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Today's Sports

  • December: Time to fish red drum...

    Red drum and speckled trout fishing are already into their wintertime pattern, even though the outside temperatures are still touching 70 some days.
    That is great news for local anglers who want to pursue redfish and trout in boats, looking for the schools in the shallow water without having to endure the harsh cold that will eventually come. If you are a small-boat angler in Brunswick County, now is a good time to get on the water.

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  • Cedar Grove finishes unbeaten in...

    Using the motto of “one team,” the Cedar Grove Middle School soccer team finished the season 8-0.
    “In my 22-year coaching career in Brunswick County, this is my first 8-0 championship team,” coach Marty Mentzer said.
    She has won at least 10 championships and one team finished 7-0.
    “‘One team’ exemplified the way this team played together,” she said. “We scored 31 goals by eight different players and only allowed three goals scored against us all season.”

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  • Rankin honorable mention at All-...

    STAFF REPORT

    Brandon Rankin was one of nine Washington State University football players who received All-Pac-12 Conference recognition, including three named to the second team. Rankin received honorable mention.
    Rankin, a defensive tackle/end, picked up his first career all-conference accolade in his final season at WSU, making 20 tackles, 12 solo and 4.5 for losses.

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  • Rankin named honorable mention...

     Brandon Rankin was one of nine Washington State University football players who received All-Pac-12 Conference recognition, including three named to the second team. Rankin received honorable mention.

    Rankin, a defensive tackle/end, picked up his first career all-conference accolade in his final season at WSU, making 20 tackles, 12 solo and 4.5 for losses.

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  • Fletcher’s legacy is his off-the...

     

     Two days after Jimmy Fletcher was fired as football coach at West Brunswick High School, he received a job offer at another school.

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  • Scores, highlights of area golf...

    The Beachcombers played a modified Stableford tournament Friday at Sea Trail Jones Course. In first place at +6 were Stu Cleveland, Dennis Keane and Bob Byrne. Second were Dan O’Connell, Hal Riebesehl and Tom Culverwell at +4. Low gross was Stu Cleveland, 90, and low net was Bob Byrne, 68. Byrne was also +8 and was voted golfer of the week.

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  • Chicks win ORLGA Carolina Cup

    BY LORRAINE CROSBY
    SPECIAL TO THE BEACON
    The Ocean Ridge Ladies Golf Association (ORLGA) played its annual Carolina Cup tournament, which is a three-day Ryder Cup format tournament. The tournament was played Nov. 14 on Lion’s Paw, Nov. 16 on Panther’s Run and Nov. 21 on Lion’s Paw.
    As in traditional Ryder Cup matches, there were three formats: alternate shot, better ball and individual match play. In each format, the winners of the match gained one point for her team. A half point was awarded for a tie.

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  • Ashley Sloup: Growing her game,...

    Ashley Sloup, sophomore at South Brunswick High School and Ace Level member of The First Tee of Brunswick County, is putting it all together and planning a career in golf.

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  • Speckled trout season has begun

    December is here and that means speckled trout season in Brunswick County.
    Each year anglers begin their annual pursuit of the beautiful and aggressive specks as they roam inshore and in the surf in large schools, hitting a variety of baits and lures and running the tides at both predictable and totally unpredictable times.
    Unfortunately, the biggest news in trout fishing this year is the new North Carolina size and creel limits. Recreational anglers can now keep only four speckled trout with a 14-inch size limit.

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  • Fish are biting inshore, offshore

    I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend. Mother Nature did her part and gave us one of the nicest weather weekends we have had all year.
    It was beautiful. Offshore fishermen were finally given a multiple-day weather window to get offshore and take advantage of the area’s great late fall fishing. The Gulf Stream yielded good catches of wahoo with mixed in Mahi-mahi and blackfin tuna. The bite was not red-hot but respectable with most catches bringing in multiple wahoo, averaging in the 40- to 50- pound class.

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