Even in a loss the Rocky Mount Gryphons gained the respect in Wake County after one of the powers to be Middle Creek had their hands full with the Gryphons. Coach Jason Battle has many talking points to show his team as their own mistakes played a major factor in stopping themselves on several drives. Gryphons are for real.
Now that the losing streak is in the rear view mirror Nash Central can now see light at the end of the tunnel that they can be as good as anyone else. Good chance by conference time another win or two could be in their back pocket. One talking point for Chris Lee is this is just one win. Don't be satisfied with just one. After Tarboro's romp over Washington Nash Central's loss to Tarboro doesn't look all that bad.
It was a long ride home from Elizabeth City as Northern Nash took it on the chin to Northeastern. Offense is missing and putting pressure on the defense to be perfect. I thought by this point under coach Randy Raper that Northern would look a lot like Hunt did while Raper was there.
Southern Nash goes to 2-0 in beating Beddingfield a team because of the contrasting styles always gives the Firebirds trouble. It is always a good sign when you win against a team completely different than you are. Kind of gets you playoff tested early.
Tarboro may be young but they sure are talented. Disposed of Washington in Washington with ease. Since the move to 1-A the Vikings haven't made it to the state championship game. The scent is in the air that this year might be a return.
North Edgecombe always has trouble with every other team in Edgecombe County just from the point of size. There was a good sign for the Warriors that when the game was on the verge of getting out of hand that dug deep and played hard. Any coach wants to see his team do that.
SouthWest Edgecombe got slapped on the opening defensive stand and took control until the game well in hand. This is a good start for the Cougar's season.
Rocky Mount Academy responded from their first loss in over two years. They showed to be resilient and quite capable of having a fine season.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Sunday, August 30, 2015
The World We Live In
If you have ever been to a little league baseball game there is very seldom a time when a batter hits a scorching line drive that is headed outside the field of play that parents or any spectator is in danger of being hit. Most the time it is a pop up that you need to make sure it doesn't fall directly on your head.
The higher up you go in age the balls start leaving the field at a faster rate. During the current major league baseball season there have been a couple of incidents where spectators were either hit by a broken bat or one of those scorching line drive foul balls has hit and injured fans in the stands.
There is a big controversy right now amongst baseball people, sports reporter and the like about why should they have to have netting up or if the fans will be able to see the game when they do put it up. Simply those whining about not being able to see a game behind the net has never sat and watched a game from behind the netting.
We all who have ever been to a high school game and watch from behind home plate where the fencing is are glad it is there. Most every school now days has knitted nets that run from the end of the dugout on first base to the end of the dugout at third. This stops those scorchers from attacking in some cases unsuspecting people from being drilled with the ball.
If you watch a major league game these days people are sitting in the stands talking to someone sitting near them, texting, looking at the internet or talking to someone who is at home watching them be on TV and they have called to tell them that they see them. All the while not paying attention at all to the game and in a split half second can get nailed by a ball.
We need to be protected from ourselves. Any body sitting near the dug out and up to 30 rows high had better watch every time that ball is thrown because there is a batter there capable of hitting it 500 feet in any direction and it could be traveling 100 miles per hour. I am always ready when sitting down the foul lines say at a Durham Bulls game just waiting for a foul ball heading my way.
If you have ever been to a NASCAR race there is safety fencing all the way around the track and if you sit in the first 30 rows at your favorite track that fencing is steel poles and steel wiring. It is in spots a hindrance trying to look directly at the poles as the cars go by. Is there a person in the stands that wants to sit there without that fencing in place? No way, just recently a car went into the fencing and with all the car parts flying nobody received more than scratches even the driver.
Safety should be a top priority and all stadiums should have netting at least from end of the dugout to end of the other dugout. The outfield area will get a hot one every now and then but at least you are near 60 yards or more and maybe somebody will holler look out.
Read the article in Friday's Telegram about Zack Foster the Southern Nash quarterback who has a physical disability which I had never heard about but he has been able to over come it. The article was about his leadership with his Firebird's teammates. I heard last weekend at Englewood Baptist several of his teammates accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their savior and Zack help them all .
Our world is now a world of hate and people scratch their heads that they can't understand why. It is simple. There are too many people who are trying to please themselves first instead of the creator of this world and his son. There is no way we can ever be satisfied with what we want because we will always want more.
Our God in heaven is who we all need to please and when we decide that he is more important than me just maybe the world we change back around. It is people like a young man like Zack Foster who are leading the way in that turn around.
The higher up you go in age the balls start leaving the field at a faster rate. During the current major league baseball season there have been a couple of incidents where spectators were either hit by a broken bat or one of those scorching line drive foul balls has hit and injured fans in the stands.
There is a big controversy right now amongst baseball people, sports reporter and the like about why should they have to have netting up or if the fans will be able to see the game when they do put it up. Simply those whining about not being able to see a game behind the net has never sat and watched a game from behind the netting.
We all who have ever been to a high school game and watch from behind home plate where the fencing is are glad it is there. Most every school now days has knitted nets that run from the end of the dugout on first base to the end of the dugout at third. This stops those scorchers from attacking in some cases unsuspecting people from being drilled with the ball.
If you watch a major league game these days people are sitting in the stands talking to someone sitting near them, texting, looking at the internet or talking to someone who is at home watching them be on TV and they have called to tell them that they see them. All the while not paying attention at all to the game and in a split half second can get nailed by a ball.
We need to be protected from ourselves. Any body sitting near the dug out and up to 30 rows high had better watch every time that ball is thrown because there is a batter there capable of hitting it 500 feet in any direction and it could be traveling 100 miles per hour. I am always ready when sitting down the foul lines say at a Durham Bulls game just waiting for a foul ball heading my way.
If you have ever been to a NASCAR race there is safety fencing all the way around the track and if you sit in the first 30 rows at your favorite track that fencing is steel poles and steel wiring. It is in spots a hindrance trying to look directly at the poles as the cars go by. Is there a person in the stands that wants to sit there without that fencing in place? No way, just recently a car went into the fencing and with all the car parts flying nobody received more than scratches even the driver.
Safety should be a top priority and all stadiums should have netting at least from end of the dugout to end of the other dugout. The outfield area will get a hot one every now and then but at least you are near 60 yards or more and maybe somebody will holler look out.
Read the article in Friday's Telegram about Zack Foster the Southern Nash quarterback who has a physical disability which I had never heard about but he has been able to over come it. The article was about his leadership with his Firebird's teammates. I heard last weekend at Englewood Baptist several of his teammates accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their savior and Zack help them all .
Our world is now a world of hate and people scratch their heads that they can't understand why. It is simple. There are too many people who are trying to please themselves first instead of the creator of this world and his son. There is no way we can ever be satisfied with what we want because we will always want more.
Our God in heaven is who we all need to please and when we decide that he is more important than me just maybe the world we change back around. It is people like a young man like Zack Foster who are leading the way in that turn around.
Friday, August 28, 2015
Streak Ends At 25
Nash Central has put and end to the third longest active losing streak in North Carolina High School football beating Smithfield Selma 36-21. It took two games into the 2015 season for new coach Chris Lee to end the streak which has been going on since the ninth game of the 2012 season.
Just how good was the beating Rocky Mount laid on South Granville last week was answered tonight in Apex when the Gryphons took on the Mustangs of Middle Creek. Middle Creek is expected to go deep in the 4-A playoffs . What the Mustangs got was a hand full of Gryphons.
Middle Creek struck first late in the first quarter moving the ball down field with the pass to take a 7-0 lead. The Gryphons defense held the Mustangs in check and a long pass under two minutes in the half set up the Gryphons Sherrod Green for a two yard dive to tie the score at 7. MC with .18 seconds in the half threw a pass dropped by the receiver. Rocky Mount scooped up the ball and ran 40 yards with the Middle Creek crowd in a uproar To take a 14-7 half time lead.
Motivated Middle Creek roared out of the locker room and almost ran the kickoff back but three plays tied the game at 14. Late in the third Sherrod Green from three yards out gave the Gryphons the lead again 21-14.
Early fourth quarter MC returns a punt fifty yards to tie the game at 21. Rocky Mount went to the air and two ints set up the Mustangs to kick a field goal with 3:30 to play. That would be enough. The Gryphons give great effort but too many penalties especially a penalty after a first down killed a Gryphon drive. Gryphons fine respect in Apex but lose 24-21 to Middle Creek.
Other scores:
Southern Nash 23 Beddingfield 14
Tarboro 26 Washington 7
SouthWest Edgecombe 35 North Edgecombe 14
Hunt 17 Hertford County 12
East Wake 40 Fike 27
Northeastern 53 Northern Nash 13
RMA 53 Lawrence Academy 25
Just how good was the beating Rocky Mount laid on South Granville last week was answered tonight in Apex when the Gryphons took on the Mustangs of Middle Creek. Middle Creek is expected to go deep in the 4-A playoffs . What the Mustangs got was a hand full of Gryphons.
Middle Creek struck first late in the first quarter moving the ball down field with the pass to take a 7-0 lead. The Gryphons defense held the Mustangs in check and a long pass under two minutes in the half set up the Gryphons Sherrod Green for a two yard dive to tie the score at 7. MC with .18 seconds in the half threw a pass dropped by the receiver. Rocky Mount scooped up the ball and ran 40 yards with the Middle Creek crowd in a uproar To take a 14-7 half time lead.
Motivated Middle Creek roared out of the locker room and almost ran the kickoff back but three plays tied the game at 14. Late in the third Sherrod Green from three yards out gave the Gryphons the lead again 21-14.
Early fourth quarter MC returns a punt fifty yards to tie the game at 21. Rocky Mount went to the air and two ints set up the Mustangs to kick a field goal with 3:30 to play. That would be enough. The Gryphons give great effort but too many penalties especially a penalty after a first down killed a Gryphon drive. Gryphons fine respect in Apex but lose 24-21 to Middle Creek.
Other scores:
Southern Nash 23 Beddingfield 14
Tarboro 26 Washington 7
SouthWest Edgecombe 35 North Edgecombe 14
Hunt 17 Hertford County 12
East Wake 40 Fike 27
Northeastern 53 Northern Nash 13
RMA 53 Lawrence Academy 25
What Impact's Teams The Most?
High schools, Colleges and Pro football teams are all optimistic that they have the team formed that will make great strides this year. High school coaches have to depend on the youngsters from his school district to teach them up to make a good team.
College coaches recruit players going after players that can fill holes in their team but they compete with other coaches after the same players to do the same for their team. The pros draft players available at the time that it is their turn to draft and they fill what they considered needs to improve their team.
All a coach can do is try to train their players to the very best they can as they practice offensive plays, how to run the plays that take advantage of what the defense presents. Defenses practice when a team lines up this is what they will probably do and here is what we will do to stop it.
All this preparation one injury can ruin any teams plans. The backup player may not be quite as good as the player injured and coaches have to adjust to run plays that suit that player in order for him to perform at his best ability. Some times that puts a team into never reaching their best potential because they simply are not as good as they could be with a healthy team.
This year ECU is trying to replace a quarterback that if you look at Pirates history is the most prolific quarterback in Pirates history. The chosen one this week picked as the heir to the starting quarterback job tore his ACL and is out for the year. Every day you read a player is lost for the year for what ever reason but every team must adjust and move forward with the players they have left.
Every now and then a you hear the story of a player who got a chance and he becomes great as the replacement for the person injured. Most of the time that doesn't happen. Teams struggle as the replacement player learns how to play at the the level needed for his team to be successful and sometimes they just are not strong enough to be successful.
We all at some point in time and looked when the season is over and said. What would have happened if that injury didn't happen? So the next time you yell at the coach and holler "you bum you can't coach a lick", remember all that coaching can go down the drain when part of the the best part of your team is standing on the sideline with the coach in a cast.
College coaches recruit players going after players that can fill holes in their team but they compete with other coaches after the same players to do the same for their team. The pros draft players available at the time that it is their turn to draft and they fill what they considered needs to improve their team.
All a coach can do is try to train their players to the very best they can as they practice offensive plays, how to run the plays that take advantage of what the defense presents. Defenses practice when a team lines up this is what they will probably do and here is what we will do to stop it.
