A South Brunswick High School coach married one of his young athletes. Local residents and administrators are speaking out.
Days after marrying her coach, 40-year-old Brent Wuchae, 16-year-old Windy Hager didn't have much to say about the issue. Her neighbors did.
South Brunswick High School track coach Brent Wuchae and his young athlete, Windy Hager were married Monday.
Now neighbors of the newlyweds are talking about the news. Some say age is just a number and you can't help who you fall in love with. But others, like Jack Baker, say the opposite. He's a father of three and says parents should be able to trust their kids' teachers to make better decisions.
Baker said, "It's kind of scary that if you can't trust the profession that you're leaving your child with throughout the day, who can you trust?"
Administrators at South Brunswick High couldn't speak openly about the issue but did say an investigation into the relationship was conducted earlier this school year.
No evidence of a relationship was found.
Teachers say Hager was a good student who stayed out of trouble. And while Wuchae had been suspended in early May, they say overall he was a good employee.
Although Wuchae has resigned from Brunswick County schools, administrators say they expect Hager to continue her education.
No word yet on whether she'll return to South Brunswick High School.
First
of all...this was the PARENTS FAULT...personally..I would have taken after the guy with a baseball bat...then charged him with statutory rape...then the daughter would have moved on.
it is our business
The parents made it everybody business when they didn't stand up and be parents, This girl was not of age to know any better, or think any better of herself. And the teacher went after a girl 15 there is something wrong with that picture, I know love is blind, But when the parents went after the school for what they (parents) called not ending the love affair, WHY didn't you as parents, but, then you want to in turn sue the school? Who do you think pay for the school's defense attorneys. Tax payers of Brunswick county. so that made it our business. You took funds from other kids, parents, teacher, Parents get real and rise the kids you HAD. It is call mom and dad, not just a birthing thing, I am with the writer that said it would have play out. The parents didn't have to sign. If it was love it would play on and they could celebrate their 50th wedding anv. but, you didn't have sign and then look at others for blame,
This is a very messed up
This is a very messed up affair. I was 16 when I got married but I was pregnant and this was in the 60's when you had no choice or go to the home for unwed mothers. If this had been left alone and let it be played out the both of them would have gotten tired of each other and the hassels of the relationship. I speak from experience. BUT since it did come out and so much todoo was made of it the only way to save him was for them to get married. The parents consented to marriage and I don't know why since she was not pregnant. If they were afraid they would lose their daughter if they did not consent to marriage, they lost her anyway doing what they did afterwards.
People spoke nastily of
People spoke nastily of woody and his asian wife yet they are still together and have a family. When people make a fuss about age gaps, it sounds like the days when people fussed about interracial couples. Humans still havent figured out that agism is just as ignorant as racism. She could marry a guy her own age and get beaten daily. Males can be loving and gentle at any age or dangerous at any age. Older Women who bash this couple have NO credibility. You made a hit show out of desperate housewives where a woman has an affair with an underage gardener. You call yourselves "cougars" (a predatory cat) and your young lovers "toys" (men dont call theirs "toys", they call them "wives"). When you bash age gaps its sounds like "blaa blaa blaa". Older men, you have no crediblity. You have put the age of consent at around 16-17 for 700 years in most of the world (research age of consent at wiki or google). You did it because you know thats the right age for lovers to begin earning some freedom to love. Dont say 16 year olds and 17 year olds are "unable to consent" when they have already been doing it for 700 years. Us younger guys have no crediblity. We call older men pervs and older women hot moms (smacking our own gender in the face). Younger women have no credibility. They call males older than them "pervs" then only marry males older than them. Yawn. None of us have crediblity to pass judgement. We are phonies playing "holier than thou"
Woody's Asian wife was his
Woody's Asian wife was his ADOPTED DAUGHTER, whom he had helped raise since she was little. THAT'S why people had spoken out about it or 'spoke nastily' of it.
Because, let's face it, that is nasty.
Woody was never married to
Woody was never married to his asian wife's adopted mother. He wasn't the one who adopted her. He and his wife are not related in ANY way shape or form. Get your facts straight if you are going to call things nasty. Yah. Ok, he knew her when she was growing up. And? not one government on earth has ever passed a law saying "no man should fall in love with a woman he knew when she was growing up". That sounds like one of those imaginary "love rules" women invent but no thinking lawmaker would attempt to pass into a real law.
