Tar Heel Tournament Progress

Friday night all three Rocky Mount entries into the Tar Heel State Championships played in the winners bracket games and two of the three remain unbeaten.  The 7/8 coach pitch team lost to Cleveland 11-9 to fall into the losers bracket during the Saturday action.

Both the Midgets(9/10) and Senior little league won advancing to the winners bracket game on Saturday.  The Midgets crushed South Johnston 17-1 while the Seniors  beat Tarboro 9-8.  So far the Midgets have won their first two by ten or more while the Seniors have found the road tougher winning 2-0 and 9-8. 

The Coach Pitch (7/8) won their first game on Saturday and have to play another game Saturday make it to the finals on Sunday.  The Midgets (9/10) lost their winners bracket game Saturday morning and now have to win again Saturday night to make it to the championship on Sunday.  The Senior Little League team won their winner's bracket game Saturday afternoon and are set to play for the State Championship Sunday.  Who ever comes out of the losers brackets has to beat them twice Sunday .

Benvenue Country Club is holding on Monday a day of sectional qualifying for the U S Amateur  Golf Championships.  This is the biggest thing to happen in golf around here since the ACC Golf Championships left Northgreen 20 years ago.

Try Out Time Is Approaching

Mike Gainey Athletic Director at Rocky Mount High school has sent out a list of all fall sports try out times which will begin on August 1st.  All incoming freshman are eligible to tryout for any sport but all athletes must have an updated physical. All students must haved passed at least Three out of four classes last spring and could not be absent more than 13.5 days and met all promotion standards.

Cheerleading -Thursday and Friday Aug 1st and 2nd 6pm to 8:30pm in Auxiliary gym.
Cross Country- Aug 1st 7:30am track
Football-Aug 1st and 2nd 5:45-8:30pm, Saturday 8:30am
Tennis- 9:15-11:00am
Soccer- Two- a- days, 6-8am-6-8pm
Volleyball-Thursday-Saturday 9am-noon
Girls Golf- August 6th 3pm Northgreen CC.

The Rocky Mount booster club will have their first meeting of the year Monday August 5th at 7pm in the Media center.
Athletic pictures are set for Aug 8th at 3pm
Parents Meeting for all athletes Aug 8th at 6pm.  This is a required meeting by the NCHSAA and if you do not attend your child can not play sports.

I think Williamston would like to see Rocky Mount play somebody else when it comes to the State Tar Heel  State championships that started Thursday night in Williamston.  In the coach pitch division which is 7/8 year olds Rocky Mount finished second in the district tournament but qualified for the State tournament.  They opened the State tournament  beating Williamston 11-1.  The Midget division which is the 9/10 year olds Rocky Mount beat Williamston 17-1 and the senior division 11/12 year olds beat Williamston 2-0.

All three Rocky Mount recreation teams playing in the tournament advanced to the winners bracket and played Friday night