Christmas Tourney Starts Monday

Rocky Mount High School will host the the Nash County Christmas tournament for the last time in the old gym starting Monday night. The next time the Gryphons would be scheduled to host the event they will be in a new location and and the new gym will be less than two years old.

The event kicks off Monday night at 5.00pm with Northern Nash and Nash Central girls tangling with the winner not playing again until Wednesday at 6.30. The loser will play Tuesday at six. Game two of the night will have the host school the Lady Gryphons taking on Southern Nash. The same scenerio applies for the winner and loser as the NN-NC game.

The anchor game of the Monday night event will be the defending State 3-A champs Rocky Mount taking on county rival Southern Nash. This will be the Gryphons first action against any one else in Nash County since they won the 3-A title back in March. This game is scheduled for eight with the loser not playing again until five on Wednesday and the winner playing in the final game of the tournament at eight or so Wednesday night.

Day two will only have two games as the girls consolation game will begin at six and the Northern Nash Boys will take on the Bulldogs of Nash Central at 7.30. The boys loser will play again at five on Wednesday while the winner does not take the hardwood again until eight Wednesday night.

The Stretchlon Sports show will be taping all four of the opening round games and the two championship games. Wes Bradshaw will cover all three of the boys games this week and yours truly will handle the girls.

Tonight on the show will be the replay of Pam Gainey's 300th career victory a couple of weeks ago at SouthWest Edgecombe. Wes Bradshaw who if I recall has not been behind the mic since the State Championship basketball game will handle the historic event.

Whether getting behind the mic to doing radio or TV or just to do PA you develop friendships with people over the years and one of those people who I like a lot while covering his son playing for Northern Nash and Nash County Legion was Terry Woodley. We meet Saturday morning while getting tires and an inspection and spent several minutes rehashing old times and Terry giving me an update on Zach's life.

Zach is now a Junior at ECU and will not play baseball for the Pirates. Zach had arm trouble at Pitt CC and spurned an offer from Mount Olive to continue his baseball career. It is a pleasure to be around friends when you listen to them talk about their children and how proud they are of the people that they have become and the places they have been because of sports.