Woody was a single unwed man. He could date whomever he wanted to date. He was SINGLE. He chose his true love.
That is outrageous, you only
That is outrageous, you only do that if you want to be hated
Sancitmonious Judgemental Creeps
Leave the couple alone. Two people want to get married and spend their lives together, who the hell are you to judge them?
Fascist busybodies, eager to legislate your own ethics and force others into your idea of "good" and "right".
Disgusting culture you people have.
Busybodies
My parents are 20 years apart in age. They just celebrated their 39th anniversery. Thou shalt not judge....so shut up and mind your own business.
mind you own business?
We would if they would stop showing up on the news! Boo Hoo...I want my teddy bear back. And mommy and daddy say, this is not right oh but wait...we'll sign the papers and let them get married. Please, spare me your grief!
Older teacher marries younger student
Has anyone heard that love knows no age limit? What's the big deal and why is everyone sticking their noses into what is a private affair?
There are more, many more, pressing and important issues facing us these days...war, a corrupt government, poverty, our food supplies collapsing and so on. Worry about that you fools and not about what goes on between two people who apparently desire to be with each other. If it works out, it works out. If not, then they just go on their own way.
the problem is
Too many people out there have no lives. I am amazed this this is being discussed 2 weeks later. Don't you have enough important things in your lives to keep you occupied? This is small-town gossip at its best. I think you should pay a lot more attention to illegal wiretapping and the government taking away your liberties than a couple of people who got married. So what, maybe they're right, maybe they're wrong. I'm sure time will tell. What's it gonna fix to have an investigation? Is anyone's life going to be different? Are we going to see then end of psychological problems? Are we going to see 6 year olds no longer molested by family members? Is it really worth it to investigate a CONSENTUAL relationship? You know, it was only50 years ago that everyone was afraid of communists. It was 400 that we were afraid of witchcraft in Massachusetts. It's only a matter of time before mainstream America looks back on crap like this and realizes how silly it was to even consider it a problem. Newsflash - if a LARGE PERCENTAGE of the adult male population has certain urges, when does it cease to be a psychological problem? 10%? 20% 5%? It's called BASIC BIOLOGY. Some people are gay, some people date black chicks. Some guys date younger women. I don't think anyone is going to confuse a 14, 16, or 17 year old with an 8 year old. Let's get real here. There is no resemblance mentally, emotionally, or physically. Let's worry about the granddads, uncles, and neighbors molesting the children, not consentual teenage relationships. There IS no comparison. I would bet that a SMALL percentage (under 1%) of the adult make population would be considered "pedophiles." Let's worry about those, not the 10-20% or MORE of those who are attracted to YOUNG WOMEN who, whether you believe it or not, are absolutely capable of making these decisions more often than not. Nobody wants to acknowledge that reality, either out of ignorance, or out of religious/puritanical background that make sex a dirty word in general. Get out of your shells and see the world people! Talk to people! Do research! It will open your eyes. This is a witch-hunt in the wildest sense of the word. There are not more "predator guys" today that there were 10, 20, 100 years ago, just more exposure and more paranoia!!!!!!
COACH IS OUR FRIEND
I just want to let every one know I am a personal friend of the Coach and was once a man of great power her on Oak Island and I for one want you to know nothing is going on between Windy and her Coach, You all have dirty minds and should be ashamed! I go to church with the coach every Sunday and I personally know he is a good man who cares about the children!!!
What……. They got married……. Oppps!
I was saying, The man is a sexual predator and I knew all along something was not right with him! I even sit next to him in church to make sure he did not bother the children. He should be ashamed!!!!
Teen marriage
I think it's between those two and her parents.
I don't know either one one of them.What we need to worry about is the teen pregnancy rate of single mothers on welfare that we are having to support. I'm sure her husband is supporting her, so why worry? or stick your nose where it doesn't belong?
Delmer
Supply NC
Another Dimocrat
Another Dimocrat, flip-flopping again... please tell me this one isn't running for president or something.
