Put Up Or Shut Up Time

Last week during the high school pick I missed only one and that was the Hunt Rocky Mount game. Somewhere along the way I left off my pick of North Edgecombe and Riverside-Martin but if I had of picked it I would have missed it after the Warriors got scalped. Heading into this week I am now 57-10 on the year. There are two unbeaten teams in the Big East and both will be playing the only two teams with one conference loss. Fike host Rocky Mount and Hunt host Southern Nash. As for Rocky Mount and Southern Nash you might as well call this their championship games because if they lose there in no chance of winning the conference championship. If either or both win then there is a mad scramble with two weeks to go. Rocky Mount at Fike: This will be an interesting week to see the come back ability of the Gryphons after a poor second half against Hunt. I am still not quite sold that Fike is the cream of the crop in the Big East. Fike with their spread offense seems to catch everyone off guard with their attack early but have to hold on in the second half. The speed of Fike's offense against the speed of Rocky Mount's defense. I'm picking Fike in a close one 28-24. Southern Nash goes to Hunt and you can see that Hunt is each week getting better all along. Southern is still hampered with running back injuries. The Firebirds have given Hunt the best games of everyone in the Big East since the Warriors joined the the league. I think the Birds injury list is too long to make a difference this year. Hunt 21 Southern Nash 16. Northern Nash at Nash Central. Northern is right there on the cusp. One itty bitty hill to climb over. Nash Central is no where near any cusp, yet the Bulldog defense can give the Knights plenty of trouble. The question in this one is can the Bulldogs score enough to win. I say no Northern Nash 14 Nash Central 7. Tarboro just might get the best test Friday that they are going to get during the rest of the regular season. Riverside Martin the team that slapped North Edgecombe rather hard last week. I think Riverside will find it hard to slap a team they can't catch. Tarboro 38 Riverside 7. North Edgecombe travels to Northampton County to play a decent team. If you match up the teams that both had played it would indicate to me that Northampton wins 26-14 SouthWest Edgecombe travels to Farmville Central and this could be a really tricky game for the Cougars. Farmville is as good as they have been in several years and the Cougars coming off a defeat to Washington who looks to be maybe the cream of the crop in that conference. I know Beddingfield still has a say. The Cougars can't afford to lose this one but it is close. SWE 26 Farmville 21.