Pushing Forward

The lady Gryphon basketball team continues its undefeated way in conferecnce play last night downing Souuthern Nash 53-36. This make the Lady Gryphons 7-0 in conference play and 15-4 overall.

Rocky Mount had three scorers who hit double figures in Lakia Bynum, Dyonna Battle and Arkenesia Melton. They try to continue their undefeated play in conference Friday night as they host SouthWest Edgecombe and what will essentially be the championship game.

If the Lady's beat SWE that would be SWE second loss and would give the Lady Gryphons a two game lead with two games to play.

The boys got the job done and now have a two game win streak which is the first such streak of the 2009. Tashawn Mabry scored 25 and Philip Wilkins added 10 points and nine rebounds. Ten players scored for RM as they beat Southern Nash 65-43.

The win get RM back to 500 on the season at 10-10. Now at 3-4 in conference play the boys are right in the playoff picture.

Today is signing day for football players. The first four signed this morning with Whit Barnes who is recovering nicely from his shoulder surgery in January, signed with Wake Forest. Nick Harrison signed with UNC-Pembroke who last year went 9-1. Kieth Strickland will call Elizabeth City State University home for the next four years. Nick Hahula signed a letter of intent to play for North Carolina Central.

Congratulations to those four but hang on there will be more over the next few weeks. That's part of winning football as the reward is playing football at the next level.

It is now official after this weeks Board of Education meeting. Northern Nash has a new football coach. Michael "Mickey" Crouch is the new whistle blower in "Death Valley". They say that imitation is a form of flattery. The Knights have gone after a B W Holt look alike. A veteran coach who has won every where he has been.

I hope he has as much success for them as B W has had for Rocky Mount.