FINALLY Three Tied At Top

Southern Nash was able to finish off what they could not do Friday night as the weather delayed second half of the opening Big East  football for the Firebirds  and Golden Demons is over.  Southern Nash tied 21 all at the half scored twice  and jump to a 35-21 lead and made it stand up as the as Southern Nash Joins Hunt and Rocky Mount at 1-0 in Big East play.  Southern Nash gave up a score to Fike with under eight minutes to play  but 35 was enough as the Firbirds win 35-28.

We all as fans make our opinions and assumptions on who we think will be good or bad in any season.  Nobody thought that Rocky Mount would still be unbeaten and facing Hunt would be as big as this game Friday night has become.   Almost after every game fans every where keep saying well we will have an idea about Rocky Mount after this Friday night and for sure we will say it again this week.  We will have a good idea about Rocky Mount after this week..

 They needed more seats tonight at Northern Nash as Rocky Mount and Northern squared off in Big East soccer.  A standing room only crowd saw Northern score in the first half and Rocky Mount score in the second and neither scored in overtime.  Northern 1 Rocky Mount 1

The final week of the volleyball season finds Northern Nash and Rocky Mount both 5-3 in the conference and neither has been eliminated as of yet from finishing in a tie  for first place.  Rocky Mount has Southern Nash and Northern on the docket this week.  Northern has a real task ahead. They play Fike the one time loser and then Rocky Mount.  Should Northern Knock off Fike then the winner of RM/NN could get a share of first if Hunt beats Fike Thursday.

Rocky Mount lead in the Wells Fargo Cup race from the fall right on through the entire school year last season.  Looks as if the fall is any indication this is going to be a tight race with several teams changing places.  Fike seems to have the early lead with Soccer and Volleyball.  Northern Boys look to be the best in Cross Country.  Rocky Mount and Fike the top two in girls CC.  Tennis has Nash Central and the Price sisters on top with Rocky Mount second.  Football is wide open but  Hunt seems to have the edge at this point.    Who ever comes out the leader after the fall will be the team that finished well in the other sports that they didn't win.

Heard Sunday in church that A B Whitley was on the prayer list.  Called A B Tonight to find out whats going on with the defensive coordinator of the Tarboro Vikings.  A B has had surgery on an old high school football injury that has crept up as he seems to keep getting older.  He has missed the last two weeks which are the first two conference games for Tarboro.

I made mention last week that Tarboro in order to go deep in this years playoffs needed to improve their defense.  Whitley coaching by phone with head coach Jeff Craddock the Viking first team held Greene Central scoreless last Friday.  I asked A B how long he would be out of action and his foot recovery is another two to three weeks but last Thursday while trying to hobble around the house he hurt his back and now he has two ailments to get fixed.  A B hopes to be back by the SouthWest Edgecombe game.