Survive and Advance

The Rocky Mount Gryphons pounded out ten hit against Southern Wayne but it didn't seem as if they had that many. The Saints had only six but it seemed they had more.

After a sluggish start the Gryphons finally get it together enough to take down Southern Wayne 4-1.

It was the fifth inning before the Gryphons could muster enough hits together to score two runs. Carter Varnell reached on a throwing error and came home to score on back to back hits by Brian Goodwin and Michael Whitehead loaded the bases and Collins Cuthrell sent a fly ball to the wall in center field and scored Varnell. Advancing to third on the Sac fly by Cuthrell. Brain Goodwin scored on a solid hit up the middle by Mr, RBI Ben Fish who just keeps adding to his all time RBI record.

The third run scored on a pitch hit home run by Chris Pittman in the sixth inning. The second run in the sixth scored on a wild pitch with Brian Goodwin on third and he trouted home for the fourth and final run.

The Saints scored on back to back hits in the sixth as the second hit was a double by Jordan Williams who scored Zach Grantham who had singled.

Hobbs Johnson gets a complete game six hitter but as Hobbs has done all year he has not hurt himself by walking batters. He had a lone hit batter as his only free pass of the game. He struck out 14 Saints batters during the game.

Brian Goodwin had two hits,Michael Whitehead two, Collins Cuthrell one single and the big sac fly, Ben Fish an RBI single, Thomas Berry a double,Parker Helms a single and Carter Varnell had a single and scored twice. Pittman had his pitch hit blast.

The Gryphons play at home Tuesday against the winner of the South Central-White Oak game Friday night.

Northern Nash made the top two seeds in the New-6 advancing as Tyler Joyner pitch Northern to round two with a 6-0 victory over Bartlett Yancy.

Friday is the State Championship in singles and doubles tennis. Alex Durham has made the final eight for the Gryphons in singles and the doubles team of Ross Brady and Kayshap Kaul will try to win the doubles.

Those Cardiac Caniacs are at it again. Scott Walkers over time goal with less than two minutes to play in the first over time send the Hurricanes to their third Eastern Finals in this decade.

For the second series in a row the Canes lose game one and manage to beat the higher seed twice at their place. The Boston Bruins are the victim tonight. In overtime Canes 3-Bruins 2

Nash Central Makes baseball Playoffs

Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!

If you have ever seen the Christian football movie "Facing the Giants" then you know that the movie shows about a team knocked out of the playoffs getting back in when a team is caught with ineligible players. I am not sure who but a team that had qualified for the state baseball playoffs failed to get the paperwork in on time to the NCHSAA. Their penalty they were taken out of their bracket and Nash Central being the first alternate gets in.

So Wednesday becomes their first practice this week for the Bulldogs as they travel to D H Conley in hopes of pulling off the the movies miracle.

Rocky Mount high starts defense of their 2008 state title as they play host to Southern Wayne tonight. Wes Bradshaw the long time baseball PA announcer for the Gryphons who has recently found employment in Pinetops will miss tonights game. Yours truly will be behind the mike
.
Urgent-urgent-urgent

Trying to beat Friday's weather forecast Northern Nash has moved their opening round playoff game up to tonight instead of Friday
Northern Nash starts their quest in the baseball playoffs at home to Bartlett Yancy. Fike will have a short ride but a tough test as they travel to C B Aycock. Southern Nash is on the road to Harnett county playing Triton.

After their opening round soccer victory the Lady Gryphons travel Friday night to Burlington Williams.

Also on Friday three players from the tennis team have made it to the State Finals lead by Alex Durham who will play in the singles.

Finally tonight the Carolina Hurricanes try not to make history by losing a 3-1 games advantage to the Boston Bruins. Boston is one of the orginal six team that started the National Hockey league. In all their glorious history they have never come back after being down three games to one. In their short history the Canes have never lost a game seven.