Finally, Florida State Is Caught

Ever since Florida State has been in the ACC and since it leads the nation in jail time, there has always been the joke about how the Tallahassee police identify Florida State felons.

They book them by their jersey number!

The butt of my Florida State joke today is if you haven't heard is that the NCAA has put the entire sports program on four years probation. Sixty-one athletes were caught cheating( imagine that) on an online test.

It is not only football players, but several sports, but the big blow is that Bobby Bowden my have to forfeit 14 football games. Is that cheering I hear in here from Joe Paterno at Penn State?

I know you may not have heard this, but N.C. State's baseball team set two NCAA records Wednesday when it beat Akron 5-4.

The game went 18 innings and Wolfpack pitchers struck out 31 batters in the game, which is an NCAA record for most in a single game. The Wolfpack also struck out 20 times themselves and 51 from two teams is the most ever in an NCAA baseball game.

The NEW 6 has released its All-Conference teams in basketball.

The first team is:

• Jeremy Atkinson, Fike
• Trey Sumler, Nash Central
• Tashawn Mabry, Rocky Mount
• William Young, SouthWest Edgecombe
• Fabian White, Nash Central
• Octavius Lyons, Northern Nash

Atkinson and Sumler were voted Co-Players of the Year.

Michael Speight of Nash Central, Philip Wilkins of Rocky Mount, Fike's Michael Davender and Nick Harris of Southern Nash are on the second team.

Dominque Holloway of Nash Central, Alonzo Sharpe of Rocky Mount, T.J. Walker of Northern Nash and Josh Sessoms of Southern Nash all are honorable mentions.

Mike Mosley of Nash Central was the men's coach of the year.

FOR THE LADIES

The first team .....

• Dyonna Battle, Rocky Mount
• Monique Williams, SouthWest Edgecombe
• Tramicka James, Fike
• Jasmine Sessoms, Nash Central
• Alyse Hall, Southern Nash.

SWE's Williams was voted Player of the Year.

The second team has freshman Tia Hudgins of Rocky Mount, Lakia Bynum of Rocky Mount, Ashley Hughes of Northern Nash, SW Edgecombe's NyNeka Euwell and Jameka Thompson of Fike.

Honorable mentions include Alexus Cooper of Nash Central, Danita Whitaker of Rocky Mount, Tamisha Walker of Northern Nash and Shante' Neal of Southern Nash.

Pam Gainey of Rocky Mount is coach of the year for the ladies .

Don't forget - Gryphon baseball vs. Wesleyan Christian of High Point - 4.30 p.m. Saturday at the USA Baseball Complex in Cary. The temperature may hit 80 tomorrow.