Roosters Repeat

The University of South Carolina won their second straight game last night to win the College World Series over Florida.  Ray Tanner the former Wolfpack coach who has been at South Carolina now for 15 years or so has elevated his status on the college coaching ranks to  a stratospheric level.

This make the former ACC member twice  championships in baseball since they left the ACC and the ACC still without a title since the mid 50's.  I think like in NASCAR if you run up front enough you will win one every now and then.

Here we are near the end of June and all of a sudden both the NFL owners and players are serious in their talks to end the near 100 day lockout.  It is down  till if they don't get an agreement soon then what is to become of all the free agents.  Before a team can formulate  their upcoming 2011 team  they need to negotiate with all the free agents and find out where they are all going.  I would bet by 4th of July the NFL is back in Business.

It is after all a dog eat world and everyone goes after what they can get but it is now late and both sides are on the verge of losing big if they don't sign soon.  When both sides lose that's when talks get serious to stop the bleeding.  When one side has an advantage over the other is when all the stalling goes on.  Everybody's pockets are dropping money now so it is going to end soon.

I haven't had the pleasure to visit the new Rocky Mount High School which is looking more and more every day like a high school.  I am hearing the football press box is no where near the size of the one  at the Athletic Complex.  I would hope it would not be.  All the talk of saving dollars the press box at the complex is one of the best high school press boxes in the state especially with the side porches having a covering for  video and the coaches.  Hard to tell the public we need to reduce teachers but it is ok to build the best press box in state to upgrade the one we already have. 

All sports being on campus is worth  something.

The Area one East Senior American Legion playoffs schedule is set and Rocky Mount draws New Bern in the opening round starting Sunday.  We  are in the same bracket with Edenton/Wayne County winner which would be a second round matchup should Post 58 take care of New Bern.  The third round would be Pitt Co/Wilson bracket winner.

The winner of the East area automatically qualifies for the State Tournament in Morehead City which starts July 21st.  The East winner is matched up with the Area one West champion in the fourth round but both will have already qualified for State Tournament.