Lady Gryphons Come To Play

There are those times in sports when you practice to play a certain way and when you go out on the field of play and all the pieces fall in place and you wind up looking like the greatest team ever.  It  happened tonight for Rocky Mount.  I heard comments like "this is the best that we have played all year". 

The Lady GryphonS started this season when they were 6-0 in conference play they forgot what made them 6-0.  They played flat footed and Hunt sent them to their first loss.  Spinning having lost a 26 game conference win streak Fike took the Lady Gryphons to the wood shed two days later.  Last Thursday at Northern playing for the conference regular season crown they played better but were beaten by a better team.  Tuesday's semi final game against Hunt that old Gryphon team showed up but if it wasn't for that old team showing up they never would have outlasted Hunt to make it back to Northern.

Playing with speed and aggression the Lady Gryphons take out Northern Nash 25-19,25-19, 25-22 to win 3-0 and win the Tournament title.  They now open the 3-A State Playoffs Thursday at Rocky Mount against either White Oak or Jacksonville.

The score was not the only thing to sting the Lady Knights as Deja Lewis fell in the middle of the third game and had to be taken to the hospital.  Her ability to play in the opening round is highly questionable for the Lady Knights Now.  The good news for Northern other than having to lose to their hated rival they still sit as the #1 seed and will play a home game next week.

Got to the JV football game tonight and when Rocky Mount came on the field it was half empty on their side of the fifty yard line.  Several JV players have been called to duty on the varsity as in the last three weeks the football has lost four players to injuries and are out for the year.  Several more will not play at Fike Friday due to injuries keeping them on the sidelines.  Seems as if "Hawkeye" Pierce and the 4077th Mash Unit is getting a workout on the Gryphon football team.

Fike beat the Little Gryphons 21-12.

There is not a bad game to be played anywhere in the Big East Friday night.  Rocky Mount is at Fike.  Nash Central at Northern Nash and Southern Nash travels to Hunt.  I think at least one of the unbeatens falls Friday.