Today's Sports

 Sports editor Sam Hickman's photos from West Brunswick's women's soccer game against New Hanover at M.H. Rourk Stadium in Shallotte. 

 Teams from the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office and New Hanover County Sheriff's Office competed in a charity basketball game last week at North Brunswick High School to support Relay for Life of Brunswick County. 

 SHALLOTTE - When games have finished, parents of players and supporters of the program speak about the players and their accomplishments on that particular night or a coach’s wise decision to make the right move at the right time that led to a thrilling victory.

It’s not often those same folks will mention, much less praise, the work of that team’s athletic trainer, who spent hours prior to the game preparing for the event and time following the game cleaning up and getting ready for the next contest.

 SHALLOTTE – West Brunswick High School has pegged a former Trojan its next head coach of the football program.

Brett Hickman, who played for West from 2000-03, has accepted the head coaching position at his alma mater, athletic director Jimmy Fletcher confirmed this week.

The position became available following the Jan. 22 resignation of Kelly Williamson, who had been head coach of the Trojans since 2015.