NCHSAA Hall Of Fame Saturday

Two people with Nash County connections will be inducted into the NCHSAA Hall of Fame Saturday night.  Tom Suiter who grew up within site of Rocky Mount High School even though he didn't go to school there  and Rosalie Bardin who's coaching career  was spent at Southern Nash will be inducted into the Hall Of  Fame Surday night at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill.

Suiter who joined WRAL-TV Sports in 1981 and is state wide famous for Football Friday.  Even in retirement Suiter still comes back on Friday nights to cover practically every football game in eastern North Carolina.  Bardin coaching career covered basketball Volleyball and Softball where  she coached a state championship team.  Bardin finished out her Education career as Principal when she was an award winner there too.

Russell Weinstein the head football coach at Roanoke Rapids High school has been named the region 1 winner of the Homer Thompson Sportsmanship award.  Weinstein spent many years as assistant football coach at Tarboro and Northern Nash.  He will pick up his plaque in a ceremony on May 3rd.

Football is in the air as Saturday is purple day at ECU as spring football concludes.  Carolina will also be having their Blue/white game and in Winston Salem the Demon Deacon's will have a game.

Brian Goodwin is off to a great start playing  for Hagerstown  the A level of the Washington Nationals.  The five games that Goodwin has played he is hitting 375 with two home runs and eight rbi.  140 games are played by minor league players and if Brian could keep up that pace he would drive in 224 rbi and hit 56 home runs.  Unfortunately while beating out a infield single Monday night Brian pulled a muscle and is on the seven day injured list.