Gryphons Bang out Title

Brian Goodwin lead off the game tonight with Nash Central and let everyone know from the get go that the Rocky Mount Gryphons came to win a championship. Goodwin Homered to start the game but what he did was start the leak that others followed.

Ben Fish, Carter Varnell and Chris Pittman took Bulldog pitching deep as the Gryphons grab at least a share of the Last NEW-6 baseball title. Four home runs in a game is a Rocky Mount baseball record.

Rocky Mount pounds out 17 hits as a team.

Benton Moss pitches the the first four innings and Nick Hahula the fifth. Moss it is his seventh win of the season and 14th of his career without loss

Gryphon pounds Nash Central 15-0

Gryphon pitching and defense went the entire conference play of ten games and never game up more than two runs. Need to get Charles Alston on the record books for that one.

Northern Nash kept pace with the Gryphons whipping Southwest Edgecombe 14-0. You know that most of the team will be at Northern today when they play Nash Central.

The Gryphons are now 18-2 and 9-1 in conference play. There is a scheduled game, the makeup game of the opening game of the season scheduled for Saturday with Rose that was washed out. I have a feeling if there is a playoff game Monday the Rose game Saturday could get cancelled. If a playoff game is needed it would be Monday night at Northern Nash.

Rumors are flying that the playoff game could be dropped and a coin flip to determine the #1 seed for the playoffs. Right now that is all conjecture depending on what Northern can due in the next twenty four hours.

Boys tennis has regional tomorrow at Barton College. This is for the individual players.

Somewhere I got my days mixed up and Lauren Doughtie began her quest in the NCAA Women's regional golf championship in Columbus.

Lauren found herself five over after four holes getting bogies at1,2, a double Bogey at three and a Bogey at #four. After the nerves settled down Lauren Birdied the 17th and 18th holes to finish at five over 77. She is eight shots out of the lead.

In order to qualify for the National championships in two weeks N C State has to either finish in the top eight teams in the 21 team field. State is 13th after round one. If the Wolfpack fails to qualify as a team then the top five players who's teams failed to make the tournament will get in.

Last year Lauren finished twelfth but after the other top performers got in with their team she made the top five. After round one she is tied for 47th place.

Hurricanes can put a strangle hold on the second round against Boston if they can win Friday night in Raleigh. That would give them a 3-1 in the series knowing there is one game back in Raleigh next week.