Cougars Dominate Gryphons

When Aaron Barnes and his defensive teammates for Rocky Mount goes to bed tonight there will be one thing on their minds. #44 Quandre Pittman of Southwest. Pittman carried 19 times right straight up the middle for 202 yards. Once he went wide and we found out why they ran him up the middle as he lost two yards on that one play.

Despite the Cougar dominance the Gryphon showed some grit and went down fighting losing 28-14.

SWE had 361 total yards to Rocky Mount's 160. If most Southwest fans told you the truth they went home disappointed because most fan thought the Cougars would put down fifty on Rocky Mount. If as a Rocky Mount fan you didn't go home with a glimmer of hope in your eye then I don't know what you expected.

Rocky Mount showed that big play capability which I think still sets them up as the best in the Big East with a ninety yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Jordan Ford and a fifty yard return by Marcus Jones.

Rocky Mount had a first and goal in the second quarter but failed to score and the second quarter seemed to be enough for Southwest as they score twenty two in the second alone.

The most important thing I saw tonight was Rocky Mount out played Southwest in the second half but the Cougar twenty two point cushion was way too much to over come.

Gryphons now have two weeks to tries to get six players back who sat out tonight's game and it is possible that five could be back in the lineup for Rose.

IN OTHER BIG EAST FoOOTBALL:

Southern Nash the only undefeated team in the big East traveled to South Granville and Southern remains unbeaten winning 34-20. Now that is the first good win of the season for the Firebirds.

Nash Central traveled to the woods of Bertie County and are heading home 22-14 winners over the Falcons, It is the Bulldogs first victory of the season. The two weeks off helped them.

In a very disappointing score for the conference Beddingfield beat Hunt 14-13 at Beddingfield. I can understand the lost last week to Southwest but this score is not good for Hunt.

South Johnston Kept Northern Nash out of the end zone as they down the Knights 35-0.

C B Aycock murdered Fike by a 47-6 Score. Northern will have a chance when they play Fike.

Tarboro may have had their dreams of returning to the 2-A State championship dashed last week when they lost their starting quarterback with a broken wrist but tonight with their tailback being the quarter back they beat former coach Russell Weinstein and Roanoke Rapids 41-7. I think the key there is that they now have given up 13 points by the Viking defense this year. Their defense has taken pride in throwing three shutouts until last week when they gave up six to North Edgecombe.

Terrell Hudgin and Elon get a taste of ACC football Saturday afternoon as they play Wake Forest. This might be a showcase game for Terrell as he gets a taste of Division one football

Don't forget the DOWN East Classic Saturday Evening at RMAc. 10, 000 are expected at the game.