Interesting First Night

Getting to the top of the mountain and in this case a conference football championship for those standing at the bottom of the hill it is a high climb. Those who have been there and in this case Hunt they are not all that willing to let someone else join the perch at the top. Hunt may not be nearly as good as in the past but they still have players that have seen the mountain top and are still going to be a tough out for anyone wanting to knock them from the perch. Rocky Mount has struggled the last couple of games getting the running game going. This week they have to find it to help give them balance for the passing game. There is nothing better in high school for a team that can throw to have a running game that the safeties are trying to stop the run. Hunt and Rocky Mount could be locked up in a game just like Northern and Hunt just had. A balance attack could be the key this week. Fike travels to Nash Central and the Bulldogs have as good a defense as any in the league. It is hard to notice when you have the worse offense. There has been a promise made to shake up offensive personnel at Central. That might have needed to be done five weeks ago. Fike had better not sleep walk in this one or every thing they have made all season could come tumbling down. Northern and Southern square off and the loser of this game will have a tough time making play offs. This is do or die for both. Every teams life revolves around luck and injuries are a part of that. There is no telling how good Southern could be with their starting back field. If this were next year for Northern a year farther in the Randy Raper regime you can just see the trend is upwards in Death Valley. Big East semi finals in volleyball has 3 seed Northern at Hunt Tuesday the 5 seed Southern at Fike. Tennis first round playoffs start Tuesday weather willing. Seems to be a trend in Big East tennis that the only way to win the doubles title is with sisters. The Brice sisters at Rocky Mount senior Tanner and sophomore Chandler have continued what the Price sisters had at Nash Central. How many years is it now that the doubles champions four or five years have been sisters?