Safety First

Officials when making decisions to play or not to play use every available means to determine the best option for completing any sporting event.

The forecast Friday night was rain with potential for thunder storms. The Saturday forecast was rain with the system moving out of the area as Saturday night approached.

In what would have been game time last night I don't think we had any rain at all in Rocky Mount but if you have seen the news this morning the reason the game was postponed was one of those thunder storm in which the area got last night hit the Elm City area well past midnight but life has been lost.

Thunder storms especially severe ones have potential for tornadoes and the Kenly to Elm City area was hit had. At least two people are known dead as this time.

Knowing what has happen over night and we are the only eastern 3-A bracket team that did not play last night I cannot say that I can fault anyone who goes safety first.

I am sure as the school year goes on there will be decisions to be made as to is it going to snow or when do we let school out?

We have to trust the people in charge of the decisions will make the very best at the time they make them according to the information they have at the time.

Now the forecast for tonight now is just about the same as last night but the kicker is it is suppose to start clearing off as we get into Saturday night.

Whether we are a go tonight or it is put off until Monday only time will tell us that and until we actually get there tonight we won't know if it right or wrong one way or the other.

Now lets Look at what did happen:

The #2 Seed West Craven had little trouble with Bertie 45-21 and they will meet conference foe Washington a 34-25 winner over Havelock. That is twice in three weeks that Washington has beaten Havelock.

The other side of that bracket Southwest Edgecombe rumbled for a 34-20 win over South Granville and the Cougars will now face Kinston who had the biggest struggle of the night winning 14-6 over Nash Central.

Remember I told you last week that Nash Central was going to be a hard out for who ever got them in the first round and Kinston survives.

In the upper bracket Hertford County had little trouble with Eastern Wayne winning 57-13 and they will play Eastern Alamance a 26-7 winner over Grays Creek.

Now the game of interest for the Gryphons John Hammett will be returning to the RMAC for the second time this year. He brought has Warriors to the Jamboree back in August and I had them as the third best team there. They beat Beddingfield 37-18.

There were no major upsets in the 3-A state bracket but there was one of major interest for Gryphon fans as Western Alamance the team that has knocked the Gryphons out of the playoffs three straight years fell in the western bracket.

It is now up to the Gryphons to hold up their end of the bargain.