Northern Stays Perfect

The last week of the season is not easy for either Northern Nash teams as tonight's  Fike game and Friday's Rocky Mount visit are both on the road.  The Lady Knights will try to finish the season perfect when they head to the Mount after taking care of business at Fike winning 68-47.

Only once this year has anyone taken the Lady Knights to the wire and that was Rocky Mount in the Nash County Holiday tournament.  That game went to over time before Northern could get a hold of the game in winning 55-50.  The rolls have been reversed this season as Northern played the last few games last year  with a gimpy Alexus Hill and this season Rocky Mount is limping with J'Kyra Brown's knee injury.

After a great win on Friday against arch rival  Nash Central Northern boys headed to Fike with a head of steam but a player has been dismissed from the team this week and another not playing tonight and it cost the Knights greatly.  They were down 15-3 at the end of the first quarter and never could catch up
 
Over at Nash Central the Lady Bulldogs and Hunt Warriors were in a battle to hang on to a shot at second on Friday.  Both Hunt and Nash Central were 4-4 and this one was played as if the playoffs were on the line.  Nash Central 40 Hunt 38.  A victory by the Lady Bulldogs Friday a with Southern Nash just might pull second place out for Nash Central.

Hunt kept up their end of the bargain and remained tied for first place with Rocky Mount as they down Nash Central 46-40 at Nash Central.  They are 8-1 heading to Fike Friday night to end the regular season.  Next week the conference basketball tournament will be at Hunt.

At this hour I have heard nothing from either of the games  with Rocky Mount at Southern Nash.  Whether Rocky Mount boys still hold a share of the Big East lead or if the girls are one game ahead  of Nash Central I don't know at this hour. *  Rocky Mount boys beat Southern 59-36 while Lady Firebirds beat Rocky Mount 49-43. Those modern conveniences.  I washed my cell phone last week and with it all of my speed dial numbers so at this point tonight I don't have any body's cell phone number that can get me the scores.  Where is my 1970's rolodex?