Heartbreaker

The Rocky Mount Gryphons lose their third straight game for the first time since 2001.
Rose only started twice all night on their side of the field. Giving them great field position all night the Gryphon defense holds the Rampants to one Touchdown.

A missed extra point, A missed wide open receiver on a fake field goal, a blocked punt, a fumble giving Rose the ball on our 32, and a fifty yard field goal with just over two minutes left and Rose squeaks out a 16-13 victory over a scrappy bunch of Gryphons.

Herford County won again tonight, Southwest was a winner and Rose now at 3-2 on the year the teams that have beaten Rocky Mount are a combined 17-2. Quite frankly the defensive front for Rose was the best we have seen all year, not the best team but best defensive front.

Now that the tough part of the schedule is over expect an over night improvement in the Gryphons.

If you are a consistant reader here then you know way back I predicted Rocky Mount to be 8-2 when the season started. I thought SWE and Rose would beat us. I didn't know until we played them how good Hertford County was.

We are going to be 7-3 before the year is over. This team is not a good enough blocking team that we will beat any body 42-14. Every game is going to be 28-14 kind of games but we will win them.

Am I disappointed that we lost? You Bet I am realistic, I saw eight players on the sidelines wearing jerseys that did not play. yet, with all of the mistakes and injuries it took the longest field goal ever made against Rocky Mount to beat us a fifty yarder by Warren Harvey.

Folks don't give up on this team and I know most of you have because the crowd was about JV size tonight. You can't be and don't deserve to be 13-2 every year.

Southern Nash Found the Bulldogs of Nash Central had a real bite tonight at the Firebirds lose for the first time 22-12 to Nash Central. Since the Bulldogs moved Holloway to quarterback they have been a different team.

Fike let me down again a 22-19 loser to South Johnston.

Southwest Edgecombe traveled to Farmville Central and won 40-14. We need to keep watching Hertford County as the playoffs filter out we may wind up there again before the year is over they battered Edenton 35-7.

Tarboro, Hunt and Northern Nash all took the week off.

Next week the conference action begins.

This week the LPGA tour held a pre qualifying tournament in which in order to make it to the qualifying tournament you needed to finish in the top 17. Cousin Lauren Doughtie finished 4th shooting a four day one under score.

In a couple of weeks the Futures tour will have their qualifying tournament for those who did not finish high enough in the standings at the end of the year. Lauren now will try to keep her Furtures tour card. If she gets that then she can go to the LPGA qualifying school in November knowing if she doesn't make it on the LPGA she can again play the Futures again next year. Good going Lauren this is the best week that she has had all year.

Volley ball has a big day Saturday. They are playing in a breast Cancer event at South Central at 10.00am . All proceed from this event goes American Cancer Society. They play South central the only team to beat them at 10.00am and then play New Bern at about 11.30. Much like football they could easily lose both of these matches but in order to get better you need to be stretched to your limit.

Terrell Hudgins needs three catches for Elon Saturday to become the #1 all time pass catcher in college football history.

We are planning to go to watch Morgan be the manager of the volley ball team. Of course having a Parker's Barbecue help make the decision to go.