3 In A Row For Tarboro-300 For Gainey

Is it possible that for the third year in a row Tarboro heads to the State 2-A Championship game and this team is the best yet. Tonight Tarboro throws a blanket over the East Bladen offense and coast to their third straight Regional title beating East Bladen for the second year in a row. The Viking defense was so stifling that the Vikings were already ahead 33-0 in the fourth quarter before EB found the end zone.

Unlike the last two seasons when the 2-A championship has been in Chapel Hill the Viking will get to see the inside of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons home Grove Stadium or I believe it's called B B &T stadium now.

The last three weeks of the playoffs the Vikes have held high scoring Roanoke rapids to 14. Last week East Duplin to 10 and tonight 7 to east Bladen. The defense seems to be getting better and better as the playoffs proceed.

Tarboro is Eastern Champs three years in a row knocking off East Bladen 33-7. They will play Winston salem Carver who won in the West so it looks as if the State Championship will be played in Carvers back yard.

In the 3-AA playoffs North Guilford beat Hunt 28-20 which I am going to tell you I thought NG would walk the dog on Hunt. So the last of the Big East teams goes down in the Eastern Finals.


Pinetops was the seen tonight at Pam Gainey and her Lady Gryphon went after their fifth victory of the season but the biggest prize of the night was victory would be number 300 for coach Pam Gainey. I believe tonight when the Lady Gryphons got off the bus they were ready to give Gainey #300 as Rocky Mount crushes SouthWest Edgecombe 72-29

Tia Hudgins lead the way with 21 but everyone who stepped on the court For Rocky Mount had only one goal win #300. The Gryphons return home Tuesday to oddly enough play SWE again. Rocky Mount will be glad to see the inside of the gym as they have been on the road for their last five games winning four of those game.

If you thought the girls score was bad the boys didn't let The Cougar boys think any thing about winning this game. The Gryphons score 20 before the Cougars scored one point and by half time Rocky Mount had more than the Cougars would score in the game Final Gryphons 96- SWE 39

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Lebron James is one of the best players in the NBA. His return last night to Cleveland met boos and ugly comments as you might expect after the spectacle he put on in announcing that he was going to Miami.

Now his comments that the coach at Miami should be fired because he is too tough a coach really puts Lebron in the Prim a Donna category. Listening to his comments it seems his Miami coach feels he can play better than he does but Lebron doesn’t want to be coached. Any wonder why Miami hasn’t beaten any one with a winning record.

I told you on this blog back in June when he made the announcement that he was going to Miami that Lebron was admitting he couldn’t win it on his own and needed help. Seems as if the Heat is giving him help but he doesn’t want to listen.

If there is one failure from coaches I don’t care what sport it is, is their inability to adapt to the players they have. Roy Williams is a run and gun coach and the last season and a half just doesn’t have the players to execute the run and gun.

Coach K last year moved Jon Schyer to point guard because he knew he would not have ten turnovers a game from the point guard. They won a national championship. This year with Irving at PG the Devils are running and gunning with the players he has.

The best coach that I have ever been around for changing from year to year was Daryl Allen when I did radio for Ahoskie and Hertford County football. I was in his office in I think it was 1976 before school got out for the summer that year and he looks at me and says” I think I am going to run the Radar defense”. I ask what in the world is that?

He gave me a book about the radar defense and he explained to me that with the players he had coming back that fall that would be a good defense. He said” I don’t have a defensive player over 160 pounds and the radar all 11 players stand up”. “I’m going to let my 160 pound nose guard stand up and run past the center and guard before they can get off the ball”. His team gave up 38 points during that regular season.

There are just not many coaches around whether it is pro, college or high school that can change when ever needed. The first thing is they have to be able to evaluate their talent and what that talent can do. Then they have to understand how what they are changing to works.

Pam Gainey goes for coaching victory # 300 tonight. Her biggest fault as a coach she has never had a big center to go along with her pressure defense. The Gryphons play at SouthWest Edgecombe.

Yesterday was the first Indoor track day of the season. Funny thing about indoor track is around here it is held outside. Yesterday’s event was held at SouthWest Edgecombe and in order to qualify for the state championships you must either run a certain time or throw a certain distance. Zikeener Parker qualified for the state in two events the 55 meter and 500 meter. She is the only Gryphon that qualified yesterday.

Tonight is the Eastern Regional 2-A finals again at Tarboro and again against East Bladen. East Bladen needed 50 last week to beat Carrboro while it only took 13 for Tarboro. I like the Vikes chances of returning to the state championship this year however in Winston Salem. Tarboro 35 East Bladen 20

GO VIKINGS!