A Topper To The Summer

Last night I had the pleasure to host the 'Stretchlon Sports Show" as we hosted the 2009 Tar Heel Little league Champions.

The Rocky Mount Senior little league all stars.

If you remember the 2007 team that won the state title they had a dinner for them at the Ruritan club and Ray Peace the head coach moderated that which we filmed on the "Stretchlon
sports show". They are going to celebrate again on September 12th at Braswell Library.

Any time you are the person who ask the questions, the one thing you would like from the responder is something more than a yes or no answer. Sam Toler and Norman Chambliss took care of their end of the bargain as all I had to do is move the show forward. Sam and Norm showed their love for the game of baseball as they talked us through the show and presented the State Champs.

It seems that more than half of these all stars are Headed to Rocky Mount. Northern will have three baseball prospects in the future and Nash Central and Southern Nash will have one a piece.

This week starts the week where regardless of the sport you can have a scrimmage with someone. I know Northern Nash host D H Conley Wednesday night and afterwards the boosters of Northern are cooking hamburgers for both teams.

Dickie Schock becoming the head coach of football in Rocky Mount in July, his main focus has been getting to know the players. Just in the past few days he has gotten with Tarboro and will scrimmage the Vikes Wednesday night in Tarboro.

Those of you that are keeping up with it Rowan County the North Carolina American Legion Champs have played three games as of Saturday in the Southeast regional American Legion baseball tournament in Sumter South Carolina.

Rowan won on Thursday, lost 8-7 in the bottom of the ninth Friday night to Alabama and in the loser bracket on Saturday whipped the host state South Carolina 15-0. They are in the final four when play started Sunday.

Starting this week looking forward to going to Ocean Isle on Thursday afternoon. This is the last weekend of freedom before football becomes a Friday night thing to at least Thanksgiving and maybe longer.