(Bet this doesn't make the tv-3 website) (so posting on star news and townhall as well)
democrat..you mean
democrat..you mean
No, he is correct
Oh No! is correct, spelling fly. They are rather "dim" You missed the humor by trying to be too anal.
DIM ocrat
DIM as in DUMB, not too bright, missing a few brain cells, only one orr in the water, Ducks not in a row, like people who don't get jokes or sarcasm. YOU know.
Dang skippy!
dim was correct. but for those that persist to take offense, let me go one further.
dim-0-craps!
kinda like crooked politicians, it's not a black/white thing, but a dimocrat thing. and these rest of the dimocrats are voting them in again and again. we cannot expect much of their powers of reasoning because of this.
As a proud AMERICAN I must
As a proud AMERICAN I must say regardless of which political party you are a part of, you have missed the whole point! This is a child whose parents should have said NO!! And thanks to all the strong arm laws that our current and past conservitive rep's have put in place you can't even do that with out getting yourself in trouble. We need to take back the right to raise our childern the way we and our parents were raised. Spare the rod, the child will marry her teacher!
WATCH OUT FOR OUR CHILDREN!!!
This story is not over by far,
I have inside information that the local police department is waiting for her and him to split up or have an argument say like over what Barbie is wearing tonight or who is driving the big wheel and they are going to get a statement from her detailing acts that took place prior to her marriage to coach Predator. Each indecent act before the age of 16 is a class I felony. So Coach Stalker, Ya better keep little Windy in new toys or she just may start talkin
we're all to blame....
Year in year out, we allow our congress people to put into law, laws that affect the way we raise our children. For instance, Child abuse laws, who does it really protect? I beleive if the legislators really looked at the ramifications of what their implementing maybe alot of what's happening today wouldn't be happening. If their were no child abuse laws, the father of this child would have had the ability to raise his daughter properly with the correct discapline. All these shootings in schools would be averted, as well as teachers being able to properly discipline these kids at a young age. Now days the majority of these teachers are to afraid of students, so they just sit back and let them do what they want with the idea in mind that the child should be disciplined at home, but that never happens, because too many parents are afraid of their own children these days because of these abuse laws. When I was younger, when I did something bad in school their was the paddle, it kept us in line and taught us to respect our elders, so to speak. It was not an intimidation tactic as many abuse activist may claim. It made the majority of us who we are today, strong, sincere, and most of all respectful. Now days kids have no respect, neither for themselves or others. You may agree or disagree, but if this child was living in our decade, I think her father would have done what he should've done in the first place, disciplined her. I think congress needs to reevalute some of these laws and give the parents back the power for discipline.
Isn't there another way to help this girl? At 16?
I might be way out here but as a parent, business owner, etc, I often try to see all angles. What I'd like to know is did the parents ever consider regaining control and accepting this dating! What I mean to say is that, most of us who have had a daughter (teen) starting to date, they had most "dates" at our house or our family functions. The boy came to our house for dinners, movie, pool parties etc. Why could they not have exercised this option and told both parties that the relationship will be monitored bust like every other teen who dates. No getting home after midnight etc. Bedroom door always open. Maybe they would have had a chance to let the girl figure it out on her own? Or hell, maybe they'd find that this man is a stellar human and be proud to have him join the family? Keep your mind open, there may have been a way and there still might be?
Lets hope it all works out.
JPF
Another great reason to Home School
Homeschooling is on the uptake, just because of stuff like this. We've homeschooled our four children for the last four years, and, God willing, they will never be in a public school again.
Parents, do you really trust the GOVERNMENT enough to raise your kids 30+ hours a week?
Thanks to the Internet, you can find the knowledge and materials you need to educate your children, and avoid this nonsense.
I can not believe the
I can not believe the parents are blameing the school board, sheriffs office and police office, and they signed the papers!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sounds like the kid may have been looking for parent's hers dont seem to give a crap!!!
Windy's Best Friend
Its true they would never let her out of the house b4 all of this started in the first place. They started ignoring her when they moved down here 4rm Charlotte. And plus when they cooked they didn't feed her and when she did come out her room they were going out and never took her. All she ever ate was peanut butter and somewhat found food in the fridge
Windy and I were best
Windy and I were best friends and she let me know whats up but I would have never thoght this would happen. The thing is the more you talk about her on the news and stuff the more she isn't going to care. She is the kind of person who lets things go and guess what the more you talk about her the more YOU ALL SHOULD LET GO. It is there choice and that what they did. Also her dad was more protective then her mother, he almost broke my phone at track practice when she was calling her dad to come get her after practice.
