Rocky Mount High senior Andrew Morales has been named to the ESPN Rise All American Soccer Team. Thirty three of the top players in the country were named to the team. Morales who will sign with Duke in early February will receive his all American honor on signing day in the library at Rocky Mount High school.
Oh by the way there was a matter of a couple of basketball games tonight at Northern and the Gryphons come home with two victories.
The Lady Gryphons took on the Lady Knights and both were unbeaten in conference play so tonight was the battle for the undisputed lead in the Big East. Northern lead for 47 minutes and thirty second before a Tia Hudgins put back with 29.8 second gave Rocky Mount their first lead of the game and a lead they would not give back.
Northern lead twice during the game by eleven the last time coming at 33-22 but with two minutes to go in the third quarter Grover Battle decided to take the air our of the ball with his team leading 41-31. Up unto that point the Lady Knights had won the battle on the boards 29-18 as many of their points came of missed shot put backs. From that two minutes to go in the third until the end of the game Rocky Mount out rebounded Northern 12-3 and out scored Northern 19-6.
Despite the come back to win 50-47 Rocky Mount was a dismal 17-34 at the free throw line. Everyone was except J'Kyra Brown who nailed 12-16 so if you add it up her team mates were 5-18 and they still won.
Not every one knew that Tia Hudgins played despite being in a walking cast since Friday night's game with Southern. First off the bench Carmen Richardson did not play after getting a concussion against Southern. Brown lead the Gryphons with 21 while Hudgins 14. Quenesha Lynch lead Northern with 19.
Rocky Mount is now 16-2 on the year 4-0 in the Big East Northern is 10-2 and 3-1 in the Big East.
Back during the Holiday tournament finals Dante Battle nursed a injured elbow and did not play in the second half of the championship game after he tore the bandage off in the second quarter of that game.. Kenyatta Battle spent the last 47 minutes and 45 second sitting in the Gryphon locker room in coach Mike Gainey's dog house. If it had not been for Michael Bracket's swish at the buzzer the Gryphons would have walked out of the holiday tournament a winner.
Tonight a motivated Gryphon squad with all hands on deck come out from the opening tap and pressured Northern's guards to keep them from getting the ball inside to DeShawn Freeman and when he did get the ball the Gryphons doubled team and tripled team him all night and the result is a 70-52 Gryphon victory at Northern.
The high light of the night for Northern was taking a 5-2 early lead but Rocky Mount responded with six straight points and a 8-5 lead and they never looked back. They lead by 11 and the quarter, 15 at the half, 19 at the end of the third quarter and 18 at the end.
Northern Out rebounded Rocky Mount 35-27 and had more turnovers 20 to the Gryphons 15. It wasn't so much the turnovers but the struggle that the Fighting Knights had to get the ball to Freeman who managed to get 19 but most were long after the game was decided. Michael Bracket carried over his winning shot in December and score 16 but those couldn't do it by themselves for Northern.
Exzavier Cooper lead the way with 15 but this was a team victory tonight with Tecoby Hines adding 11, Tevin Taylor 8, Bruce Applewhite 8,Terrell Hilliard 6, Levon Brutus 6, K J Peoples 5, Kenyatta Bullock 5 , MJ Gainey 4 and Damien Strickland 2.
The second trip around the conference starts Friday for the Gryphons as they play at Nash Central. Central did the Gryphons a big favor last Friday night beating Hunt at Hunt so the Gryphons start the second time around tied for the lead with Hunt. Northern who also lost to Hunt at Home play at Hunt Friday.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Giving All That You Have For The Team
The Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler is being grounded up like hamburger over his sitting on the sidelines in the second half of the NFC Championship game after going out with a knee injury.
Let me be the first to tell you I hate Jay Cutler more than any other quarterback in the NFL. Cutler was involved in the now famous Philip Rivers barking incident in which the news media has used over the years to claim that Philip Rivers is a trash talker. What the cameras didn't show on the night that Rivers was caught barking at Cutler was that Cutler had grabbed his crotch and pointing to the San Diego side line. That got the attention of several Charger players including Rivers.
Just two years ago LT sat on the sidelines with his Darth Vader mask on sitting staring into space while the Chargers beat Indy in the playoffs. The only thing I can blame either for is they were not up cheering for their teammates but pouting on the bench.
Philip Rivers was also injured in that Indy game and never came back into the game after he tore up his knee. He did under go surgery the following Monday and played in the AFC Championship game needing to have total reconstruction surgery.
I fail to see how anyone can judge an injury to any player based on how important the game is. Yes Cutler could have pulled a Brett Farve and when the doctors or coaches said sit for the rest of the game he could have said not on your life. I'm playing. Today he would have been a hero even though his team probably would have still lost the game.
If there is one thing that Jay Cutler needs more than anything else is a dose of humble pie. He is a Brett Farve type of quarterback whether he either looks great or stupid on some of the passes he makes. Standing on the sidelines he just has the look of a non caring person who could care less.
The national news media is paid to fill talk time from Sunday to Sunday waiting for the next games. They are looking for anything to help fill the time. In the case of a player going out with a injury you have to trust the doctors and the player who would know whether they can perform up to the expectations needed to win. When they can't they need to sit.
Cutler's case he didn't do much when he was healthy to make you think he would play better hurt. I just wish he would work on his facial expressions that make him look like he cares.
Let me be the first to tell you I hate Jay Cutler more than any other quarterback in the NFL. Cutler was involved in the now famous Philip Rivers barking incident in which the news media has used over the years to claim that Philip Rivers is a trash talker. What the cameras didn't show on the night that Rivers was caught barking at Cutler was that Cutler had grabbed his crotch and pointing to the San Diego side line. That got the attention of several Charger players including Rivers.
Just two years ago LT sat on the sidelines with his Darth Vader mask on sitting staring into space while the Chargers beat Indy in the playoffs. The only thing I can blame either for is they were not up cheering for their teammates but pouting on the bench.
Philip Rivers was also injured in that Indy game and never came back into the game after he tore up his knee. He did under go surgery the following Monday and played in the AFC Championship game needing to have total reconstruction surgery.
I fail to see how anyone can judge an injury to any player based on how important the game is. Yes Cutler could have pulled a Brett Farve and when the doctors or coaches said sit for the rest of the game he could have said not on your life. I'm playing. Today he would have been a hero even though his team probably would have still lost the game.
If there is one thing that Jay Cutler needs more than anything else is a dose of humble pie. He is a Brett Farve type of quarterback whether he either looks great or stupid on some of the passes he makes. Standing on the sidelines he just has the look of a non caring person who could care less.
The national news media is paid to fill talk time from Sunday to Sunday waiting for the next games. They are looking for anything to help fill the time. In the case of a player going out with a injury you have to trust the doctors and the player who would know whether they can perform up to the expectations needed to win. When they can't they need to sit.
Cutler's case he didn't do much when he was healthy to make you think he would play better hurt. I just wish he would work on his facial expressions that make him look like he cares.
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