Teammates

John Wooten the former Eastern Wayne baseball player and ECU multi position player was drafted in the 37th round by the Oakland A's and this past weekend he signed with the A's and he was shipped off to the Vermont River Monsters of the New York Penn League.  This is the same team in which Xavier Macklin of Nash Central is playing with again this year.

Understand X is injured but I will get more details from either his mom or brother Khalil at the Legion game Friday.  Why mention about John Wooten?  If you remember Wooten was a member of the Eastern Wayne team that beat Northern Nash in the Eastern Finals the year Tyler Joyner was a senior and Joyner never pitched in the Eastern Regional because he had to pitch that Monday leading into the Thursday/Friday Regional.  Why else would we mention Wooten?  He is the son of former Gryphon great Sonny Wooten.

Friday night is maybe the biggest game of the year for Coleman Pitt Post 58 as they host Wilson for the second time this season.  Last Thursday P 58 beat Post 13 8-3 but P13 had four players and their coach who were involved in the State games and did not play last time.  P58 has a two game lead on P13 and after last night and we saw the team from Albemarle  and we have now seen every team in the league this year, it surely looks like a two team league and if P58 can win Friday and stretch their lead to three games that would put P58 in the driver's seat for taking first place in the division and getting the home field advantage at least in the first two rounds of the playoffs.

Heard this rumor from a Nash Central fan.  He hears that the weight room at Rocky Mount High School is full every time the weight room doors are open with players wanting to play football this year for Jason Battle.  We all had heard last year that several players chose not to play for Dickie Schock but those seem to be back with Jason Battle as coach.

I still have the impression that the best team in the NBA playoffs in the finals is the OKC Thunder.  However since their opening game rout they have played like a team that they thought they were suppose to win while LeBron has by far been the best player on the court every minute he has been in there.  Miami looks like the team that wants to win while OKC  looks like they are not ready to win yet.  If I were a betting man I would say there is a 75% chance Miami wins it Thursday but if OKC can somehow get it back to game six and seven the pressure will then change to Miami's shoulders.  If it goes back to OKC I'm still going with the team I think is the best(OKC) but it is Miami's title to lose.