Time To Play Southwest

I had to chuckle tonight when I looked at the weather forecast for the next seven days. Rain! That must mean that it is time to play Southwest Edgecombe.

The last four years each Friday night during the Southwest game they have been postponed to Monday of the next week. Those of you that recall, there was an effort to make the game happen in a different week twice. It wasn't because of the rain but because it was the first conference game. It was felt that since SWE and Rocky Mount were the best teams in the conference they needed to change the schedule so it wasn't the first conference game in 2007 and 2008 but they still got rained out.

Let's think about this, in 2005 moved to Monday. Rocky Mount won 21-7. 2006 moved to Monday at Southwest Edgecombe and the Cougars won 20-16. 2007 back to Rocky Mount and maybe one of those all time great games as Rocky Mount beat SWE 15-12 when Brian Goodwin caused a fumble on the five yard line late in the game. Of Course last year no way we will get rained out again 7-0 Rocky Mount on a Monday.

Looking at the weather forecast Friday rain is expected but for the next seven days Friday is the best day of the next seven to play. If I were a betting man I think we will not play Friday. It is just no way. We don't know how to play Southwest on a Friday.

Boys soccer adds another victim, they were a 4-1 winners over Eastern Wayne early in the week. In what has become the title match in girls tennis Fike beat our girls 7-2 to give tennis their first conference lost.

I found out tonight that volley ball is 9-1 instead of 8-2. They won last week at Southwest when I had heard they lost. That night Morgan had a Tar River event so she did not go to Volley ball.

In what might be a sign of the future in high school sports. Thursday Volleyball and Tennis play at Southern Nash. They will ride on the same bus to the match to save on having to send two buses there. In the future that might not be a bad idea that all sports play at one sight on the same day.

Finally tonight, if you didn't see the special TV program on Hurricane Floyd on channel five you need to go on line to WRAL.Com and view it. Bill Leslie host the show and some of it is filmed in Rocky Mount and it shows what we went through ten years ago today. Worth watching! Go to the story about Hurricane Floyd and when the story comes up click on Floyd Documentary. It is twenty one minutes long but well worth the sit through.