The four year history of the New-6 the Rocky Mount High school Gryphons baseball team has either won (one) the championship out right or Shared the title. This will mark the third year in a row the Gryphons will be involved in a playoff to figure who is the #1 seed from our conference for the playoffs. The last two seasons RM lost to Northern in 07, and lost to Fike in 08.
Tonight Northern finished off a week in which they had to win twice to hang with the Gryphons and they did beating Nash Central 10-0. Last night the Knights dusted of SWE 14-0.
The one game playoff for first place will be at 7.00pm Monday night at Northern Nash. The Saturday game with Rose has been cancelled in order that the Gryphons give their full attention to the playoff game Monday. The State playoffs begin next Friday and both teams regardless of which one wins Monday get a home game each. Round two is where the #2 seed would hit the road while the #1 seed would be home for a second game iffing they both win.
Pat Smith has already announced that he will pitch his top three pitchers Hobbs Johnson, Benton Moss and Nick Hahula in the game Monday not wishing to use up any one pitcher Monday night and not be able to use them Friday when the playoffs start.
There is no doubt that since Eric Cole and Jussi Jokinen joined the Carolina Hurricanes the Canes have been a different team. Cole lit a fire for the Hurricanes the very first game he played in but Jokinen has been a player that you have to watch him in action to appreciate him. Jokinen scored one goal and had ten assists in the twenty seven games he played in the regular season for the Canes. In the playoffs he has eight goals and two assists in eleven playoff games.
Boston beat the Hurricanes all four times they played during the regular season but the Bruins never saw the new Hurricane team with Cole and Jokinen added to the lineup. Boston is getting an eye full now as the Hurricanes dominate the Bruins 4-1 tonight and take a 3-1 series lead to Boston Sunday night.
Boston was the #1 seed in the east and Carolina was #6 but there is no doubt that the Hurricanes are the better team. I think Boston will hold serve Sunday but it would not shock me if the Canes finish them off Sunday in Boston.
Boy baseball just cannot get out of it's own way. The Manny Ramirez fifty game bust for using a performance enhancer. MLB does need to change the name of the policy. MLB Joint Drug prevention and treatment program. Sounds to me like they think everybody is smoking Marijuana(Joint).
Friday, May 8, 2009
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