Wilson County Schools Strong In Wells Fargo Cup

It case you didn't notice it this year the two Big East schools from Wilson County dominated this year's Big East standings in the Wells Fargo Cup.  Each sport played by every team is listed with six points for the team winning first right down to one point for finishing last in the league.  When you add all the points up Fike wins the Big East conference Wells Fargo Cup accumulating 181 points.  Baseball was one first place finish for Fike.  Hunt finished second with 176.5 points.  Rocky Mount won both boys and girls track and with that effort finished third with 171.  Northern Nash finishes fourth with 161.5 while Southern Nash has 148.5.  Nash Central who started the year not winning a football game never got out of last with 125.5.

I find it rather funny that coaches have been going to football clinics learning how to teach  heads up tackling.  Back in my playing days they had a penalty called spearing if you led with your helmet.  We were taught that the only safe way to tackle was with your head straight up.  We were told you could not get a neck injury if you tackled that way.

The formula was make contact with the ball carrier with your head up into his number.  Grasp your arms around him and then drive with your feet.  It makes sense that if you lower your head you could have your neck driven back down your spine causing neck and spine injuries.  Never heard of neck and spinal injuries during the days I was growing up wanting to play ball.  Finally When it was my time never saw one either.  I was run over a few times but never had to worry about the spinal cord area.

If you think football drives the bus in college athletics.  There are more than 400 members of the North Carolina Athletic Association and 67 of it's member will have a new football coach by the time August football practices start.  Yes, some coaches  retired others move to a different school and some lost their job from lack of wins or pressure from not being successful.  If that figure occurs every year every school would have a new coach every seven years.

Since this is a one man operation it is very hard to be in the right place at the right time on any scoop that may occur.  I get Many text, calls, e-mails, and people walking up to me and say have you heard this.  I want to thank any of you who steer me into directions to find information that appears on this blog.  Sometimes that info needs further investigation and there are times I know the lead is dead on accurate.

If you watch any of the so called major networks sports reporters have their sources in which they rely on when they either go on the air with a report or write it down.  I guess in my small way I have a system of informants just like them.  We have in this area many athletes who do well in sports that nobody hears about until a source passes information on.  Why would they do that?  They want to see people get credit when credit is due. I know lots of information about things that will be happening but I have swore to keep secret until the proper time.  Thank you all the people who pass on to me your trust to give me what you know.  We have lots of things in this area worth everyone knowing about.