Unusual Sports Spring

Let's face it this two week break right in the middle of the heart of spring sports has hurt every sport.  Yesterday the four County High Schools held a Nash County event and the sole purpose was to give the athletes a chance to get some competition before next week's Regional at Nash Central in track and field.

Rocky Mount swept both the boys and girls conference championships in track and field  two weeks ago and were heading towards the regional  with hopes of being able to qualify many athletes for the state event.  This two week layoff  has slowed their momentum but every Nash County athlete has lost that mo from two weeks away from the every afternoon routine at practice.

Northern Nash and Nash Central did not play their baseball game yesterday so they too are at least one game behind being on schedule to finish the baseball season next Saturday.

August first of last year Tom O'Brian the head football coach at N C State voiced his displeasure that Russell Wilson did not take part in any spring or summer football activities at N C State while off playing baseball. even two or three games into the season he kept saying words like not in football shape.  The warning signs were there that he was not going to let Russell Wilson do both this spring.

Yesterday Russell Wilson announced that we was leaving his one year of football eligibility at N C State and keep it in his pocket just in case this baseball thing doesn't work out.  Why would he do that?  If you look at his stats since he has been playing for the Asheville Tourist this spring will tell you why.

He is hitting a paltry 222 and is sharing the second base job with another player.  Baseball of all sports with the minor league system can sign a player to play in the minors just so they can develope.  They don't get paid all that much so if you have been hanging around A ball or AA for three or four years you are probably not going to advance much further.

Wilson was a spot starter while at State and never showed consistence hitting ability to be an everyday player.  Pro baseball will work with any player who has speed and tried to make him a ball player.  Thus far in the now full year of playing minor league ball Wilson doesn't seem that his hitting will ever get him to the AA level much less any higher.

Since State was tired of the practicing with one quarterback and when Wilson  showed up having to start all over with him the departing of the ways.  Tom O'Brien in just about every interview last fall said we are not doing this again next fall.  If Russell Wilson doesn't start hitting look about the middle of July that Wilson announces that he will play somewhere for one year in football and take his chances next year in the NFL draft.  That's probably where he should have already been at any way.