All this preparation one injury can ruin any teams plans. The backup player may not be quite as good as the player injured and coaches have to adjust to run plays that suit that player in order for him to perform at his best ability. Some times that puts a team into never reaching their best potential because they simply are not as good as they could be with a healthy team.
This year ECU is trying to replace a quarterback that if you look at Pirates history is the most prolific quarterback in Pirates history. The chosen one this week picked as the heir to the starting quarterback job tore his ACL and is out for the year. Every day you read a player is lost for the year for what ever reason but every team must adjust and move forward with the players they have left.
Every now and then a you hear the story of a player who got a chance and he becomes great as the replacement for the person injured. Most of the time that doesn't happen. Teams struggle as the replacement player learns how to play at the the level needed for his team to be successful and sometimes they just are not strong enough to be successful.
We all at some point in time and looked when the season is over and said. What would have happened if that injury didn't happen? So the next time you yell at the coach and holler "you bum you can't coach a lick", remember all that coaching can go down the drain when part of the the best part of your team is standing on the sideline with the coach in a cast.
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Weekend Of Truth
Friday night is the second week of high school football and many teams step up the level of competition and everyone will know after this weekend just how good they really are.
Beddingfield @ Southern Nash: Beddingfield always presents Southern with a contrast being a wide open offense. Both teams are 1-0. Beddingfield crushed Goldsboro 45-10. The Southern Nash Firebirds crushed Northwood at the half and called off the dogs in the second half. I just can't see the Bruins out scoring the Firebirds. Southern Nash 36 Beddingfield 20
Nash Central @ Smithfield Selma: The Bulldogs have lost 25 straight games. During those same 25 games Smithfield Selma has won only four games. This is their chance to break the streak. There is no doubt Tarboro is a lot better team than SS. Going out on a limb and predict the losing streak ends if they don't make a gross mistake near the end in a close game. Started out 7-0 last week on predictions and Nash Central wins 26-20.
Rocky Mount @ Middle Creek: Middle Creek returns 40 letterman from last year's squad 9-3 last week whipped a really good Wakefield team 45-31 after trailing 7-24. This will certainly give Rocky Mount a good read on this year's squad. If they get blasted it will tell us last week's win not very good against SG. If it is a close game with a chance to win this is real good news for Gryphon Fans. A victory look out for the Gryphons. Middle Creek 35 Rocky Mount 21
Northern Nash @ Northeastern: Seems as if Northeastern has been really good since Northern put them on their schedule. Northern needs a good outing in this one. The defense did well but the offense showed nothing. Doubt Knights can make trip to Elizabeth City and win. Eagles 28 Knights 7.
Tarboro @ Washington: Washington slaughtered the Vikes Last year in Tarboro. Washington got clobbered by Havelock last week. Who in the world can make a pick in this one. Tarboro is a solid 1-A team and can give any team a good game. I think Washington takes this one in a close game 26-22.
SouthWest Edgecombe @North Edgecombe: the Cougars simply too good for the Warriors. 36- 8.
Rocky Mount Academy @ Lawrence: I think we will all find that the Eagles will be fine this year. Lawrence beat Halifax 18-14 last week. You know on a historical trip the new Lost Colony is only a couple of miles from Lawrence. RMA doesn't get caught up in the history they rebound 36-14.
Rocky Mount Prep is off this week.
Beddingfield @ Southern Nash: Beddingfield always presents Southern with a contrast being a wide open offense. Both teams are 1-0. Beddingfield crushed Goldsboro 45-10. The Southern Nash Firebirds crushed Northwood at the half and called off the dogs in the second half. I just can't see the Bruins out scoring the Firebirds. Southern Nash 36 Beddingfield 20
Nash Central @ Smithfield Selma: The Bulldogs have lost 25 straight games. During those same 25 games Smithfield Selma has won only four games. This is their chance to break the streak. There is no doubt Tarboro is a lot better team than SS. Going out on a limb and predict the losing streak ends if they don't make a gross mistake near the end in a close game. Started out 7-0 last week on predictions and Nash Central wins 26-20.
Rocky Mount @ Middle Creek: Middle Creek returns 40 letterman from last year's squad 9-3 last week whipped a really good Wakefield team 45-31 after trailing 7-24. This will certainly give Rocky Mount a good read on this year's squad. If they get blasted it will tell us last week's win not very good against SG. If it is a close game with a chance to win this is real good news for Gryphon Fans. A victory look out for the Gryphons. Middle Creek 35 Rocky Mount 21
Northern Nash @ Northeastern: Seems as if Northeastern has been really good since Northern put them on their schedule. Northern needs a good outing in this one. The defense did well but the offense showed nothing. Doubt Knights can make trip to Elizabeth City and win. Eagles 28 Knights 7.
Tarboro @ Washington: Washington slaughtered the Vikes Last year in Tarboro. Washington got clobbered by Havelock last week. Who in the world can make a pick in this one. Tarboro is a solid 1-A team and can give any team a good game. I think Washington takes this one in a close game 26-22.
SouthWest Edgecombe @North Edgecombe: the Cougars simply too good for the Warriors. 36- 8.
Rocky Mount Academy @ Lawrence: I think we will all find that the Eagles will be fine this year. Lawrence beat Halifax 18-14 last week. You know on a historical trip the new Lost Colony is only a couple of miles from Lawrence. RMA doesn't get caught up in the history they rebound 36-14.
Rocky Mount Prep is off this week.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Third Game Ends With Cut Day
September 1st is cut day in the NFL when teams must reduce their rosters to 75. The next and final cut comes on September 5th which comes after every teams fourth preseason game and the team rosters are set at 53. Three players from Tarboro will have their hearts in their throats waiting for word whether they have made NFL rosters.
Jacoby Cofield the tackle from Duke and in camp of the Washington Redskins is shown as the third team right tackle as of the latest depth chart provided by the Redskins. Cofield has to say the least is a long shot making the team for if you have three lineman at center, two guards and two tackles on the field when the offense is playing. Most NFL teams carry about nine lineman on a 53 man roster. The big question is can he make the team on special teams and for a 310 pound lineman running down field on punts or kick offs is doubtful.
Shawn Draughn is still on the roster of the Cleveland Browns. So far the Browns have not listed a depth chart so it is hard to see what the feelings are of the coaching staff of the Browns. Draughn so far in his three years has made the teams playing special teams and you would think that is His best chance and maybe being a third down back.
Todd Gurley has not see the playing field so far in either of the two St Louis Rams preseason games. All indications are he is being held out of actions as long as possible in preseason games in order his surgically repaired knee came heal as long as possible. He has taken part in every practice so far in camp but has not had any contact to date. I suspect he will see his first action opening day maybe limited until they can see how his knee reacts to contact. If all goes well he gets more carries in game two they will probably start him game three.
Yesterday during our baseball review we did not report on Isaiah White of Greenfield Academy in Wilson. He has now played in 31 games for the Marlins in the Gulf Coast League. He has batted 111 times with 34 hits and his batting average is 306. The has stroked two triples and seven doubles but he has struck out 38 times.
The final figures are in on the impact that Tiger Woods had on the city of Greensboro and CBS last weekend during the Wyndom Golf Tournament. During a normal year the Greensboro tournament averages about One hundred thousand during the whole week including practice rounds. Once Woods told officials he was playing they had to print and extra fifty thousand tickets giving total attendance for the week of one hundred fifty thousand. Many concession stands over the weekend gave out of brew and food any extra parking had to be supplied as far as five blocks from the course.
CBS hit a bonanza as last weekends tournament was the most watched regular tour event since 2013 and registered a 3.9 rating. It was the biggest golf ratings for CBS for any regular event since 2012. Just goes to prove everyone wants to watch the old man Davis Love III..
Jacoby Cofield the tackle from Duke and in camp of the Washington Redskins is shown as the third team right tackle as of the latest depth chart provided by the Redskins. Cofield has to say the least is a long shot making the team for if you have three lineman at center, two guards and two tackles on the field when the offense is playing. Most NFL teams carry about nine lineman on a 53 man roster. The big question is can he make the team on special teams and for a 310 pound lineman running down field on punts or kick offs is doubtful.
Shawn Draughn is still on the roster of the Cleveland Browns. So far the Browns have not listed a depth chart so it is hard to see what the feelings are of the coaching staff of the Browns. Draughn so far in his three years has made the teams playing special teams and you would think that is His best chance and maybe being a third down back.
Todd Gurley has not see the playing field so far in either of the two St Louis Rams preseason games. All indications are he is being held out of actions as long as possible in preseason games in order his surgically repaired knee came heal as long as possible. He has taken part in every practice so far in camp but has not had any contact to date. I suspect he will see his first action opening day maybe limited until they can see how his knee reacts to contact. If all goes well he gets more carries in game two they will probably start him game three.
Yesterday during our baseball review we did not report on Isaiah White of Greenfield Academy in Wilson. He has now played in 31 games for the Marlins in the Gulf Coast League. He has batted 111 times with 34 hits and his batting average is 306. The has stroked two triples and seven doubles but he has struck out 38 times.
The final figures are in on the impact that Tiger Woods had on the city of Greensboro and CBS last weekend during the Wyndom Golf Tournament. During a normal year the Greensboro tournament averages about One hundred thousand during the whole week including practice rounds. Once Woods told officials he was playing they had to print and extra fifty thousand tickets giving total attendance for the week of one hundred fifty thousand. Many concession stands over the weekend gave out of brew and food any extra parking had to be supplied as far as five blocks from the course.
CBS hit a bonanza as last weekends tournament was the most watched regular tour event since 2013 and registered a 3.9 rating. It was the biggest golf ratings for CBS for any regular event since 2012. Just goes to prove everyone wants to watch the old man Davis Love III..
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Cuthrell' s Season Is Over
Collins Cuthrell's first season in pro baseball playing in an independent league trying to impress any major league team to sign him is over. Saturday he broke his arm and has been put on the Florence Kentucky Freedom's 60 day disabled list. Since the baseball season in the minors ends Labor Day weekend just two weeks from now his season is over.
Out of action Cuthrell needed some team to show interest in him and send him to fall ball but now unable to play no team will be willing to sign him. More than likely he will probably have to start out again next season again in the Frontier League and hope he has a good enough season to attract interest.
Not sure exactly how the injury happened but in Saturday's game box score he only batted twice in the game and was hit once by a pitch. He finishes his first season having batted 210 times in 58 games and played mostly in the outfield and batted 271. He ledthe team with nine home runs, had two triples and 12 doubles. He led the team in base on balls with 49.
Hobbs Johnson Has started 22 times pitching in Biloxi Mississippi for his major league team the Milwaukee Brewers and has a record of 7-6 with and ERA of 3:38. He has pitched 112 innings with one complete game. He had struck out 92 batters .
Benton Moss on the verge of wrapping up his first summer in pro baseball is 2-2 pitching in Hudson Valley just north of New York City and south of Albany NY. He has tossed 43 plus innings with a 2.27 ERA which is excellent. He has pitched in 11 games starting 7 striking 48 and has walked only 10. I have a feeling Benton will start next season in the upper A level next season.
Brian Goodwin has had a struggle all year. He started the year coming off major shoulder surgery last season and started out in AA Harrisburg and what was suppose to happen as he got more and more playing time and his average shot up the Washington National wanted to send him back to AAA Syracuse but his batting average has never risen to AAA caliber and as the season comes to and end he remains mired in Harrisburg PA.
He is hitting 228 having clubbed 7 home runs four triples which is tied for the team lead and 13 doubles. He has struck out 80 times in his 358 at bats which for a lead off hitter is not getting the job done.
Out of action Cuthrell needed some team to show interest in him and send him to fall ball but now unable to play no team will be willing to sign him. More than likely he will probably have to start out again next season again in the Frontier League and hope he has a good enough season to attract interest.
Not sure exactly how the injury happened but in Saturday's game box score he only batted twice in the game and was hit once by a pitch. He finishes his first season having batted 210 times in 58 games and played mostly in the outfield and batted 271. He ledthe team with nine home runs, had two triples and 12 doubles. He led the team in base on balls with 49.
