Gryphons Finally Win One

Rocky Mount beat Cleveland 10-0 this afternoon in the 7/8 place game at the South Johnston Baseball Tournament.  Benton Moss took to the mound for the Gryphons and he stabilized what has been a very unbalanced three days in the South Johnston Baseball Tournament.

Saturday the team endured the trip to South Johnston only to get into a rain delay before they saw a funnel cloud from all the storms that North Carolina had Saturday.  Monday morning the team played the early game to catch up from Saturday.  The first inning Jeremy Johnson and Collin Watson the pitcher and catcher had to leave the game in the first inning due to injuries.  The team lost to West Johnson 16-4.

Falling into the losers bracket the team waited until 4.00pm where they took on Harnett Central who beat the Gryphons 10-6.  It is one of the worse days in Rocky Mount baseball history.

Benton Moss with the win today has become the all time winningest pitcher in Rocky Mount baseball history. Moss pitched four inning and the fifth was pitched by a JV pitcher Will Edwards brought up for this tournament to give him some work on varsity.  Between the two of them they throw  a  five inning no hitter.

Jeremy Johnson had two hits and Benton Moss hit a homer and drove in four rbi in the game.Matt Berry Taylor Clontz and Andy Morris had hits for the Gryphons.

The Gryphons are now 13-7 and will not play again until next Tuesday when Fike comes to Rocky Mount for the makeup of the rain out game two weeks ago.

Northern Nash was scheduled to play this afternoon against a National Junior team touring the United States.  The game was cancelled after the death of JV shortstop Spenser Davis.  His visitation is tonight at Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral on on Wooddruff Road.  It begins at 6.30-900pm.

 WRAL-TV is reporting tonight that Woody Durham the "Voice Of The Tar Heels " is retiring.  I had the pleasure to meet Woody way back in the 70's when our local station in Ahoskie was part of the Tarheel Sports Network.  Woody would come to Ahoskie in the spring when we would invite any potential advertiser on the football and basketball  that you could  eat on us and Woody would lay out our advertising cost to each possible client and he would also give all the Tar Heel faithful a rah-rah about the upcoming sports .  I don't know but I bet he came six or seven years in a row.

One Saturday in the 90's we went to a Carolina game and since for most everyone in my family it was their first visit to the Dean Dome we lingered after the game just taking in the sights.  Our seat that day we were  at mid court and eight seats back to the foul line across from the Carolina bench. We were on about the eighth row up. 

We made our way to the top of the lower level and Woody who had just finished his broadcast came walking down the isle toward us.  I told Brooks, Brooks here comes the voice of the Tar Heels Mr. Woody Durham.  Woody Shook Brooks hand and turn to me and said Tony how are you doing.  I think I got more pleasure out of that meeting than everyone else in my family as all I could think about is Woody remembered my name.

Small things are important to some and really meant nothing to Woody that day but for me, it was priceless that Woody Durham remember me..


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