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Today's Sports

  • Many county players on all-...

    Staff Report

    Waccamaw Conference coaches have selected all-conference teams for the winter sports.
    Below are the selections from the three county high schools.
    Boys’ basketball
    From the conference championship North Brunswick team, Adam Jacobs, Nik Sloan and Jaeden Phillips are on the first team.
    Jacobs, a senior guard, averaged 16.1 points a game, making 55 percent of his 2-point field-goal attempts. He averaged 6.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.9 steals a game.

  • West teams win season-opening...

    Staff Report

    West Brunswick was host to South Brunswick, Whiteville and South Columbus in a season-opening track meet March 14 and the Trojans won the girls’ and boys’ meets.
    In the girls’ meet, West beat South 97-96, getting the winning points by a second-place finish the 1,600 relay, the final event. Whiteville scored 45 points and South Columbus 5.
    West won seven events.

  • Trojans win two league soccer...

     The West Brunswick High School girls’ soccer team beat East Bladen 4-2 in a conference game March 20 at West.

    Carla Zio scored all of West’s goals in the first half as the Trojans took a 3-1 lead.

    East Bladen scored in the first 34 seconds , but Zio tied the score about 3 minutes, 30 seconds later. Amanda Davinson had the assist.

  • Lehrschall to coach in all-star...

     The Powerade State Games High School Softball Showcase will take place June 24-27 at Wingate University and North Brunswick’s Brittney Lehrschall will be one of the coaches.

    The High School Softball Showcase has the best 20 underclassmen players from eight North Carolina regions who will play against each other in front of college scouts for gold, silver and bronze medals.

    Lehrschall will coach the Region 2 team.

    The showcase also features a high school senior East vs. West series.

  • Ex-Trojan White named pitcher of...

     Mount Olive College pitcher Carly White, who allowed one run in 14 innings in two conference victories last week, is the Conference Carolinas softball pitcher of the week.

    The award was White’s second this season and her third weekly conference award overall in 2012-13. She also earned Conference Carolinas women’s volleyball player of the week honors during the fall.

    A junior right-hander from Ash, White tossed a six-hit shutout as the Trojans handed Coker its first conference loss 4-0. All of the hits allowed by White were singles.

  • Trojans score early, defeat West...

     BLADENBORO—The West Brunswick High School baseball team beat West Bladen 20-6 in a conference game March 19.

    The Trojans, 2-1 in the conference, scored eight runs in the first inning en route to the five-inning victory.

  • Updated brackets for Touchstone...

     The annual Touchstone Energy Beach Diamond Invitational baseball and softball tournaments are April 1-3 at West Brunswick High School. A three-day pass is $15. A single-day pass is $6.

    As of March 20, these are the scheduled baseball games for April 1:

    10 a.m.: Harrell’s Academy vs. North Brunswick

    1 p.m.: Western Harnett vs South Brunswick

    4 p.m.:  South Stanly vs. Topsail

    7 p.m.: Winslow, N.J., vs. West Brunswick

    As of March 20, these are the scheduled softball games for April 1:

  • County teams open golf season

     West Brunswick freshman Landon Patterson was the only golfer to break 80 as he won the season-opening high school golf tourney March 11 at Whiteville Country Club.

    Patterson shot a 79 on the par-72, 6,329-yard course.

    Other scorers for West: sophomore Drew Boyer, 83; senior Holt Durham, 85; sophomore Dylan Howard, 85; sophomore Cole Snyder, 86; and junior Zack Flaccavento, 88.

  • West teams win season-opening...

     West Brunswick was host to South Brunswick, Whiteville and South Columbus in a season-opening track meet March 14 and the Trojans won the girls’ and boys’ meets.

    In the girls’ meet, West beat South 97-96, getting the winning points by a second-place finish the 1,600 relay, the final event. Whiteville scored 45 points and South Columbus 5.

    West won seven events.

    McDaniel won the 100 in 12.88 (a regional-qualifying time) and the 200 in in 27.54. She also won the long jump with a mark of 16-6, a regional-qualifying mark.

  • Myrtle Beach 400 is set for...

     Racing resumes Friday at  Myrtle Beach Speedway with many new events and special events. This will be the 55th year for the racetrack, which has seen the greats of racing compete at the 0.538-mile asphalt facility.

    On Friday, the postponed Myrtle Beach 400, running under the NASCAR Late Model rules, and the South East Limited 100 Pro division will see the green flag  This is the make-up event from rain-delayed Myrtle Beach 400 in November.