Schools Out Wednesday So Is Basketball

There always has to be a plan and if school had of been in session Wednesday which it is not the Fike/ Rocky Mount double header which was planned Monday and Tuesday which never came off because of the weather will not happen Wednesday either.  If it could have happened and games had of been played then the Hunt  boys and the Northern girls would have hosted Thursday's semis but of course that is off.

Every Big East team now stands on their regular season record for Saturday's NCHSAA bracket seeding.  The Boys Hunt will be the number one seed from Big East and Northern Nash will be the Number two.  Rocky Mount by winning both their games last week moves up to capture the three seed.  Everyone else is at the mercy of their overall record which should give Fike a spot.  Southern Nash and Nash Central now play the waiting game to see if their season is good enough to make the top 32 in the east.

Northern Nash girls are safe they will either be seeded one or two in the east depending on the draw with Eastern Wayne as the only unbeaten teams.  Should they get through to the Regional they should be in a bracket to play the regional final if both make it that far.  Hunt girls will be safe finishing second.  The big question of the seeding for both Fike and Rocky Mount will be in the eyes of the state who gets 3rd over the other.  Nash Central will be the team wondering if they have played their last game of the season or not.  The Lady Firebirds already know now they will not win a game this season.

I mention the other day talking about how The late Charles Alston knew every record in every sport for Rocky Mount.  Mike Gainey provided me with some dates of both Pam Gainey's 300th coaching victory and his 200th.  Tuesday sitting watching the white on the ground outside I used this blog  to look up both their records.  Since Feb 3rd 2009 Mike Gainey's Gryphons have won two state titles and a total of 129 wins and only 36 losses.  Pam is 85-34 since recording number 300 on 12-3-2010.

Knowing that this could be a magical year for Grover Battle and the Lady Knights  of Northern Nash I asked Patricia Haggerty last week if she knew Grovers over all record.  Do you know how hard it is to keep up with such records if your school doesn't have a Charles Alston doing it.