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Today's Sports

  • Ron Watts wins BCTA singles...

    The BCTA singles ladder playoffs took place at the Ocean Isle Beach Park Tennis Center.
    The top eight players in the playoffs, by seeding, were Phil Edwards, LaMarr Hardy, Lewis Shaw, Rick Thomas, Ron Watts, James Capps, Dave Gongora and Tom Smith.
    In the first round, Edwards defeated Smith 6-4, 6-0. Watts defeated Thomas 6-2, 6-2. Capps defeated Shaw 6-4,1-6, 6-4. Hardy defeated Gongora 6-2, 6-3.

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  • Dorn named to all-SE Region

    STAFF REPORT

    Lees-McRae College senior Mary Dorn headlines a trio of three Bobcat women’s soccer players on the 2011 Daktronics NCAA Division II all-Southeast Region team.
    Dorn garnered all-region recognition for the first time in her career, earning a spot on the first team, as the Bobcats set a program-record with three selections. Sophomore MaryBeth Sullivan (Greensboro, N.C.) and freshman Meagan Thornton (Millville, N.J.) were each named to the second team as Sullivan earned all-region recognition for the second straight season.

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  • Special Olympics soccer teams...

    West Brunswick teams won gold and bronze medals in the Special Olympics North Carolina Fall Tournament, which concluded Nov. 13 in High Point.
    The Brunswick Fire won a gold medal in five-on-five soccer: Daniel Catala, Chris Musgrove, Kristyn Ramsey, Zaporia Reed, Dion Smith, Sakethia Stevenson, Juan Velez and Frederick Williams.
    The Brunswick Heat won a bronze medal: Joseph Allen, Richard Cummings, Derick Ferrell, Derrick Green, Audrey Keith, Mauquel Randall, Chris Robinson, Barry I. Straub, Christopher Tart.

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  • Volunteers are the heart and...

    BY REBECCA ALBIN
    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TFTBC
    The First Tee of Brunswick County impacts the lives of more than 7,000 young people annually with two paid staff members and more 300 hundred volunteers, who mow greens, write press releases, plan golf tournaments, raise money, input data and answer phones, and do almost any task asked of them. Essentially, volunteers run TFTBC. And, they do it with an open heart, compassion and more energy than can be imagined.

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  • Beebe wins Grand Strand...

    The Grand Strand Seniors Men’s Golf Association played its annual Tournament of Champions on Nov. 15 at Tiger’s Eye Golf Links at Ocean Ridge Plantation in Ocean Isle Beach.
    To qualify for the tournament, golfers must have won at least one of the regular Monday tournaments. The format is stroke play with handicap. Each flight is awarded a low-gross and four low-net winners and 120 golfers participated in six flights. The following are the winners:

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  • Trojans open basketball season...

     The West Brunswick boys’ basketball team opened its season by beating West Columbus 63-52 Nov. 21.

    Taylor Buffkin scored 17 points and junior Markel Jones hit three 3-pointers in scoring 12 points in the victory. Jawon McNeil eight rebounds and nine points. Buffkin also had six rebounds. Altrey Frink had five assists.

    Three scoring runs midway in the game led to West’s victory, but West Brunswick coach Eric Davis said the team had too many turnovers.

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  • Lady Trojans open basketball...

     The West Brunswick Lady Trojans built a 16-0 lead and went on to beat West Columbus 52-25 in its season-opening basketball game Nov. 21.

    Senior Jasmine Jackson scored 26 points and  had 18 rebounds. She also blocked three shots and made three steals as Mark Jones got his first victory as varsity coach.

    “They played wonderfully,” Jones said. “They did everything that we told them to do. The press worked really well. We got a lot of points off of that.

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  • Sports calendar

    5K RUN NOV. 19
    AT HOLDEN BEACH
    A free 5K run will take place at 9 a.m. Nov. 19 at Holden Beach. Nick Westfall, a physical education teacher at Virginia Williamson Elementary School, is organizing the 3.1-mile run. The race is for all ages.
    Prizes will be given to the winners and those chosen at random, Westfall said. One of the prizes offered is free membership to the Brunswick Community College Fitness & Aquatics Center, Westfall said. Volunteers are needed.

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  • Lockwood Folly LGA raises $15,...

    The Lockwood Ladies Golf Association and guests gathered Nov. 10 for their annual fall luncheon at the Chestnut Hill restaurant in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
    The highlight of the affair was the announcement the organization had raised $15,500 to benefit the Brunswick County Hospice and LifeCareCenter being built in nearby Bolivia. The amount exceeded their original pledge of $10,000 over three years.

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  • Ocean Ridge LGA plays member-...

    The Ocean Ridge Ladies Golf Association (ORLGA) played its annual fall member- member tournament Nov. 2 on Panther’s Run and Nov. 7 on Lion’s Paw. Twenty-one two-member teams competed over the two days in four different nine-hole formats.  
    On the first day, the formats were alternate shot on holes 1-9 and a scramble on holes 10-18. On Lion’s Paw, the formats were total net of partners on holes 1-9, and better ball of partners on holes 10-18.  

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