Plenty Of Locals Still In Round Two

Started out the State Playoffs with eight teams from the Wilson, Edgecombe and Nash County and the only one that lost to an outsider was RM Prep who nobody in their right mind thought they would win any way.   Hunt lost to another conference member so this area really came on strong in the opening round of the playoffs.  Week two there is good news as no local will have to play another local but the quality of the competition picks up every where.

North Edgecombe will be on the road as a number five seed at the number four Southside.  They did play two common  teams this season as North Edgecombe beat Riverside Martin 24-14 while Southside lost 22-34.  They both beat South Creek, NE  46-20 and SS 56-34.  Southside averages 37.5 points per game while NE 34.5.  Both teams give up around 20 per game.  This game is a toss up but North Edgecombe is on the road.

Louisburg at Tarboro:  This marks the return of former JV coach at Rocky Mount Chris Lee  back to the area.  Louisburg  the number nine seed visits Tarboro the three seed.  Louisburg 8-4 and Tarboro 9-3.  Each team played RM Prep and both were big winners  Louisburg 49-0 and Tarboro 57-6.  Louisburg scores at a 41 points per game clip while the Vikings 35.  Tarboro is five points better on defense 15-20.  Tarboro is the favorite in this one.

Southwest Edgecombe the number 6 seed in the 2-AA hits the road taking on Northside of Jacksonville the three seed.  Both are 9-3 and both played one like opponent North Brunswick. SWE winning 35-13 and Northside winning 21-13. The Cougars score 35 every Friday while Northside 27.5.  The Cougars give up more 18 to 16.5 for the Jacksonville team.   This one is a toss-up but the Cougars are on the road.

Northern Guilford 7th seed comes to Wilson to take on the 2nd seed Fike.  Both are 11-1.  NG lone loss was 32-28 to Eastern Alamance who is still undefeated.  Fike's lone loss was a 42-35 defeat to Southern Nash.  They have not play any common foes. NG score 43 a clip while Fike 35.  Fike gives up 16 while NG 12.  This game is a toss up only because it is at Wilson.  If they were playing at NG then NG would be favored.

Eastern Wayne 9-2 and a number five seed visits Southern Nash 9-3 and the four seed.   Nothing to compare as they have played no like teams.  EW scores 38 a game while S Nash is 26 which is the worse offense from our area still alive.  Defensively the Firebirds give up 19.5 per game while Eastern Wayne has been tighter 15.  Eastern Wayne a slight favorite.

The top seed in 3-A east Southern Guilford 12-0 host the Gryphons of Rocky Mount the ninth seed and that is the highest seeded local team still alive and stand at 8-4.  Southern Scores 43 every time out while the Gryphons 32.  It is awash on the defensive side both about 15.  Gryphons will be at least a touchdown underdog but that didn't matter last week did it.