Today's Sports

 Editor’s Note: Hot Corner will be published weekly. It’s a conversation revolving around sports between Beacon sports editor Sam Hickman and a Brunswick County resident. If you are interested in chatting on the Hot Corner, email shickman@brunswickbeacon.com. This week’s guest is Ocean Isle Beach resident and former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offensive lineman John Surigao.

Q: Here comes the token opening line. Tell us a little bit about yourself.

 West Brunswick head coach Kelly Williamson, left, and North Carolina Farm Bureau agency manager Rodney Brown, right, present West Brunswick running back Jacary Bethel with the player of the week award. Bethel, a senior running back and linebacker for the Trojans, racked up 80 rushing yards on 12 carries and a touchdown during West Brunswick’s season-opening loss Aug. 18 against Socastee.

 Scroll through the slideshow to see photos from Friday night's varsity football game between the West Brunswick Trojans and Whiteville Wolfpack. Whiteville earned a 29-28 victory on a late two-point conversion. Michelle Caulk contributed the photos.

 BOILING SPRING LAKES – Despite an impressive performance on the offensive side of the ball, South Brunswick High School’s varsity football is still searching for its first win following a 39-36 defeat Friday, Aug. 25, at the hands of the West Bladen Knights.

The Cougars (0-2) reeled off 21 straight points during a first-half onslaught in which South seized control of the game, but the Knights outscored the host team 32-15 in the game’s final 30 minutes.