Teenage Prank?

Yesterday during the weekly Big East Cross country run at Southern Nash Mason Holt of Rocky Mount was the winner of the boys race.  Sometime during the race students identified as Southern Nash football players tried to block or slow down Mason as he ran.  Who they are is of no concern to me because I am of the opinion that this was a teenage prank.  Yes I am sure that Mason being a Gryphon just might have  lead to this mischief considering a Southern Nash runner was running second.

Here is what concerns me about this situation and that is the lack of respect given to other athletes in others sports.  I realize that Cross Country is not a money making sport but for those who participate  it is very important to them.  Holt has already been accepted to Campbell for his academics not his running ability.  He has visited Buies Creek talking with the Track/Cross Country Coaches  about a possible athletic scholarship.  If he had of gotten an injury resulting in a teenage prank it might have cost him his running future.  I bet if a member of the chain gang ran out on the field an tackled one of those football players during a game they would not be very happy about that.

Tonight Northern Nash Lady Knights have beaten Rocky Mount in the special playoff game for third place in the Big East.  Northern won three games to one.  Both Northern and Rocky Mount will be on the road but because of the loss and if I read the brackets right Rocky Mount heads south to Cumberland County and takes on the #1 Seed from the Cape Fear Valley where Northern will travel the first round back to Hunt where they have already played once this year.

Two Twin County area  football players have been selected to play in the Shrine Bowl game coming up the week after the State Championship football games in December.  Northern Nash's Dequavais Mann  who has committed to play football at Duke will represent Nash County in the 2012 Shrine Bowl game which pits the All Stars of North Carolina and South Carolina.  Mann will be joined by Tarboro's Tyquan Lewis who is headed to OhioState.

Whole lot to talk about and out of space.   The big game of the week Hunt at Southern Nash..  Hunt 28 Southern Nash 14...  Weldon at North Edgecombe.  Weldon 22-6.  Despite four losses this one in Tarboro will be a dandy  Tarboro 34- SWE 26.  Northern Nash will help Nash Central fall even more.  Northern 20 Nash Central 14. Home Coming at Rocky Mount the Gryphons will need a score in the second half to win.  Rocky Mount 26 Fike 20.

Heard on the David Glenn Show this afternoon  while Glenn was interviewing David Cutcliffe of Duke.  "Coach do you realize the six conference games you have left since 2004 when all of these teams have been in the ACC that Duke has won only one game and lost thirty Nine."  Cutcliffe's answer "Please don't tell our players that stat"