Scrimmage Time

Every high school in the area and around the state are putting the finishing touches  up on their first week of practices and when ever you do that it doesn't take long to get bored with hitting your teammates.  The best remedy for that is to practice against someone else and this weekend  the fall sports at Rocky Mount High will get their first chance to face off against someone else.

Boys soccer will be the first as they will be participating in invitational scrimmage at Hertitage High Saturday.  You will get to see the Gryphons at home in a scrimmage  August 8th.  Their first match of the season is at home on August 13th as they play host to Roanoke Rapids

Football will show off the new football stadium on campus next Wednesday August 8th as they will host Roanoke Rapids.   Then Friday night they will be at North Johnston.

Cross Country will take part in the Fike Night Invitational at 6pm on August 8th

Girls Tennis will be taking part in a Super scrimmage at Green Central on August 11th.  They play their first real match on August 16th hosting C B Aycock.

Volleyball will play their first game on the season at Louisburg on Aug. 14th at 5.30.

There was a time when Tiger Woods was the most dominating player in golf.  Whether it is his age, health or his personal life getting in his way Tiger is still a very good  golfer.  His only problem is there are about 100 very good golfers playing every week in any tournament.  In other words Tiger is no better than any of the rest any more.  What will that mean.?  He will have weeks where it looks like he is back and then you will not hear from him for several weeks because he is back  of the pack.   Tigers days of winning every other week are gone.  He will win some more but only a hand full for the rest of his career.

Speaking of Golf:  I just recently saw the Bobby Jones movie for the first time on cable.  I don't believe it did well at all in the theaters when it was released but I found it to be very good.  I am a sucker for sports movies.  The movie Secretariat is big on cable right now and I love that one too.  I really do like history movies and Bobby Jones just maybe was the greatest golfer ever and there is no doubt Secretariat was the greatest race horse ever.