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The Rocky Mount- Jacksonville third round soccer playoff game will start at 6.00pm Wednesday at the Rocky Mount Sports Complex across the street from Gryphon football stadium. Enter the complex as if you are going to circle over to the little league fields and you will pass a service road which shoots back to the soccer fields. This will be a good game to bring your own chair.

This is the biggest soccer game ever played at Rocky Mount. Jacksonville the defending Eastern Champs are 23-0-2 while the Gryphons are 21-2-1. Should the Gryphons win they would host the Eastern Finals Saturday I hope back on campus.

The top three of the Big East are 6-0 after two rounds of the playoffs. They have outscored their six foes 31-4 in those six games. While Rocky Mount is taking on the big dog in eastern North Carolina high school soccer Hunt will Host Fike . The two winners meet Saturday for the right to play for the State Championship.

Before B W Holt Arrived in Rocky Mount in 2003, Rocky Mount football was 10-13 the two years preceding him. His six year stay the Gryphons were 71-12. The two years since his departure they are 10-13.

ECU gave up 76 points to Navy on Saturday. That's 45 more than Duke gave up to Navy at Navy just the week before. ECU is averaging 41.8 points per game on defense. Seven of their nine games they have given up at lease forty in a game.

Florida State, Maryland and N C State are all tied for the lead in their division in the ACC football race. Florida St still has Maryland and Clemson. Maryland both Fla St and N C State. The Wolfpack's two biggies are Maryland and Carolina. They could all finish 4-4

Philip Rivers completed his last seven passes in San Diego's victory over the Tennessee Titans. Sunday he completed his first ten on his way to breaking his own record of 15 straight completions in a row. He also has thrown a td pass in 23 straight games.

After nine weeks of the NFL season all teams have lost at least two. That's the first time that hs happened since 1981. Today Wade Phillips has become the first coach to lose his job as it looked like Dallas has quit this season. Even win less Buffalo looks better in being 0-9.