North Carolina State and Carolina have met many times in the history of the ACC basketball tournament for the championship when winning the ACC was more important that any NCAA game. Today North Carolina and State met each other for the first time ever in any sport in a NCAA game. All you have to know about this one is the name Carlos Rodon.
Rodon didn't give up his first hit until the fifth and by the seventh inning the Pack has score enough runs Rodon was throwing everything right down the middle trying to get the game over. By games end the Pack scored eight times and pounded out 11 hits on their way to their first College World Series win since 1968. Rodon allowed a ninth inning run to spoil the shutout and finished up giving up five hits but for WolfPack fans every where this one is the sweetest victory over Carolina ever.
Nash County's very own Elliot Avent becomes only the second N C State coach to win a world series game trailing Sam Espozito who has two. Carlos Rodon becomes only the second pitcher in N C State history trailing Tarboro's Mike Caldwell who was the winning pitcher in both of State's CWS wins in 1968.
North Carolina must now fall to the loser bracket where they will play an elimination game Tuesday afternoon at 3pm against either LSU or UCLA who are playing tonight. State has at least two more games they can play will meet the winner of LSU-UCLA Tuesday night at 8pm. Should Carolina win Tuesday and State lose they would play each other in an elimination game later this week.
Coleman Pitt Post 58 American Legion baseball team has six games to play at home starting Monday night and five of the six are conference games. Monday they play Pitt County at 7pm the team they beat last week 8-7. Tuesday a double header starts at 5pm with Albemarle the team that failed to show for a game about two weeks back. The double header will start at 5pm. Friday they play host to Windsor for a doubleheaded which starts at 5pm and finish up Saturday night against Creedmoor. By Saturday night will will know all we are going to know about this years team.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Glad I Was There
Standing behind the mic and describing what I see has taken me to many different places during my career. There have been many that the build up leading up to the game had me pumped up too for the importance that game might carry. A State Championship game, a conference championship and then there are the moments like Wednesday night.
I had heard at the Legion game Tuesday night that Norman Chambliss was retiring as a little league coach with the Rocky Mount Parks and Recreation after 25 years and that Wednesday was the last night for him. Since I had the assignment to tape the Little League Championship right off the bat I knew this was going to be special for me and that meant his team was in the finals.
Back in 1993 and 1994 my son Brooks played for Norman on the Pepsi Braves. At the time living in Fayetteville and I didn't see every game played during those two years but I saw enough that as a little league coach myself for 16 years I knew Brooks was getting all the coaching he needed with Norman.
When ever I came to see games and I saw some of the regular season games and all the 1994 all Star games in which Norman was the head coach after the Braves had gone undefeated in the regular season and the tournament which if I remember was the first time in the history of Rocky Mount rec any time had accomplished that feat. Brooks had introduced me to Norman but knowing all the moaning and groaning done by parents I was introduced to him and that was it.
I saw every game a coach and there are many just like Norman who are there to help the kids not there just because their children are there. Rocky Mount has several who have dedicated their spring, summers and fall to teach our kids how to play ball but there is one more aspect that I saw from Norman. He taught our kids about life.
Since Brooks has moved on with his life Norman ask me about him every time I run into him. The Braves had to beat the A's twice Wednesday to win the championship and after the Braves won the first game to force a championship I sent a text to Brooks to tell him I was about to do play by play in the championship little league game and Norman and the Braves were in it and Norman had announced his retirement after the game. I went on and did the broadcast in which the Braves won.
The City presented Norman with an award for his service to our city and I checked my phone during the ceremony and Brooks had replied to my text. This story today is about one of many coaches in Rocky Mount who pour their heart and soul into their passion of little league baseball. I interviewed Norman surrounded by his team for TV and at the end of the interview I told Norman what Brooks had said. Brooks text says it all. "Norman Chambliss Great Coach, Better Person.
Thanks Norman you have had a great part in my families life much more than you realize. I know there are about 250 more kids that you coached that can say that too.
I had heard at the Legion game Tuesday night that Norman Chambliss was retiring as a little league coach with the Rocky Mount Parks and Recreation after 25 years and that Wednesday was the last night for him. Since I had the assignment to tape the Little League Championship right off the bat I knew this was going to be special for me and that meant his team was in the finals.
Back in 1993 and 1994 my son Brooks played for Norman on the Pepsi Braves. At the time living in Fayetteville and I didn't see every game played during those two years but I saw enough that as a little league coach myself for 16 years I knew Brooks was getting all the coaching he needed with Norman.
When ever I came to see games and I saw some of the regular season games and all the 1994 all Star games in which Norman was the head coach after the Braves had gone undefeated in the regular season and the tournament which if I remember was the first time in the history of Rocky Mount rec any time had accomplished that feat. Brooks had introduced me to Norman but knowing all the moaning and groaning done by parents I was introduced to him and that was it.
I saw every game a coach and there are many just like Norman who are there to help the kids not there just because their children are there. Rocky Mount has several who have dedicated their spring, summers and fall to teach our kids how to play ball but there is one more aspect that I saw from Norman. He taught our kids about life.
Since Brooks has moved on with his life Norman ask me about him every time I run into him. The Braves had to beat the A's twice Wednesday to win the championship and after the Braves won the first game to force a championship I sent a text to Brooks to tell him I was about to do play by play in the championship little league game and Norman and the Braves were in it and Norman had announced his retirement after the game. I went on and did the broadcast in which the Braves won.
The City presented Norman with an award for his service to our city and I checked my phone during the ceremony and Brooks had replied to my text. This story today is about one of many coaches in Rocky Mount who pour their heart and soul into their passion of little league baseball. I interviewed Norman surrounded by his team for TV and at the end of the interview I told Norman what Brooks had said. Brooks text says it all. "Norman Chambliss Great Coach, Better Person.
Thanks Norman you have had a great part in my families life much more than you realize. I know there are about 250 more kids that you coached that can say that too.
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