Rocky Mount High School Athletic Director and basketball coach Michael Gainey will receive the Toby Webb award as the male outstanding coach of the Year in North Carolina during the NCHSAA year end awards on May first at the Dean Smith Center. The Smith Center is the site of Mike Gainey's greatest triumphs with two 3-A basketball titles in 2010 and 2012.
The last 41 years I don't have the exact numbers but I would suspect that Rocky Mount High school has lost more baseball games to Rose High more than any other team in that span. The main reason of course is Ronald (RV)Vincent who has been the baseball coach there since 1973. Vincent has won six state titles and about two weeks ago he was inducted NCHSAA Hall of Fame. The winningest coach in the history of North Carolina isn't slowing down one bit. His 2014 Rampants are undefeated And have a real shot at title number 7.
Ragsdale High from Jamestown won the 1st annual Golden Leaf Challenge beating Hunt in the championship game 12-1 in five innings at Fleming Stadium in Wilson.
I have taped the three night special on the Golf Channel of Arnold Palmer. You know Palmer who was a go for broke player won the hearts of those who saw him and became part of Arnie's Army. During his playing career he made less than five million dollars on tour but his net worth is near 3/4 of a billion dollars.
I had forgotten about Palmer becomig the first person to circle the globe in a Lear Jet in 1976 in 58 hours. He also had a boy hood friend back in his home in Latrobe Pennsylvania. His friend who lived down the road was Fred Rogers who would become famous in his own right for his neighborhood. Mr Rogers neighborhood on PBS.
The news of Jabari Parker leaving Duke is no surprise but a shocker just eight miles down the road when the national womens Freshman player of the year Diamond Deshields announced she is transferring from Carolina. How odd is it that both the National freshman players of the year are leaving. At this point head coach Sylvia Hatchell is at a lost for words as why Deshields is leaving.
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