Hobbs Johnson Has started 22 times pitching in Biloxi Mississippi for his major league team the Milwaukee Brewers and has a record of 7-6 with and ERA of 3:38. He has pitched 112 innings with one complete game. He had struck out 92 batters .
Benton Moss on the verge of wrapping up his first summer in pro baseball is 2-2 pitching in Hudson Valley just north of New York City and south of Albany NY. He has tossed 43 plus innings with a 2.27 ERA which is excellent. He has pitched in 11 games starting 7 striking 48 and has walked only 10. I have a feeling Benton will start next season in the upper A level next season.
Brian Goodwin has had a struggle all year. He started the year coming off major shoulder surgery last season and started out in AA Harrisburg and what was suppose to happen as he got more and more playing time and his average shot up the Washington National wanted to send him back to AAA Syracuse but his batting average has never risen to AAA caliber and as the season comes to and end he remains mired in Harrisburg PA.
He is hitting 228 having clubbed 7 home runs four triples which is tied for the team lead and 13 doubles. He has struck out 80 times in his 358 at bats which for a lead off hitter is not getting the job done.
Monday, August 24, 2015
Drive For Show Putt For Dough
There is no doubt that Greensboro felt the power of Tiger Woods this weekend at the Wyndom Championship which happens to be the last regular season tournament and the phrase of the weekend was "make the top 125".
They broke all kinds of attendance records and more than half were on whatever hole Tiger was playing. Tiger lit up the scoreboard on Thursday and Friday and by Saturday looked as if the Triad area came out in force to watch Tiger.
Sedgefield would be considered a drive and chip course for the pros. Everyone that made the cut were under par. Tiger as he glides toward 40 years old has lost very little off his driver. He is still an excellent player when he has an iron in his hand and he had a great weekend with birdie opportunities. It is the putter that now is his biggest enemy. He didn't make enough birdie putts as everybody else did.
Why does anyone golfer a weekend hacker or pro lose the putting stroke as you age. Might be lining up the putts you can't see the grain of the putts the way you use too. We all when the doctor says you need glasses seem embarrass that our body is failing us but in order to function in life start with the bifocals. Our body motion during the swing of the club just doesn't follow through like it use too.
Tied for the lead starting Saturday Tiger had what seemed like birdie putts of 10 to 15 feet on every hole. His last ten birdie putts he made one. You know his playing partner on Saturday Tom Hoge shot the exact score that everyone that plays with Tiger in the final two rounds in the last group shoots 72. Tiger's 68 got left behind with all the 64's or better everyone else shot.
Sunday playing the next to last group his playing partner Scott Brown told everyone on the third hole he wasn't intimidated by Tiger making a hole in one. Nobody else was either as Tiger kept missing birdies enough players were and passed Tiger by.
Don't feel sorry for Tiger that despite not making the top 125 and automatically winning a tour card for next year. There are 36 other ways to win a tour card. Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson all still hold cards. Tiger has three more years on his victory in the 2013 Players Championship. If he fails to win a tournament in the next three years he then falls into to exemption of having 20 career wins and that gives him a lifetime right to play any PGA Tour event.
All the talk of the body functions at close to forty years old failing golfers and all of us alike the old man of the weekend Davis Love puts together one more weekend to pass everybody by and win. He becomes the third oldest pro to ever win a PGA Tour event. He reminds us that all those old guys can still play the game. It is a matter of whether they can do it for four straight days.
They broke all kinds of attendance records and more than half were on whatever hole Tiger was playing. Tiger lit up the scoreboard on Thursday and Friday and by Saturday looked as if the Triad area came out in force to watch Tiger.
Sedgefield would be considered a drive and chip course for the pros. Everyone that made the cut were under par. Tiger as he glides toward 40 years old has lost very little off his driver. He is still an excellent player when he has an iron in his hand and he had a great weekend with birdie opportunities. It is the putter that now is his biggest enemy. He didn't make enough birdie putts as everybody else did.
Why does anyone golfer a weekend hacker or pro lose the putting stroke as you age. Might be lining up the putts you can't see the grain of the putts the way you use too. We all when the doctor says you need glasses seem embarrass that our body is failing us but in order to function in life start with the bifocals. Our body motion during the swing of the club just doesn't follow through like it use too.
Tied for the lead starting Saturday Tiger had what seemed like birdie putts of 10 to 15 feet on every hole. His last ten birdie putts he made one. You know his playing partner on Saturday Tom Hoge shot the exact score that everyone that plays with Tiger in the final two rounds in the last group shoots 72. Tiger's 68 got left behind with all the 64's or better everyone else shot.
Sunday playing the next to last group his playing partner Scott Brown told everyone on the third hole he wasn't intimidated by Tiger making a hole in one. Nobody else was either as Tiger kept missing birdies enough players were and passed Tiger by.
Don't feel sorry for Tiger that despite not making the top 125 and automatically winning a tour card for next year. There are 36 other ways to win a tour card. Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson all still hold cards. Tiger has three more years on his victory in the 2013 Players Championship. If he fails to win a tournament in the next three years he then falls into to exemption of having 20 career wins and that gives him a lifetime right to play any PGA Tour event.
All the talk of the body functions at close to forty years old failing golfers and all of us alike the old man of the weekend Davis Love puts together one more weekend to pass everybody by and win. He becomes the third oldest pro to ever win a PGA Tour event. He reminds us that all those old guys can still play the game. It is a matter of whether they can do it for four straight days.
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Friday Night Wrap
There are one half of all teams playing high school football in North Carolina with one loss under their belt after the first week. Some cases their losses will be considered the first sign that this could be a long football Season because they not as good as everyone thought. There are other cases that the loss was administered by a team that is really good and losing teams played well in defeat.
The other side of the coin is the team that whomped up on a team not very good so a big win may not be as impressive as the score makes it look. Some cases a close win came against a very good team so there is a lot to look forward to as we head to week two. Let's look at the results from Friday.
Rocky Mount Academy: Lost their first game in more than two full seasons. They lost to the team that may well be best team in eight man football this year. They were in the game until fourth quarter got away from them. May show how 28 players on roster last year and only 20 this year will be an issue.
Nash Central: Rome wasn't built in one night. One trait that Chris Lee showed Friday that he has learned from the master. B W Holt scored almost in every game on the first drive which shows pre game preparation. The Bulldogs score on their first drive. They have potential to make a move forward to respectability this year.
Northern Nash: Randy Raper all during his coaching career has been a pound, pound, pound it up the middle coach. Since he has been at Northern he just has never had the type linemen to pound the football. Running a more wide open offense for the first time the Knights were shutout at Corinth Holders. May not be all that bad as Holders just might be a major factor this year
Rocky Mount Prep: When you don't have a long history and most of your good history has been against the team you open the season against you want to get off to a good start. The Jags did and stand at 1-0. They still have hope to win as many as you lose this season.
Rocky Mount: The biggest question the Gryphons have are they really as good as the licking they laid on South Granville or is SG not so hot this year. Sure is better to win and play next week 1-0 against a team you will get an answer from about how good you are. Sure did get a first game under their belt about as good as any coach could expect.
Southern Nash: Looks as if the Firebirds just might have a nice passing game to suppliment their running game. You look at any running team whenever they can can pass on third down and get a first down they are hard to beat.
SouthWest Edgecombe: Any team that can cross the Chowan River and come home with a win against the Edenton Aces they are off to a good start.
North Edgecombe: Did what they had to do in beating a team badly that lately everyone beats.
Tarboro: Starting their third year as a 1-A team they once again show that their program is as good as any in North Carolina. They are mighty young but are Tarboro T bred.
The other side of the coin is the team that whomped up on a team not very good so a big win may not be as impressive as the score makes it look. Some cases a close win came against a very good team so there is a lot to look forward to as we head to week two. Let's look at the results from Friday.
Rocky Mount Academy: Lost their first game in more than two full seasons. They lost to the team that may well be best team in eight man football this year. They were in the game until fourth quarter got away from them. May show how 28 players on roster last year and only 20 this year will be an issue.
Nash Central: Rome wasn't built in one night. One trait that Chris Lee showed Friday that he has learned from the master. B W Holt scored almost in every game on the first drive which shows pre game preparation. The Bulldogs score on their first drive. They have potential to make a move forward to respectability this year.
Northern Nash: Randy Raper all during his coaching career has been a pound, pound, pound it up the middle coach. Since he has been at Northern he just has never had the type linemen to pound the football. Running a more wide open offense for the first time the Knights were shutout at Corinth Holders. May not be all that bad as Holders just might be a major factor this year
Rocky Mount Prep: When you don't have a long history and most of your good history has been against the team you open the season against you want to get off to a good start. The Jags did and stand at 1-0. They still have hope to win as many as you lose this season.
Rocky Mount: The biggest question the Gryphons have are they really as good as the licking they laid on South Granville or is SG not so hot this year. Sure is better to win and play next week 1-0 against a team you will get an answer from about how good you are. Sure did get a first game under their belt about as good as any coach could expect.
Southern Nash: Looks as if the Firebirds just might have a nice passing game to suppliment their running game. You look at any running team whenever they can can pass on third down and get a first down they are hard to beat.
SouthWest Edgecombe: Any team that can cross the Chowan River and come home with a win against the Edenton Aces they are off to a good start.
North Edgecombe: Did what they had to do in beating a team badly that lately everyone beats.
Tarboro: Starting their third year as a 1-A team they once again show that their program is as good as any in North Carolina. They are mighty young but are Tarboro T bred.
Friday, August 21, 2015
One Streak Ends The Other Alive but Not Well
A new era of football has hit Nash Central and the Bulldogs looked like a new team as they did something in the first quarter that I don't recall they did very much last season and that was lead a football game. The Bulldogs took a 6-0 lead and as the game got closer to the Half Tarboro started to take control. It was all Tarboro at the half taking a 28-6 lead.
Tarboro plays like the Vikings always play hiding the football and the second half they hit the 40 point mark beating Nash Central 40-12. The Losing streak for Nash Central hits 25 games.
Rocky Mount opened their 2015 football season by getting the ball four times in the first half at South Granville and scored all four times and when the defense was on the field they bottled South Granville's offense to only two first downs. It was 28-0 at the half.
There was no letup in the third quarter as Rocky Mount adds two more scores in shutting out South Granville 45-0. The biggest question mark this year for the Gryphons was the defense but a shutout gives Gryphon fans hope and the offensive unit looked impressive with new quarterback Forest Bell under center
Rocky Mount Academy playing under new head coach Terrell Hudgins got knocked around quickly in the first quarter as Parrott Academy scored to take a 14-0. The Eagles settled down and score just before the half to trail 14-7.
A early touchdown but a blocked point after the score was 14-13 early third quarter.Unable to stop Parrott they extended the lead to 22-13 but that was short lived as RMA returned the Kickoff for a td and made the score 22-21. The Eagles playing inspired ball can't stop Parrott when needed. Parrott gets revenge over their two losses against RMA last season and the Eagle's winning streak
that started back in 2013 is over. Parrott Wins 56-35.
Others scores:
Corinth Holders. 21-0 over Northern Nash
Fike 43-Bunn 42
Hunt 28-20 over Lumberton
Southern Nash 43 Northwood 28
SouthWest Edgecome 37 Edenton Holmes 27
Rocky Mount Prep 38- Kipp Pride 12
North Edgecombe 56 Northwest Halifax 0
Tarboro plays like the Vikings always play hiding the football and the second half they hit the 40 point mark beating Nash Central 40-12. The Losing streak for Nash Central hits 25 games.
Rocky Mount opened their 2015 football season by getting the ball four times in the first half at South Granville and scored all four times and when the defense was on the field they bottled South Granville's offense to only two first downs. It was 28-0 at the half.
There was no letup in the third quarter as Rocky Mount adds two more scores in shutting out South Granville 45-0. The biggest question mark this year for the Gryphons was the defense but a shutout gives Gryphon fans hope and the offensive unit looked impressive with new quarterback Forest Bell under center
Rocky Mount Academy playing under new head coach Terrell Hudgins got knocked around quickly in the first quarter as Parrott Academy scored to take a 14-0. The Eagles settled down and score just before the half to trail 14-7.
