Soccer Gets Another Shutout

When Drew Nick looks back on this season the second hardest team for the Gryphon soccer team faced this year has been Southern Nash. The first time through the schedule cycle the Gryphons beat the Firebirds 2-0.

I don't know what the so called home field advantage is but in football supposedly the home team is worth six points in a game and in basketball maybe eight. If soccer's home field is worth one goal then after only winning 2-0 at home a couple of weeks back then you would assume that this game today was going to be tough at Southern Nash. It was! Rocky Mount won 1-0.

Wednesday the Gryphons host Northern Nash and I bet this will be an interesting game after the way the last game finished at Northern. Then Thursday soccer travels to Fike to make up one of those rain out games from back a couple of weeks ago when we got the ten inches of rain. Not an easy back to back at all hoping to stay even at the top with Hunt.

Coach Tab Wilcox has gotten a concession from the NCHSAA on the Lady Gryphons first round volley ball playoff game Saturday. It is scheduled for 7.00pm Saturday night but they have been granted to move it to 2.00pm instead. Still don't know against who but the brackets are scheduled for 6.00pm Wednesday.

The tennis team has a first round team playoff game Tuesday. Since they are the #3 seed from the Big East they are on the road and I know not where.

Fike is hosting the conference cross country championship Wednesday. Nash Central boys will be the favorites and the Fike girls are favored in the girls race. A good day for Rocky Mount would be second in both races and a great day would for an upset to occur and win one of the races.

My son Brooks who was all conference in cross country back before the turn of the century in 97 and 99 has a desire to open an athletic facility which specializes in triathlons athletes. Triathlons are running, swimming and bike riding. You say who does that stuff around here. The Raleigh area is a hot bed for triathletes as well as having many biking clubs who you might see riding all over Eastern North Carolina. He also has a couple of triathletes who he is their trainer and they are nationally near the top in their age group.

The Jest of my story is Brooks when he is home from his contracting work with NOAA has spent some time helping with some of the RockyMount Runners and is fired up for this Wednesday's meet.