Michael Paul

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Five former Cougar players on Loggerheads roster

3 weeks ago | stateportpilot.com | Eliot Duke |Michael Paul

The Oak Island Loggerheads baseball team will make its debut at 6 p.m. Thursday at Bill Smith Park, competing in the Coastal Division in the Old North State League. Five former South Brunswick High School baseball players are listed on the roster as of May 29: Patrick Boldt (Pitt Community College), Mannix Crawford (Bob Jones University), Banks Hartman (Methodist University), Jaden Marvin (USC Salkehatchie) and Will Lamiman (Greensboro College).
South's Hill, Earley named top Cougar athletes

3 weeks ago | stateportpilot.com | Michael Paul

Morgan Hill and Jack Earley were honored as South Brunswick High School athletes of the year during the sports awards program Sunday at Generations Church. Speaking about Hill, a lacrosse player, South Athletics Director Christopher Sotriffer said, “As coaches, our biggest goal is to help our players grow, not just in skill but in character, leadership and determination. Watching this athlete this season, it was clear that she just didn’t grow, she thrived.
Record-breaking season comes to end in playoffs

1 month ago | stateportpilot.com | Michael Paul

(Newport) Croatan beat South Brunswick 10-7 May 20 in the third round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A/2A/1A girls lacrosse state playoffs. Croatan improved to 13-8. Last season it was a Final Four team. In 2023, it won the state championship. The South Brunswick Cougars end the most successful season in the history of the program 9-11.
Nearly 20 years, dad asks, 'Where is justice?'

1 month ago | stateportpilot.com | Michael Paul

Larry and Daphine Prince say they are grateful for what Boiling Spring Lakes has done in remembering their son, slain police officer James “Mitch” Prince: the bridge, the scholarship and now the dedication of the new police department building in his name. “This tells us that they haven’t forgotten,” Larry Prince said. “And that is so important to us, that our son’s life was not just given in vain and people forgot him.”Closure, however, is uncertain, like waiting for a medical diagnosis.
Dedication occurs during National Police Week

1 month ago | stateportpilot.com | Michael Paul

The dedication Friday of the Boiling Spring Lakes Police Department building to James “Mitch” Prince took place during National Police Week. Boiling Spring Lakes Mayor Jeff Winecoff said that “when you’re a regular citizen, you really don’t comprehend what our police officers go through on a day-to-day basis. “But when you get elected to office, there’s more empathy for what they really actually do for your community.
Lakes police station dedicated to Officer 'Mitch' Prince

1 month ago | stateportpilot.com | Michael Paul

Blessed are the peacemakers. Chaplain Celeste McConnell spoke those words during the opening prayer Friday at the dedication of the Boiling Spring Lakes Police Department building to fallen Officer James “Mitch” Prince. “That task is not easy, nor will it ever by pretty,” McConnell said. “And those who do it often will be misunderstood. Peacemaking is messy and wrenching work. It takes a lot of time and emotional energy. But the journey is needed, and we all know that sometimes peace is not possible.
Lady Cougars win in playoffs for first time

1 month ago | stateportpilot.com | Michael Paul

The South Brunswick girls lacrosse team routed (Jacksonville) Northside 18-4 in a second-round game of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A/2A/1A playoffs Thursday at South. Since the program began in 2015, this was South’s first home game in the playoffs and it was South’s first victory in three playoff appearances. “They played as a team,” coach Reagan Mullins said. “I’m really proud of them. The offense showed up and the defense did what it had to do.
As reign ends, legacy begins shining

1 month ago | stateportpilot.com | Michael Paul

(Winterville) South Central senior Somer Davenport held South Brunswick to one hit and the Falcons scored three unearned runs off three errors in beating the Cougars 3-0 in seven innings May 13, ending the reign of the defending N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A state champions. The Cougars finish the season in the third round of the playoffs with a record of 18-3.
Cougars in playoffs for seventh consecutive time

1 month ago | stateportpilot.com | Michael Paul

The South Brunswick girls soccer team beat West Brunswick 2-0 in overtime Wednesday, May 7, at South in the final game of the conference season. The Cougars finish 4-9-1 in the Mideastern 3A/4A Conference; the Trojans, 2-12. Coached by Logan Adkisson, South is 7-11-3 overall and was scheduled to play on Monday in a first-round game of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A state playoffs at (Wilson) Hunt, 16-2-3 (too late for this edition). The second round is Thursday.
Cougars pummel West 16-2; enter state playoffs

1 month ago | stateportpilot.com | Michael Paul

South Brunswick senior lacrosse player Morgan Hill has finished the regular season as the county leader in goals scored in a single season and goals scored in a career. In 18 games this season, Hill scored 114 goals, a county record, according to an announcement at the game. In three seasons, Hill played in 49 games and scored 200 goals, a county record.