Volley Ball Only Team In The State to Advance.

The Lady Gryphon Volley ball team advanced to the second round of the state playoffs tonight beating visiting White Oak 3-0. The scores were 25-12,25-23 and 25-22. This is the only match played today any where in the state so the Lady Gryphons are the only team that has yet made it to the second round.

Round two may find the Ladies on they road as they meet the winner of West Brunswick the #one seed from the Waccamaw conference who is 17-2 on the year or West Carteret the #four seed from the Coastal conference who stands at 14-8. If WB wins then the ladies hit the road to Shallotte on Tuesday and if WC wins that match will be here in Rocky Mount.

West Brunswick has former Rocky Mount coach and Principal George Kelly as it's principal.

Friday is doubles day in the state tennis playoffs for the ladies. The Gryphon teams of Lindsey Thomas and Kate Gray and Addie Keeter and Caroline Nelson qualified last week in the conference Tennis tournament. Action begins at high noon at Barton college.

Wednesday afternoon both of the Rocky Mount cross country teams finished third in the conference championships. Daniel Hannon of the Gryphon boys finished 7th with a time of 18.07 which was good enough to garner all conference honors.

The girls had three to place in the top ten and came away as all conference performers. ZiKeena Parker finished sixth with a time of 21.30. Latoya Applewhite was right behind in seventh and she finished in 21.36. Nefertelli Thigpen finished tenth in a time of 22.37.

Soccer finished in second during the regular season and by doing so gets a bye in Mondays opening round matches in the conference tournament. They await the winner of Fike-Nash Central game on Monday.

JV football lost at home tonight to Fike 13-7. The varsity travels to Fike tomorrow night in what is now a game for highest possible seeding for the football playoffs. If the Gryphons can win their last three games they could still wind up in a three way tie for first. In order for that to happen all the stumbling blocks need to fall in place just right.

The game of the century in Edgecombe County is tomorrow night as Tarboro visits SouthWest Edgecombe. If you plan to attend that game I hope you already have a ticket and plan to walk from Pinetops to the game. That is about as close as you we be able to park. I think everyone in the county has a stake in this game. I'll take the Cougars 26-14. Whig-TV will be there taping for playback over the weekend but there will be no live radio coverage of this one.

am 1390 pregame coverage of Gryphon football begins at 7.00pm and we will have eyes and ears keeping up with both the Tarboro- SWE game and the big Big East game between Southern Nash and Hunt.