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Today's Sports

  • Trojans fail to notch point in 9...

    Despite a recent 9-0 loss against 3A powerhouse New Hanover, West Brunswick men’s tennis coach Bob Bell is optimistic about the direction in which his squad is heading early in the season.

    For the second straight match, the Trojans lost all nine matches against a Wilmington school, this time a 9-0 defeat at the hands of New Hanover on Thursday, March 22, at Ocean Isle Beach Park.

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  • Walston dominates Trojans, West...

     WILMINGTON – West Brunswick entered a Friday, March 23, conference game against New Hanover with a 4-5 record, having lost two of its past three games.

    The Trojans were in desperate need of a victory and instead ran into a 6-foot-5 buzzsaw in the form of New Hanover left-hander Blake Walston.

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  • South knocks off North in...

     South Brunswick defeated North Brunswick 5-2 in a varsity baseball game Friday, March 23, in Boiling Spring Lakes.

    South Brunswick’s Derek Astoske pitched five scoreless innings to earn the win. He surrendered just three hits and two walks while striking out five before giving way to Carl Stidham, who yielded a pair of runs in two innings of relief.

    Mason Phillips led South Brunswick offensively with a 3-for-4 performance. He scored a pair of runs.

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  • Inaugural Brunsco Battlefield...

     The Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce has announced the Inaugural Brunsco Battlefield event is slated for Saturday, May 5.

    Believe me when I tell you, you’re going to want to watch this.

    Better yet, get a team together to participate! The event is open to chamber member businesses only, for the record.

    This is yet another great reason for business owners to join a local chamber of commerce.

    You are allowed to attend as a spectator, but must buy an admission ticket.

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  • Long ball lifts North to rivalry...

     South Brunswick was seemingly in control with a 7-5 lead in the top of the sixth inning in a Mideastern Conference varsity softball game against North Brunswick on Friday, March 23, in Boiling Spring Lakes.

    The Scorpions picked a great time to use the long ball.

    Makayla Himes and Jessica Williams blasted home runs in a six-run top of the seventh inning to lead North Brunswick to a 13-7 triumph over county rival South Brunswick.

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  • Architect of Lady Trojans’...

     SHALLOTTE -West Brunswick women’s basketball coach Dylan Johnson has resigned after two seasons guiding the Lady Trojans.

    Johnson will continue to teach science and work as an assistant football coach and head coach of the track and field program, but he resigned from the head basketball post due to conflicts with his military schedule.

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  • Holiday tournament raises money...

     Editor’s note: See the complete golf roundup online and more photos at brunswickbeacon.com.

    Mike and Becky O’Hare of Sunset Beach hosted the 5th Annual O’Hare Memorial St. Patrick’s Day Tournament at Carolina Shores on Saturday, March 17. The tournament and its participants raised more than $3,000 to donate to the Michael J. Fox Foundation to battle Parkinson’s disease.

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  • Trojan women’s soccer team drops...

     West Brunswick’s varsity women’s soccer team dropped its first two Mideastern Conference games of the 2018 season, but rebounded with a 2-1 victory over 4A school Lumberton on Friday, March 16.

    Hayley Giordano and Mia Adcock each scored a goal to propel the Trojans to their third win of the season. 

    The Trojans failed to score a goal in a pair of league games games – a  6-0 decision at home against Ashley on March 13 and a 7-0 contest on the road at Laney on Thursday, March 15.

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  • Powell scores a date with...

    Braxton Powell, a senior on West Brunswick’s men’s lacrosse team, held a pregame prom invitation ceremony prior to a game against Ashley on March 13. Powell invited to the 2018 prom Chloe Lach, a member of the Trojans’ women’s lacrosse team. The stunt worked as Lach said, “Yes.”

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  • Three share medalist honors at...

     A trio of golfers tied for medalist honors at a Mideastern Conference high school golf match March 13 at the Dye Course in Landfall in Wilmington.

    Walker Isley and Xavier Williams, both of South Brunswick, tied Topsail’s Max Johnson as all three golfers finished with scores of 74 to share top honors.

    South Brunswick captured the team title with a cumulative mark of 323, which was two strokes better than Topsail’s 325.

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