Big Night For Big East

Northern Nash made their second trip of the season to South Central. Way back in September they traveled there for a non-conference game. The Northern Defense did a good job while the offense did just enough to beat South Central 14-12.

This season the Knights offense has gotten better and better and the defense has stayed steady while the offense has grown and grown as the season has passed by. Clinching second place the Knights find themselves in the second round and facing a team that they have already beaten and again at South Central.

Tonight Northern has shown the folks in the Coastal conference that they are for real as they have gone to South Central and laid a whipping on the Falcons 37-10. Rashad Hedgepeth and T J Marshall both rush for over a 100 yards .

This victory sets up a rematch their third of the playoffs as they will meet up against #1 seed Big East Foe Hunt a team ironically the Knights have already been to this year. Tonight Hunt beat Coastal conference West Carteret 37-17.

Thanksgiving Friday the Knights meet the Warriors.

Roanoke Rapids spotted Tarboro a 35 point lead earlier this year when they met during the regular season and did all they could to give Tarboro a heart attack in that game before finally losing 42-35.

Tonight the Yellow Jackets tried the same trick spotting Tarboro a 21-0 lead at the half mainly because of three Jacket turn overs which Tarboro converted into 21 point.

RR score midway in the third quarter to cut the lead to 21-7 but Tarboro has proven over the past three years or so that they don't like losing at home. Tarboro adds two fourth quarter scores to take down the Jackets 35-14. The Yellow Jackets had five turnovers and the Vikings converted four of them into 28 points. The Jackets finish with two losses both administered by the Tarboro Vikings.

Tonight's victory #13 for the Vikes with zero losses heads to East Duplin Thanksgiving Friday night. East Duplin did host Rocky Mount the third game of the season and beat the Gryphons 14-0. Neither has play a common opponent so they will have to rely on film exchange to see each other.

Northampton West has come to North Edgecombe and ended the Warriors season 14-6. This is after the Warriors had won the regular season match 38-6. Other games of interest Northeastern beat Beddingfield 28-26 another shocker Bunn 26 Kinston 7.

Tarboro and Northern Nash advance to round three.

Another Bombshell From Chapel Hill

Baseball America reported yesterday that former Rocky Mount Gryphon and rising UNC sophomore center fielder for the Tar Heels Brian Goodwin has been suspended for the Spring semester 2011 for violating university policy. He will be eligible for the 2011/2012 academic year. UNC has stressed that this is in no way related with the on going football investigation in which UNC turned over their part of the investigation this week to the NCAA.

UNC and NC State both are taking part in two different basketball tournaments this weekend and both opened up with Hugh wins yesterday. Harrison Barnes played like the All American that he has been picked to be as a freshman scoring 19 points in the first 15 minutes of the game. The heels took care of Hofstra 107-63.

The Wolfpack is in Charleston SC and played ECU as Freshman Lorenzo Brown and Brian Harrow delivered as promising freshman. The most heralded freshman of them all C J Leslie tried to make superstar moves early and found himself on the bench for most of the game but Brown with 16 points and Harrow 11 points 10 assists and no turnovers were too much for the Pirates. Pack 85-ECU 65.

Tonight Tarboro and North Edgecombe are at home in the high school football playoffs while Northern Nash hits the road at South Central. It is possible that tonight will be the last home game any of our high school teams play as they try to survive and advance in the playoffs. Tarboro does have an outside chance of playing the eastern finals at home but that is still two weeks after tonight.

This Sunday night on the "Stretchlon Sports Show " we will have the seniors fro the Nash Central cross country team on live. This group finished in the top ten in the state four years in a row.

NFL weekend of football got off and running last night as the Bears beat the Dolphins 16-0. As a Charger fan that is a good win for the Chargers as they see another team ahead of them in the wild card race in the AFC fall. The Dolphins drop to 5-5 and if you are a Minnesota or Brett Farve fan Chicago winning last night was not good for you as the THE BEARS now are 7-3. The Vikes are behind both green Bay and Chicago by three games.