Mickey Bridgers the head Lady's softball coach at South Johnston has retired. The name should be familiar to those in this area as Bridgers was the head coach of the 1987 Lady Knights of Northern Nash as they won the state championship at that time was slow pitch softball. Bridgers coach South Johnson to the state finals in fast pitch in 2010 and closed out his coaching career this past season taking South Johnson to the finals again.
Diego Hasty the head football coach at Kipp Pride die last week of a heart attack. Hasty a Northampton County High grad coach at Hertford County, Northampton, Northampton West and Pride. During the Late 80's I use to do a morning oldies show on the radio station in Murfreesboro and each week during football season Hasty then at Northampton East would come on the air with me and talk football during the season. He was 60 years old.
Thanksgiving day last year I interviewed Tom Suitor the Rocky Mount Native who has just been inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame and as his football show on WRAL 's "Football Friday" was nearing it's last show of the season and nearing the age of 65 didn't know whether he would return to "Football Friday" but if you have seen the advertising is returning for another year.
The NFL just had their first preseason game of the year Sunday night and From here until Febuary there will be an NFL game on every weekend. College football is in full practice and so is high school. Thursday night August 14th there will be a jamboree at Rocky Mount high school and all four Nash County High Schools will be in action. Several teams from around the area will compete against the Nash County schools as every team in the area prepares for the first week of the high school football season on August 22nd.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
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