The Aftermath

The last two weeks the Rocky Mount Gryphon football team has looked squarely into the eyes of defeat and grabbed victory.

Every game played you can look back and say, boy why did they run that or only if we had of done this.

Rocky Mount twice got inside the five yard line, once they fumbled and once the Knight's defense held.

Four minutes to play on a fourth down from the Rocky Mount twenty five yard line, it looked as if Northern was trying to get Rocky Mount to jump off sides like they had pulled off earlier in the game. Instead they try a quarterback sneak and Rocky Mount holds. Northern was six inches short of the first down. If they had of got the first down there the Gryphons may never get the ball back.

Maybe the play of the night happened in front of the Gryphon fans as Collins Cuthrell rolled out to pass only to be smothered by a Northern defender. From the press box it looked as if Collins was almost on the ground and flung the ball about five yards in front of him into the waiting arms of Marquavis Alston who motored for a Gryphon first down. The drive remained alive.

There is a least one more week of football in the first decade of the 21st century. Depending on how this team finishes the playoffs, it looks as if we will say this is the 8th best team this decade. This team might be down the list on best teams but they will be #1 in last second thrillers.

Collins Cuthrell touchdown with 2.3 seconds to play cut the heart right out of a gritty Northern Nash Football seeking to regain respect in the football community. Their defense gets my respect as they may have the best defense in the league.

Terrell Hudgins can capture the last of the major career stats in college football receiving today as Elon plays Western Carolina. Terrell needs 35 yards to become the all time leader in yards receiving. Earlier this year he broke college football's most catches and most 100 yard games in a career records.

Soccer is home this afternoon against Washington in the second round of the state playoffs. they will play on campus instead of the RMSC.

Bad News to report: Lauren Doughtie failed to qualify for the Futures tour shooting a 75 and 80 the last two rounds. She finished 32nd in a field of 276 players. If she does play this year on the Futures, she will have to qualify every Monday. All is not lost however, in three weeks she will return to Daytona Florida to go through another five day LPGA qualifying school. If she was to qualify for the LPGA tour, she would be in the big leagues of women's golf.

Later this evening when the brackets for football are released I'll let you know.