One Final Time

Growing up in Ahoskie our most hated rival was Edenton. If you lived in Edenton or Ahoskie in order to win the Old Albemarle Conference football title you had to beat both of us .  You had to beat both or the one you lost too was going to win the title.  If was such a heated rivalry that in 1965 and 1966 they had an old timers game where the legends suited up and continue the debate of who was best.  In 1965 at Edenton they won 7-0 and in 1966 Ahoskie won 13-7.  Even the rivalry games were close like the varsity games were.  When Ahoskie High became Hertford County in 1988 Edenton and Ahoskie had won 23 games each and tied twice.  By the time of the third Legends game insurance had become an issue and there was never another game.

Saturday afternoon at Gryphon Stadium those that help make Rocky Mount into a baseball school will lace on the old shoes and get the gloves out of the top of the closet one more time.  Forty two players had promised to play and six old coaches will argue with umpires one more time.

 The closer the game gets to happening all of a sudden people  begin to come up with excuses.  Terrell Hudgins may have the best one as he is getting a try out with a Canadian Football league team.  People have come up with excuses like they decided to get married at 4PM Saturday.  Yes the closer the game comes, all of a sudden people realize they must be crazy to think they can still hit that little ball  much less think they can still run to first base.  I bet half of them can't even run to first any more but they are going to give it a Gryphon and Blackbird effort one more time and say good bye to the home of five State Championships.

Pregame ceremonies  begin at 3:15 and the game will get underway at 4PM.  Hope and pray that one side will will out right and they don't have to play extra innings.

Southern Nash's relay team won the 4x200 in the State Championships at NCA&T today.  They ran in 1:29.32.  The four members were  Terron Huffman,Tracey Coppage, Sextus Vane and Dylan Proctor.

Faith Christian lost in the semi finals of the state Private school playoffs to Lawrence Academy in Fleming Stadium today 9-1.