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Today's Sports

  • Golf action

    Bill Favro shot a net 62 and won the weekly Players Golf Association tournament at Meadowlands Golf Course. Second with a net 64 was Bob Lange. Third at 68 was Wil Garvin. Fourth at 69 was George Griffin. Favro also had the low gross of 76.

    GLANTON ACES

    PANTHER’S RUN 17th

    Beau Glanton made a hole-in-one Dec. 19 on the 17th hole at Panther’s Run. He used a 7-hybrid.

    BRIERWOOD MGA

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  • Baby, it’s cold...

    It’s warm outside as I write this. The temperature is supposed to go higher than 70 degrees today, so my visiting family and I will be out on the course this afternoon wearing light clothing.

    That’s great, and one of the reasons we chose to live here on the Carolina coast.

    However, we do get cold weather here during the winter months. The temperature can dip way below freezing for several weeks at a time. Plus, because we’re next to the ocean, wind is a constant chill factor.

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  • North wins over Trask

    LELAND—North Brunswick held Trask scoreless for the first quarter en route to a 69-21 victory over Trask Dec. 18 in a high school girls basketball game. North coach Travis Fortune used all 10 of his players and all scored at least two points.

    Sophomore forward Barbara Graham and sophomore guard Tyera Fisher each had 13 points. Fisher, who is leading the team with a 14-point scoring average, also had four assists.

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  • West cheerleaders invited to...

    The West Brunswick High School cheerleaders have been invited to compete March 20-22 at the Cheer Ltd. Nationals at CANAM in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

    West was selected to compete in the national competition because it scored high enough in the sixth annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association Invitational Cheerleading Championships Nov. 8 at the Raleigh Convention Center.

    West coach Tiffa Murray said the West Brunswick varsity team has been invited to previous nationals but never has had the chance to actually go.

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  • Location is key when finding...

    The weather has alternated between unusually warm and typically cold, but local inshore fishing has settled into its traditional winter pattern. That means fewer people are fishing but some coolers are still being filled.

    For the casual bottom angler and the surf fishermen there are targets out there, though they might not be easy to find. Fish are schooled up tight, meaning it isn’t hard to miss out on them if you are at the wrong spot at the wrong time. Some of them also tend to be more active at certain times of the day and night.

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  • Merry Christmas to all

    Dear Reader, Since Christmas is a time to send letters and cards to friends and family, here’s my Christmas letter to y’all.

    The Christmas season is a reminder of the power of love and light. If you are a Christian, you commemorate the time when God reached down to earth and gave the ultimate gift, his son, Jesus.

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  • Smokers, meet Scrooge

    To you athletes who smoke, I hid your cigarettes last night.

    Don’t snicker you athletes who chew tobacco. I hid your tins, too.

    I was in a hurry—I had more places to visit on Christmas Eve than I thought. And Santa visited some places longer than I could wait him out. So some of you athletes may still be able to find your cigarettes and your chew.

    To the rest of you athletes, I am doing you a favor.

    A self-righteous Scrooge? Of course.

    But please answer me, Mr. Athlete and Miss Athlete, what is the benefit of smoking?

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  • BCC Dolphins enter holiday break...

    The Brunswick Community College basketball team enters the holiday break 13-2 and full of optimism as it looks forward to the rest of the Region X season.

    The Dolphins opened the Region X season by beating USC-Salkehatchie 74-70 Dec. 13. The victory came a week after BCC played in the Panhandle Shootout at Chipola Junior College in Marianna, Fla.

    The tournament in Florida had 10 teams in it, and five were nationally ranked, BCC coach Walter Shaw said.

    “It was an honor for us to even be invited to it,” he said.

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  • MEC Coach of Year Fletcher has...

    What was obvious halfway through the football season became a reality after the season: West Brunswick High School football coach Jimmy Fletcher is the Mideastern Conference Coach of the Year.

    Fletcher won the 3-A title in the conference, a feat that would merit consideration for coach of the year. But the conference coaches were aware of what Fletcher had to overcome: a winless season in 2007. The Trojans finished the 2008 season 6-6 after a loss in the first round of the state playoffs.

    Fletcher gave most of the credit for the turnaround to his team and staff.

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  • Waccamaw all-conference teams...

    South Brunswick’s tennis and volleyball teams dominated the all-conference selections in the Waccamaw Conference.

    In volleyball, seniors Jenna Kazmierczak, Brittany Spivey and Christina Deveney were first-team selections.

    Juniors Nicole Ray, Rheanna Lawson and Caitlin Bevill were second-team selections.

    In tennis, conference champion Summer Phillips, senior doubles champion Katie Soden and senior Lauren Scheetz were first-team selections. Senior doubles champion Kelley Presson, sophomore Leighann Scheetz and junior Sarah Brock were second-team selections.

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