Nasty, perverted adult men
My outlook on this whole situation is that it discuists me. seriously,it takes a sick person 2 moleste young kids without them even knowing. that poor little girl is blind to this and probably thinks he "loves" her. age only being a number is one thing as far a "couple" of years go, but he has overstepped the age/love bounderies. Her parents should have not allowed the wedding, and shouldve pressed charges.i have nothing more to say....thanks.
Think about this!
This guy was a lot smarter than the 16 year old girl, and her parents put together. So far we do not know if sex was involved or not. I happen to suspect it was. If indeed it was, by her parents allowing her to marry him, puts him totally in the clear. In NC a wife cannot be forced to testify against her husband. If they were having sex, and if no one else can prove it, he can not be prosecuted. Great job parents. You probably just allowed this guy to get away with the statutory rape of your daughter.
Why did he leave the Guilford County School System? Was he forced to? Was he transferred here as a means to keep his job and not lose his time served and accumulated retirement? Why was he suspended by Brunswick County Schools a few months ago? Since he resigned from Brunswick County Schools what does he plan to do to support his new wife? Go to ANOTHER school system where he is surrounded by someone else's daughters? Will the circle continue? How could this girl ever trust him to be around other young girls?
Where do they plan on living? Here? Somewhere else where they might not be known?
How could parents allow their 16 year old daughter to marry a man this old, which may or may not have a job or career, whose integrety is ruined by his actions, and who is considered a child molester and preditor in the minds of so many people?
The way I see it, these parents were not good role models, and this allowed this girl to be brain washed by this guy, and then to follow through with this type of raising, the parents allowed her to marry him. I pray you parents will learn from your mistakes, and I also pray the two newlyweds can make a go of it.
When I was in school in the mid 70's I had a crush on my Spanish teacher. When given the chance by her, I knew better than to go for it. We had a homosexual teacher that was always inviting male students to go home with him for the weekend. I knew better than to accept, even though a lot of my classmates accepted his invitation. My parent's were wonderful parents, and I am very proud they raised me in the church and taught me by example. It is sad to say a lot of people can't say the same thing about their parents. I believe this situation will become worse and worse as time goes on. Adults and children are not the same anymore. There are too many other important things in this world than our integrity and morals.
Rednecks????
What in the world do Rednecks have to do with this story> How about YOU and the rest of these damn yankees go back where you came from. There are drunks all over the world not just in brunswick county. Let me tell you a drunk redneck would bend over backwards to help you,thats more than I can say for a smart ass yankee. Go Away!!!!!!
Damn Yankees?
Sadly, your moronic answer perpetuated the image of the southern rednecks - intolerant, close minded, 'if you don't like it leave' attitude.
I'm a Yankee, and guess what, the south isn't yours, it's ours... all of ours. So get up to date on the borders, and get used to strangers in your back yard - we ain't leavin' bud. If anything, we are invading.
Did I see on Fox News that
Did I see on Fox News that Senator Soles was meeting to discuss legislation concerning marriages such as Wuchae/Hager? Isn't he gay himself? What would he know????
what is it about Brunswick county?
hardly a month goes by that there isn't a story about somebody being caught having sex with an underage girl in Brunswick county,
You older gals in Brunswick county need to take up the slack before all your men are in jail
Niether of them are
Niether of them are Brunswick County Natives. So the real question should be, What is it about these people who move to Brunswick County?
The older women in Brunswick County
Dear Sparky,
I hope I am not speaking out of turn, but I would like to add a comment for the women of Brunswick County. Your ignorance astounds me. First you post to the written level of a 1st grader, then you make a statement that shows your mother and father share DNA. Have you never read anything about predatory pedophile? This blatant act of sexual depravity against one of our children has nothing to do with sex; it has to do with control. Since you are obviously uneducated, uncaring and lack any of the social graces that would have allowed you to see how your blog made you appear to the outside world, I shall endeavor to educate you to the best of my ability.
