The Gryphon boys basketball took to the home court and for the first time in several years the Gryphons were not the tallest team on the court. Hertford County who has a history of athletic players were matched up well in tonight's match up. What the Gryphon fans saw was a pesky defense that gave HC all they could handle.
Both teams pull down 35 rebounds but the difference was HC had 28 turnovers while the Gryphons limited their miscues to 15 and it lead to a 64-45 Gryphon Victory. The tallest Gryphons on the roster stand at six three but it was the shorter guys outside who lead the way scoring in seniors Isaiah Alston 21 and Broderick Caudle 13. Off the bench Arttavious Richardson pulled down 9 rebounds while Alston grab 5. Deshon Smithwas the only Bear to reach ten points.
All four of the public high schools in Nash County will be very similar in size which make for some very interesting basketball during the up coming Nash County tournament in two weeks. Everyone's
Tallest players are around six three.
The Lady Gryphons roster does not show a senior on it but two returning inside playersKeyanna Spivey and Tarmara Harper both know how to seal off defenders and were wide open most of the game underneath the basket. The problem is the passers on the outside had a hard time getting to ball to both inside players.
Spivey lead the Lady Gryphons scoring 24 but there no telling how many she could have had. Harper scored only six but she hauled down 15 rebounds while Spivey completed a double double with 10 boards. The Gryphons out rebounded the Lady Bears 50-24 despite both teams being about the same size. Both teams had trouble handling the ball as the Gryphons gave it to the Bears 26 times while the Bears were gracious 24 times. Final Lady Gryphons 42-32 over the Bears.
Both Gryphon teams go to 2-1 and will host South Central Friday night in the Gryphon Gym.
The only other local score I have is Southern Nash boys beat Bunn 47-44.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Cofield Makes Third Team ALL ACC
Takoby Cofield the 310 pound offense tackle from Duke the Redshirt senior from Tarboro is a third team all ACC selections. If the ACC was a eight team conference from the past Cofield just might be first team but now that the ACC goes from Miami to Chicago and Boston third team is not bad.
That just might tell a little about why Tarboro won three straight titles when the have the likes of an all Conference college lineman in Cofield and an All American back in Todd Gurley playing for them. Might also tell you a little bit about why the last two years they have not advance past the third round and the type players it takes to win state titles.
Went 2-0 in high school picks last week correctly picking both SouthWest and Tarboro to be bounced from the playoffs. My high school finishing record for the year was 85-23.
Also the regular season is over in college for our local teams and my pick record in college games was 92-33. I will pick every bowl game once they are announced next Sunday. Heavy rumors abound that State and ECU may be matchup in the bowl game in Annapolis Maryland what ever it is called. If that happens then the winning team could truly say they are the state champions in North Carolina college football.
You know the ACC formed in 1953 when the ACC members said the old Southern conference was too big when they had 23 teams. Well we are almost back some 60 years later to the conference being too big. Wouldn't it be something if one day the pendulum swung back the other way and all the North Carolina D1 schools would form a conference, North Carolina, State, Duke, ECU, Wake, App St, W Carolina, Elon and Charlotte. The way the TV money is driving sports these days Campbell, High Point , UNC W and anyone with a football program can get into the big money by being D1.
Tonight high school basket ball takes charge in the area as Rocky Mount host Hertford County. All three other public high schools are on the road. Northern at Southern Wayne, Nash Central at SouthWest Edgecombe and Southern Nash at Bunn.
Tonight Louisville will represent the ACC in the ACC Big East challenge for the first time. Louisville is lead by Montrelz Harrell from Tarboro who if I was voting would vote him player of the year in the ACC at this point. Harrell is averaging almost 18 per game and almost nine rebounds per game. Game time is 9:30 on one of the ESPN channels.
That just might tell a little about why Tarboro won three straight titles when the have the likes of an all Conference college lineman in Cofield and an All American back in Todd Gurley playing for them. Might also tell you a little bit about why the last two years they have not advance past the third round and the type players it takes to win state titles.
Went 2-0 in high school picks last week correctly picking both SouthWest and Tarboro to be bounced from the playoffs. My high school finishing record for the year was 85-23.
Also the regular season is over in college for our local teams and my pick record in college games was 92-33. I will pick every bowl game once they are announced next Sunday. Heavy rumors abound that State and ECU may be matchup in the bowl game in Annapolis Maryland what ever it is called. If that happens then the winning team could truly say they are the state champions in North Carolina college football.
You know the ACC formed in 1953 when the ACC members said the old Southern conference was too big when they had 23 teams. Well we are almost back some 60 years later to the conference being too big. Wouldn't it be something if one day the pendulum swung back the other way and all the North Carolina D1 schools would form a conference, North Carolina, State, Duke, ECU, Wake, App St, W Carolina, Elon and Charlotte. The way the TV money is driving sports these days Campbell, High Point , UNC W and anyone with a football program can get into the big money by being D1.
Tonight high school basket ball takes charge in the area as Rocky Mount host Hertford County. All three other public high schools are on the road. Northern at Southern Wayne, Nash Central at SouthWest Edgecombe and Southern Nash at Bunn.
Tonight Louisville will represent the ACC in the ACC Big East challenge for the first time. Louisville is lead by Montrelz Harrell from Tarboro who if I was voting would vote him player of the year in the ACC at this point. Harrell is averaging almost 18 per game and almost nine rebounds per game. Game time is 9:30 on one of the ESPN channels.
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