Community Sports

Planet Fun bowling Ocean Ridge, March 7: Rich Scaler, 298, 252; Rod Peterson 222; Roger Mitchell 221. Series: Rich Scaler 766, Rod Peterson 599, John Olio 558. Women: Becky Bakley 198, Pat Brooks 170, Carol Dunham 169. Series: Becky Bakley 471, Pat Brooks 436, Carol Dunham 428. Planet Fun Classic, March 7: Terry Decker 268, Jeff Evans 267, Collin Vanderburg 258. Series: Collin Vanderburg 737, Mike Albert 699, Jeff Evans 691.

Staff Report South Brunswick beat West Brunswick 6-3 in a conference singles match March 14. In singles, West’s Jason Watts beat Gabe Azzato 6-3, 7-5. South’s Caleb Stanley beat Ray King 6-1, 6-0. South’s Noah Pieper beat Tyler Micallef 6-0, 6-0. South’s Joey Kronenwetter beat Emillio Bonifacio 6-3, 6-0. South’s Lance Watts beat Jarrett Walls 6-3, 6-2. West’s Luke Bollinger beat Caleb Hemphill 2-6, 7-5, 10-8. South swept the doubles.

Southport tennis courts open March 16 The new tennis courts at Southport will have a grand opening ceremony March 16. Round robins and other activities are scheduled. Call Bill Davis at 845-8812 for more details. Kids free tennis day is March 23 Brunswick County Parks and Recreation is sponsoring a tennis day for those ages 4-18. The event is 3-4:30 p.m. March 23 at the Shallotte District Park. For more information, contact Ruthie McHugh at 253-2583.

Southport Baptist Church had its first baseball/softball clinic Feb. 16 at Bill Smith Park and nearly 100 students ages 5-12 participated. The kids learned fundamental skills about hitting, fielding and throwing from volunteer coaches from the church and local schools. They also enjoyed fun, fellowship and free snacks provided by the church’s outreach committee and other church donors. Event organizers said Southport Baptist would be planning more sports clinics for local students as an outreach to the community.