The 2013/14 Rocky Mount Gryphons are victims of all of the recent great success of Gryphon basketball. People in the stands expect them to perform as others have. I even think that this years players think that they should be just as good as the others. Where this team has missed out is they have had spells when their ability to handle the ball looks jv-ish. Tonight's game with Fike They miss handled to ball 16 times in the first half and found themselves down 31-27.
Then there was the second half when this team looked capable of beating anybody turned the ball over only 5 times and their up and down the court game when they missed shots number 43 was there for the put back. I don't keep up with offensive or defensive rebounds just the overall total and Emmanual King had a night tonight. 29 points 18 rebounds and most of his points were put backs.
Fike stayed close with the three point shots making ten but their inability to stop the Gryphons in the second half lead to a Gryphon 80-70 win. Isaiah Alston scored 23 most in the second half. Broderick Caudle added 12. Rocky Mount secured 47 rebounds to 24 for the Golden Demons. The Gryphons had 21 turn overs while Fike had just 11.
Myquan Gooding lead the Golden Demons with 23. Trevon Virgil 19 and Anthony Evans 10. Rocky Mount is now 5-2 in the Big East while Fike drops to 3-4 . The Gryphons host Nash Central Saturday afternoon sometime near 5:30.
Fike girls won the opening tip and took a shot and their next 6 trips down the court were turnovers and by their next shot the Lady Gryphons were ahead 12-0 . From that point on it was what is the final score going to be.
Rocky Mount girls win their fifth conference game with two losses. The Fike girls are winless on the conference season as the Lady Gryphons win 71-47. Fike finished with 32 turnovers but between coasting along the Lady Gryphons finished with 25 themselves.
Carmen Richardson lead the Gryphons with 24 and Tarmara Harper added 15 points and 10 rebounds. E J Proctor scored 24 for the Lady Demons. Rocky Mount won the rebound battle 39-30.
The Gryphons jv girls play Nash Central starting at 1pm Saturday afternoon. the varsity girls will begin about 4pm
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Strangle Hold
Hunt High already with a conference football title under their belt are now on the verge of adding a basketball crown to their 2013/14 school year. Nine days remain until the dust will settle and a regular season champion will be crowned. Hunt's comeback win at Rocky Mount on Tuesday all but put a bow on the regular season for the Warriors.
Hold the phone folks, there is one team who we normally expect to find in the second division of the Big East right now sits in second only one game behind Hunt and they will play Hunt twice in those final nine days. Yes, the Firebirds of Southern Nash after routing Nash Central last night are 4-1 a single game behind Hunt.
The reshuffled Big East schedule due to all of this inclement weather we have had the last two Wednesdays has bundled a load of games to be played these final days of the season. One sprained ankle by a teams star player could mean that player could miss one half of conference play in the last nine days.
Hunt at 5-0 host Southern Nash Friday. Should Hunt win they would surely be in the driver seat with a week to go. But if Southern wins it is a sprint to the finish but a home game against Hunt again next Wednesday. Southern's problem they have one extra game to play over Hunt and they played that game last night so both have five games to play.
Hunt travels to Northern Nash Saturday, host Nash Central Tuesday and finish next Friday at Fike. Southern travels to Fike Saturday, at Rocky Mount Tuesday and finishes with Nash Central The final night. Rocky Mount 4-2 host Fike tonight, Nash Central Saturday, Southern Tuesday and visit Northern for their annual last night
Fike 3-3 still has a game with Rocky Mount tonight, Host Southern on Saturday and host Hunt on Valentines night. They have a Tuesday trip to Northern. Even at 3-3 and games against all three teams ahead of them in the standings this season is far from over.
Tuesday was the first two rounds of the state duel wrestling championships with the top two Big East teams Rocky Mount and Southern Nash being the only two on the road. The wrestling is broken down into four teams playing two rounds in one day. Southern Nash takes on the host team in their four team bracket West Brunswick and lose their opening match 40-28.
Rocky Mount has a four team bracket hosted by Havelock and guess who the Gryphons got to play first? The Gryphons won their opening matching beating the host Rams 41-27. While the Gryphons are winning Swansboro on another mat is winning their match to set up a second round match of Rocky Mount and Swansboro meeting in Havelock. Swansboro takes down the Gryphons 46-27 to end the Gryphons season with a record of 31-7. Boy J J Jones' boys have a heck of a season.
Hold the phone folks, there is one team who we normally expect to find in the second division of the Big East right now sits in second only one game behind Hunt and they will play Hunt twice in those final nine days. Yes, the Firebirds of Southern Nash after routing Nash Central last night are 4-1 a single game behind Hunt.
The reshuffled Big East schedule due to all of this inclement weather we have had the last two Wednesdays has bundled a load of games to be played these final days of the season. One sprained ankle by a teams star player could mean that player could miss one half of conference play in the last nine days.
Hunt at 5-0 host Southern Nash Friday. Should Hunt win they would surely be in the driver seat with a week to go. But if Southern wins it is a sprint to the finish but a home game against Hunt again next Wednesday. Southern's problem they have one extra game to play over Hunt and they played that game last night so both have five games to play.
Hunt travels to Northern Nash Saturday, host Nash Central Tuesday and finish next Friday at Fike. Southern travels to Fike Saturday, at Rocky Mount Tuesday and finishes with Nash Central The final night. Rocky Mount 4-2 host Fike tonight, Nash Central Saturday, Southern Tuesday and visit Northern for their annual last night
Fike 3-3 still has a game with Rocky Mount tonight, Host Southern on Saturday and host Hunt on Valentines night. They have a Tuesday trip to Northern. Even at 3-3 and games against all three teams ahead of them in the standings this season is far from over.
Tuesday was the first two rounds of the state duel wrestling championships with the top two Big East teams Rocky Mount and Southern Nash being the only two on the road. The wrestling is broken down into four teams playing two rounds in one day. Southern Nash takes on the host team in their four team bracket West Brunswick and lose their opening match 40-28.
Rocky Mount has a four team bracket hosted by Havelock and guess who the Gryphons got to play first? The Gryphons won their opening matching beating the host Rams 41-27. While the Gryphons are winning Swansboro on another mat is winning their match to set up a second round match of Rocky Mount and Swansboro meeting in Havelock. Swansboro takes down the Gryphons 46-27 to end the Gryphons season with a record of 31-7. Boy J J Jones' boys have a heck of a season.
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