A early touchdown but a blocked point after the score was 14-13 early third quarter.Unable to stop Parrott they extended the lead to 22-13 but that was short lived as RMA returned the Kickoff for a td and made the score 22-21. The Eagles playing inspired ball can't stop Parrott when needed. Parrott gets revenge over their two losses against RMA last season and the Eagle's winning streak
that started back in 2013 is over. Parrott Wins 56-35.
Others scores:
Corinth Holders. 21-0 over Northern Nash
Fike 43-Bunn 42
Hunt 28-20 over Lumberton
Southern Nash 43 Northwood 28
SouthWest Edgecome 37 Edenton Holmes 27
Rocky Mount Prep 38- Kipp Pride 12
North Edgecombe 56 Northwest Halifax 0
Golf's Young Lions
This past weekend Jason Day won the Professional Golfers Championship one of the four majors of Golf. Day finished in the top five in all four major championship this year. He was in contention in the U.S. Open until he had a bout with vertigo which became survival more than any thing else. He had a tremendous year but it was not the best on tour.
Jordan Speith won the Masters and the U.S. Open. He almost won the British Open but missed the playoff by one shot. He finished second last weekend in the PGA after shooting 17 under par. He lost to Day who shot the lowest score ever in a major tournament. Just 22 who in the world wouldn't want to be in Speith shoes with his future.
Watching on TV Whistling Straits looked like one of the hardest courses you could ever want to play. How hard is the course really when the winning score was the lowest ever in a major. Almost half the field were under par so how hard is this course?
If the pros can tear it up what was the secret?. Stay out of the rough. The hard looking part of the course is being off the course. There were some spots that nobody ever needs to face. The hole with the sand trap right beside Lake Michigan eight feet below the hole was a killer if you hit it there but plenty of birdies were made if you were on the green.
Should a major be play on what was proven to be an easy scoring course? My answer would be no. Even though it looked tough the scores were about what you are going to see this week in Greensboro. Would it ever happen to play a PGA championship at Sedgefield? I doubt it.
I would rather see a major championship played on a course that is a test to make par. Then to me we find out who the true great golfers are. I don't want to see long hitters chip on greens and one putt or putt for Eagles on every par five.
Tonight high school football kicks off so tonight also puts Rocky Mount native Tom Suitor back in the saddle on WRAL at 11:35. They will be covering 50 games. That will be about 20 seconds per game. Look quick for your favorite teams highlites.
Jordan Speith won the Masters and the U.S. Open. He almost won the British Open but missed the playoff by one shot. He finished second last weekend in the PGA after shooting 17 under par. He lost to Day who shot the lowest score ever in a major tournament. Just 22 who in the world wouldn't want to be in Speith shoes with his future.
Watching on TV Whistling Straits looked like one of the hardest courses you could ever want to play. How hard is the course really when the winning score was the lowest ever in a major. Almost half the field were under par so how hard is this course?
If the pros can tear it up what was the secret?. Stay out of the rough. The hard looking part of the course is being off the course. There were some spots that nobody ever needs to face. The hole with the sand trap right beside Lake Michigan eight feet below the hole was a killer if you hit it there but plenty of birdies were made if you were on the green.
Should a major be play on what was proven to be an easy scoring course? My answer would be no. Even though it looked tough the scores were about what you are going to see this week in Greensboro. Would it ever happen to play a PGA championship at Sedgefield? I doubt it.
I would rather see a major championship played on a course that is a test to make par. Then to me we find out who the true great golfers are. I don't want to see long hitters chip on greens and one putt or putt for Eagles on every par five.
Tonight high school football kicks off so tonight also puts Rocky Mount native Tom Suitor back in the saddle on WRAL at 11:35. They will be covering 50 games. That will be about 20 seconds per game. Look quick for your favorite teams highlites.
Thursday, August 20, 2015
High School Football Time
It's the opening week of the high school football season and at this point every team is undefeated, thinks they will go undefeated all season and they have no idea how good they really are. So as a guess picker like all the other experts the first game is always your guess is as good as mine.
Rocky Mount @ South Granville: Last year this was a 40-0 win for RM. The Gryphons went on to a 8-5 record and SG 7-5. Should be a Gryphon win but no blowout like last year Rocky Mount 27 South Granville 7.
Corinth Holders @ Northern Nash: Knights won this game 24-20 last season heading to a 5-6 season. Holders finished 9-4. This is a hard one to call. Northern no longer running a pound it up the middle Randy Raper football but spreading the field. The Knights question is quarterback. Holders will be good again Corinith Holders 24 Northern Nash 14.
Tarboro @ Nash Central: This is not a powerhouse Tarboro team and Nash Central has new commanders in charge. The Vikings were 10-4 last season and will once again benefit their tough non conference schedule when conference time comes. The Bulldogs will be improved and this might be a close one to the end. The losing streak at Nash Central is close to ending but not tonight. Tarboro 26 Nash Central 14.
Southern Nash @Northwood: last season the Firebirds were 9-4 and and the Chargers were 9-4. This is a good test to start any season. This is an even game at Northwood as they went far in 3-A playoffs last season. I think the Firebirds have the fire power to take this one 36-20.
SouthWest Edgecombe hits the road heading to the first state Capitol of North Carolina Edenton to take on the Aces. John A Holmes has a tradition similar to Tarboro as the town loves football. If the Cougars hold on to the ball they win 26-20.
Northwest Halifax @ North Edgecombe. The Warriors were 9-4 last season while NW was 0 for the season. A rout last year and again this season North Edgecombe 40 Northwest Halifax 0
The two time defending eight man football champions Rocky Mount Academy Eagles open at home against the team they won the title over last year Arendell Parrott Academy. I don't think anyone expects and undefeated season again for the Eagles . First game as the decision maker for Terrell Hudgins. This game is probably against the best team in the conference right off the bat and Parrott will win this one. This is no way an indication that the Eagles will not be good. Parrott 63 RMA 36.
Rocky Mount @ South Granville: Last year this was a 40-0 win for RM. The Gryphons went on to a 8-5 record and SG 7-5. Should be a Gryphon win but no blowout like last year Rocky Mount 27 South Granville 7.
Corinth Holders @ Northern Nash: Knights won this game 24-20 last season heading to a 5-6 season. Holders finished 9-4. This is a hard one to call. Northern no longer running a pound it up the middle Randy Raper football but spreading the field. The Knights question is quarterback. Holders will be good again Corinith Holders 24 Northern Nash 14.
Tarboro @ Nash Central: This is not a powerhouse Tarboro team and Nash Central has new commanders in charge. The Vikings were 10-4 last season and will once again benefit their tough non conference schedule when conference time comes. The Bulldogs will be improved and this might be a close one to the end. The losing streak at Nash Central is close to ending but not tonight. Tarboro 26 Nash Central 14.
Southern Nash @Northwood: last season the Firebirds were 9-4 and and the Chargers were 9-4. This is a good test to start any season. This is an even game at Northwood as they went far in 3-A playoffs last season. I think the Firebirds have the fire power to take this one 36-20.
SouthWest Edgecombe hits the road heading to the first state Capitol of North Carolina Edenton to take on the Aces. John A Holmes has a tradition similar to Tarboro as the town loves football. If the Cougars hold on to the ball they win 26-20.
Northwest Halifax @ North Edgecombe. The Warriors were 9-4 last season while NW was 0 for the season. A rout last year and again this season North Edgecombe 40 Northwest Halifax 0
The two time defending eight man football champions Rocky Mount Academy Eagles open at home against the team they won the title over last year Arendell Parrott Academy. I don't think anyone expects and undefeated season again for the Eagles . First game as the decision maker for Terrell Hudgins. This game is probably against the best team in the conference right off the bat and Parrott will win this one. This is no way an indication that the Eagles will not be good. Parrott 63 RMA 36.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Late Season Life On The Farm
There is not much time for any minor leaguer to make a late season rush to get his stats high as possible in order that the big league club could actually say come join us in September on the Big club. Minor leagues will end their season by the end of August and those teams in the playoffs will begin the minor league playoff run.
Collins Cuthrell has had a good week and his average has spurted to 264. He still leads Florence Kentucky with seven home runs even though he has less at bats as most other players on the team. His 33 RBI also leads the Freedom.
Brian Goodwin still hovering at 223. He has batted 354 times this season and is second in Harrisburg Pa in home runs with 7. He is tied for the lead with 4 triples.
Benton Moss playing for Hudson Valley is 1-2 with a 2.33 ERA having pitched 38.1 innings. He has struck out 42 batters. I would suspect Benton might get a chance to play fall ball after his upcoming marriage.
Hobbs Johnson record in Buloxi Ms is now 7-6. His ERA now is 3.45 which is still very respectful. The latest Milwaukee Brewers top 30 list Hobbs is listed as the 29th best prospect and the fifth best left handed Pitcher in the Brewers minor league organization.
Isaiah White is still blistering the Gulf Coast League at 330. A very interesting stat is White has 32 hits and has struck out 32 times. It is obvious he has tremendous speed and if he improves those strike outs one out of every three times his average could really go up. This is almost exactly how Brian Goodwin started but so far his one in five strikeouts is keeping him mired in AA. White's speed will get him to AA maybe next year but in other to get to AAA he will need to cut down on the K's.
Finally you know that Andrew Miller the former Carolina pitchers is having a standout season as the New York Yankees closer. During his major league career he is 31-40 and a career 4.70 ERA. This year he is 1-2 but as the Yankee stopper he is wheeling and dealing with ERA of 2.14. Surely looks as if Andrew has arrived.
Collins Cuthrell has had a good week and his average has spurted to 264. He still leads Florence Kentucky with seven home runs even though he has less at bats as most other players on the team. His 33 RBI also leads the Freedom.
Brian Goodwin still hovering at 223. He has batted 354 times this season and is second in Harrisburg Pa in home runs with 7. He is tied for the lead with 4 triples.
Benton Moss playing for Hudson Valley is 1-2 with a 2.33 ERA having pitched 38.1 innings. He has struck out 42 batters. I would suspect Benton might get a chance to play fall ball after his upcoming marriage.
Hobbs Johnson record in Buloxi Ms is now 7-6. His ERA now is 3.45 which is still very respectful. The latest Milwaukee Brewers top 30 list Hobbs is listed as the 29th best prospect and the fifth best left handed Pitcher in the Brewers minor league organization.
Isaiah White is still blistering the Gulf Coast League at 330. A very interesting stat is White has 32 hits and has struck out 32 times. It is obvious he has tremendous speed and if he improves those strike outs one out of every three times his average could really go up. This is almost exactly how Brian Goodwin started but so far his one in five strikeouts is keeping him mired in AA. White's speed will get him to AA maybe next year but in other to get to AAA he will need to cut down on the K's.
Finally you know that Andrew Miller the former Carolina pitchers is having a standout season as the New York Yankees closer. During his major league career he is 31-40 and a career 4.70 ERA. This year he is 1-2 but as the Yankee stopper he is wheeling and dealing with ERA of 2.14. Surely looks as if Andrew has arrived.
Monday, August 17, 2015
It 's Finally Official
Today Rocky Mount High School announced all the coaching changes made for the upcoming 2015/2016 season and the headliner is the return of former baseball coach Pat Smith to take over the reins of the program once again.
His seven years as coach the first time around the Gryphons won four conference titles and one state championship in 2008. While gone to RMA he took RMA to the state final series once. It should be no surprise to any who has ridden by the school lately. Smith has be redesigning the baseball field for the past several weeks.
Smith takes over for the man that replaced him Kent Cox. Cox moved over to Nash Central to coach football with former friend and coach at Rocky Mount Chris Lee. Cox ran the Gryphon baseball program for five seasons.
Smith who won a state championship while in high school at Robersonville and two state baseball titles while a high school head coach. He play American legion baseball for both Greenville and Rocky Mount during his Legion days.
Here is a list of the other new Gryphon coaches this season. Cheerleading head coach Shira Parish. assistant Brittany Williams. New assistant coaches in football Koron Nicholson, Michael Peebles and Carter Varnell.
Volleyball head coach JV Heather Hunter. Hunter a former Gryphon VB player. Boys soccer head coach Jordan Musselwhite and Juan Hormazabal JV head coach. Boys and girls golf Michael Likaker. Wrestling asst. Jason Rierson. Head softball Darrell McCalop head coach moving up from jv.
