Nash and Wilson County school official have given the go to resume high school basketball Saturday and the Big East can get back on the basketball court despite no one has had any organized practice or games since Monday.
Rocky Mount will host Northern Nash starting with the girls jv game at 1pm. The biggest event of the day will be the girls game as both Rocky Mount 4-0 in conference play will collide with the Lady Knights 3-0 somewhere near 4pm.
On a normal Tueday when conference games are played both jv boys and girls play before the varsity takes the floor and I don't think I have seen a girls varsity game start before 6:30 after the jv girls started at 3:30. By the end of jv girls then the jv boys warm up and then their game many have pushed 7:00pm before the varsity girls game gets under way.
The final match of the afternoon will be Gryphon boys who now stand at 3-1 in conference play taking on th Knights who have yet to win in conference play and will not have two of their better players. One Paul Cherry out for the season with a knee injury and the other a disciplinary action.
Who will have the advantage as nobody has been able to hold practice with school out for weather?
Fike and Hunt will play their game snowed out Tuesday on Saturday. At this writing Nash Central and Southern Nash had not gotten together to try to finalize playing the game they missed Tuesday on Saturday. The reason is the fact that the Big East indivual wrestling championships can be held on Saturday now at Southern Nash and the game lost between Southern and Central was to be played at Southern. Since the wrestling was already scheduled at Southern way back when the athletic directors made the seasonal schedules for all sports last year the gym is already allotted for Saturday.
Friday, January 31, 2014
Complete Mess
Schools are closed around the area again today as the secondary roads remained covered with snow and ice. Closed schools means no sports. A question I am waiting on an answer is with school out again can athletic teams play on Saturday of course depending on safe roads. If the temp get near 50 as expected today and If the decision is made for all to play Saturday I will let you know. If no games on Saturday as soon as the AD's can figure out how to play all these missed games in the next two weeks I will inform you.
Swimming and diving playoff swims were suppose to be Thursday and Friday but have been moved to Monday and Tuesday. Wrestling Duels are schedules starting Tuesday but there is an interesting twist this year. Since no team has been able to practice hardly at all this week there is a rule that if weather cancels school a wrestler is allowed to gain two pounds from his last weight in.
If wrestlers have been sitting around eating snow cream this week and gain more than two pounds must wrestle at higher weight. Saturday morning is the official weight in and that is weight you must wrestle during playoffs.
Nascar has finally gone to a playoff system where it will be a winner take all format when it gets down to the last race. The first 26 races you must win a race in order to make the new final 16 drivers format. I like the idea it is better than anything done in the past. I still don't like the idea that if you can't win the title why are you racing. A wreck by the car in 30th place can't knock a contender out of the chase.
Saturday morning at 11:00 am Campbell University will be on ESPNU for their first ever national broadcast of any Campbell sporting event. I am not sure why but Campbell is not letting the students in free for this one. They have to buy a ticket like anyone else. I have no idea why but here's my guess. You know Campbell is supported by the Baptist so I think they don't want any antics by the students put on TV. I don't know what they will do if the students buy up the tickets and still get a shot to be on national TV.
Time for chest pumping by a proud papa. There is a national website www.slowstitch.com on Wednesday ran an article written by Brooks Doughtie talking about the new NCAA Tri varsity sports for women. This is no ordinary website as it is kind of the unofficial Tri website. It has more than half million hits per day including forums on the site. If you are interested and go to that page on the right side says NCAA. How many hits is a half million? About a half million times more than I get per day.
Swimming and diving playoff swims were suppose to be Thursday and Friday but have been moved to Monday and Tuesday. Wrestling Duels are schedules starting Tuesday but there is an interesting twist this year. Since no team has been able to practice hardly at all this week there is a rule that if weather cancels school a wrestler is allowed to gain two pounds from his last weight in.
If wrestlers have been sitting around eating snow cream this week and gain more than two pounds must wrestle at higher weight. Saturday morning is the official weight in and that is weight you must wrestle during playoffs.
Nascar has finally gone to a playoff system where it will be a winner take all format when it gets down to the last race. The first 26 races you must win a race in order to make the new final 16 drivers format. I like the idea it is better than anything done in the past. I still don't like the idea that if you can't win the title why are you racing. A wreck by the car in 30th place can't knock a contender out of the chase.
Saturday morning at 11:00 am Campbell University will be on ESPNU for their first ever national broadcast of any Campbell sporting event. I am not sure why but Campbell is not letting the students in free for this one. They have to buy a ticket like anyone else. I have no idea why but here's my guess. You know Campbell is supported by the Baptist so I think they don't want any antics by the students put on TV. I don't know what they will do if the students buy up the tickets and still get a shot to be on national TV.
Time for chest pumping by a proud papa. There is a national website www.slowstitch.com on Wednesday ran an article written by Brooks Doughtie talking about the new NCAA Tri varsity sports for women. This is no ordinary website as it is kind of the unofficial Tri website. It has more than half million hits per day including forums on the site. If you are interested and go to that page on the right side says NCAA. How many hits is a half million? About a half million times more than I get per day.
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