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Today's Sports

  • West names football coach

     West Brunswick High School Principal Brock Ahrens has recommended to the Brunswick County Board of Education that Scott Frazier be the school’s next head football coach.

    "I feel that coach Frazier will be an instant fit into our athletic program and into our faculty,” Ahrens said. “We are excited to have him join us.”

    Frazier has coached at Western Carolina University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Presbyterian College and Elon University.

  • Wounded Warriors to participate...

    Four foursomes of Wounded Warriors will participate in the Future Generations Tournament -n June at St. James Plantation.
    “We will once again have the honor of hosting our Wounded Warriors in the Future Generations Tournament, the largest charity golf event in the region with about 500 participants each year,” said Wayne Moody, tournament chairman. “Eight will come from Fort Bragg and eight will come from Camp Lejeune.”

  • Glimmers of hope in fishing world

    I opened the door this morning and was greeted to an arctic blast, which resulted in an immediate about-face and wardrobe adjustment.

  • Sluggish backwater bite

    The backwaters surrounding the Ocean Isle Beach area have not been producing the kind of action expected for this time of year.
    The flounder bite has been on and off with only a few good fish biting a hook. Red drum and black drum have gotten picky in their feeding habits. Trout seem to be spread all over the place, making them hard to target. I can only speculate that the back-and-forth weather patterns have continued to play a role in making our resident fish sluggish and slowing down the flow of migrating fishing into our waters.

  • Lady Trojans lose in first round...

     The West Brunswick High School girls’ soccer season ended May 8 in Shallotte in a 3-0 loss to C.B. Aycock in the first round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 3A state playoffs.

    West finishes 12-5-1. C.B. Aycock is 14-6 and plays either Wilson Hunt (16-2) or Washington (8-10) in the second round.

    The game started badly for the Trojans. Defender Gracie Baxley was injured 2 minutes, 6 seconds into the game and remained sidelined for the rest of the game.

  • Hensley wins two matches in...

    By Alan Hensley
    Special to The Beacon
    Former West Brunswick golfer Greg Hensley played for the South in the 10th annual North South Tournament April 19-21 at Keith Hills Golf Club in Buies Creek. Hensley is enrolled in the PGA Golf Management program at Campbell University.
    The three-day tournament was the last event of the 2013 Spring Semester Tournament Series. Forty-six golf students and two golf instructors were divided in foursomes. North won the tourney.

  • Scores, highlights of area golf...

    Brick Landing
    On April 30, the Brick Landing Nine played substitution: Golfers played their regular game and replaced their two highest scores with pars for that hole. The winner was Dottie Leelike with a score of 45.

  • Friendships formed through golf...

    Miki and Eddie Pear and Gene and I have been friends for more than 20 years and it all began on a golf course.  
    I was playing in the fifth position for Navesink Country Club in a Women’s Metropolitan Golf Association team match. We were in series seven and on that particular Tuesday we played against Preakness Hills at Preakness Hills.

  • First Tee academy now open

    Mike Gildea
    Special to the Beacon
    The new $1.5 million Carolina Life Skills and Leadership Academy is open for business and teens are invited to sign up.
    On the 28-acre campus of The First Tee of Brunswick County, just outside Shallotte, the 9,000 square-foot academy will be host to a series of four-day and four-night summer academies in character education through The First Tee’s life skills and core values curriculum.

  • Milliken gets first victory of...

    By Bill Hennecy

    MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.—Saturday night racing appeared to be a washout, with rain falling most of the day along the Grand Strand. The rain started clearing at 6 p.m. and track-drying efforts were completed and practice started at 7:20 p.m. Euro-style qualifying hastened the program and the fields were set in what turned out to be a great night of racing.