Early Season Upset

This week The "Telegram" is featuring the spring sports and today they covered boys track. Since Nash Central is a power house in track I think it is very logical that since the Bulldogs dominated the area in indoor track they and even last spring were the very best that they would be the choice to win again this spring.

Today at Nash Central the Gryphons made a statement that maybe the "Telegram" should have paid more attention to them. Rocky Mount won the event which also had Hunt High and the Gryphons won rather handily. The final was 102 Nash Central 71 and Hunt14.

Yesterday the "Telegram"featured girls Track and of course the eight time conference champions Gryphon girls are the favorites. Today the ladies prove to be as they overwhelmed Nash Central and Hunt.

Kent Cox and Gryphon baseball continue to find pitchers to go along with Benton Moss who I think will be on the hill Thursday afternoon when Rose comes to Gryphon Stadium. If you have never seen Benton throw the weather tomorrow could reach 70 and should be an excellent day to watch baseball.

Today Jeremy Johnson tossed four innings and Matt Berry finished up the game on the hill for the Gryphons as they beat Riverside 11-6. Spencer Ramsey took a hit to his hand while at bat and may have a injury to keep him out of the lineup. This team is extremely young and can't afford any injuries and so far to be 5-3 this is a great start for this bunch of youngsters.

I promised to look at some more of our local college players each night and tonight we will look at Ben Fish at Campbell. So far Ben the former Gryphon has started ten games for the 7-9 Camels and is batting 291. He has four rbi so far this year.

Alex Pearce from Nash Central has started nine games for the 20-3 Braves of Pembroke. Alex has his average up to 154. The Braves this week are in the top Ten is D-2 baseball, Two of their three losses have come at the hands of Lander College. You might ask what is so significant about that. Lander is the college "Baseball" Brett Johnson is the assistant coach for. Lander is also in the top twenty in D-2 baseball.

Finally tonight we will look at Tyler Clark the former Knight of Northern Nash who is tearing up N C Wesleyan opponents. Tyler is cracking the bat at 397 but he has legged out three triples for a catcher.

Hope you got your brackets right. I have two and I am picking Duke in one and Ohio State in the other.