We head to Regional Finals in football and two teams remain a live that has local implecations. Tarboro heads to their fourth straight Regional in 2-A and Hunt makes it twice in a row to the 3-AA.
If you go by record alone then this the fourth round is the easiest so far in the playoffs for the Vikings but forget records. The Stallions who tied for the Waccamaw regular season title in the 3-A/2A mixed league score 26 on Hoggard a 4-A Wilmington school early in the year. Their lone conference loss they avenged last week in beating perennial power East Bladen.
A factor could also be playing at home. This is Tarboro's first of the playoffs and I suspect many fans who have endured texting others on all the road playoff games will fill the stadium to overflow Friday. I think the Vikings head to Raleigh next week by winning by a touchdown.
Hunt who is the only undefeated team left in the 3-AA playoffs but then again they meet up with Northern Guilford who is on a twelve game winning streak. Their lone loss was the opening game of the season to Greensboro Page who by the way is undefeated still playing in the 4-A playoffs. The Nighthawks lost to Page by 21 which until last week's 14 point win over Butler 21 was as close as any one has been to Page. Three playoff games the Nighthawks have scored 123 points and given up 19.
To say the least this is a major test for the Hunt Warriors. Hunt will need to score every golden opportunity they get and the defense will have to play the best they have played this year. The twelveth man the crowd needs to be awesome Friday night for Hunt as they will need every break to go their way to win this one. If Hunt makes a trip to Chapel Hill next week it will only come after their best game of the year and still then in this one it may not be enough.
Finally Rocky Mount who has not played any basketball since football season finished a month ago will tip it off Friday night. Both the girls and boys are playing in the Knightdale Triangle tip-off Tournament. The games at Knightdale High school start for the girls at 4.30 and they play 4-A Millbrook and the boys follow at 6pm against the home standing Knightdale High
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
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