Hard Night For The Locals

I felt in my picks this week that this was simply not a very good match up for most of our local teams and picked five of six to lose and only Tarboro to win.  I came very close to being right which in this case I didn't want to happen but it has.

Rocky Mount needed to stop Reggie Gallaspy the N C State recruit and it they couldn't needed to keep pace by not letting South Guilford stop them.  Tonight Rocky Mount has fumble twice inside the red zone and another time the ball has been lost by fumble and Southern Guilford has had their way.  Reggie Gallaspy has played like a Division one recruit and Rocky Mount tumbles in Greensboro   Southern Guilford 36- Rocky Mount 18.  It was 36-12 at the half so when the Gryphons held on to the ball it was a ball game.

Looks like the Tarboro Vikings are back.  Last week they put 61 on the board in an easy clock runner.  It took longer to run the clock but Louisburg just could not hang with the Vikings as they have put up more than 60 for the second week in a row.  Tarboro Torches Louisburg 63-15.

Eastern Wayne has paid a visit to Southern Nash and is on the way home heading to the third round as they beat Southern Nash 24-17.  The Firebirds fumble on the goal line once and EW had a scoop six on a fumble. 

North Edgecombe traveled to Chocowinity to take on Southside and these two teams thought they were playing basketball I think.  Final Southside 56- North Edgecombe 40.  The Warriors are the first Edgecombe County team to fall out of the playoffs.

As it turns out the only game I missed tonight was the SouthWest Edgecombe victory  in Jacksonville.  The Cougars live to play on Thanksgiving Friday with a 36-12 victory over Northside.

 Fike has bitten the losing dust along with everyone else in the Big East. It was a game for a quarter and a half then it was all  North Guilford.  Final North Guilford 58 Fike 28

Cardinal Gibbons has petitioned the NCHSAA requesting a move next year to one of the 4-A leagues in Raleigh.  I guess they figure that if they don't the rank and file in the NCHSAA will throw them out of the public school playoffs.  Don't feel to sorry for Cardinal Gibbons they are the third largest 3-A school in the state following Chapel Hill  second and Southern Durham first.