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The Big East basketball Tournament is taking drastic action due to the impending bad weather moving in Monday night. Rocky Mount High will host a double header Monday night starting at 5pm. The Gryphon girls seeded 4th will host 5th seeded Nash Central at 5pm and the boys 3rd will host 6th seeded Nash Central. At the same time Southern Nash will travel to Fike where they will play a double header at Fike. In case there is no school Tuesday at least the games through Tuesday will be in.
UNC senior pitcher Benton Moss former Gryphon pitched five innings in the first game of a UNC double header Saturday recording 9 strike outs and gave up two runs as North Carolina has opened their 2015 baseball season winning three times this weekend. Moss won his 20th career game pitching for the Tar Heels. There have been rumors floating around that Moss might be the first pitcher out of the bullpen on Friday ACC games. Hard to imagine not putting a pitcher on the hill in conference play who will winning at nearly a 75 winning percentage.
Friday night I ran into Mike Gainey doing his athletic directors work before the girls game with Northern Nash and I ask him a question. " Are you or Pam close to another milestone game in the wins column?" He replied" I have no idea". My response " Who would have that info where I can look it up.?" Without thinking " Charles Alston".
There is no doubt that when he was alive Charles Alston was Mr. Gryphon Sports information director for Rocky Mount. Gainey's response tells for all of us it is hard to believe that Charles has been gone from us three years.
Monday night the Rocky Mount Gryphons seeded number three in the Big East Tournament play for the first time since and the only person to know the answer would be Charles Alston. They play a Monday game instead of being first or second and getting a bye. If they are to win the Big East Tournament they must win three times this week.
The Gryphons 5-5 12-7 seeded third start the action Monday 6pm at Fike against the team that faltered down the stretch Nash Central 3-7 13-11 who will be the sixth seed. The night cap Monday will feature the home team Fike 5-5 15-7 the four seed against Southern Nash 4-6 12-11 at around 7:30.
The RM/NC winner will play Northern Nash the two seed 6-4 9-12. The F/SN winner gets the top seed Hunt 7-3 15-8 in the other semi. I think what times for the games on Wednesday will depend whether Fike is still alive. If there has ever been a chance for one of the Monday teams to win the tournament this year is it.
I misspoke about the Lady Gryphons beating Fike twice during the regular season which they split and the tie breaker was who had the best record against the top two teams and Fike victory over Hunt Friday gives Fike the three seed and Rocky Mount the four.
Tuesday Fike 5-5 10-12 will take on Southern Nash 0-10 and 0-23. The night cap will be Rocky Mount 5-5 10-9 the four seed against Nash Central 3-7 12-12 the five seed. The F/SN winner gets Hunt the two seed 7-3 17-6 Thursday night in the semis. The RM/NC winner get undefeated Northern Nash 10-0 21-0.
The Carolina Classic North Carolina all star team has been announce and no player for the Big East made it. I think it is strange that no one from Northern Nash Kiana Thomas the leader of the unbeaten Northern Nash Knights was left off. No Big East boy is on it either.
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Need to check out Collins Cuthrell at UNCP. Leads the conference in home runs and rbi's. Also named Peach Belt Conference player of the week and UNCP athlete of the week. In game 2 yesterday, he was 4 for 6 with 3 doubles. Went 6 for 10 in the doubleheader against Columbus State who was predicted to be conference co-champions.
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