The following is a link that will enlighten you on the definition of a sex offender http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse . This should help you to understand that this is not one of our healthy, hardworking, decent, kind, loving Brunswick County men who think that this man should be locked up to never see the light of day again, but a truly sick, controlling, mean individual who seeks to rob a child of her youth.
Next, here is a link http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/psychology/pedophiles/1.html that will educate you on the mental workings of these individuals that hopefully will make you realize that even if every women over 20 in Brunswick County were lined up in front this man, he would choose a child, he is sick, he needs to be locked up forever.
Ok, now that we have attempted to bring your education up to a working level, let’s move on to some cold hard facts. You stated in your “brain storm blog” the following “hardly a month goes by that there isn’t a story about somebody being caught having sex with an underage girl in Brunswick county” Obviously before you had the “brain fart” that cause this statement you failed to realize one very important thing, at least in our county we are catching them, in your county they are still running loose. Now “sparky” you sit and ponder the ramifications of that. Have a nice day. Colleen
RE: What is it about...
Personally, if my "man" gets caught with an underage girl...he deserves to be in jail.
And if you think this only happens in Brunswick County, you missed the Dateline show "To Catch A Predator." I've invited them to this county many, many times and I would be willing to bet that Coach Pedophile would have been a feature.
the pervert
She called her dad a retard. Do you think maybe she was trying to get out of a situation
at home? Maybe she was used to old men.
guest 194562
Dear Guest,
I would be willing to bet at least 90% of all teenagers have thought of their parents as retards at one time or another. That you jump fron retard to molestation concerning her father is uncalled for to say the least. God help us all!
anyone know where this guy
anyone know where this guy was from before he came to Guilford County?
He started his teaching
He started his teaching career in Guilford County.
he has had sex with other students
i know this man very well and i've known him for years. he is addicted to pornography and he has dated his students on at least 3 occasions. windy is his victim and she is not his first. let me guess, she is quiet, mild mannered and doesn't have many friends. men like him prey on girls like this. men like him can take over and control over a child in a way that they cannot do with women their age. this man just brought all the porn he watches to reality. men pheening over little girls is very common and i warn you if you let this man get away with this you will open the flood gates for men to have sex with your children not at 14 but even younger, these men don't have a cut off age.
What all of you need to
What all of you need to understand is that Brunswick county (specifically Oak Island) is as about as redneck as it gets. This is a very beautiful coastal area that has been a kept secret with the primary revenue being a short tourism season. Thank goodness for the recent influx of new residents bringing opportunity that will hopefully weed out the low skilled lazy drunks on the lam and send them to the swamps where they belong.
This guy wasn't from here,
This guy wasn't from here, you idiot. I guess he was another quality citizen that moved here to help weed out us lazy , redneck drunks. Yee-haw! Maybe someone should give you a free Brunswick County trip to the SWAMP. And don't say something stupid like I also just proved your point. There is no way you could say something like that and not expect to offend the natives of Brunswick County.Every county has good and bad.Since your so called "influx of new residents" things most certainly have changed. You know we used to leave our doors unlocked at night-not anymore!Your mentality is so low you didn't even address the subject of this forum. You used it to make a stab at people to make yourself look big.Do it somewhere else!
"What all of you need to
"What all of you need to understand is that Brunswick county (specifically Oak Island) is as about as redneck as it gets. This is a very beautiful coastal area that has been a kept secret with the primary revenue being a short tourism season. Thank goodness for the recent influx of new residents bringing opportunity that will hopefully weed out the low skilled lazy drunks on the lam and send them to the swamps where they belong."
I've lived in Brunswick County my entire life. I am most certainly not a redneck or a drunk. In fact the most racist and bigoted people I've met have moved here from Ohio, Maine, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. I'm not saying that all people from these regions are rednecks, certainly not, but you have a lot of gall to say that it's the influx of new residents who are the saviors of Brunswick County. Many of the people who have moved here are, in fact, lovely people. They are also, by and large, retired. Their presence requires a local community that catters to their every whim. Getting rid of the locals would destory the community because there would be no one to work here. Do you think that the 65 year old retired couple from upstate New York is going to wait the tables at a local restraunt or maintain the roads? No. Your comment shows a lack of insight into the way a community functions. The new residents and the locals work symbiotically to create an economy which you benefit from. (There's huge tax money that comes out of this region from property sales and inheritence tax.) I hope I've clarified a few things for you.
