Nash Central Powers Forward

Nash Central won their opening round match in the State Tennis playoffs winning 6-love while Rocky Mount in their match with Cardinal Gibbons lost by the same score.  If my memory serves me correctly the Lady Gryphons have three freshmen in their top six players and even after losing to perennial power Gibbons finished the season 13-3.  The future is bright for both and Nash Central and Rocky Mount next year. This weekend Tennis turns to singles and doubles at Barton College and Nash Central and Rocky Mount will be well represented on both those levels.  Nash Central will play round two in the team competition next week.

Hunt has the lead with two weeks to go in the football race at 3-0.  Rocky Mount and Southern Nash are tied at 2-1.  Fike and Nash Central are 1-2 and Northern  is 0-3.  The only thing we know for sure with two games to go is Northern cannot win the football title. Any thing else is still possible. Hunt and Southerns fight the other night with both losing players with ejections for the remainder of the regular season  puts into play that Hunt is not as dominant going down the stretch as they could be but one more victory by them either against Nash Central or Fike and they will win the regular season title.

Should Hunt lose both  and with a lot of dominoes falling into place there is a chance that a five way tie for first is still possible, maybe a four way tie or even a three way tie.  Desperate teams will have to play with all their might and even with a win last week Nash Central is as desperate as anyone needing wins and they really need to beat both Hunt and Southern because they don't own any tie breakers with Rocky Mount or Fike should they fall into a fourth place tie with either.

The New York Yankees are on the verge of being swept out of the playoffs and I can assure you they will get sympathy here.  I have no dog in any of the baseball playoffs but not having to watch the Yankees in the World Series will not make me cry.

I haven't mention this yet this week but Sunday afternoon I stumbled across the Discovery Channel and they were beaming live the altitude jump from 128,000 feet and I sat and watched history being made much like I did back in 1969 watching Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.  I have to ask you this question.  Would you step out on that platform and dive off and fall for almost five minutes before the chute opened at 5,000 feet?  

For me NO Way Jose would I even peep out of that capsule from the platform.  Maybe out the window but ain't no way I'm standing on that platform and then JUMP!