Playoff Game Moved To Thursday

The final New-6 baseball playoffs start Thursday night as the Rocky Mount Gryphons host the Saints of Southern Wayne.

As soon as Pat Smith knew who his opposition would be for the first round game he got Mike Gainey Rocky Mount athletic director get in touch with them to move the game to Thursday night.

There are several advantages playing Thursday over Friday, but the most important one is in case of rain Thursday then Friday becomes a backup day without having to have to play Saturday. You don't want to have to play the first round Monday night and turn around Tuesday and play the second round. This playing on Thursday should insure that the Gryphons will get practice time in for round two if they win the opening round game.

Northern Nash plays at home Friday night as they will host Northern Guilford in the first round.

Wilson Fike the #3 seed from the New-6 starts the playoffs at C B Aycock and Southern Nash the #4 seed hit the road in the opening round.

The New-6 conference is the only conference that they have had a team play in the eastern finals or further the last two seasons. Northern having advanced to the Eastern finals in 2007 and Rocky Mount having won the championship last season.

Tonight the girls soccer team starts their playoffs as they host a match at 5.00pm.

Game six in round two for the Carolina Hurricanes is tonight in Raleigh. I am pulling hard for the Canes but I don't see how they can recover from that awful game they played Sunday night.

They need to win tonight badly because I see no way to beat Boston in a game seven in Boston.

Roger Clemens who has been in the closet for the last couple of years is tooting his horn again claiming the he has never used any type of steroid in his life. I believe him just like I believe OJ is Innocent.

When this academic school year ends Charlie Adams who is the head of the North Carolina Athletic Association is retiring. I have been in the media business since 1971 and even back then Charlie Adams was the man who you applied to to get a high school media pass.

I have talk with him many years before I met him for the first time in the 80's. Years and years ago he was the man that you would see when you went to a Carolina Football game and you had to go to his gate to get in.

The NCHSAA has grown to over 700 schools and Charlie has led the way and he will be missed in Chapel Hill.