Sectional Finals Tonight!

I understand WNCT channel 9 in Greenville has a story on line about Terry Pittman the Red Oak Middle school student who had the severe spinal injury in September. Their story which ran on the news last night shows Terry walking the halls at Red Oak. It is a blessing for Terry and Colt Brake. There have been times in the past injuries like they had meant permanent disability for the remainder of their lives.

Improvements in medicine plays a part but I think in both of these cases the power of prayer has had an extreme part in people being united in helping both get well. Their journeys are not over in recovery.

Tonight it is the Big East against the Coastal for sectional championships and the right to move on the East Regional. The Big East has a higher seeding priority this year and all four games are being played at Big East Gyms.

Northern Nash girls take on #2 seed Havelock at Northern while in Rocky Mount the #1 seeded Lady Gryphons take on South Central. These two have had a home and home series in December and South Central won both close games. There is the old saying it is hard to beat a team three times in a season and we hope that holds true tonight.

Hunt the #1 seed in the Big East boys is hosting #1 Coastal South Central while as the second game of a double header in Rocky Mount the Gryphons the #2 in the Big East host Coastal #2 West Craven. These two met in the second round last year in Rocky Mount. Winning the State Championship last year and surviving the first two rounds this year Rocky Mount has won eight straight playoff games.

The way the brackets are set up winning the sectionals will send each winner against each other next week in Fayetteville. If Rocky Mount and Hunt both win tonight they will square off against each other in the regional. If Northern Nash and Rocky Mount girls win then they have to travel all the way to Fayetteville to meet each other for a fifth time this year. I think we all are pulling for it to happen. Charles Alston has reminded me that Regional reseed so we will have to wait to see if all four of our teams make it and whether reseeding will matter to us either way.

Tonight if you are going to be in the gym at Rocky Mount then you get to hear me on PA. Wayne Wallace the PA Voice of The Gryphons is doing PA at Wesleyan tonight in the semi finals of their conference tournament. I know Wayne wants to do both. Did you see the “Telegram” this Morning as they have an article on Wayne retiring after this weekend from Wesleyan PA announcing?

Gryphon baseball finished up their scrimmages yesterday traveling to Bunn. The e-mail that I got said the Gryphons won 29-8 give or take a run or two. Season opener is Tuesday at Rose.

The state wrestling tournament got underway last night and last until Saturday afternoon. Ten Nash County wrestlers are vying for state championships. I hope we have some winners, that way we can do a live wrestling show on WHIG-TV like we just did last weekend for indoor track. If it happens it would be on TV next weekend.

Whether it is at Northern or Rocky Mount, go cheer for our local teams in their quest to make the eastern regional in basketball. GO Gryphons –Gryphons- and Knights!