What A Difference A Week Makes

Tonight in the opening round of the Big East Girls basketball Tournament the Lady Gryphons stifled the Lady Firebirds of Southern Nash in the opening game of tonight's action at Hunt High school.  Last week Southern had knocked off the Lady Gryphons  on their home court facing an  injury riddle Gryphon team but tonight no home court and a Lady Gryphon team ready to exact revenge.  The Lady Gryphons win 49-23.

The win moves the Gryphons on to the Semi final action where they will meet Nash Central Thursday night another team that has been able to beat the Gryphons since the injury to J'Kyra Brown occurred.  The victory was the 14th for the Ladies on the season.

Tonight the Gryphon wrestling team traveled to C B Aycock High school where they took part in the opening round of the State Dual wrestling championships and the Gryphons knocked off the home team Aycock 43-36.  The same time that the Gryphons were winning Jacksonville beat Currituck and the two teams played for the right to head to the Dual Regional Thursday and in a close match the Gryphons fall 37-33.  The team finishes with a trememdous team record of 34-7.  Next week the wrestling will turn to the individual competition.

 Southern Nash won their opening match and at this writing there was no score on their second round match.  They were involved in a four team match with Cleveland on their home mat and won 39-37.  As we write they are taking on either West Carteret (17-9)or Washington(17-12) and the Firebirds at 28-7 will be favored against either.

I don't know if you have been paying attention or not to the Carolina Hurricanes so far this year because of the strike but you had better.  This team has some goal scorers.  Many times in the past they have relied on defense to try to win 2-1 games but since their first two games of the season they have really been putting the puck in the net. Tonight they have finished up a six game road trip where they won four games and got and over time point in another.

Their first line of Eric Staal, Jiri Tlusy and Alexander Semin have no fear in shooting the puck.  If you shoot it enough some will go in and this team is scoring.  The first couple of games Cam Ward looked as if he had never been in a net before but the last two weeks he is playing Cam Ward defense in net for the Canes.  If you have been upset with the Canes because of the lockout, check'em out.  This team is fun to watch.