The Rocky Mount High school baseball team opened the 2010 baseball season at 4-A Riverside today and starts the season with a win. The preseason #1 Gryphons are hoping to be in the same position as basketball come June. A win tomorrow in Greenville in the Eastern regional will send basketball to the state finals next Saturday.
Benton Moss got the start for the baseball team and pitched five strong innings. It was his fifteenth victory in has career. Thomas Berry provided the fire power as he hit a homer. This is the first game of three straight games against 4-A super powers as they will now travel to Cary Saturday afternoon and play Audrey Kell the defending 4-A baseball champions at the USA baseball complex. Next week the Gryphons travel to Rose to play them for the first time since the snow out game last Tuesday. So baseball start on the road at three straight very good 4-A squads. The final today was 7-3 Gryphons.
Girls soccer pitched their second shutout of the week as they beat C B Aycock three -nil Thursday which makes them 2-0 on the young season.
Softball had a 5-0 nothing lead at home Thursday but lost to Tarboro 12-8. Boys tennis after losing a match to the snow this week will now not open their season until next week.
This brings us to basketball. Mike Gainey won his second Eastern regional game last night moving that record to 2-2. The Gryphons will be facing Northeast Guilford a team coached by former Tar Heel basketball player Curtis Hunter.
The Gryphons caught a break as they will not face South Central a team that sported a front line of 6.6 6.8 and 6.6 across the front. However NE Guilford proved height is not everything and will bring a scrappy speedy defense to face the Gryphons. Game time is 1.00pm and I am sure with Kinston possible playing at three and with the Rocky Mount crowd the place will over flow so don't be late getting there for this one.
Basketball making the Regional Gryphon sports has flourished since dropping down to the 3-A level some five years ago. Just since 2008 Baseball has won a state title and football 2008 played in the Eastern Finals and now basketball plays in the eastern Finals and is hoping for state glory next week. Be there Saturday and support the Gryphons.
GO GRYPHONS!!!!!!
Friday, March 5, 2010
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