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LELAND—The Brunswick County Post 68 American Legion baseball team finished the regular season Friday with a record of 17-2.

No surprise to manager Randy Fennell.

“Actually,” he said, “I thought we would be 19-0.”

Fennell was serious.

“I mean it,” he said. “When we started the season, I knew all these guys that were coming back. We (at North Brunswick) had played against them during the high school season and I knew position by position we would be as good as or better than anybody else in this conference.

LELAND—North Brunswick beat top seed Jacksonville but lost to eventual champion New Hanover in the fifth annual Scorpion Shootout high school basketball tournament.

Twelve teams played in the three-day tournament June 26-28 at North Brunswick High School.

The Scorpions finished 2-3 in pool play. On the first day, they beat Union 83-59, lost to Laney 66-55 and lost to New Hanover 75-50. On the second day, they lost to Hoggard 88-66 but beat East Duplin 50-45.

Entering the tournament as the No. 4 seed, the Scorpions routed Trask 73-48.

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They walked through ornate gardens, saw rolling pastures where sheep and horses roamed and visited centuries-old churches. Every day, they dined on tea with scones, jam and heavy cream with the locals and learned about their traditions.

Their recent trip to Taunton in Somerset County, England, was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for George Wong-Chong and Mari-Lou Wong-Chong of Holden Beach, mainly because it wasn’t a typical sightseeing excursion.