His seven years as coach the first time around the Gryphons won four conference titles and one state championship in 2008. While gone to RMA he took RMA to the state final series once. It should be no surprise to any who has ridden by the school lately. Smith has be redesigning the baseball field for the past several weeks.
Smith takes over for the man that replaced him Kent Cox. Cox moved over to Nash Central to coach football with former friend and coach at Rocky Mount Chris Lee. Cox ran the Gryphon baseball program for five seasons.
Smith who won a state championship while in high school at Robersonville and two state baseball titles while a high school head coach. He play American legion baseball for both Greenville and Rocky Mount during his Legion days.
Here is a list of the other new Gryphon coaches this season. Cheerleading head coach Shira Parish. assistant Brittany Williams. New assistant coaches in football Koron Nicholson, Michael Peebles and Carter Varnell.
Volleyball head coach JV Heather Hunter. Hunter a former Gryphon VB player. Boys soccer head coach Jordan Musselwhite and Juan Hormazabal JV head coach. Boys and girls golf Michael Likaker. Wrestling asst. Jason Rierson. Head softball Darrell McCalop head coach moving up from jv.
Philip Rivers Staying A Charger
The 2015 NFL football season is the last season under the six year deal Philip Rivers signed in 2009. That contract was for a dollar or two 93 million. That came on the heels of his six year rookie contract of 60 million.
There is plenty of chaos in San Diego right now. The City and the Chargers has been negotiating for 15 years about a new stadium and the fight has intensified with San Diego signing on as one of three teams that may move to Carson California or another site in LA. The city has been told by the Chargers they must be an agreement in place for a new stadium by September 15th or they will pursue moving in 2016.
Philip Rivers has said all preseason that he wanted no part of moving up I-4 to LA. If he was to sign on any longer with the Chargers he wanted that done by training camp which was missed by 17 days.
Rivers has stated in the past that he wanted to finish his career as a Charger in San Diego and then move home to Alabama to be a high school coach. He didn't want to uproot has family of seven kids five girls and two boys and another on the way until his NFL career was over.
Does this give us a hint that the Chargers are staying south of LA? Probably not but it guarantees that Philip Rivers will retire a Charger anytime now and the end of the 2019 season. By the way he will stand behind the center each year for 21 million dollars. Without a Super Bowl on his resume' how does Rivers command this kind of money.
The nine years he has been a starting quarterback he has had more different lineman thrown to more receivers than any other quarterback during that span. All this means is he has had less up front healthy linemen than any other quarterback and it didn't care who was there to catch it he would throw it under more pressure than any quarterback during that time and throw it where regardless of who the receiver was could catch it.
During his nine years as a starting quarterback he has the second longest game streak of 144. He is third in wins with 88 trailing only Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. Seven straight Years with at least 25 touchdown passes tied with Peyton and Drew Brees which is and all time NFL record. He is 16th on all time NFL list td passes 252 needs three more to be all time Charger leader. He is 20th in passing yardage with 36,655. He holds the all time NFL record of five straight games with 20 passing attempts and a passer rating of over 120.
Still today is is 7th in NCAA history in passing yards 13,484. Still holds NC State passing records in yardage, pass attempts. Pass completions, completion percentage, 19 passing games over 300 yards and 7 games over 400 yards. He is the all time wins leader at State with 34.
I am glad there is a chance to watch Philip Rivers for at least five more years if he decides to play.
There is plenty of chaos in San Diego right now. The City and the Chargers has been negotiating for 15 years about a new stadium and the fight has intensified with San Diego signing on as one of three teams that may move to Carson California or another site in LA. The city has been told by the Chargers they must be an agreement in place for a new stadium by September 15th or they will pursue moving in 2016.
Philip Rivers has said all preseason that he wanted no part of moving up I-4 to LA. If he was to sign on any longer with the Chargers he wanted that done by training camp which was missed by 17 days.
Rivers has stated in the past that he wanted to finish his career as a Charger in San Diego and then move home to Alabama to be a high school coach. He didn't want to uproot has family of seven kids five girls and two boys and another on the way until his NFL career was over.
Does this give us a hint that the Chargers are staying south of LA? Probably not but it guarantees that Philip Rivers will retire a Charger anytime now and the end of the 2019 season. By the way he will stand behind the center each year for 21 million dollars. Without a Super Bowl on his resume' how does Rivers command this kind of money.
The nine years he has been a starting quarterback he has had more different lineman thrown to more receivers than any other quarterback during that span. All this means is he has had less up front healthy linemen than any other quarterback and it didn't care who was there to catch it he would throw it under more pressure than any quarterback during that time and throw it where regardless of who the receiver was could catch it.
During his nine years as a starting quarterback he has the second longest game streak of 144. He is third in wins with 88 trailing only Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. Seven straight Years with at least 25 touchdown passes tied with Peyton and Drew Brees which is and all time NFL record. He is 16th on all time NFL list td passes 252 needs three more to be all time Charger leader. He is 20th in passing yardage with 36,655. He holds the all time NFL record of five straight games with 20 passing attempts and a passer rating of over 120.
Still today is is 7th in NCAA history in passing yards 13,484. Still holds NC State passing records in yardage, pass attempts. Pass completions, completion percentage, 19 passing games over 300 yards and 7 games over 400 yards. He is the all time wins leader at State with 34.
I am glad there is a chance to watch Philip Rivers for at least five more years if he decides to play.
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Another Major Lost
There was a time while walking on a golf course Tiger Woods was so focused that he thought he was the only person on the course. Other than a tipping of the cap after a finished hole Tiger Woods never high fived any fan standing along the roped off area leading to the next hole. The interview room he had that Donald Trump scowl. He never smiled that was the secret that Tiger had. That was his M O.
He intimidated other players and if you were in his group and up and comer player but on this day you were probably going to have one of your worse rounds. He was the Dale Earnhardt of the PGA Tour. He intimidated everyone because his play was beyond what anyone else could do for four rounds.
His life was private and whatever he did off the course nobody knew good or bad. Then one night his whole life turned around. A fire Hydrant on his property and a golf club attack by his wife and that private world was exposed. Now we all found out our hero was flawed just like all of us. Did it really matter that Tiger was not the saint we all thought we was? No not really. Tiger lost that invincibility with the other players.
Where he was always three shots better than everyone else in most times it was in the heads of the players he was playing against. No longer did they respect how good he was, they all felt like now I am as good as he is. Age has had something to do with it but mostly other players now don't shutter when they see their name in the same group with Tiger.
Now back in the pack with the other players and his private life shattered and exposed Tiger decided to drop his caddy, change coaches and he decided the best way to handle the public was to become the nice Tiger. Now in the interview room he smiles and tries to be funny. He high fives fans in the walkways. All of this is not the Tiger who dominated golf.
If you look at any player who is great in any sport they some where along the way lost something in the process of life because in order to be great their sport was their life. Whenever they have tried to integrate something else in with their sport they could not continue to do the things in their sport to keep them great.
Tiger's greatness in golf came because he committed his life to his sport. Anything outside of golf was hidden from everyone. Now that his private life is shattered Tiger is trying to be one of the guys. He has never been one of the guys and most on tour accepts him as one of the guys. Tiger has a fight going on within his mind. He has never been this nice funny Tiger that he is trying to become. It is effecting his golf game. He still thinks he's the golfer Tiger of 2005. I doubt whether there will ever be a day where Tiger finds that happy medium where the new nice Tiger will find that dominating Tiger on the golf course. I hope he finds life is not to bad being part of a real world.
He intimidated other players and if you were in his group and up and comer player but on this day you were probably going to have one of your worse rounds. He was the Dale Earnhardt of the PGA Tour. He intimidated everyone because his play was beyond what anyone else could do for four rounds.
His life was private and whatever he did off the course nobody knew good or bad. Then one night his whole life turned around. A fire Hydrant on his property and a golf club attack by his wife and that private world was exposed. Now we all found out our hero was flawed just like all of us. Did it really matter that Tiger was not the saint we all thought we was? No not really. Tiger lost that invincibility with the other players.
Where he was always three shots better than everyone else in most times it was in the heads of the players he was playing against. No longer did they respect how good he was, they all felt like now I am as good as he is. Age has had something to do with it but mostly other players now don't shutter when they see their name in the same group with Tiger.
Now back in the pack with the other players and his private life shattered and exposed Tiger decided to drop his caddy, change coaches and he decided the best way to handle the public was to become the nice Tiger. Now in the interview room he smiles and tries to be funny. He high fives fans in the walkways. All of this is not the Tiger who dominated golf.
If you look at any player who is great in any sport they some where along the way lost something in the process of life because in order to be great their sport was their life. Whenever they have tried to integrate something else in with their sport they could not continue to do the things in their sport to keep them great.
Tiger's greatness in golf came because he committed his life to his sport. Anything outside of golf was hidden from everyone. Now that his private life is shattered Tiger is trying to be one of the guys. He has never been one of the guys and most on tour accepts him as one of the guys. Tiger has a fight going on within his mind. He has never been this nice funny Tiger that he is trying to become. It is effecting his golf game. He still thinks he's the golfer Tiger of 2005. I doubt whether there will ever be a day where Tiger finds that happy medium where the new nice Tiger will find that dominating Tiger on the golf course. I hope he finds life is not to bad being part of a real world.
Saturday, August 15, 2015
For Carolina The Hole Gets Deeper
If you thought the Carolina Calmity was getting closer to resolution and just maybe their response to the NCAA was coming soon, Carolina announced that they have discover more violations in Women's basketball and men's soccer. Is their any sport program at North Carolina that has not been caught cheating any where on campus?
I hate to have to say this but just maybe this discovery made about corruption at Carolina just maybe the worse in NCAA history. SMU received the so called death penalty in the 80's and the scope of the goings on in Chapel Hill make SMU look like amateurs.
The NFL preseason is underway and seems as if all the games are being played in Half empty stadiums. No wonder why should any fan be forced to buy two home preseason game tickets as part of your season ticket package.
The games are played with starters playing mostly under ten plays and the rest of the game played by players living a dream not expecting to be any where near a professional field a month from now. Some will make it and to just be on a special teams will earn a half million dollars. The only people who watch after the starters leave are family members of those players trying to make the team.
Year before last NC State had three starting quarterbacks starting in the NFL. This year Tarboro High has three players trying to make an NFL. Takoby Cofield the 310 pound rookie from Duke is trying to make the Washington Redskins as a free agent. Shaun Draughn is still playing special teams for the Cleveland Browns and Todd Gurley still trying to stay healthy as the number one pick of the Rams.
Cofield and Draughn are waiting for August 27th which is first cut day for all teams unless any teams says this guy is not what we are looking for and give you your walking papers on any day. Todd Gurley does not have that type of worry. All he is thinking about is staying healthy until the Rams say let's see what you can do and that just may not come until opening day.
I hate to have to say this but just maybe this discovery made about corruption at Carolina just maybe the worse in NCAA history. SMU received the so called death penalty in the 80's and the scope of the goings on in Chapel Hill make SMU look like amateurs.
The NFL preseason is underway and seems as if all the games are being played in Half empty stadiums. No wonder why should any fan be forced to buy two home preseason game tickets as part of your season ticket package.
The games are played with starters playing mostly under ten plays and the rest of the game played by players living a dream not expecting to be any where near a professional field a month from now. Some will make it and to just be on a special teams will earn a half million dollars. The only people who watch after the starters leave are family members of those players trying to make the team.
Year before last NC State had three starting quarterbacks starting in the NFL. This year Tarboro High has three players trying to make an NFL. Takoby Cofield the 310 pound rookie from Duke is trying to make the Washington Redskins as a free agent. Shaun Draughn is still playing special teams for the Cleveland Browns and Todd Gurley still trying to stay healthy as the number one pick of the Rams.
Cofield and Draughn are waiting for August 27th which is first cut day for all teams unless any teams says this guy is not what we are looking for and give you your walking papers on any day. Todd Gurley does not have that type of worry. All he is thinking about is staying healthy until the Rams say let's see what you can do and that just may not come until opening day.
