Tarboro Will Have Their hands Full With Carver

Saturday afternoon at 3.00pm the Vikings of Tarboro High School will go for their second straight championship in 2-A football. I think if they had their choice they would like to return to chapel Hill. Not only is it a shorter trip than Winston Salem but if it were in Chapel Hill they would not be facing Carver in their own back yard.

Winston Salem Carver Yellow Jackets are 13-2 but both of their losses occurred during their non-conference games. Tarboro is undefeated and in order for Carver to make it to Saturday's game they had to knock off undefeated Lincolnton.

Carver averages thirty six points a game, Tarboro thirty seven. The defenses - Carver gives up Sixteen which the Vikes give up thirteen. This seems to be a dead even match up.

Stability is a great thing. The sporting world is being able to keep players. High school sports you are unable to keep same players year after year but you need to work with the next age group coming on board. The stability is the coaching. Coleman Pitt Post 58 has had instability in the coaching area for several years now. They have a new coach just about every year.

Already as winter still is not yet upon us, Post 58 is is gearing up for the summer baseball season. This year they already know that Hank Jones will return next summer and try to carry Nash County back to the State Tournament for the third year in a row. Jones will be back as head coach for the second season.

Jones' life outside of the base field affords him the luxury to spend endless hours helping our youth become better baseball players. Part of that stability thing Jones will lead a baseball camp to be held at Nash Central High school on December 28-29th. It is open to any player in grades 6-12.

Hank Jones has lined up Billy Godwin of ECU, Pat Smith will get off the golf course long enough to teach pitching. Tony Guzzo, Neil Avent, and Billy Best will all teach interested parties interested in becoming better baseball players.

The cost of the camp is $75 if signed up by December 20th. All proceeds from this camp will help keep Legion baseball alive in Rocky Mount.

Getting back to that stability thing Joe Bell took over as the Athletic Director for the legion two years ago. Now that Hank is coming back for his second year as coach Legion, baseball has a foundation from two people who have taken money out of their own pockets as well as their time to see Legion baseball continue. American Legion Baseball is alive and well in Rocky Mount with both of them carrying the banner.