Today's Sports

 BY ELSA BONSTEIN 

BEACON CORRESPONDENT

Greg Hensley, an Ace level participant in The First Tee of Brunswick County, has been selected to compete in the Home Care & Hospice First Tee Open at Pebble Beach Sept. 3-5, a Champions Tour event.

Three West Brunswick fumbles set up three Oak Ridge Military Academy touchdowns in the first half and Oak Ridge went on to beat the Trojans 42-0 in the opening game of the high school football season for both teams.

“We played a really good football team,” West coach Jimmy Fletcher said. “They had probably nine Division I players.”

Nonetheless, Fletcher said his team could have played better than it showed.

Local inshore fishing remains locked into our long summertime pattern, as the hot weather continues to make early morning and night fishing more productive than anything else. Redfish action is the best thing going inshore, while black drum are there to be caught after dark.

The redfish are still schooling inside and can be taken around the creeks as well as along the bridges, docks and points inshore. Redfish are moving and feeding only when the tide is really flowing, so the action is best on strong currents, when the water really kicks up a fuss.

As I boarded my boat and headed out for another day of fishing, I glanced down at my water temperature gauge. It read 89 degrees; is that possible? I dipped my hand into the bait well and the water was hot. I thought to myself, “If I were a fish, would I want to live here?” And thus it’s not hard to find reason for the slow fishing our area is experiencing.