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Today's Sports

  • Laney too much for South...

    The South Brunswick Cougars went into the football game Friday night at Laney on a two-game winning streak, with a defense that hadn’t given up a touchdown, with high hopes of pulling off a major upset and silencing any critics who believed their undersized roster would be a downfall to their season.

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  • Wade Currie creates information...

    Wade Currie has finished his Eagle Scout Project: an information hut for The First Tee of Brunswick County. Constructed of treated all-weather wood, Wade House has a roof, a glassed in framed bulletin board with rear access and a lift-top desk. Wade is a member of Paul Mason Troop 19 in Wilmington.

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  • Red drum being caught at Little...

    Fishing is certainly feeling like fall, with lowering water temperatures and worries about hurricanes seemingly every week. Post Hurricane Irene, the inshore saltwater fishing in Brunswick County has gotten much better.
    Redfish, flounder, pompano, bluefish and Spanish mackerel are being caught—not in fall numbers yet but in good early September action.

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  • West beats Scorpions, Knights in...

     LELAND—The West Brunswick High School volleyball team beat North Brunswick 25-20, 25-11, 25-16 in a conference match Sept. 6 at North.

    West led 14-13 in the first set when a cross-court kill by West}s Olivia Babson led to a sideout and her serving for five more points. Two kills by Jasmine Jackson gave West a 22-15 lead and the Trojans won the set on a point by Alyssa Chappell.

    Jackson and Kaylee Johnston served West to 16-4 lead in the second set, the 16th point a kill from the back row by Mary Morgan Inions. West went on to win 25-11.

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  • Trojans rally in fourth quarter...

     West Brunswick scored on a halfback option pass from sophomore Sean Hewett to senior wide receiver Cameron Smith with 2 minutes left to clinch a 28-18 victory Friday night over North Myrtle Beach in a non-conference high school football game.

    The victory was the first of the season for West (1-2). North Myrtle Beach, which had not scored in its two previous games, dropped to 0-3.

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  • BCC finishes 3-2 in Labor Day...

     

     

    BCC opened its Labor Day volleyball tournament by beating Louisburg College 25-14, 22-25, 25-18, 25-21 on Friday afternoon at the Dinah E. Gore Fitness & Aquatics Center.

    In the first set, Kenzie McDuffie served the Dolphins to a 6-0 lead. Danielle Ellis held serve for four more points as the Dolphins extended the lead to 11-1 and BCC went on to win 25-14.

    In the second-set loss, the Hurricane scored five straight points in taking a 14-9 lead. The lead was 23-17 when BCC rallied but fell five points short of victory.

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  • Trojans open conference with...

     

    The West Brunswick volleyball team opened its conference season by sweeping previously unbeaten Whiteville 25-15, 25-21, 25-14 at West.

    Jasmine Jackson finished with 14 kills and six blocks. Alex Wickel had 26 assists and scored seven points Mary Morgan Inions scored 15 points, five of them aces. She also had five kills.

    Kaylee Johnston scored a season-high seven points. Olivia Babson scored a season-high six points and had a season-high four blocks. Alyssa Chappell scored five points and had five kills Hannah Stocks had four digs.

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  • Unexpected motivation this...

          The Brunswick Community College volleyball team opens its home season with the BCC Labor Day Tournament Sept. 2-4 at the Dinah E. Gore Fitness & Aquatics Center.

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  • South beats West in tennis dual

     

    South Brunswick beat West Brunswick 7-2 in a conference tennis dual Aug. 25 at the Ocean Isle Beach Park Tennis Center, a dual that had some exciting matches.

    At No. 1 singles, the feature match of the dual, defending conference champion Summer Phillips remained unbeaten in her varsity conference singles career, defeating Penny Watts 7-5, 6-1.

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  • Turnovers doom West in 49-21 loss

     SOCASTEE, S.C.—Socastee scored after four straight first-half turnovers by West Brunswick and went on to beat the Trojans 49-21 in a non-conference high school football game Aug. 25.

    The Trojans scored the first touchdown on a 1-yard run by quarterback Taylor Buffkin on their first possession. Buffkin and Justin Bland did most of the running on the 57-yard drive, and Cameron Smith’s extra put gave the Trojans a 7-0 lead with 6:43 left in the quarter.

    The Braves scored on a 19-yard run, tying the score with 4:57 left in the quarter.

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