Playoff Positioning Starts Tonight

Northern Nash comes to Rocky Mount tonight and the  feature game of the evening begins close to 6pm as the undefeated Lady Knights of Northern Nash take on the Lady Gryphons in the first of their two regular season  match ups with both teams clearly being head and shoulders better than anybody else in the conference.  If  either lose during the regular season in conference play it will probably be to each other.

They have already met during the Nash County Holiday Tournament and by the fourth quarter Northern had established the inside and force Rocky Mount to shoot outside and they didn't make much outside of ten feet.  It is clear that Northern can go ten deep and the tenth player is as solid as the first player.  Rocky Mount has the best player on the court in J'Kyra Brown and her main helper Tia Hudgins will also need Alexus Cooper and Carmen Richardson to step up their play tonight to make this a game.  Home is their best advantage tonight.

The winner will be in the lead after the first cycle of conference games  and if either of these two teams want to get to the Regional or further the easiest way there is home games in the sectionals and the conference champ has the best chance getting two or more at home while the #2 may only get the first round at home.  Luck helps out along the way and  if teams with higher seating get knocked out then that helps getting more home games as long as you are not victim of the upset.  You know Rocky Mount boys got to play the sectional finals in Rocky Mount last year after a higher seed lost while Rocky Mount won their second round game on the road.

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association is having the realignment meetings this week when teams that object to their new conference affiliation can scream, cry, holler foul or what ever the case may be  about the upcoming realignment in 2013.  I have heard nothing that anyone in the Big East is objecting to the new alignment so unless another 3-A conference would be realigned forcing changes it looks like the Big East is set as seven teams next go round.

It is my policy to not make any comments about any athlete who might get charged for any crime but I do want to say this.  I understand they have caught the four teenage boys that vandalized Faith Christian.