Too Much Speed

Back in 1986 while I was doing Play by Play at Ahoskie High we played Lexington for the State Title at Lexington.  Ahoskie had a real fast team but when your fastest man is the fifth or sixth fastest when the game starts you  find it is hard to win. Lexington won 35-7 that night.

 The Tarboro Vikings came out running the Tarboro Tee and Northeastern looked as though they had never seen it in their life as Viking runners were running through the line untouched and proved to be no match for the Vikings.  Tarboro had over 400 yards rushing by the end of the third quarter.  Northeastern just didn't have any speed to stay with theVikings especially not knowing where the football was.  The Viking will Host South Columbus who was down 14-8 at the half at East Bladen but scored twice in the third quarter to secure their spot in the 2-A finals in Tarboro next Friday night.

The mark of a real good team regardless of what sport you play when the other team does something good  that you respond positively.  Tonight Cleveland scored early but for the undefeated Hunt Warriors no problem as they respond by score 21 straight points.  But like a good team Cleveland responded back and boy like I expected this one went right down to the last play as Hunt holds off Cleveland 33-28.  Cleveland's last play of the game was at the Hunt 10 yard line but the pass in the inzone was incomplete.  Hunt travels to NE Guilford next Friday night in the Eastern Final in 3-A.

Sure does look as if the N C State Wolfpack just might be for real this year.  For the second night in a row the Pack wins easily in a tournament in Puerto Rico.  U Mass never  really pressured the Pack especially in the second half and the Pack goes to 3-0.  They play for the tournament championship Sunday night at 6.30pm.  T J Warren who is just maybe the #3 player of the three Pack super freshmen just might be the best player on the entire roster.

Nice win last night for North Carolina .  After giving up 68 they hold UVA to 13 and in doing so Virginia can not win enough games to get bowl eligible so the ACC cannot have enough teams  to play in all the bowl games the ACC has contracts to be in.

N C State has extended Debbie Yow's contract by two years as Athletic of the Wolfpack.  There is no doubt Yow has brought on a demand from every coach that you win plus players do well in the class room.  She is pretty good at finding money under rocks too.

The Lady Gryphon basketball team will make their second straight appearance in the Holiday Tournament in Raleigh.  Tonight tournament officials have released the times of the games and the Lady Gryphons will play in the girls feature game on December 26th at 6.30 against Dudley High of Greensboro