Vikes Scrimmage Gryphons

Last Night the two teams that played in the Eastern finals at home last year in the playoffs, squared off in Tarboro in the first contact of the season hitting someone other than a person in the same uniform.

Tarboro was the host team in the 2-A Eastern Finals and Rocky Mount hosted the 3-A Eastern Finals. Tarboro lived to play one more week in the State championship 2-a game.

We are only at the point in practice time where you had to have so many practices in order to play last night. The Gryphons had six potential starters who didn't suit up last night because of practice time. I am sure Tarboro had the same problem.

Tarboro showed the home fans that a back to the State Championship game is possible while Rocky Mount had moments of brilliance's and moments of this is a rebuilding year.

Marquavis Alston, Jordan Ford the two returning thousand yard rushers for the Gryphons gave fans hope that they may repeat for the first time ever having two backs on the same team getting a thousand yards a piece.

Collins Cuthrell Gryphon returning quarterback found that the deep ball without Keith Strickland may not be as easy this year but tight End Spencer Bell may be his favorite target across the middle.

Glad to see Spencer is out of that face mask that he had to wear during Junior legion. Spencer and teammate Chris Pittman collided during the last week of high school baseball season and Spencer had to wear a device over his nose to make sure it healed properly in order to be ready to play football. I hear Spencer had six catches last night.

The offensive line is a work in progress. Defense was better than expected but mighty young in the secondary.

Gryphons will work on mistakes Thursday and Friday and try again on Saturday at Kinston.

The Big East 3-a coaches voted in their coaches meeting this week at Hunt High school and the Gryphons were picked to finish first. Newest member Hunt was second and a major surprise Southern Nash was third.

Got word last night from Randy Langley big Northern Nash supporter that the booster club cooked over three hundred hamburgers for the team Wednesday night. Northern was suppose to play D H Conley in a scrimmage last night and the booster club was feeding both teams after it was over. If they cooked three hundred for Northern Nash's players, how many would they have cooked if both team had of been there? Conley pulled out on Northern earlier this week.

Don't forget Sunday night at 8.00pm the four football coaches of our area high schools will talk football on WHIG-TV.

I will be out of town the next couple of days as I am taking advantage of the last free weekend before football cranks up. Heading to Ocean Isle. Our plans are Friday to go back to Southport where we went about three weekends ago and sit in those swings on the Cape Fear River in downtown Southport.

I know you can tell it doesn't take much to keep me happy.