at 6 p.m. each day. The
first rain dale will be Nov. 27, and
subsequent rain dates have been
scheduled Sept. 10 and Oct. 8.
Also new for the 1994 season is
the Grand National Class. This new
class of racing will allow newcom
ers to get started without having to
spend the money needed for
Winston Cup racing.
(irand National cars are identical
to Winston Cup cars except for the
body. They cost about S250 each,
which is about one-third the cost of
the Winston Cup cars used by club
members.
In addition to helping new dri
vers, the Grand National Class will
give experienced racers the opportu
nity to brush up on their "tight
quarters" driving skills.
Southern R/C Motorsports has
scheduled eight joint racing sessions
this year with a group from the
Myrtle Beach, S.C., area.
The local club will host the South
Carolinians on March 6, April 10,
May 29 and June 26. Road (rips to
the Coastal R/C Speedway in
Socastee have been slated March 27,
May 22, June 5 and July 17. Race
times at both tracks will be 3 p.m.
during joint sessions.
Anyone interested in joining the
Southern R/C Motorsports Club
should contact a member or visit the
track on race day. The public also is
welcome at the races, and admission
SOUTHERN R/C MOTORSPORTS
Winter Season Points Standings
Pos. Driver Town Car Points
1 Eddie Ferster Shallotte Kodak Chevy 220
2 Doug Alsbrooks Hoiden Bch True Value Fuid 201
3 Ricky Danford Shallotte Hooters Ford 198
4 A1 Ward Thomasboro ValvolineFord 196
5 Paul Hoiden Ocean Isle Raybestos Ford 190
6 Paul Hope Ocean Isle Black Cat Ford 184
7 Lynn Gause Shallotte STP Pontiac 175
8 Timmy Hewett Civictown Motorcraft Ford 168
9 William Smith Hoiden Bcli Sunoco Oldsmobilc 161
10 Jerry Todd Grissettown Interstate Chevy 144
11 Elton Bland Grissettown Goodrich Chew 140
12 Frankie Stephens Ash MGD Pontiac 136
13 David Buffkin Grissettown Havoline Ford 116
14 David Danford Shallotte Budweiser Ford 69
15 Kenny Hoiden' Grissettown M. Yellow Pontiac 50
16 Stevie Somersett Grissettown Maxwell House Ford 27
This Week's
Tide Table
MARCH
HIGH LOW
Day Dale A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M.
Thursday 3 -? 12:14 6:09 6:22
Friday 4 12:59 1:17 7:11 7:25
Saturday 5 2:03 2:23 8:16 8:31
Sunday 6 3:09 3:28 9:20 9:37
Monday 7 4:11 4:29 10:20 10:37
Tuesday 8 5:08 5:24 11:13 11:30
Wednesday 9 5:58 6:13 12:00
ADJUSTMENTS
SHALLOTTE 1NLLT?add 17 min.
high lide. add 32 min. low tide.
LOCKWOOD FOLLY?subtract 22
min. high lide, subtract 8 min. low lide.
BALD HEAD ISLAND?subtract 10
min. high tide, subtract 7 min. low tide.
SOUTllPORT?add 7 min. high tide,
add 15 min. low lide.
LITTLE RIVER?subtract 11 min.
high lide, add 18 min. low lide.
Bonnie Decker
Leads Bowlers
Bonnie Decker rolled a high game
of 211 and a 564 series lo lead the
women last Friday in the Woodmen
of the World Mixed League at
Brunswick County Bowling Center.
Other top women finishers in
cluded Gloria Bland, 193, 497;
Linda Fluegel, 189, 484; Doreen
Alloway, 182, 440; Beverly Will
iams, 181, 489; Lois Ramsey, 180,
465; Cathy Lewis, 175, 430; and
Marsha Hardee, 174, 440.
leading the men last Friday were
Terry Decker with a 225 high game
and 541 series, Jim Ramsey with a
197 game and 551 series and Roland
Decker with a 196 game and 553 se
ries.
Also posting high scores were
Donald Rohbtns, 191, 486; Cliff
Schaefer, 190, 476; Waddell Evans,
188, 516; Jimmy Pierce, 188, 465;
Robey Heavener, 1X6, 524; 5 ioyu
Fields, 185, 508; Mike Bellamy,
184, 459; and Marty Clemmons,
181,465.
OVER 30 LEAGUE
Gang Beats Riders
Galloways Gang thrashed the pre- nabes. Henry Randolph scored 19
viously-undefeated Mule Riders 75- points in a losing cause for the
55 last Monday in a Brunswick Wannabes.
County Over 30 Men's Basketball In Thursday's other game, the
League game. Has Bcens edged Dosher Hospital
Curtis Marshall scored a game- 66-64. Tim Bridgers scored 27
high 24 points for Galloways Gang P?in's for the winners, and Johnson
(3-1), and Buddy Milliken' had 18 P?ured in a game-high 34 points for
for the Mule Riders (4-1). hospital.
Brunswick County
The Top Guns (3-1) posted a pair Over 30 Men's League
of wins last week, starting with an Standings As Of Feb. 27
82-60 win over Dosher Hospital on Team Wins Losses
Monday. Olden Vaught scored 20 Mule Riders 4 1
points for the Top Guns, and Larry Galloways Gang 3 1
Johnson had 31 for Dosher. Top Guns 3 1
Last Thursday, Donald Stanley Wannabes 2 2
scored 34 points to lead the Top Has Beens 1 3
Guns to an 88-60 win over the Wan- Dosher Hospital 0 5
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PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
TOP FINISHERS in the Southern R/C Motorsports winter racing
season included (front row, from left) Ricky Danford, Outstanding
Rookie; Lynn Cause, Hard Charger Award; (back row, from left)
Eddie Ferster, first place; and Doug Alsbrooks, second place.
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