The West Brunswick boys varsity basketball team dropped a pair of games to Wilmington teams last week, losing at home to Laney 75-63 on Tuesday, Jan. 24 and then falling on the road at Ashley 65-38 on Friday, Jan. 27.

The West Brunswick JV girls’ basketball team enjoyed a rare week with two games on the schedule, making the most of a home game on Tuesday, Jan. 24 by beating Laney 24-14.

West Brunswick’s girls varsity basketball team hit .500 for the season after a pair of losses last week dropped them to 8-8 overall, 3-7 Mideastern 3A/4A Conference.

The West Brunswick wrestling team competed in their final regular season matches, finishing with a win over South Brunswick 54-21 on Jan. 24.

The Southeastern Christian Academy varsity boys basketball team went on a six game win streak over the past three weeks to improve to 13-4 for the 2022-23 season.

In 1988, four ladies started playing golf each Wednesday at Sea Trail Golf Club. In 1989, a group of 16 ladies formed a modest league, which became Sea Trail Ladies Golf Association (STLGA). Their objective was to promote interest, sportsmanship and competition golf among its members. One of…

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West Brunswick’s senior swimmers were recognized at the Trojan teams’ first swim meet of 2023 on Jan. 19 at the Brunswick Community College Dinah E. Gore Fitness & Aquatics Center.

West Brunswick’s boys’ varsity basketball team faced Hoggard without head coach Aaron Taylor and starting center Quincy Hankins due to illness when the team traveled to Wilmington on Friday where they lost 64-44.

West Brunswick’s girls’ varsity basketball team faced the same fate on the road at Hoggard Friday night as it did when the Vikings came to Shallotte on Dec. 9, a double digit loss, 66-28, that was decided by the towering Hoggard players in the first quarter.

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West Brunswick officials have hired Shane Handy as the new Trojans head football coach.

The West Brunswick JV boys’ basketball team started 2023 with two losses out of four games but the two wins came against Brunswick County rivals North and South Brunswick.

West Brunswick’s girls varsity climbed to the top of the Mideastern Conference 3A standings by beating both Brunswick County rivals in the past two weeks after knocking off South Brunswick 52-23 in Southport on Friday, Jan. 13.

West Brunswick’s wrestling team completed their home schedule by hosting New Hanover in a dual meet on Wednesday, Jan. 11 and travelled to Morehead City on Saturday, Jan. 14 to participate in the West Carteret Dan Varner Patriot Duals, where they competed against Croatan, Northside High Scho…

The Trojan JV girls’ basketball team will shoot for their first win of 2023 on Friday, Jan. 20 on the road against Hoggard in Wilmington after losing their first two games of the year.

West Brunswick and South Brunswick had traded the lead back and forth in the last 1:30 of the boys varsity basketball game Friday night when the Trojans’ Kevon Daniels drove to the basket to score and draw a foul that made it a 51-50 lead for West with 36.3 seconds to play.

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West Brunswick’s girls’ varsity basketball team beat North Brunswick in a 51-26 blowout at home on Friday, Jan. 6, after losing in a blowout to start the new year at Topsail, 60-36 on Tuesday, Jan. 3.

West Brunswick’s varsity boys’ basketball team won the first home game of the new year with a win over North Brunswick 81-71 on Friday, Jan. 6.

The West Brunswick wrestling team got back on the mat on Wednesday, Jan. 4, hosting North Brunswick to restart the season.

The Southeastern Christian Academy varsity boys’ basketball team split the first two home games of 2023 to go to a 7-4 for the season.

Levi United Football Club Youth Academy completed tryouts for the new 2023 Spring/Summer season.

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West Brunswick’s new baseball coach Greg Wrape came to Shallotte at the beginning of the school year and spent the fall building the foundation of his program through offseason workouts.

Adam Fulford Sr. and Adam Fulford Jr. of Fulford Motorsports presented a plaque to the managers of the Shallotte Smithfield’s Chicken ’N Bar-B-Q on Wednesday, Dec. 28 to show their appreciation for the business sponsoring the racing team.

The West Brunswick boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams each ended 2022 with a victory.

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Taking the plunge in OIB on New Year’s Day

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) recognized West Brunswick High School for earning Level 1 status in the NFHS School Honor Roll.

West Brunswick’s wrestling team finished 2022 with road trips to a dual meet, a tournament and a Mideastern Conference meet, capping the year by traveling to Hampstead to take on MEC 4A foe Topsail High School on Tuesday, Dec. 20.

The West Brunswick Trojan coed swim team faced South Brunswick and Laney on Dec. 15 in the Brunswick Community College Dinah E. Gore Fitness & Aquatics Center in Bolivia at their last meet of 2022.

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Leland resident and long-time softball umpire Art Dietrich was inducted into the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball of Piedmont Hall of Fame on Nov. 19.

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The Trojan girls’ varsity basketball team went to Wilmington Tuesday, Dec. 13 and knocked off Laney 46-42 but didn’t have the same success when Ashley came to Shallotte on Friday, Dec. 16 as the Screaming Eagles won 63-46.

West Brunswick’s boys’ JV basketball team extended their season opening winning streak to seven games, beating Ashley 60-36 on Friday night after coming home from a road game with a 47-36 win against Laney on Dec. 13,.

The Southeastern Christian Academy varsity boys’ basketball team won two home games and a road trip to improve to a 5-2 record for the 2022-23 season.

West Brunswick’s boys won their first Mideastern Conference basketball game at home over Ashley, 48-45, on Friday, Dec. 16 after stopping a Screaming Eagle scoring run to start the second half by hitting pause on play for the final six minutes of the third period, which set up the Trojans to…

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Hoggard held the high ground over the West Brunswick boys’ varsity basketball team Friday night as the Vikings’ 6’3” or taller lineup went to the basket and scored on rebounds and tip-ins when they weren’t shooting 3-pointers over the Trojan defense to run away with a 71-46 victory.

West Brunswick’s girls’ varsity basketball team couldn’t keep up with a taller, faster Hoggard team for four quarters as the Vikings came to Shallotte on Friday and left with a 70-40 win.

The West Brunswick JV boys’ basketball team started the season 5-0 after fighting off a comeback attempt by Hoggard on Friday to pull away for a 61-54 victory.

Trojan teammates Zach Steagall, Gabriel Abbott and Landon Everhart took the next step toward play college baseball, together, by each signing a letter of intent Nov. 30 to attend Brunswick Community College and play for Coach Robbie Allen and the Dolphins.

West Brunswick’s wrestling team traveled to Wilmington for a Mideastern Conference meet at Laney High School on Wednesday, Dec. 7.