TOO Much Vikings

The Tarboro Vikings haven't lost a home playoff game for five years now and today was not going to be the first.  Last year it seemed every game went to the wire including the State Championship.  Not this year and not tonight as South Columbus ran into a Tarboro Viking team with a goal to make it four in a row State Titles.  Tarboro did win their fifth straight East Regional 2-A title which will be their last as next year they drop down to 1-A.  The Vikings ease on to Winston Salem after they demolish South Columbus 46-0.   The Vikings play at 11am next Saturday December first in Winston against East Lincoln who tonight is up big in the fourth 31-7  in the West regional over Madison.

The news is terrible for the Big East in Greensboro.  Hunt has been no match at all for North Guilford trailing 30-0 at the half and things were not any better in the second. At this writing it is 44-0 in the fourth quarter. This is the third straight year N Guilford has taken Hunt out of the playoffs.

Tonight both Rocky Mount High boys and girls basketball teams won their opening round match in the Knightdale Basketball Tournament and both will play for the championships late Saturday afternoon. The boys beat E Chapel Hill while the girls took down Enloe.

Losing for the first time last week the Wolfpack of N C State hit the hardwood tonight  in Raleigh against  UNC-Asheville.  Pack once again plays in a daze but escapes 82-80.  Duke had a much tougher team to play in the Bahamas in VCU but the Devils survive and play in the Championship game Saturday 67-56 over VCU.

Got another basketball score for you ECU 65 Marshall 59 in double overtime.  Wait a minute that's a football score my bad.  If only their basketball team could score 65.

Earlier this week Nash Central started their high school basketball season beating SouthWest Edgecombe  in both girls and boys games.

I don't know whether you have notice this or not and even whether you care, after only winning seven games all of last season the Charlotte Bobcats are 6-5 so far this season.  They are one win short of their total of seven all of last year and they still have 70 games to get that.  They got a chance to get it unless they falter the last five months of the regular season.