Moss Wins Morehead Scholarship

Well he was planning on going to school in Chapel Hill any way to play Baseball for Mike Fox and today it was announced that Benton Moss Rocky Mount High School senior has won the prestigious Morehead Cain scholarship to UNC.

It is the top scholarship given by the University of North Carolina. The Morehead is the oldest Merit scholarship in the United States. It provides for four years of complete funding including Summer internships which could be just about any thing from the FBI to IBM.

Congratulations Benton!!!!!

Gryphon baseball rebounded from the shutout administered by Rose on Tuesday with a 11-0 win over Louisburg today at Chilly Gryphon Stadium. The game lasted just five innings. Friday the Gryphons host SouthWest Edgecombe.

If you thought it was cold at Gryphon Stadium you should have been in Roanoke Rapids watching the softball team. The Yellow Jackets won 9-1 but I have to tell you these Lady Gryphons are improved over last year when they did not win a game. Pat and I were there cheering for Morgan who keeps the score book for the Lady Gryphons.

Pitching is greatly improved to the point where not one run was walked in as happened last year. The Ladies gave up close to ten runs a game last year on just walks. The Lady Gryphons are going to win soon. They will one of these warm days when they can take their over coats off. When we got in the car to come home our temperature gauge read 36.

Friday night the Lady Knights of Northern Nash will travel to the Crown Arena as they will play Union Pines in the East 3-A semi finals in Fayetteville. Should they win Tomorrow they are back on the court Saturday at six pm.

I see in the Telegram today that former Nash Central basketball star Trey Sumler has been named the Southern Conference Rookie of the year. Trey averaged 11.5 points per game this year as a red shirt freshman.

I don't know whether this means any thing or not but the NFL and Players Union CBA which runs out at midnight has been put off 24 hours. I surely hope that means they are close to getting an agreement. Why would they delay for 24 hours unless a deal is very close?

Good Luck Lady Knight!!!!!

The Next Shining Moment

We have finally made it to March and of course sports fans give March to College basketball as their shining moment. Spring is right around the corner and here are some of my observations about sports.

Duke: I don’t think they will make it to the final eight in the NCAA Tournament this year, unless Irving plays. I am still not convinced he will not be in uniform by the ACC tournament which if he is any where close to his November showing Duke can go farther. If he doesn’t play any more this year Duke has seen the last of Irving. NBA next year.

North Carolina: I have got to hand it to Roy Williams. The Carolina team on December 10th is not the same team as of March. I have been thinking lately Carolina would go farther in the NCAA tournament than Duke but now that Reggie Bullock is out for the season I don’t know what to think of Carolina now. They did however win at Florida State last night but depth is an issue.

North Carolina State: Who will be the new coach next year? I keep hearing people say give Sidney Lowe one more year. Why give him another year to go 6-10 in ACC. C J is going pro; I hear Harrow is transferring if Lowe leaves and their best player graduates. If the Virginia game was enough to seal the coffin I don’t know what ever will.

You know there is one coach in the ACC that gets a free pass and that is Seth Greenberg at Virginia Tech. They have not been to the NCAA during this year’s senior class’s tenure and after losing to BC probably won’t this year. Va Tech kind of looks like N C State. Boy that is enough said.

New York Knicks: Now that Carmelo Anthony is a New York Knick every one is escalating the Knicks to the top four of NBA. I have to ask you this. How many championships did Dominique Wilkins win in the NBA? I see Melo as this generations Dominique. All offense and no defense. They will score a lot of points but lose to the good teams when it counts. Just look at what Denver has done without him. They have won four of five. Some players don’t make teammate better and Melo is one.

Miami Heat: We are getting closer to the NBA playoffs and what has Lebron done by going to the Heat. I don’t see where he has improved his chances of winning the NBA title any at all. D Wade and Lebron are shooting guards that both like to drive to the basketball. Bosh is a small forward type player. Least in Cleveland the no names that played with James accepted their roles and they won fifty every year. Who is the leader in Miami? Who knows they will win fifty but I doubt they make Eastern finals.

I am totally confused by the NFL situation. The NFL players union is talking of decertifying and then suing the NFL. If you decertify then you are no longer a group. How can someone that doesn’t exist sue any body.

We live in a world very close to the 1930’s. If our country doesn’t get its act together we are all going bankrupt. Each and every one of us are all for progress until that progress comes knocking on our door. Whether it’s the new road between Hunter Hill and Wesleyan we are all for it until they knock on my door and tell me the road is going to take my back yard.

We are all for new business to come until they buy land next to mine. I find it very hard pulling for either side in the NFL negotiations. Every owner is rich and making money and the worse player in the NFL makes $450,000 a year. I just can’t feel sorry for either side when greed over takes the blessings that all in the NFL receives.

Now that I am off my soap box let’s get back to talking sports.

Northern Nash Girls get their shining moment when they play in the East Regional Friday night. They are the last Big East team standing from winter sports. They have only one senior so this might not be the only trip they make to the almost big dance. Good Luck to Grover and the girls.