Friday, August 14, 2015
The Head Knocking Begins
Last night all four Nash County public schools met in Baily as Southern Nash was host for seven teams who took turns against each other. It seems as though there is a trend going that each Nash County school is taking turns hosting this jamboree.
Southern Nash hosted West Johnson, Bertie, Southeast Halifax as well as Rocky Mount, Northern Nash and Nash Central.
When you have four teams on opposite ends of the stadium a field can get torn up real quick and unless you have a great grass specialist on staff the field my not recover unless the weather is right before for some their first home games next week so it is nice that each school takes a turn hosting the event.
Every team had their moments when the coaches can go back and show players this is how we want you to execute and when you do this is what happens good for us. There is plenty of here is the way it is suppose to be done so let's go and work on this some more until we get it right.
Rocky Mount scrimmaged Goldsboro Tuesday night and the offensive had a very good night and the defense held their own. Last night will be the last time to hit others until the real deal starts next Friday night. Do you realize that Monday all fall sports other than football can start their fall season.
Seems to me that Dustin Johnson has become in major golf the sprinter who In long distance races is suppose to sprint out ahead of the the pack and his job is to make those behind run faster not sprint as fast as the the rabbit but makes them pick up the pace. The sprinter fades away at some point in the race and the elite have a nice race times because the rabbit pushed them to force their pace faster.
Watching the British Open they flashed on the screen that in the last eight majors that Johnson was -32 in the first two rounds and twenty over in the last two rounds. I like Johnson and think he is really good for golfer but in order to move up in the world of golf to elite he must take Thursday's six under maintain and make it grow so by Sunday he can call himself a major winner.
Southern Nash hosted West Johnson, Bertie, Southeast Halifax as well as Rocky Mount, Northern Nash and Nash Central.
When you have four teams on opposite ends of the stadium a field can get torn up real quick and unless you have a great grass specialist on staff the field my not recover unless the weather is right before for some their first home games next week so it is nice that each school takes a turn hosting the event.
Every team had their moments when the coaches can go back and show players this is how we want you to execute and when you do this is what happens good for us. There is plenty of here is the way it is suppose to be done so let's go and work on this some more until we get it right.
Rocky Mount scrimmaged Goldsboro Tuesday night and the offensive had a very good night and the defense held their own. Last night will be the last time to hit others until the real deal starts next Friday night. Do you realize that Monday all fall sports other than football can start their fall season.
Seems to me that Dustin Johnson has become in major golf the sprinter who In long distance races is suppose to sprint out ahead of the the pack and his job is to make those behind run faster not sprint as fast as the the rabbit but makes them pick up the pace. The sprinter fades away at some point in the race and the elite have a nice race times because the rabbit pushed them to force their pace faster.
Watching the British Open they flashed on the screen that in the last eight majors that Johnson was -32 in the first two rounds and twenty over in the last two rounds. I like Johnson and think he is really good for golfer but in order to move up in the world of golf to elite he must take Thursday's six under maintain and make it grow so by Sunday he can call himself a major winner.
Thursday, August 13, 2015
The Modern World Of Manhood
They say that boy when I grew up that sure was the good old days. My Granddad use to tell the story about walking to school three miles up hill both ways. Those were the good old days. There was a time when a handshake was a contract because your word was your bond.
This week the New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith apparently pointed his finger into the face of another Jets player who claimed Smith needed to pay back to him an airplane ticket and one night's lodging when Smith failed to show for a football camp benefit that Smith promised to be there. Assuming the claim is correct not only did Smith not meet a promise made but he didn't even to call to explain why he was a no show.
Now here Smith is the struggling quarterback of the Jets with a new coach in town and he has no guarantee that he will be the starter so what does he do but threaten the 6th round draft pick with what can you do about it so what. Now that Smith is out six to ten weeks with a broken jaw because the linebacker showed Smith what he could do about it.
Question, do you want somebody like Smith leading your team? Someone who has proven you can't trust him plus he is stupid to confront someone he owes money to and pretty much say so what to the debt.
Now let's look at our very own Cam Newton. This week upset with a cornerback intercepting one of his passes and as he runs toward the end zone he is laying it on to Cam about his throw being picked off. Newton chases the cornerback to the end zone and fisticuffs breaks out and punches are thrown.
Now the question for the Carolina Panthers is this. Can you expect a quarterback where you just dumped millions of dollars that gets upset over a practice interception? Now remember both the offense goes up against the defense every day so if anyone knows what the play might be when you line up it would be your very own defense. The same thing applies for the defense lining up the quarterback should know what the defense is doing too. So practice interception occur all the time in practice.
So how smart of a quarterback is Newton if he is willing to run down to the end zone and start throwing punches which could actually break his hand? If he will lose his cool in practice what will he do throwing an int in the fourth quarter of a playoff game?
There is a major breakdown in our society where men think they have to prove their manhood over an interception or because you owe someone money or even an apology. Our society today our young men must join a gang where me and eight other people will prove our manhood and we will shoot you. We have lost the valve of right and wrong.
Smith's easy thing to prove his manhood was to write a check and pay the debt or a simple sorry man but here's why I wasn't there and I know I should have called when I knew I wasn't coming. If he had of done that he would not have a broken jaw and still in the running to be the Jets QB. If any of any possible replacements does great Smith may never see the Jets playing field again all because he wanted to prove his manhood.
All Cam Newton needed to do was get back in the huddle and show his teammates he was a man and showed his manhood by not being stupid. Instead is there a Carolina Panther player who really can trust Cam all because Newton had to show his manhood.
This week the New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith apparently pointed his finger into the face of another Jets player who claimed Smith needed to pay back to him an airplane ticket and one night's lodging when Smith failed to show for a football camp benefit that Smith promised to be there. Assuming the claim is correct not only did Smith not meet a promise made but he didn't even to call to explain why he was a no show.
Now here Smith is the struggling quarterback of the Jets with a new coach in town and he has no guarantee that he will be the starter so what does he do but threaten the 6th round draft pick with what can you do about it so what. Now that Smith is out six to ten weeks with a broken jaw because the linebacker showed Smith what he could do about it.
Question, do you want somebody like Smith leading your team? Someone who has proven you can't trust him plus he is stupid to confront someone he owes money to and pretty much say so what to the debt.
Now let's look at our very own Cam Newton. This week upset with a cornerback intercepting one of his passes and as he runs toward the end zone he is laying it on to Cam about his throw being picked off. Newton chases the cornerback to the end zone and fisticuffs breaks out and punches are thrown.
Now the question for the Carolina Panthers is this. Can you expect a quarterback where you just dumped millions of dollars that gets upset over a practice interception? Now remember both the offense goes up against the defense every day so if anyone knows what the play might be when you line up it would be your very own defense. The same thing applies for the defense lining up the quarterback should know what the defense is doing too. So practice interception occur all the time in practice.
So how smart of a quarterback is Newton if he is willing to run down to the end zone and start throwing punches which could actually break his hand? If he will lose his cool in practice what will he do throwing an int in the fourth quarter of a playoff game?
There is a major breakdown in our society where men think they have to prove their manhood over an interception or because you owe someone money or even an apology. Our society today our young men must join a gang where me and eight other people will prove our manhood and we will shoot you. We have lost the valve of right and wrong.
Smith's easy thing to prove his manhood was to write a check and pay the debt or a simple sorry man but here's why I wasn't there and I know I should have called when I knew I wasn't coming. If he had of done that he would not have a broken jaw and still in the running to be the Jets QB. If any of any possible replacements does great Smith may never see the Jets playing field again all because he wanted to prove his manhood.
All Cam Newton needed to do was get back in the huddle and show his teammates he was a man and showed his manhood by not being stupid. Instead is there a Carolina Panther player who really can trust Cam all because Newton had to show his manhood.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
The August Grind Down On The Farm
Baseball players especially those from our area trying their best to move up the ladder of minor league baseball are split into two groups. Those that have spent since Febrary playing baseball against other pros, then those who spent the spring in college and now are in their early games of pro baseball. We start this week with:
Benton Moss has appeared in nine games so far since joining the Tampa Bay Rays rookie league team in The New York Penn League called Hudson Valley. Five of his appearances have been starts and has pitched 32.2 innings or about three and a half innings per appearance. Has an excellent 2.76 ERA having struck out 35 and walked only eight which is one in every four innings pitched which is excellent. His record is 1-2.
Hobbs Johnson has started twenty times pitching for Buloxi Ms. AA team for the Milwaukee Brewers. His record is 7-5 having pitched 96 innings struck out 84 and walked 51. His ERA stands at 3.31.
Collins Cuthrell playing in Florence Kentucky for the Freedom an independent team and looking to impress any major league team willing to sign him is in a slump. His average has dropped to 246 and he still leads the Freedom with seven home runs despite only playing half the games his other team mates have played while he was still in the DII playoffs playing for UNC Pembroke.
Brian Goodwin still hanging around 225 playing centerfield at AA Harrisburg Pa. This remains Brian's biggest obstacle to making it to the majors. He has struck out 63 time is 339 at bats. That one K every five at bats. He is hitting 293 if you take away his strikeouts. So if those 63 strikeout were 18 more hits which is 293 when he makes contact he would be batting 277. Those type numbers get you up the ladder much faster.
Others of interest: Isaiah White the Greenfield Academy player playing in the Gulf Coast rookie team for the Miami Marlins is stroking it at a 330 clip in 27games since the draft.
John Wooten the ECU- Eastern Wayne high product played this weekend in Zebulon and plenty of Nash County folks were there since John is the son of former Gryphon player Sonny Wooten. He is hitting 250 playing the the A TEAM Potomac a minor league team of the Nationals.
Whit Merrifield playing for AAA Omaha the minor league team of the Kansas City Royals is batting 275 with four home runs playing the outfield for Omaha. Merrifield who played at South Carolina is the son of former Gryphon Bill Merrifield..
Benton Moss has appeared in nine games so far since joining the Tampa Bay Rays rookie league team in The New York Penn League called Hudson Valley. Five of his appearances have been starts and has pitched 32.2 innings or about three and a half innings per appearance. Has an excellent 2.76 ERA having struck out 35 and walked only eight which is one in every four innings pitched which is excellent. His record is 1-2.
Hobbs Johnson has started twenty times pitching for Buloxi Ms. AA team for the Milwaukee Brewers. His record is 7-5 having pitched 96 innings struck out 84 and walked 51. His ERA stands at 3.31.
Collins Cuthrell playing in Florence Kentucky for the Freedom an independent team and looking to impress any major league team willing to sign him is in a slump. His average has dropped to 246 and he still leads the Freedom with seven home runs despite only playing half the games his other team mates have played while he was still in the DII playoffs playing for UNC Pembroke.
Brian Goodwin still hanging around 225 playing centerfield at AA Harrisburg Pa. This remains Brian's biggest obstacle to making it to the majors. He has struck out 63 time is 339 at bats. That one K every five at bats. He is hitting 293 if you take away his strikeouts. So if those 63 strikeout were 18 more hits which is 293 when he makes contact he would be batting 277. Those type numbers get you up the ladder much faster.
Others of interest: Isaiah White the Greenfield Academy player playing in the Gulf Coast rookie team for the Miami Marlins is stroking it at a 330 clip in 27games since the draft.
John Wooten the ECU- Eastern Wayne high product played this weekend in Zebulon and plenty of Nash County folks were there since John is the son of former Gryphon player Sonny Wooten. He is hitting 250 playing the the A TEAM Potomac a minor league team of the Nationals.
Whit Merrifield playing for AAA Omaha the minor league team of the Kansas City Royals is batting 275 with four home runs playing the outfield for Omaha. Merrifield who played at South Carolina is the son of former Gryphon Bill Merrifield..
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Big East Coaches Say Central Will Win A Conference Game
Monday was media day for the Big East Coaches as those that attended heard most coaches optimistic about the upcoming season and most did a good impersonation up of New England Patriots coach Bill Belichek as none told any secrets about any weakness they don't want everyone else to know about.
The voting was no surprise as Fike was picked 1st and Southern Nash Second. Rocky Mount and Hunt received the same amount of votes to tie for third. Now here is the surprise as Nash Central was picked fifth and Northern Nash 6th.