-JPhinala
Redneck reply
Sorry, but you haven't clarified anything and I think you should be enlightened of some facts.
First, this area is not all rednecks, a term I use to describe low educated, no ambition, no self respect and very little regards toward others. It has nothing to do with where you are from. Those who have have attacked my post are the one's I am referring to since they obviously are insecure about themselves being labeled.
Second, I don't want all the locals to leave. Having been here for 20 years I consider myself one and look forward to spending the rest of my days here.
Third, I don't believe you actually do much with the local service industry or you would fully understand my frustration. It is the attitude that has been instilled here and is often cited amongst the rednecks, "Oak Island is a quaint little dinking town with a fishing problem". Unless you are lucky enough to know reliable service people you can forget about getting anything done if the sun is shining or the fish are biting. And if you want a quality job done you have to manage the service people yourself. Don't take my word fo it, just go ask the restaurant managers how difficult it is to maintain employees.
low skilled
Andy.. You have some nerve coming on here bashing the local residents like that. Your post has nothing to do with the subject at hand. Being a redneck does not make you a pedophile, low skilled, or a lazy drunk. You are a coward to use this board for your remarks. You need to go back where you belong because I assure you I am a redneck southern boy and none of the above. If anything needs weeded out it's your attitude. And I have a size 13 boot that will do that just fine.... Have a nice day.
Thank you for confirming my
Thank you for confirming my point.
Excuse me
I am very offended by your comment Andy. Having grown up in Brunswick County, I take total offense to the fact that you would generalize Oak Island and Brunswick County to be full of 'low skilled lazy drunks'. Most, if not all of the people who fall into this category around here are not people from Brunswick County. Granted, Oak Island is not my favorite places, but there are many wonderful people who live there.
I have a great deal of respect for many citizens, both young and old, who were born and raised in this fine county. I think we were much better off before rude people, like yourself, started moving down here. If you don't like it here, then by all means, move back to where you came from. Then we would be less one arrogant Yankee! Don't you dare make it sound like we are better off with all of you people moving into our area.
Back in the day, we could go into a store and we would see many people we knew. Nowadays, that is not the case. We go into a store and are lucky if we see anyone we know because all of you people are coming in and taking over our perfectly quaint town. It was much more charming back then. As they say, "Those were the good ol' days."
You are a Bigot
"You People" - "Yankee" - "go back where you came from". Man, what a jack#%s. Let me tell you something pal, I'm from another part of this country and I relocated here because of it's beauty, and I don't need your brainless bigoted permission to do so. This is not your domain. This is not your state. You don't have any more rights to this land than me. If you want to go into a store and still know people, stop being such a toad and show us "yankees" some of that southern friendliness we hear about. You might find that we are people just the same as you ...except far more tolerant of others.
Let's be fair here!
I was born and raised in the south, here in Southeastern NC as a matter of fact. Yes, I have lived in other places, and believe me, there are just as many Rednecks up north as there are down south, with the population difference there are probably more. I guess you would call them Yankee Rednecks, since we are Southern Rednecks, or Rebels. Ha-Ha! The point being, they are all the same, no matter where they were born and raised. There are also just as many low classed, ignorant, lazy, no teethed people up north with cars on blocks in their front yards as there are down south, don't fool yourself by saying anything different. All in all, you people from the north are no better or no different than we are. One thing you might need to take into consideration before calling names and putting people down. You need to compare oranges to oranges and apples to apples here. There are good people everywhere and bad ones too. If you are indeed one of the good ones from up north, then compare yourself with one of the good ones from the south, or visa versa, which ever the case may be. I am sure if you look past your prejudices you may find I am really just as good and just as intelligent as you. Do not look down your nose on me, because you think I am beneath you because I wasn't born up north. Thank God I wasn't born up there. I am proud to be a southerner, and proud not to be a redneck! Maybe we need to create a new blog and call it, "North Against the South!" (since in so many of these blogs people seem to get off the subject so much) Think about it!