Today's Sports

 Jay Gause is making steady progress in his comeback from shoulder surgery. The West Brunswick High School graduate is a freshman pitcher for Pitt Community College and on March 7 he pitched 1.2 innings of relief in Pitt’s 9-2 victory over the Dolphins.

In Pitt’s first eight games, Gause was 1-1 with a 6.75 ERA. He had pitched 12 innings in three games, allowing nine hits and nine earned runs. He had struck out 11 and walked 11.

Mount Olive College sophomore Dalton Gore, a South Brunswick High School graduate, and his golf teammates started their spring season last week in the rain-shortened Armstrong Pirate Men’s Golf Invitational at Savannah Quarters Country Club in Pooler, Ga.
Originally scheduled for 54 holes, the 36-hole tournament was their first competition since Nov. 1. Gore was Mount Olive’s top individual finisher, tying for 18th out of 75 golfers with matching 75s for a 150.

The Brierwood Women’s Golf Association played its weekly event on Feb 28. Format was crossover with one-half handicap. First in flight A was Mary Schaack with a net 27. Second was Hilda Hall, net 28. Mary Schaack also had fewest putts, 30. Flight B: First were Betty Herren and Jean Billie, net 26. Second were Carol Fitz-Gerald and Marianne Nobes, net 27. Betty Herren had fewest putts in flight B, 29 putts. Chip-ins: at 2 by Herren and at 14 by Fitz-Gerald.

By Kay Patterson
TFTBC
An evening of dinner, dancing, camaraderie and fundraising highlighted The First Tee of  Brunswick County’s second annual The Golf Ball. Nearly 150 patrons attended raising more than $10,000 for The First Tee scholarships.
VIPs included school superintendent Ed Pruden and wife Peggy, First Tee founders Rusty and Carol Petrea, along with many other business leaders and patrons.