Northern Nash cross country team finished fifth in the state cross country championships today in Kernersville.  The Knights had five runners to break the 18 minute barrier and their 6th  runner ran an 18:11. The top five point scorers for Northern averaged 17:17 minutes on the 3.1 mile course. That's outstanding effort by the Knights.

The muddy water is clearer now as we head down to the final game of the high school football season.  The game of the night will be at Hunt where 3-1 Fike travels to 3-1 Hunt.  The winner could win the championship but all those Wilson County eyes will have one tilted toward Nash Central wanting to see the outcome from the Southern Nash- Nash Central game.

You know everyone will assume that Southern will win at Nash Central.  The Firebirds need for their own sake to hold on to the football.  If they do that they should win and be eyeing themselves the Fike-Hunt game in hopes that Fike wins.  Should Southern stumble then the Fike- Hunt winner is conference champions out right.

If Southern wins and since Hunt beat them at Southern earlier then Southern gets the top seed and a co championship with Fike should Fike win.  If Hunt wins and Southern wins then Hunt gets the top seed since they beat Southern 18-7 this season.

That clears up who can win the conference but Rocky Mount and Northern still have playoff seedings to gain.  Should Rocky Mount beat Northern then they finish 3-2.  If Hunt loses then Rocky Mount takes third.  Both Fike and Southern get third over Rocky Mount.  What matters whether you finish third or fourth.  As a third seed you may travel to a second place conference team  in the first round but as a four you will probably head to a conference champion in the first round.

Still in the Hunt for 4th spot is Northern and the team they could beat out is Rocky Mount.  If both finish 2-3 then Northern is fourth and Rocky Mount fifth.  Regardless of where you finish fourth or fifth there is always the chance that you will travel to the Big East top team in the opening round.
 
What kind of reward is it if Rocky Mount has to play Southern in the first round or Fike or even Hunt.  They almost won all three of those games.  Suppose Hunt host Northern in the first round.  I hope that doesn't happen that we have to play each other at least until the second round.

Streaks heading towards Friday night.  Nash Central could go 0 for the season for the second year in a row.  Their losing streak stands at 23 now. They have scored 173 points in their 23 straight losses or 7.5 points per game  Here is one that you should think about.  Rocky Mount Academy with their opening round playoff win is 10-0 this season and have now won 14 in a row since they lost on October 18th 2013 at Southampton Academy 34-8.  Since RMA lost 14 games ago they have scored 736 points which is 52.5 points per game during their winning streak.