Carolina Keeps Coming To Rocky Mount

Two Former Rocky Mount High school athletes Danny Talbott and Phil Ford are names that any Tar Heel Fan knows. There is no doubt that through the year the Tar heels have signed many Gryphons athletes to athletic scholarships. This week Benton Moss added his name to Mike Fox's commitments from Rocky Mount and will enter Chapel hill next summer.

Moss will join freshman Hobbs Johnson a Gryphon last year now a Tar Heel looking to survive in Chapel Hill. It seems that there is a run of Rocky Mount star players who are finding making it four years in Chapel hill is tough.

Sophomore Brian Goodwin will sit out this spring on Mike Fox's baseball team and his future is in doubt with the Tar Heels. Adam Weaver, Mike Mason, Paul Jenkins and Carter Harrell all signed with Carolina but none of them played out their eligibility there all in the last ten years or so.

It is better sometimes to be lucky than good. State catches a deflection in the end zone and scores a touchdown. A two point conversion bounces all around and hits the ground and Carolina loses to the Wolfpack by two.

I have now seen all three State, Carolina and Duke play basketball and Duke may be better than I thought. They seem to be able to play a big team or bring in the quick team. Playing Minnesota Friday night which is by the way a very good team Carolina had a hard time in the half court game and it didn't seem the point guards knew how to get the ball to the scorers. Isn't that the same problem they had last year? State is much improved in the guard play which has been their biggest weakness during Sidney Lowe's tenure. They are still mighty young and skinny.

Tonight on the "Stretchlon Sports Show" an hour with the Nash Central Cross country team. Showtime is 8.00pm