Basketball Saturday!!!! Maybe

It has already been prearranged that if there was no school on Friday and if  it is determined at noon Friday that it will be ok and safe sports  and after school activities will resume on Saturday.  If you remember two weekends ago when school was out on Friday and all after school activities suspended  it was decided to allow activities  on Saturday.  Last Saturday's games were to make up games and had nothing to do with school out.

Well, school is out again Friday so the decision will be made by noon after officials have a chance to check to see if the temperatures help melt the snow and ice as well as it did Thursday.  The forecast says the temp will be a little higher than today not much.

If games are played Rocky Mount will travel to Northern Nash.  Nash Central will be at Southern Nash and Hunt will travel to Fike.  All games not finished in the regular season will not be played and the Big East Tournament will begin Monday at Rocky Mount High. That will leave four teams playing only nine conference games as Nash Central at Northern Nash and Hunt at Southern Nash will not be made up.

Rocky Mount High School is suppose to be host the Eastern Regional Wrestling Tournament Friday and Saturday but with school out Friday the earliest it can start now is Saturday assuming safety it is determined.  If the tournament had started Friday Saturday would normally be championship day but the NCHSAA says it may allow Sunday finals.  You can best bet believe they will do everything they can to finish Saturday night if it means wresting at midnight.

Another activity that is suppose to come off Saturday night is "One Voice"  at Rocky Mount High's Black Box Theatre 7pm. This is the program the IB students at RMHS put on each year and the money raised from this talent show is given to a program of need.  This year all money raised is going to the UNC Cancer  Center in honor of Former RMHS IB student Holly Fryer  who two years removed  from Rocky Mount High continues her fight with cancer.

Can both events go on wrestling and one voice go on at the same time.  Another problem  Rocky Mount High playing basketball at Northern may be over at just about curtain time for one voice.

The NCHSAA  has said they may lift the no Sunday sports for North Carolina schools this year due to the fact this winter especially the last three weeks has been rough.  That way Wrestling could finish on Sunday if needed.  Another concession made by the NCHSAA is they will allow teams to play four games next week and they will be allowed to do it Monday Through Friday because all basketball has to finish Friday night in order for basketball seeding for the playoffs can be complete by  6pm Saturday night.

To say the least the past three week's weather has been as bad as what year was it 1980 when eastern North Carolina in some spots got two feet of snow.  The one thing I remember about that storm was the only time I have ever seen thunder and lightening while a blizzard was going on.

Another Day Lost, Won't be last

Another day of school is lost and with it another day to try to finish the regular season basketball of the Big East.  I hope you don't feel there is hope for school on Friday.  If there is no school Friday there is simply no way to finish the regular season by Saturday which will make it spill over till Monday the supposedly first day of the Big East tournament.  I have no idea what the rule is about starting the tournament Monday based on the standings as of today.  Since all playoffs seedings are based on regular season standings.  Seems to make more sense to finish regular season.

You know the weather must be really bad when they will postpone the Duke-Carolina game over the objections of ESPN.  Game is rescheduled for Feb 20th.

Heard on TV while watching the State-Wake game on Tuesday an interesting fact.  Florida State won the national championship in football, Syracuse is right now number one in basketball and the preseason baseball poll has Virginia number one in baseball.  Seems as if ACC is the power conference of the nation.

Here is Joe fan who really has no reason to think that this is a possibility but I think the Wolfpack will win Saturday at Syracuse.  State hasn't gotten that signature win yet and the Cuse is not blowing folks out lately.  I don't care who you are the pressure mounts the longer a win streak gets and I think the Orangemen have been playing lately to not lose over playing to win.  Now that I have said this State will probably lose by 30.  Should they beat Syracuse  that would probably turn around and lose at Clemson next week.

The NFL has thrown around the idea that they might drop kicking an extra point and go to some variety of running for one or two points.  It makes no sense to me to mess with the extra point but I think something that would really open up the game is eliminate a field goal inside the red zone
and make you go for it on fourth down inside the 20.  Think about the possibilities.

I hate the field goal when a team is on the one yard line.  I think having to give it up or score would make teams try to score more when they are on the fifteen yard line.  The NFL wants more scoring but what I think what fans want is more gambling type situations. Folks go to Nascar to see the wrecks and teams going for broke gives more opportunity to mess up when you don't score but rewards those that are successful.