Serves Them Right

I questioned on my Friday blog whether it was wise to postpone a game based on the forecast.

It is not like we knew that a tropical storm was headed our way, only that there was a chance of rain Friday night heading into Saturday.

Rocky Mount and Southern Nash played in a drizzle in front of 500-600 fans.

I understand it is raining hard tonight at SouthWest Edgecombe and there may be 200-400 hundred fans there.

Even though the forecast was not good for Friday night people make plans based on when an event is scheduled.

Last week's game I will give to you moving it to Monday because that was considered by most to be the game of the year for the NEW 6. There will not be a bigger crowd at SWE until about the third round of the playoffs, if they can get a home game.

Nash Central and SWE have now lost a conference game apiece so any luster for that game has faded. If there was going to be a big crowd, Friday night was the time to get it.

I think anyone who has ever been to a high school football games in the area know that Rocky Mount has the best pressbox.

I don't know why but I think I enjoy doing games from Southern Nash better than any other than RMHS.

My first game I ever called there was the playoff game with Hertford County in I believe 1991.

If anyone remembers, that was the mud bowl game in the second round that year and Southern Nash won 18-14.

The thing I remember about the game is WRAL TV5 had its cameras on the field for the toss of the coin and it showed the players' feet were under water during the coin toss.

I have my sources scattered about the area and one of them Don Johnson as he just called and said that SWE has beaten Nash Central 34-21.

It rained rather hard until halftime and cleared off and got colder.

At one point in the second quarter, Nash Central led 14-12 ,but SWE pushed it to 34-14 before a late Bulldog score made it respectable.

A final score from the Northern-Fike game (courtesy of our friend Randy Langley), Fike - 49 Northern Nash - 6. With two weeks left, there is a 2-way tie for second with SWE and Fike at 2-1. SWE holds the tie breaker if it is a two way tie. However Fike still has Rocky Mount on the last night of the regular season.