Big East Still Has One

I had said earlier that Big East spring sports was done for this year but I had forgotten Fike girls soccer team.  Tonight Fike beat Northern Guilford 4-3  and has reached the Eastern  Finals.  They await the winner of the Chapel High-Swansboro winner Saturday night in Swansboro.

That area along the coast Swansboro and Topsoil for years were 1-A schools but almost over night that area has become a hot bed for growth.  The quality of athletes in that area has made both Swansboro and Topsoil  make deep playoff runs in several sports this year.

Tonight Benton Moss took the hill for UNC with hopes with a victory that Carolina's Saturday afternoon game against  Maryland would be for a shot to play Sunday in the ACC championship game. Benton gave Carolina  everything they could ask for going six and  one third innings giving up just four hits did not walk a batter but poor infield defense allowed two runs to score and when Benton left the game he was the pitcher of record.  Carolina hit a two run homer in the bottom of the Sixth inning to tie the game and got Moss off the Hook.  UVA scored a run in the bottom of seventh to win 3-2.

Carolina  who is not a shoo in for the NCAA playoffs needs the win against Maryland Saturday afternoon in order to not have to wait  for Monday to see if they get in the tournament on a three game losing streak.

Maryland who has not even been in the ACC tournament  in ten years but they in their last year in the ACC will play for the title for the first time ever Sunday.




Duke's game at 11am Saturday against Miami and a Florida State lost Saturday night would give the Blue Devils a championship date Sunday.  All the hype that State and Carolina in the preseason Duke has turned out to be the best Triangle team.

I think Carolina is in come Monday during the NCAA selection show.  I think Duke is safe but State and ECU  are probably outside looking in after Monday.

Saturday at 1pm  the Division II College World Series get under way at the USA Baseball Complex in Cary.  Lander University with Thomas Berry and Britt Johnson of Rocky Mount play their first game at 5pm.

The Ghost Of Crash Davis

If you saw the movie Bull Durham Crash Davis(Kevin Costner) broke into a visiting stadium and cut on the water sprinklers in order they could get a rainout. Of course that is a movie and that never happens right?

The Big South baseball tournament was suppose to have started on Wednesday but somewhere a long the way somebody either forgot  to cut the sprinklers off or the automatic shutoff didn't shut off.   Winthrop University the host school this year is dumbfounded at the episode. The Big South had a whole day of rainouts and had to wait until Thursday to start.  Anybody seen Crash Davis?

There has been some really good games so far in the ACC Tournament and yesterday we mentioned the the State-Carolina game that Nash County's very own John Haggerty was the second base umpire during the big brew-ha in the sixth inning.  Found out last night that another Nash County native Alex Pearce the former Bulldog of Nash Central and Pembroke baseball catcher and pitcher is now umpiring ACC and SEC games. I hope to see Alex soon either at a game or on TV.

Coleman Pitt Post 58 had tryouts last Saturday and practice is underway heading toward their home opener May 29th against Wayne County.  There is a 15 date schedule lined up with three double headers.  as always Pitt County and Wilson are on the schedule.  Ahoskie will be the only trip to the northeast this season but Apex, Garner, Cary, And Raleigh will give P 58 plenty of trips to the Triangle. The only team on the schedule at this time that they will play only once is Roxboro.

Legion season starts next Thursday night 7pm at Legion Field.