Third Round Friday

To me this is the ultimate of high school football. Football on the Friday night after Thanksgiving

There are four teams left in the east and four in the west who all think they can still win it all.

I have been on vacation all week and was able to visit practice three times this week including Thursday morning. I think the Gryphons are ready.

It has become tradition to bring in a speaker and after practice Pete Weaver Gryphon football player 1977-1979 spoke to the team.

Pete who works for the Rocky Mount fire department he spoke to the team about choices in their lives and responsibility.

We have reached the point where a fluke play may turn the tide one way or the other, the four teams still a live in the east are a combined 48-3 on the season.

In the west West Rowan will be hosting Winston Salem Carver and Asheville will travel to South Point.

You can ask who do I think will win the west? My answer is I have no idea. All four teams still a live in the west have not played any common opponents at all with any one we can relate to.

South Points only loss all year was from a team in South Carolina. Dudley beat Carver the first game of the season and they haven't lost since. West Rowan lost to a 4-A school for their only loss and Asheville has lost three times this year.

If the Gryphons put forth the effort tonight they will host the eastern finals next Friday night.

Our pregame show starts at 6.45 and we will have a pregame interview with coach Holt near 7.00pm on am1390.

You have no excuses. The temperature at kickoff should be about 48 degrees. For November 28th that is as good as it is going to be.

Please come early and stay late and listen to the coach talk to the team at games end. They need your help and remember the team across the line of scrimmage has Alamance on their uniforms.

It may not be the direction on their uniform we wanted but we still must survive to advance.