Twin Counties High School Sports Factor

If you go back to the spring of 2008 the Twin Counties has brought home four State Titles. Rocky Mount and Tarboro have carried the banners with Rocky Mount's baseball and Basketball championships and now with back to back football titles for Tarboro. If you include SouthWest Edgecombe's girls basketball title in 2005 the Twin Counties has had five in five years. This area has produced a state champion in each of the major sports in the last two years.

The POD system for the football playoffs brought on a state finals weekend full of a mixed bag. Both 4-A titles were blowout shutouts as Butler humbled Waked Forest Rolesville in the 4-AA game 44-0. The 4-A game saw Hillside of Durham pound Davie County 40-0.

The 3-AA produced a terrific game as Northern Guilford edge Shelby Crest 21-20. Northern Nash and Hunt fans can dream at how close they came to being in Northern Guilford's spot. The 3-A game was a ho-hummer a 34-7 victory by West Rowan over Eastern Alamance.

Tarboro's close game with Carver of 21-13 was not matched in the 2-AA game as Salisbury pummeled Elizabeth City Northeastern 30-0.

The best group of games was the 1-A and 1-AA games. Wallace Rose Hill won the 1-A game 22-21 over Murphy while Friday night's lone game saw Albemarle return to be state champions again beating Pender County 21-7. Hasn't been that long ago that Pender went several years without winning a game.

I case you haven't heard the NFL had moved the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings game to Monday last night because the Giants were snowed out in Kansas City and couldn't get to Minneapolis. This morning the roof has fallen in on the Metro Dome so just maybe they will play Monday night at the University of Minnesota if the teams can get there.

Duke keeps rolling along even without Irving. Carolina even though they scored 95 continue to struggle at guard. State wins again but are waiting for Smith's return.

I will have the State Champion Tarboro Vikings with me live tonight on WHIG-TV starting at 8.00pm tonight.