Nash Central who has a losing streak in the twenties something and has not won a conference game in over two seasons. There is belief that Nash Central has as good of talent as any team but coaching has been a major issue. The Bulldogs have a lighter non conference schedule and if they can break the losing streak by conference time they just may blossom into a viable conference foe for everyone.
If you analyze the voting you would almost have to assume that coaches expect the Bulldogs to win their matchup with Northern which if they end in a tie then the face off against each other would give the Bulldogs a better seed. If any of the past few years is any indication anybody can win the conference title and in some cases with a least one loss.
Next year the NCHSAA is planning to realign going to 20 per cent of the teams being 1-A, 30 percent 2-A, 30 percent 3-A and 20 percent 4-A. This Big East alignment is being looked at next year. Fike, Hunt, Rocky Mount, Northern Nash and Southern Nash. Nash Central will drop to 2A and two new teams will join. CB Aycock and Eastern Wayne. If this is approved by the NCHSAA the conference would have seven teams and surly the Nash County schools would have a really close non conference tie in Nash Central. Remember this is only a possible draft.
South Carolina came to Asheboro NC where the American Legion Southeast Regional was taking place undefeated. The general conversation is they won't be undefeated long when they meet up with the likes of the Florida State champs, Georgia, Alabama Tennessee, West Virginia and North Carolina State champs and even the host team Randolph County who almost won the state title.
As teams began falling by the wayside it came down to South Carolina and the host team Randolph County for the right to play in the Legion World Series which starts Thursday in Shelby. Randolph who lost once over the weekend to South Carolina needed to win twice when it was down to two but they couldn't even win once over South Carolina losing 6-5 over the weekend and the title game 7-4. South Carolina now heads to the World Series 24-0.
The voting was no surprise as Fike was picked 1st and Southern Nash Second. Rocky Mount and Hunt received the same amount of votes to tie for third. Now here is the surprise as Nash Central was picked fifth and Northern Nash 6th.
Nash Central who has a losing streak in the twenties something and has not won a conference game in over two seasons. There is belief that Nash Central has as good of talent as any team but coaching has been a major issue. The Bulldogs have a lighter non conference schedule and if they can break the losing streak by conference time they just may blossom into a viable conference foe for everyone.
If you analyze the voting you would almost have to assume that coaches expect the Bulldogs to win their matchup with Northern which if they end in a tie then the face off against each other would give the Bulldogs a better seed. If any of the past few years is any indication anybody can win the conference title and in some cases with a least one loss.
Next year the NCHSAA is planning to realign going to 20 per cent of the teams being 1-A, 30 percent 2-A, 30 percent 3-A and 20 percent 4-A. This Big East alignment is being looked at next year. Fike, Hunt, Rocky Mount, Northern Nash and Southern Nash. Nash Central will drop to 2A and two new teams will join. CB Aycock and Eastern Wayne. If this is approved by the NCHSAA the conference would have seven teams and surly the Nash County schools would have a really close non conference tie in Nash Central. Remember this is only a possible draft.
South Carolina came to Asheboro NC where the American Legion Southeast Regional was taking place undefeated. The general conversation is they won't be undefeated long when they meet up with the likes of the Florida State champs, Georgia, Alabama Tennessee, West Virginia and North Carolina State champs and even the host team Randolph County who almost won the state title.
As teams began falling by the wayside it came down to South Carolina and the host team Randolph County for the right to play in the Legion World Series which starts Thursday in Shelby. Randolph who lost once over the weekend to South Carolina needed to win twice when it was down to two but they couldn't even win once over South Carolina losing 6-5 over the weekend and the title game 7-4. South Carolina now heads to the World Series 24-0.
Monday, August 10, 2015
Bits And Pieces About Everything
We have told you earlier that Northern Nash has an all new inside to their gym getting a new floor and bleachers. You can add Southern Nash to the list of getting a new gym floor. If you have been to any baseball game at Rocky Mount and sat behind home plate it was easy to see that the plate was not straight with the pitchers mount. That is being fixed.
Saturday was the first day that players who had attended enough football practices could actually tackle. Between now and Thursday teams will knock heads with each other. Southern Nash will be hosting a football jamboree Thursday night and everyone will get a chance to hit somebody else.
The Washington Redskins and the Houston Texans were scrimmaging each other but before the conclusion a brawl broke out and many players were slugging it out. Just think most of those guys make at least a million dollars a year. The ability to make money doesn't make people any smarter.
Just about every local college football teams had their meet the players this weekend. College football season starts For some the last weekend in August but most Labor Day Weekend. If you scan the rosters of the so called Big Five college football teams in North Carolina (Carolina, State, Wake, Duke and ECU ) you will find only two players from Nash County. Josh Sessoms a wide receiver for NC State and Southern Nash. Duke has Quay Mann a safety from Northern Nash.
We are 11 days away from the start of high school football season. Didn't baseball season just end yesterday?
This week is the last major golf tournament for this season the PGA. TV tries to put the golfers on the screen that everyone wants to see. It happened as Arnold Palmer who was the hard charging golfer who came to prominence just as TV was finding out golf was good for TV. Palmer in the late 60's was on the screen even when ten shots behind. The Early 80's at 52 years old Palmer was tied for the lead after the opening round of the Masters but age caught up.
It also happened to Jack Nicklaus but he was a much better golfer in his forties than Palmer. He contended and even won the Masters at 46 years old. I am sure that if Tiger Woods shoots a great round either Thursday or Friday that is all you will see on Saturday and Sunday regardless of where he is in the standings.
Throughout the history of sports on television the networks go by the numbers. Arnold Palmer caused the senior tour to be created because people wanted to see him. Nicklaus was a villain early on in his career because he beat Palmer. Nicklaus finally was so good for so long they fans started to appreciate his accomplishments. Tiger's downfall started in his driveway and many people don't like
him now because of that. Still millions watch TV when is is in contention because he has been great.
The longer he goes without winning the faster the new faces in golf take space in front of the camera which at one time or another was Arnold Palmer's, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. The best thing for the future of golf on TV is Tiger fails to make the cut so the new faces of TV can start their journey of being on camera for every shot.
Saturday was the first day that players who had attended enough football practices could actually tackle. Between now and Thursday teams will knock heads with each other. Southern Nash will be hosting a football jamboree Thursday night and everyone will get a chance to hit somebody else.
The Washington Redskins and the Houston Texans were scrimmaging each other but before the conclusion a brawl broke out and many players were slugging it out. Just think most of those guys make at least a million dollars a year. The ability to make money doesn't make people any smarter.
Just about every local college football teams had their meet the players this weekend. College football season starts For some the last weekend in August but most Labor Day Weekend. If you scan the rosters of the so called Big Five college football teams in North Carolina (Carolina, State, Wake, Duke and ECU ) you will find only two players from Nash County. Josh Sessoms a wide receiver for NC State and Southern Nash. Duke has Quay Mann a safety from Northern Nash.
We are 11 days away from the start of high school football season. Didn't baseball season just end yesterday?
This week is the last major golf tournament for this season the PGA. TV tries to put the golfers on the screen that everyone wants to see. It happened as Arnold Palmer who was the hard charging golfer who came to prominence just as TV was finding out golf was good for TV. Palmer in the late 60's was on the screen even when ten shots behind. The Early 80's at 52 years old Palmer was tied for the lead after the opening round of the Masters but age caught up.
It also happened to Jack Nicklaus but he was a much better golfer in his forties than Palmer. He contended and even won the Masters at 46 years old. I am sure that if Tiger Woods shoots a great round either Thursday or Friday that is all you will see on Saturday and Sunday regardless of where he is in the standings.
Throughout the history of sports on television the networks go by the numbers. Arnold Palmer caused the senior tour to be created because people wanted to see him. Nicklaus was a villain early on in his career because he beat Palmer. Nicklaus finally was so good for so long they fans started to appreciate his accomplishments. Tiger's downfall started in his driveway and many people don't like
him now because of that. Still millions watch TV when is is in contention because he has been great.
The longer he goes without winning the faster the new faces in golf take space in front of the camera which at one time or another was Arnold Palmer's, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. The best thing for the future of golf on TV is Tiger fails to make the cut so the new faces of TV can start their journey of being on camera for every shot.
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Summer Baseball A High School Future Success
The 13u Babe Ruth Baseball teams success this summer is a continuing success that the so called feeder programs feeding to our high schools. Since about 1990 the Rocky Mount Recreation teams have won many Tar Heel little league state titles in the age groups from 9-12 years old.
During the late 90's Babe Ruth baseball took hold in Nash County and more and more success took place and now13u, 14u and 15u teams were winning state titles and that led to finally winning Southeast regional titles. Three straight years Regionals were won leading to sending teams to the Babe Ruth World Series.
Two of those years didn't have to travel far as Fleming Stadium in Wilson hosted the World Series. One year it hosted 14u and the next the 13u. The next year of 2005 13 year old of 2004 returned as state champions of 14u won the Southeast Regional in Greenville Tennessee and headed to Quincy Ma near Boston where they would finish second for the second year in a row.
Those three years of World Series benefitted both Rocky Mount and Northern Nash highs more than any others schools. 2007 Northern Nash played in the eastern Regional and in 2008 Rocky Mount won the state baseball title.
During the summer Post 58 American Legion team used the combined players mostly Northern and Rocky Mount sprinkled in a few other schools bests players and Post 58 makes it to the state tournament in both 2009 and 2010. Post 58 won the state title in 1973. Those days the tournament was where each step of the state tournament was won by winning series like a three out of five series
Until there are only two teams left and Post 58 was the last team standing.
Recent years the Legion went to an eight team format double elimination tournament and 2009 was the first time Rocky Mount had made the eight team tournament in Greenville. The next year in Asheboro the team the last of a Babe Ruth World Series players sent Post 58 back for a second straight year.
The last five years both little league and Babe Ruth have has success on the state level. The biggest difference more schools have divided up the players. This year's Babe Ruth team has seven different schools represented. That averages to about two players per high school which is not enough really good players to make any of our high schools any preseason favorite to go far in state high school playoffs.
Great teams have solid pitching four and five deep. The batting lineup has at least five solid hitters and the bottom of the order gets on base. We are in a period right now that our local high schools don't have enough of the ingredients to win state championships. As long as the feeders keep winning there is hope for the future.
During the late 90's Babe Ruth baseball took hold in Nash County and more and more success took place and now13u, 14u and 15u teams were winning state titles and that led to finally winning Southeast regional titles. Three straight years Regionals were won leading to sending teams to the Babe Ruth World Series.
Two of those years didn't have to travel far as Fleming Stadium in Wilson hosted the World Series. One year it hosted 14u and the next the 13u. The next year of 2005 13 year old of 2004 returned as state champions of 14u won the Southeast Regional in Greenville Tennessee and headed to Quincy Ma near Boston where they would finish second for the second year in a row.
Those three years of World Series benefitted both Rocky Mount and Northern Nash highs more than any others schools. 2007 Northern Nash played in the eastern Regional and in 2008 Rocky Mount won the state baseball title.
During the summer Post 58 American Legion team used the combined players mostly Northern and Rocky Mount sprinkled in a few other schools bests players and Post 58 makes it to the state tournament in both 2009 and 2010. Post 58 won the state title in 1973. Those days the tournament was where each step of the state tournament was won by winning series like a three out of five series
Until there are only two teams left and Post 58 was the last team standing.
Recent years the Legion went to an eight team format double elimination tournament and 2009 was the first time Rocky Mount had made the eight team tournament in Greenville. The next year in Asheboro the team the last of a Babe Ruth World Series players sent Post 58 back for a second straight year.
The last five years both little league and Babe Ruth have has success on the state level. The biggest difference more schools have divided up the players. This year's Babe Ruth team has seven different schools represented. That averages to about two players per high school which is not enough really good players to make any of our high schools any preseason favorite to go far in state high school playoffs.
Great teams have solid pitching four and five deep. The batting lineup has at least five solid hitters and the bottom of the order gets on base. We are in a period right now that our local high schools don't have enough of the ingredients to win state championships. As long as the feeders keep winning there is hope for the future.
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Are You Tired Of Bradyflate?
