ADM's Released

The biggest school in the Big East is Hunt High school with 1329 students.  That is according to the 2012 ADM's Average Daily Membership which was released Tuesday by the NCHSAA.  Southern Nash comes in as the second biggest school with 1240.   Their relationship with the other schools in the 3-A classification we know for sure that they will play in the 3-AA football brackets.

Rocky Mount is the third biggest with 1191 followed by Fike 1186 then Nash Central 1177 and Northern Nash is now the smallest school in the Big East at 1133.  Rocky Mount hinges on the border between will they be in the AA or A bracket.  The ADM's say Rocky Mount is the 48th largest out of 97 schools.  The 3-AA bracket will have the top 32 schools that are eligible for the playoffs.  Then the next 32 will play in the A bracket.

Last night Southern Nash ended Rocky Mount's soccer season beating the Gryphons 4-0 in the semi finals of the Big East Soccer Tournament.  Southern host the finals Thursday.

This is rivalry week in more ways than one.  State-Carolina play Saturday.  Rocky Mount -Northern Nash Friday.  Hunt-Fike  and Nash Central- Southern Nash.  If you ask Nash Central fans they would probably tell you their top rivals are Rocky Mount and Northern.

Tonight the World Series gets under way and I truly have no dog in this years series so I will not watch every pitch which I might do if I had a rooting interest.  I have been made aware today that people in Rocky Mount just might have a reason to pull for the Detroit Tigers.  Jim Leyland the Tiger manager and Gene Lamont the Tiger third base coach both played for the Rocky Mount Leafs Carolina League team here in the mid 60's.  Oddly enough neither had much of a career in the majors but both have been big league Managers.