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Today's Sports

  • Cook, Lady Trojans stun Nash...

     NASHVILLE—The West Brunswick High School softball team stunned Nash Central 1-0 May 14 in the second round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 3A state playoffs.

    West pitcher Kim Cook gave up one hit—with two outs in the bottom of the ninth—and struck out 12 batters as the Trojans beat a Nash team that entered the game 19-1 and had won 17 straight games.

  • BCC advances for first time to...

     MOREHEAD CITY—The Brunswick Community College baseball team beat Lenoir Community College 9-5 Monday night, winning the Region 10 championship series and advancing for the first time to the NJCAA Division II World Series May 25-June 1 in Enid, Okla.

  • BCC one victory away from World...

     Staff Report

    The Brunswick Community College baseball team needs one more victory in the Region 10 championship series in Morehead City to advance for the first time to the NJCAA Division II World Series May 25-June 1 in Enid, Okla.

    BCC moved into the Region 10 title game by beating Region 10 regular-season champion Catawba 6-3 Sunday afternoon. The title game is set for 7 p.m. Monday. If a second game has to be played, it will be on Tuesday.

  • Cook throws 1-hitter in playoff...

     The West Brunswick softball team beat Triton 2-0 Friday in Shallotte in a first round game of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 3A state playoffs.

    West (15-6) will play at Nash Central (19-1) on Tuesday (too late for this edition).

    Senior Kim Cook pitched a one-hitter. She walked two batters and hit a batter. She struck out seven.

    The Trojans scored their winning runs in the bottom of the fifth.

  • South’s Minor wins state title;...

     GREENSBORO—South Brunswick junior Colin Minor won the shot put championship Saturday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 3A state track and field championships at the Irwin Belk Track at North Carolina A&T State University.

    Minor finished second in the discus throw.

    West Brunswick freshman Tyler Stanley finished third in the high jump.

    Minor won the shot put with a mark of 55 feet, 5 inches, a personal best. Last year, he was second (51-10.5). The Class 3A record is 60-4.25.

  • Trojans win opener in baseball...

     The West Brunswick baseball team beat South Johnston 5-2 Friday in Shallotte in a first round game of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 3A state playoffs.

    Starter Ryan Caison struck out seven batters in four-plus innings and Landon Tilley struck out eight in three innings.

  • Lady Trojans lose in first round...

     The West Brunswick High School girls’ soccer season ended May 8 in Shallotte in a 3-0 loss to C.B. Aycock in the first round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 3A state playoffs.

    West finishes 12-5-1. C.B. Aycock is 14-6 and plays either Wilson Hunt (16-2) or Washington (8-10) in the second round.

    The game started badly for the Trojans. Defender Gracie Baxley was injured 2 minutes, 6 seconds into the game and remained sidelined for the rest of the game.

  • Hensley wins two matches in...

    By Alan Hensley
    Special to The Beacon
    Former West Brunswick golfer Greg Hensley played for the South in the 10th annual North South Tournament April 19-21 at Keith Hills Golf Club in Buies Creek. Hensley is enrolled in the PGA Golf Management program at Campbell University.
    The three-day tournament was the last event of the 2013 Spring Semester Tournament Series. Forty-six golf students and two golf instructors were divided in foursomes. North won the tourney.

  • Scores, highlights of area golf...

    Brick Landing
    On April 30, the Brick Landing Nine played substitution: Golfers played their regular game and replaced their two highest scores with pars for that hole. The winner was Dottie Leelike with a score of 45.

  • Friendships formed through golf...

    Miki and Eddie Pear and Gene and I have been friends for more than 20 years and it all began on a golf course.  
    I was playing in the fifth position for Navesink Country Club in a Women’s Metropolitan Golf Association team match. We were in series seven and on that particular Tuesday we played against Preakness Hills at Preakness Hills.