Nothing Beats The Feel Of Victory

There is nothing better for getting the sour taste of defeat out of your mouth better than winning. Last night the Rocky Mount Gryphons hosted the Firebirds of Southern Nash. The Gryphon boys who lately have played ten minutes of great basketball and twenty two minutes each game as if they were not quite sure which players standing at each end of the court were teammates. Last night they knew which color uniforms were on there side and rip Southern Nash by a 73-48 score

The win gets the Gryphons to 2-1 in conference with a major trip Tuesday night to Northern Nash. It is odd at how perception makes you feel. A 2-1 record sounds a whole lot better than 1-1 or 1-2 heading into your biggest rival game of the year. The Northern Christmas tournament loss at home to the Knights is what started Rocky Mount’s tumble through the Twilight Zone over the past month.

There are no issues in girl’s basketball to worry with as once again the Lady Gryphons run Southern Nash ragged in winning their third conference game without a loss 63-34

The ladies are solid getting consistent play from the big three Tia Hudgins, J’Kyra Brown and Timisha Walker. The tandem of Marquita Hines and Tias Cooper at the guards are quick and I think the best thing you can say about them is they are consistent enough that you don’t notice them which means they are not messing things up. Carmen Richardson is adequate backup for either guard. The only thing this team lacks is height.

During the winter if you love track you go out and they say they you are on the indoor track team. There is a group of Gryphons that show up everyday and travel out to the football stadium and practice in their special event.

The biggest difference in indoor track over the spring when outside is the official place is how the events results are viewed. In the spring if you line up and finish first you win. The winter you are trying to beat a time which has been established by the state. If you run and win a race but the time is not fast enough you won a race that day but not in the eyes of the state.

Because indoor is limited space available for when the championships finally are run you only get to the state finals by having run what they call a qualifying time. So far this year ZiKeener Parker who runs various events has qualified and Paul Lilley has qualified in the mile. Both have chances to win state titles during the State indoor championships next month.

The East-West Shrine football Game is today. The big controversy is not who the best player is but whether Marvin Alston formerly of UNC should be allowed to wear the UNC head gear in the game. Alston is the player who was kicked off the team for all the illegal benefits he received starting back in 2009 from agents. He never played one down this season and very well may wind up costing UNC their entire season in 2009 if they have to forfeit their wins.

Should he be allowed to wear UNC gear? That we can argue about for the rest of our lives. I say no, what say You?