Two Weeks To Go

Two weeks from tonight the high school football season will be in full swing.  Next week for the first time teams can begin to bump heads with other teams in scrimmage action.  Nash Central will scrimmage Bunn on Tuesday.  Then Thursday they will be part of the Nash County jamboree with all the other Nash  County High Schools.

Last season due to the conflict with Campbell Volleyball playing on Friday nights I got to see only two high school games during  the regular season.  Next week's scrimmages and opening night will be my only games this year.  Campbell this year will travel to Long Beach California to play Long Beach State, Army, San Fransico.  The Doughtie's will be right there.

Saw in the Nashville Graphic  and it reminded me that I hadn't brought up with all the local baseball coverage from Legion, little league and Babe Ruth that former Gryphon jv football coach Chris Lee now the head coach at Louisburg  has been named an assistant coach for the East-West all star  game next year.

Under B W Holt's tenure  Lee coached  during Holt's first five years and the JV's lost  3 games with Lee calling the plays and Kent Cox calling the defense.  Lee left to take over at Louisburg during Holt's last year at Rocky Mount.

Day two of the American Legion Southeast regional  going on in Asheboro is down to six teams as in the loser bracket games today the host team Asheboro stays alive beating Shelbyville Kentucky 11-3. And also heading home is Georgia as they lost to Alabama 3-1.  The winners bracket game between Jacksonville Florida and Shelby North Carolina goes to Florida 2-1. This puts both of North Carolina's teams with one loss.