Tears and Prayers

Went to the Lady Gryphon softball tonight since it was probably going to be the last game that Morgan Doughtie was a manager for Gryphon sports.  It was as Northern Scored 8 runs in the bottom of the fifth to beat Rocky Mount 11-1.  There are times when winning and losing  don't matter and tonight I was glad to have been there at what took place at the end of the game.

Today a student at Northern Nash Alex Tweedy was kill in a car wreck on the way home from school.  As the teams were shaking hands they made their way to the pitcher's mound where all the players and coaches of both teams formed a circle around the pitcher mound.  Alex was a member of the Northern band and many players on both teams knew her very well.  Team players took their turn talking about Alex and when they had all cried Gryphon catcher Precious White lead both teams in prayer.  I can tell you now that there was not a preacher anywhere that prayed on Sunday any better that what Precious did.  There were tears from parents listening.

The score of the game doesn't matter.  A life has been lost and two teams who are bitter enemies on the playing field took time together to start the healing process.  As bad as we feel the world is today it is refreshing to see that our youth know what's important.  Join me please in praying for a grieving family who has lost their only child.                                                                     Amen

The first game of the Big East softball tournament was won by Fike 7-2 over Hunt.  They will play Southern Nash at 5pm Tuesday.  Northern will play Nash Central at 7pm both games are at Glover Park in Nashville.

Northern Nash beat Southern Nash in soccer 5-0 and will now play the top team Rocky Mount at 5pm Tuesday in the soccer semi's  at Rocky Mount.

Rocky Mount traveled to Southern Nash and beat the Firebirds 6-2 to advance to the semi's in baseball.  They will travel to Hunt Tuesday night at 7pm.  Northern Nash down 9-3 scored seven unanswered runs to knock off Fike 10-9 .  They now play  Nash Central Tuesday.

There is a monumental  tennis match Tuesday at Eastern Wayne as the #6 ranked team in North Carolina Northern Nash collides with the #3 ranked Eastern Wayne.  Man what a way to start the playoffs.