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Today's Sports

  • Lower your score with advice to...

    Golf is a simple game.
    The ball is not moving when you try to make contact with it. No one is out there intercepting it or catching it and throwing it to first base. When you walk down the fairway, no one is rushing you, trying to tackle you and bring you to the ground.
    There are no defensive players in the grass, waiting to high-stick you. You have no team and there is no opposing team. When you get to the green, nothing stands between you and the cup except your skills and mental readiness.   

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  • West softball pitcher Cook signs...

     West Brunswick softball pitcher Kim Cook signed a letter of intent April 24 to attend St. Andrews University.

    Cook is familiar with Laurinburg, site of the university. Some family members live there and her mom is an alumna. Cook considered offers from other colleges, but finally selected St. Andrews. It fulfills a dream.

    “I always wanted to play in college,” she said.

    The 14-player team has four returning pitchers, two of whom are also infielders. Cook’s only position will be pitcher.

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  • Trojans finish conference season...

      BOILING SPRING LAKES—West Brunswick beat South Brunswick 11-2 May 1 in the final conference game of the season.

    West (10-2, 17-4) finished with 14 hits. The victory also completed a sweep of county teams this season and left West in a first-place tie with Whiteville.

    “We had some guys bring the bats with them tonight,” West coach Mike Alderson said.

    Five West players had at least two hits each.

    Markel Jones, switch hitting, was 2-for-4 with a walk, a double and two RBIs.

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  • West’s Boyer is Waccamaw...

      CASWELL BEACH—The West Brunswick High School golf team completed a championship season by winning the Waccamaw Conference tourney May 1 at Oak Island Golf Club.

    West sophomore Drew Boyer is the conference player of the year. He had the best stroke average of the season, 83.25. He also had the best score in the final tourney, an 81, on the 6,391-yard, par-72 course.

    Boyer is a three-sport athlete. He also runs cross country and wrestles as a 120-pounder. He showed his stamina and strength in winning the final tournament.

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  • Fishing season is starting slowly

    I wish I had more to say, but the past couple of weeks have been pretty uneventful in the offshore fishing world. Cool, windy and now damp weather have kept the fishermen and fish in a holding patter. And it was all looking so good just a few weeks back.

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  • Three steps forward, two steps...

    I can’t say I am excited about the way this past week ended. The speckled trout were busting it earlier last week but died off by the weekend. Small flounder were being caught all through the backwaters from Dunn Sound to Lockwood Folly River, but I can’t say the weekend provided great results.

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  • Trojans complete sweep of county...

     BOILING SPRING LAKES—The West Brunswick girls’ soccer team beat South Brunswick 5-1 April 30 and clinched the top seed from the conference for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 3A state playoffs.

    Carla Zio scored three goals, giving her 79 for her career. Abbey Long and Karson Lewis also scored as the Trojans finish 10-2 and second in the conference. They are 12-4-1 overall.

    The victory also gave West the county championship.

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  • South swimmer Van Noordt signs...

     BOILING SPRING LAKES—South Brunswick High School senior Rachel Van Noordt signed a letter of intent April 30 to attend UNC Asheville and compete in swimming.

    South athletics director Chris Roehner said he thought Van Noordt was the first Cougar swimmer to sign with a college. The program has been in existence 12 years.

    UNC Asheville brought women’s swimming back last fall after not having a program for 36 years.

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  • Lowry, Shields throw one-hitters...

       BOLIVIA—The Brunswick Community College baseball team beat the New River Knights 10-0 in five innings and 10-0 in six innings in a doubleheader Saturday at Founders Field, getting one-hitters from pitchers who have been relievers.

    Matt Lowry, in his second game as a starter, pitched a one-hitter in the first game. He walked one and struck out nine. His ERA is 0.89.

    In the second game, Kyle Shields, in his first start of the season, gave up one hit. He walked none and struck out six.

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