The Week That Wasn't

This was supposed to be the week where Rocky Mount and Northern were supposed to play for the title in the NEW 6 Conference volleyball conference tournament.

It will not happen as Northern was beaten Monday night in the conference semifinals by Wilson Fike. The Lady Knights had beaten Fike twice during the regular season.

The Lady Gryphons held up their end of the bargain and won 3-0 over Nash Central. They will meet Fike for the championship at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Nash Central.

This was also suppose to be the week that the RMHS boys soccer team won two games and finished in a tie for first with Northern Nash's boys.

That won't happen either as Fike once again is the team of irritation - knocking off the Gryphons in overtime 2-1 Monday night at Fike.

The first time Fike and Rocky Mount met, it was a dog fight and last night was no exception with the home team winning.

The soccer team now needs to win Wednesday against Nash Central in order to keep from falling into a tie for third place. A victory will guarantee it a bye into the semifinals of the conference tournament, which will start next week.

The RM girls tennis team is in action today. If I find out the score I will pass it along as soon as possible, but more than likely check the RM Telegram tomorrow morning. (RM WON 6-3 at UNION PINES)!

This is supposed to be the conference football game of the year Friday night when the Gryphons travel to SouthWest Edgecombe.

It will not do the winner of this week's game any good to go and lose one of their final three games. If that happens, then this Friday's game will not be the game of the season for the winner.

In the three full seasons plus one game of this NEW 6 football season, Rocky Mount's conference record is 14-2.

They are a perfect 9-0 at home and 5-2 on the road.

Both of those road losses occurred within five days of each other. The first happened on a Monday night at SouthWest 21-16, then the following Friday night at Southern Nash, the Firebirds scored a 21-20 double overtime victory over the Gryphons.

This Friday night starts three straight road games form the Gryphons - visiting the Cougars, Firebirds and Nash Central Bulldogs before finishing up the regular season with Fike at home.

I will be at the volleyball finals tomorrow night as I will be covering the game for The Stretchlon Sports show.

If Northern had of been in the match, I would have had to be the unbiased announcer covering the game. Now I can pull for the Lady Gryphons as Fike is not in the WHIG-TV viewing area.

However, they do have live streaming on the Internet which means anyone in the world can watch. The world will just have to put up with me tomorrow night.

GO LADY GRYPHONS! Bring home another championship!