"Baseball" Heads To College Coaching

Former Rocky Mount High school football and baseball player Britt Johnson has accepted a position of assistant baseball coach at Division II Lander College in Greenwood South Carolina.

Since his graduation from East Carolina where he was a walk-on football player Johnson has served as an assistant coach in football and baseball at Nash Central. He has just completed his first summer as assistant coach of the Post 58 American Legion team who for the second year in a row made it all the way to the State Tournament.

I think that those of us who have known Britt over the years have seen that he has a great future in coaching. His Senior season playing Gryphon baseball was my first experience with Britt. His lack of playing time did not slow his passion for the game. Since then he has been involved with Babe Ruth coaching and has been part of teams that have made it to the World Series.

Lander College has about three thousand students and is located about forty miles south of Greenville SC. The Bobcats play in the Peach Belt Conference which is the same conference as UNC Pembroke.

Johnson who just turned 26 earlier this month has the opportunity to now explore to see if college baseball is where his life was intended. College offers don't come everyday to high school coaches and Britt is young enough that it is easier to return to high school coaching later than it is to get into college coaching later in life.

Good Luck "Baseball"

News from the NFL: J J Arrington is trying to find a home with the Denver Broncos. Having had Knee Microfracture Surgery in 2009 the former Northern Nash Knight will be wearing number 26 for the Broncos.

Southern Nash product Julius Peppers is in a new home this summer having signed in the off season with the Chicago Bears. I think the former all pro will be in the starting lineup for the Bears and he also is wearing his old number 90.

Terrell Hudgins is still in his first week of summer football camp of the Dallas Cowboys. When ever Dallas plays during the preseason on TV Terrell will be wearing number 14.

I just found this out tonight by going on the Buffalo Bills web site but Stephan Virgil was cut by the Bills at the end of one of those off season weekend workouts. Stephan is looking now for a new team to try out for.

I haven't given you and update lately on Lauren Doughtie who has now played in 13 events on the Futures Tour. She sits 104th on the money earnings and if she finishes at 90th or better she will be exempt next year on the Futures Tour. She has shot a 67 as her best score of the year but she has had a couple of rounds in the low 80's. Her average per round right now sits at 74.34 which has improved over the last few tournaments. She needs to get to where she shoots 70,71 and the bad round of the weekend is 74. Here lately she has done that better and has been in the money five times on the year. She has four tournaments left this season to make that top 90.