Top Four Soccer Seeds In Place

Finally Wednesday night they put two soccer games together and called it the opening of the Big East Tournament after two nights of rainouts. The expected seeds won. Southern Nash Beat Northern Nash and Fike beat Nash Central.

This part of the story is speculation on my part but here it goes. If they play the semi's tonight that means either the Championship on Friday going up against football or the championship game on Saturday. I suspect the coaches said no to both possible days. Since the top four seeds are all in let's just go into next weeks playoffs with the regular season seedings. If that was the verdict this is how the Big East begins the playoffs next week.

#1 Seed Rocky Mount will host the # three seed from the Eastern Carolina. @2 Hunt will host the #3 from the Coastal. #3 seed in Big East Fike will travel to #2 seed from Eastern Carolina. The Big East #4 will travel to #2 from the Mid State.

Friday is Tennis State Championships in Burlington and five girls from Nash Central, Northern Nash and Rocky Mount play Friday morning.

First game of the World Series the big pitching match up was won by the hitters and San Fran won out 11-7,

Big Football game in Raleigh tonight for the Wolfpack. This is the biggest game since State went to Clemson in 2003 with a 7-0 record and beat Clemson 38-0. 38-0 will be fine but a one pointer will do fine.

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We haven't paid much attention to North Edgecombe this season other than the close game they played against SouthWest Edgecombe. They travel to Gates County Friday which is their last game of the season and they play Gates who is also unbeaten in conference play. Gates lost to Hertford County 21-20 and forfeited one other, those blemishes are all they have showing against them. Gates has one game left after tonight so for the most part this is the championship of the Tar Roanoke 1-A. It seems everyone that NE has beaten the point differential has been higher than Gates County. North Edgecombe 26 Gates County 14

All Northern has to do is win their last two games and they tie for first at least. If someone helps them beating Hunt and it is Northern championship to lose. After a Topsy turfy game last week against Nash Central will their be a let down. Not against Fike Northern 35 Fike 7

Rocky Mount won for the first time in conference last week so their is optimism that they still have a chance. If Southern will put the ball on the ground they do, but this is Rocky Mount who they get up for to play checkers and also revenge from the long touchdown that Rocky Mount threw in the last seconds last year to steal one from Southern. Southern 28 Rocky Mount 7

I think Nash Central is the best overall team in Big East. They travel to Hunt who all of a sudden scored only 14 against Rocky Mount and zero against Southern. When I say best overall they can pass the ball, none of the other three tied for the lead have shown they can when it is 3rd an 8 and make a first down. Nash Central will go to Hunt and win Central 21 Hunt 14

Tarboro plays their last two games of the season on the road so you had better look out for a let down at Farmville Central Friday. Beating SouthWest Edgecombe you know Tarboro chest is sticking out pretty far right now. Even with the letdown Tarboro beats Farmville 27-7.

SouthWest Edcombe plays host to Greene Central. Greene Central comes to SWE at the wrong time when the Cougars are champing at the bit to take last week's lost out on somebody. SWE 35 Greene Central 14

So far this season I am 25-11, but only 7-5 since the conference games started.