Slow Saturday

North Carolina, State and East Carolina all off today, so I found myself watching old movies more than football on a Saturday afternoon.

If you just happen to be one of the fans in attendance today in Winston-Salem at the game between Wake and Duke, you got you money's worth.

You might also become a movie star. Today's game film footage will be used in an upcoming movie about John Abbate, a Wake Forest player who dedicated the 2006 season to his brother Luke, who was killed in a wreck.

Fans who stayed after the game were invited to be a part of the fans shots for the movie. So if you stayed you might make it in the movies.

Wake won in overtime, 33-30.

The girls cross country team ran this morning in the NCHSAA state cross country championships and Latoya Applewhite was the first Gryphon to cross the line in 53rd position.

The news is not good tonight in soccer. Burlington Williams beat the Gryphon boys soccer team 3-1 in second-round action. I have no details other than finding the score on the NCHSAA website.

Northern Nash also lost tonight in the soccer playoffs - 1-0 to Jacksonville White Oak..

The news is better for the Nash Central boys cross country team as it finished second in the 3-A state championship.

This completes all of the fall playoffs, except football,which hasn't even started yet.

I think last night's game with Nash Central shows why this year's football team is better than last year. The Gryphon defense played very well, even though they gave up more yards than in any other game all year.

When the team votes for MVP at the end of the year, I don't see how it will not be Nick Hahula.

Nick has scored 10 touchdowns (nine rushing, one receiving), kicked seven field goals, made 46 out of 49 extra points, rushed for over 300 yards, kicked two out of every three kickoffs into the end zone, and punted for a 38-yard average. He has played a few plays at linebacker, but not many and now he has thrown a pass which was good for a first down.

He should also be nominated for an Oscar in the Nash Central game because he completely fooled everyone in the stadium when it looked as if he was going to try to run for a first down on a fake punt - only to toss it to Hiawatha Bunn for a first down.

Without our passing game last night, we probably don't win.

I watched the second half on WHIG this morning as they only showed part of the game, but man did we block on both of Brian Goodwin's punt returns.

I could pick out a killer block by Carter Varnell on one and then on the TD interception return by Hiawatha Bunn, Chris Pittman laid out the Bulldog quarterback right in front of the Bulldog fans.

The entire game will be shown on replay on WHIG just as soon as the Stretchlon Sports Show is over Sunday night.

It has come down to the last game of the regular season and a victory the Gryphons makes them conference champs and a lost could result in a three-way tie.

This week is the reason for all the sweat you got from lifting weights in January. The reason for all the sprints in August in the heat.

Championship week!