Pitching When They Needed It

 Lauren Doughtie shot a -3 under 69 Thursday to tie for 21st spot in her second LPGA Tour event.  The LPGA Tour is in Phoenix Az which is the first event of the year in the USA and 4th event of the year.  The low round of the day was a 63.  She tees off today at 10:40am hoping to make the cut.

Andy Morris came from behind the plate Thursday to pitch four innings of relief  and then managed three hits to pace Rocky Mount to a 9-5 win over Bunn.  Sam Lilley started on the hill but in two innings surrendered eight hits.  The good news he walked only one batter and got a great throw from his center fielder Jeremy Johnson that saved a run at home.  Morris took over in the third in a 3-3 tie but yielded two runs in the third but shut the door on the Wildcats the next three innings to get the win..

Down five 5-3 the Gryphons scored three times in the fourth when Sam Lilley reached on an error, scored a rbi  triple by Andy Morris and Morris scored on a triple by Micah Varnell.  The Gryphons took the lead for good on a single by Spencer Ramsey.  The Gryphons scored three times in the fifth  on a Sam Lilley hit  he reach home on a Andy Morris single, Morris scored  after Micah Varnell walked and Spencer Ramsey doubled them home.  Ramsey pitched the seventh and got out of a bases loaded jam to finish off the Wildcats.

Rocky Mount record grows to 3-3 and they will begin conference play Monday night with a home game against Fike.  Game time is 7pm.

The so called minor sports  like volleyball, Soccer and tennis most play in the afternoons and  the only people there are family members.  Glad to see in the Telegram yesterday the Barry Nethercutt the Gryphons Tennis coach recorded his 600th victory as a tennis coach.  Yes he coaches both the girls in fall and the boys in spring but do you realize how many matches you have to win to get to 600?  Gryphon tennis in most every year is competitive  and the Gryphon nation is lucky to have the dedicated service of Barry. Congratulations Coach!

Next weekend J'Kyra Brown will be playing in the Carolina Classic basketball  game in Myrtle Beach.  The game has been moved to Myrtle Beach High School.  Game time is 6:30PM  on the 23rd.

Paul Andre and yours truly will be in Raleigh Saturday bringing you the Rocky Mount Prep quest for the state 1-A basketball title.  Air time is 2pm with the tip off coming at 2.30.  You can hear all the action on Power 95.5.  You can go on line and hear us @ powerhits95.com.  You can also go on line and watch the game live at news14.com that is the Time Warner cable system web page.  They have the tv rights and are showing all the games live on Time Warner systems throughout North Carolina on Saturday