Night Cap A Barn Burner

Post 58 has proven so far this year that they love playing in Gryphon Stadium.  They are 7-0 outscoring their foes 70-27.  That's an average win of 10-4 per game.  Road games they are now 6-4 after defeating Edenton in a doubleheader tonight 15-5 in game one..  P58 scored 4 in the sixth inning and added seven more in the seventh to secure the victory.  Game two saw P 58 jump out to a 3-1 lead but by the 7th inning Edenton held a 5-4 advantage.  Post 58 scored once and held Edenton to send the game into extra innings. Finally plating a run in the 10th Post 58 won their seventh game in a row sweeping Edenton in the night cap 6-5.  P58 has not lost since they took the week off for graduation and are 7-0 since.  It gives them a 13-4 record for the season.  

Tonight while P58 was playing game one of their doubleheader with Edenton Khalil Macklin was being interviewed on Ch 5 sports. He is one of only a few North Carolina players in Cary trying to make the U18 National team.You can go on line on WRAL.com  and see it if you missed it during the Sunday news..  Nice Job Khalil.

I think this years team is better than last year but not as good as either team that made the state tournament in the past few years.  I would also like to point out that even Rocky Mount High's State Championship Baseball team is 2008.  I thought both the 2007 and 2009 teams were better but they didn't win the championship.  Comparing one year to the next is hard because we don't know what anybody else across the state has compared to what they have been in the past.

I see in the Rocky Mount Telegram today that former North Edgecombe basketball player Montrezl Harrell was a member  the USA U18 basketball team that won the World Championships in Brazil.  NC Wesleyan Coach John Thompson was one of the coaches on that team.  There is a segment of people who say that we put too much emphasis on sports  but how many people have ever been able to go on a trip to Brazil.  Talk about learning something.  Sports can be very important education tool when used properly.

This area sure has had a run in recent years of athletes going on to bigger and better things beyond high school.  Harrell is heading to Louisville to play Big East basketball, Xavier Macklin playing pro baseball in the minors for Oakland A's. Brian Goodwin in the minors of the Washington Nationals. Andrew Morales starting for Duke soccer will be a sophomore this year.  Both Benton Moss and Hobbs Johnson playing baseball at Carolina.  Tyler Joyner making an impact at ECU on the baseball diamond. Ben Fish  at Campbell.  That is just a few on those that have reached beyond the Twin Counties.