Wheels Falling Off

One week ago the Lady Gryphon Volleyball team was riding a 26 game conference winning streak and had a two game lead in the Big East with four games to go.  This morning they are in a dead tie with Northern Nash who beat Nash Central while Rocky Mount was losing at Fike. This is the same Fike team that has beaten Hunt this year .

How many times  have you seen in life or sports  when people have streaks, when the streak finally stops that it takes a while to recover.  Timing plays its     part too.  The Lady Gryphons have a starter injured and another sick this week.  There's  nobody going to feel sorry for you.  Both should be back next week.   Fike beats the Lady Gryphons 3-1at Fike. Northern and RM are tied at the top with two losses and Hunt right behind with three losses.  The conference race is going down to the wire.

Gryphon Tennis beat Fike 8-1.  There is no doubt that Nash Central is the best around in this area but seems like just yesterday that Fike was always the team to beat.

High schools sports where recruiting is not possible teams in every sport have their highs and lows.  Rocky Mount football went through an incredible six year run.  Every year there are great athletes at every school.  When you go on those six year runs you get more than your share of great athletes.  Then all of a sudden you are back to a few good players.  It's not that you don't have good players just not enough of them.  You have to wait for the next cycle.  All the time while you go through you great cycle some other team  is in their down cycle.  You just hope the down doesn't last long.

I have Direct TV so I had a chance to catch all four of the baseball games for the playoffs for a while Wednesday night.  I had my clicker working going from game to game.  I finally gave up when the Braves let their game get tied in the ninth inning.  At that time the Red Sox were in rain delay and the Yankees were leading 7-6.  I called it a night when the Cardinals won their game.  I didn't miss anything did I?