Playoff game Monday?

There will be a playoff for the third straight year Monday night at Northern to decide the #1 seed in the New-6. Is it necessary? I don't think so.

The playoffs start Friday night and the worse possible happening would be someone gets hurt for either side. I say flip a coin when the tie breakers are still equal like this year.

Head to head: Rocky Mount won at Northern 2-0. Northern won at Rocky Mount 2-0. Both teams beat the third place team as well as everyone else in the conference twice.

Rocky Mount proved last year that the number one seeding is not necessary to win the championship.

The Lady Gryphon soccer team lost the tournament championship to Fike. What's new Fike has never lost a NEW-6 match to any body in the history of the league.

Cousin Lauren Doughtie's college golfing career is over. She shot 82 and 85 in rounds two and three and failed to make the Nationals. It is the first time since her freshman year that she has had back to back 80's.

I have just witnessed the Carolina Hurricanes give away the second round hockey series to the Boston Bruins. Boston played like a team down 3 games to one and needed a win. Carolina played like a team that wanted to win the series in Raleigh.

Carolina had so many in the penalty box at one point that one was able to get out early to let a new penalty get in. The final score was 4-0 Boston but Carolina played like it was 10-0. I think not being ready to play has given the advantage back to Boston. If they don't win Tuesday's game six the Canes don't have a chance back in Boston for game seven.

I have had one of those weekends that you hate see end. This weekend our church hosted Jeff Slaughter who writes all the music for Lifeway Ministries. Yes the Lifeway store at Cobbs Corner has his music If since 1997 you have attended a vacation bible school which was produced by lifeway Jeff is the man.

Jeff lead a children's concert at my church Sunset Avenue Baptist Church Saturday and provided
special music during both of our morning services today. My wife Pat is chairman this year of our children's council and shearheaded the effort to get Jeff here.

We picked him up at RDU Friday morning and except for sleeping in a hotel we were with him the whole weekend. If you have children going to Ridgecrest this summer they will have a great time listening to Jeff and interacting with him.

We went Saturday night to the American Music Jubilee in Selma and along the way showed him what eastern North Carolina Barbecue was at Parkers in Wilson.

Jeff is a Godly man who God has given a talent to inspire children. Man can he sing!