Rocky Mount Nationals Pound Nash County

The Tar Heel District Midget 9/10 year old Little League got under way tonight at the Rocky Mount Sports  Complex and the National League All Stars from Rocky Mount wasted little time and letting everyone know they want to be the team to beat in this district Tournament.

Only 11 players on the roster ten got hits and the lone player who didn't got and rbi as the National Leaguers pounded out 21 hits en route to a 22-0 win over the Nash County All Stars who teams comes  from Spring Hope, Bailey and Red Oak.  Nine  of the eleven players had at least one rbi as Rocky Mount score six in the first, eight in the second and added eight more in the third.

Their opening round wins sets up a showdown with the Rocky Mount American League All Stars who had a bye tonight in the first round and they collide Thursday night at 6.00pm at the sports complex winners bracket game.

Trevor Mills and Isaiah Thomas  lead the hitting parade going 4-4 each.  Andrew Meade and Chase  Hollowell had three hits each  Hunter Robinson had two hits but one left yard as he hit a two run homer and Jamar Ellis also had two hits for the National League.Gates Harrell, Woodall Rose,Payton Bass all collect a hit.

The rbi parade was lead with three by Hunter Robinson.  Trevor Mills and Chase Hollowell had two each.  Meade, Thomas,Colin Legaj,Bass, Rose and Harrell each had one.

The Good news for the Nationals Head Coach Johnny Ramsey is he used only three pitchers for a total of four innings.  Woodall Rose pitched the first two, then Gates Harrell pitch the third and Isaiah Thomas pitch the fourth.  Nash County collected  four hits in the game. One each from Lane Butler,Ben Heacox,Adam Denton and Noel Thomas.

If the weather doesn't bother the schedule the championship game will be played Saturday afternoon at 2.00pm assuming the undefeated teams wins all their games.  Should the loser bracket team win the game Saturday  that would force a winner take all game that will be played Sunday afternoon at 2.00pm against both one loss teams.

 Wayne County beat Pitt County last night in game three of the best of five Area one playoffs 9-4.  WC sweeps the series three  games to none and has qualified for the State Tournament in Morehead City later this month.  They still have the Area One finals to go before the State tournament.  Last word there was Cary led North Chatham two games to none.

Babe Ruth 13U Wins District Title

The 13 year Old Babe Ruth All Star team from Nash County won Eastern North Carolina District 5 Babe Ruth championship this past weekend  beating Pitt County and have qualified for the Eastern North Carolina State Championships this weekend in Pikeville.

They begin play on Thursday and they will take on the host team Wayne County at 7.00pm.  The games are being played at C B Aycock High School on Highway 171 in Pikeville.  North Carolina qualifies a Eastern and  a Western Champion so if Nash County wins this weekend they are off the the Southeast Regional in Stafford Virginia.

The members of this Babe Ruth team are Chad Nelms, Forest Bell, Matt Rhodes, John Michael Kelly, Whit Casper, Trey Braswell, Tyler Barrett, Hunter Moore, Darrius Cooper, Brandon Kelly, Luke Mills, Markese Clapp and Cole Pierce.

The coaching staff is long time coach Joe Hester, Joe Bell and  Wesley Joyner.

Starting Wednesday the Tar Heel Midget League District Tournament gets under way at the Sports Complex in Rocky Mount.  The action begins at 6.00pm and the Stretchlon Sports Show will be there with cameras rolling.  One field will be featuring one of the Rocky Mount teams I am not sure whether it is the American League team or National but I believe I heard it is Jeremy Stewarts team   or the other choice is Johnny Ramsey's team.  They will be  going up against the Nash County team from Spring Hope.

The winner of that game  will play at 6.00pm Thursday against the other Rocky Mount team in a winners bracket game.  During the drawing because of an odd number of teams  one team got a bye on Wednesday and it was one of the Rocky Mount teams.   If no weather delays  the championship game is scheduled for 2.00pm Saturday at the Sports Complex and if it is a local team playing we plan to show it at sometime on the Stretchlon Sports Show.  That championship game Saturday would be if the undefeated team was to win.  If the loser bracket team knocks off the undefeated team the championship game would be Sunday at 2.00pm.

Jeremy Stewarts 2010 Midget  Team is the defending State Champs.There will not be many players from that team as most moved up to Senior Little League but Jeremy and his staff will try to win it again.

Last night Wayne County beat Pitt County 13-11 to take a 2-0 lead in the best of five series for Area One East American Legion Playoff.  WC needs one more win to qualify for the Sate Tournament in Morehead City even though they still have another series with the Area One West winner which will either be Cary or North Chatham.  Both the East and West winners make the State Tournament

The USA Team participating in the IFAF Senior World Football Championships won the Group A Bracket on Tuesday beating Mexico 17-7.  They were 3-0 in Group A Play.  They will play either Canada or Japan the Group B winner Saturday in Innsbruck Austria.  The Japan/Canada game is today.  Stephan Virgil former Rocky Mount Gryphon and Virginia Tech Hokie is the starting cornerback and stats from his first two games were he had one tackle for a loss and two pass knock downs.  The US team like everyone else has played three games in five days.