The Federal judge who is going to be hearing the appeal case of Tom Brady's versus the NFL or Commissioner Roger Goddell has told both parties to mediate and come to a solution without taking up the courts time.
If the penalty is four games suspension and both sides are suppose to negotiate that tells me the judge would like to see the penalty cut right down the middle. If I had a cake and you wanted some the right down the middle split would be half. The judge did not say Brady was innocent and drop the charges so if both sides agree somewhere in the middle or two games is right down the middle.
This is a classic case of a mole hill being made into a mountain. There is no wife beating, DUI or murder involved in this case. The New England Patriots have become the Oakland Raiders under Al Davis. Whether it is spy gate, taking the snow sweeper and cleaning off the field to kick a field goal to win a game the Patriots have stretched legal past the line and other NFL owners are letting Goddell deflect all the heat while the other owners hope the NFL smashes the Patriots into little pieces. If they didn't want this done some owner by now would have said enough is enough.
Todd Gurley is having a good football camp at St Louis. He is doing all the drills but to this point he has not had any contact and the Rams announced today that Gurley would not play in any preseason game. They are being really careful in their prized running back and don't want anything to happen to him until the real games start.
The 65 games of preseason football kicks off Sunday night in the Hall of Fame game. I don't get too excited about preseason because the starters play little and most of the games are played by players not even going to be on the team a month from now. I don't even know who's in the game Sunday.
The University of North Carolina is being punished through losing all kinds of recruits as they sit under this cloud of what is going to be the NCAA ruling on more punishment if any handed to UNC. North Carolina State seems to be the benefactor in basketball. Mark Gottfried pulled in a four star basketball player this week the type Carolina would normally get. During the early 90's when NC State had the Valvano NCAA investigation that was about 25 years ago and just now they are beginning to recover from that damage done then by an investigation.
If the penalty is four games suspension and both sides are suppose to negotiate that tells me the judge would like to see the penalty cut right down the middle. If I had a cake and you wanted some the right down the middle split would be half. The judge did not say Brady was innocent and drop the charges so if both sides agree somewhere in the middle or two games is right down the middle.
This is a classic case of a mole hill being made into a mountain. There is no wife beating, DUI or murder involved in this case. The New England Patriots have become the Oakland Raiders under Al Davis. Whether it is spy gate, taking the snow sweeper and cleaning off the field to kick a field goal to win a game the Patriots have stretched legal past the line and other NFL owners are letting Goddell deflect all the heat while the other owners hope the NFL smashes the Patriots into little pieces. If they didn't want this done some owner by now would have said enough is enough.
Todd Gurley is having a good football camp at St Louis. He is doing all the drills but to this point he has not had any contact and the Rams announced today that Gurley would not play in any preseason game. They are being really careful in their prized running back and don't want anything to happen to him until the real games start.
The 65 games of preseason football kicks off Sunday night in the Hall of Fame game. I don't get too excited about preseason because the starters play little and most of the games are played by players not even going to be on the team a month from now. I don't even know who's in the game Sunday.
The University of North Carolina is being punished through losing all kinds of recruits as they sit under this cloud of what is going to be the NCAA ruling on more punishment if any handed to UNC. North Carolina State seems to be the benefactor in basketball. Mark Gottfried pulled in a four star basketball player this week the type Carolina would normally get. During the early 90's when NC State had the Valvano NCAA investigation that was about 25 years ago and just now they are beginning to recover from that damage done then by an investigation.
Friday, August 7, 2015
Northern Fills baseball Post
The opening didn't occur until midsummer but Northern Nash has a new baseball coach before schools takes in for the 2015-2016 school year "Bard" Collins. Collins had been around Northern Nash all of his life graduating there in 1992 where he played football and baseball. Recently he has spent more time in the classroom over the baseball field but he has been of the football staff.
There is nothing official yet at Rocky Mount high about it's new baseball coach but if you are a passer byer of the school you might see someone working on the baseball field at certain times a day that might be a preview of who the new coach.
Let's have some straight talk for just a moment about what is going on in Nash County. The Board of Education is trying to give the Edgecombe County side of the city of Rocky Mount back to Edgecombe County. Remember the school system is called Nash Rocky Mount and as long as the city continues to move the city limits toward Tarboro the school system has to take in the new school district.
Those schools in the city on the Edgecombe County side need either major upgrades or replaced all together. The City has so much money they can afford to build a convention Center over on the Edgecombe side. Nash County Schools can't afford new buildings and leads this rant back to future coaches for any school in Nash County which will need a coach in what ever sport.
Please notice you don't see assistant coaches from Wake County or any so called rich county coming to Nash to be a head coach. If coaches can't get enough Money to want to come where does that leave teachers who teach in Nash County. We as citizens of Nash County need to clean up our mess.
We need people in authority trying to cure our problems that hold Nash County and Rocky Mount back from economic development not building buildings that there will not be any parking to go to and the threat of getting shot on that side of the tracks is real. Why is the sports complex such a major success. It is located in a non residential section where people feel safe. Who's going to feel safe going to the new palace agree on by a few not by the citizens. By the way where is the reduction in the light bill. I keep raising my thermostat higher and sweat and my light bill is higher than ever. Thanks for the savings!
Jimmy Tillman former teacher,coach and principal with stops in his career at Beddingfield, SouthWest Edgecombe and Wilson Fike has been named to the 29th class to be enshined into the NCHSAA Hall Of Fame. The formal ceremony will be this fall at halftime of the Carolina-Wake football game.
Brandon Winstead a rising senior on the Fike Baseball team has named by the North Carolina Coaches Association to the All State Baseball team. Pitching for the Fike Golden Demons this past season Brandon went 12-1 pitching record. Fike's total win total on the year was 17. His ERA was 1.76. He was the only player from the Big East to make the all state team.
There is nothing official yet at Rocky Mount high about it's new baseball coach but if you are a passer byer of the school you might see someone working on the baseball field at certain times a day that might be a preview of who the new coach.
Let's have some straight talk for just a moment about what is going on in Nash County. The Board of Education is trying to give the Edgecombe County side of the city of Rocky Mount back to Edgecombe County. Remember the school system is called Nash Rocky Mount and as long as the city continues to move the city limits toward Tarboro the school system has to take in the new school district.
Those schools in the city on the Edgecombe County side need either major upgrades or replaced all together. The City has so much money they can afford to build a convention Center over on the Edgecombe side. Nash County Schools can't afford new buildings and leads this rant back to future coaches for any school in Nash County which will need a coach in what ever sport.
Please notice you don't see assistant coaches from Wake County or any so called rich county coming to Nash to be a head coach. If coaches can't get enough Money to want to come where does that leave teachers who teach in Nash County. We as citizens of Nash County need to clean up our mess.
We need people in authority trying to cure our problems that hold Nash County and Rocky Mount back from economic development not building buildings that there will not be any parking to go to and the threat of getting shot on that side of the tracks is real. Why is the sports complex such a major success. It is located in a non residential section where people feel safe. Who's going to feel safe going to the new palace agree on by a few not by the citizens. By the way where is the reduction in the light bill. I keep raising my thermostat higher and sweat and my light bill is higher than ever. Thanks for the savings!
Jimmy Tillman former teacher,coach and principal with stops in his career at Beddingfield, SouthWest Edgecombe and Wilson Fike has been named to the 29th class to be enshined into the NCHSAA Hall Of Fame. The formal ceremony will be this fall at halftime of the Carolina-Wake football game.
Brandon Winstead a rising senior on the Fike Baseball team has named by the North Carolina Coaches Association to the All State Baseball team. Pitching for the Fike Golden Demons this past season Brandon went 12-1 pitching record. Fike's total win total on the year was 17. His ERA was 1.76. He was the only player from the Big East to make the all state team.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
National's Losing Faith In Brian Goodwin
Just a little more than a year ago Brian Goodwin was ranked as the top prospect in the Washington Nationals organization. He was in AAA baseball primed to take over centerfield in Washington in the spring of 2015. A so so beginning in AAA was met with a shoulder injury which required season ending surgery.
The spring of 2015 the National's dropped his ranking to 14th and sent him to Harrisburg Pa to AA baseball. This entire season has been a year to recover from his injury and surgery. His batting average has never been above 244. This is not the numbers that send you back to AAA. Just this past week the Nationals readjusted their top prospects list and Brian has fallen all the way to 24th.
Is this a matter of healing and getting healthy or has Brian reached in baseball his highest level? It surely looks as if the Nationals think he has fallen from the summit. If you recall the Nationals Orgaization said 1500 at bats was the point where every minor league player needed to reach in order for them to judge any players future improvement.
If you include all fall ball and every bat Brian has had he is nearing 1500 minor league at bats. It seems as if the Nationals are viewing that his batting average will never be high enough to get him to the Big Leagues
Brian has played 85 games and batted 320 times and today is batting 225. He has sent 7 home runs out of the park and he leads Harrisburg in triples with 4 which still shows when he hits it he has speed to get around the bases. He is not getting on base enough to make Washington hungry to get him to the Nationals.
Benton Moss has suffered his second loss of the season with one win so far this summer playing for Hudson Valley in the New York Penn Rookie. He does have a very respectable 3.08 ERA which Any pitcher in baseball would want. He has pitched in ten games starting four and a total of 26.2 innings pitched.
Collins Cuthrell batting average has slipped to 268 playing in 41 games so far in Florence Kentucky. He leads the team in home runs with seven even though several players have played more than twice the amount of games as Collins. He has driven in 29 RBI in those 41 games.
Hobbs Johnson pitching in Buloxi MS now has a record of 7-4 having started 19 times and had one complete game. His ERA is 3.35 having pitched 94 innings. He has struck out 78 and walked 48 which is still high. That is right at one walk per two innings pitched and he needs to get it to one per three or more innings pitch. 3.35 is a decent ERA but imagine if less people were on base by the free pass his ERA could be below three and Milwaukee will be very interested in moving Hobbs up to AAA.
The spring of 2015 the National's dropped his ranking to 14th and sent him to Harrisburg Pa to AA baseball. This entire season has been a year to recover from his injury and surgery. His batting average has never been above 244. This is not the numbers that send you back to AAA. Just this past week the Nationals readjusted their top prospects list and Brian has fallen all the way to 24th.
Is this a matter of healing and getting healthy or has Brian reached in baseball his highest level? It surely looks as if the Nationals think he has fallen from the summit. If you recall the Nationals Orgaization said 1500 at bats was the point where every minor league player needed to reach in order for them to judge any players future improvement.
If you include all fall ball and every bat Brian has had he is nearing 1500 minor league at bats. It seems as if the Nationals are viewing that his batting average will never be high enough to get him to the Big Leagues
Brian has played 85 games and batted 320 times and today is batting 225. He has sent 7 home runs out of the park and he leads Harrisburg in triples with 4 which still shows when he hits it he has speed to get around the bases. He is not getting on base enough to make Washington hungry to get him to the Nationals.
Benton Moss has suffered his second loss of the season with one win so far this summer playing for Hudson Valley in the New York Penn Rookie. He does have a very respectable 3.08 ERA which Any pitcher in baseball would want. He has pitched in ten games starting four and a total of 26.2 innings pitched.
Collins Cuthrell batting average has slipped to 268 playing in 41 games so far in Florence Kentucky. He leads the team in home runs with seven even though several players have played more than twice the amount of games as Collins. He has driven in 29 RBI in those 41 games.
Hobbs Johnson pitching in Buloxi MS now has a record of 7-4 having started 19 times and had one complete game. His ERA is 3.35 having pitched 94 innings. He has struck out 78 and walked 48 which is still high. That is right at one walk per two innings pitched and he needs to get it to one per three or more innings pitch. 3.35 is a decent ERA but imagine if less people were on base by the free pass his ERA could be below three and Milwaukee will be very interested in moving Hobbs up to AAA.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
High School Football Schedules III
We end our look at all the Twin Counties high school schedules with the three football playing schools in Edgecombe County plus RM Prep left off yesterday. We start in Leggett.
North Edgecombe
Aug 21st-@ Northwest Halifax.....A chance to open with a win
Aug 28th-@ SouthWest Edgecombe.....Rivals but not many times the Warriors win this one
Sept 11th-@ Southeast Halifax......Three straight road games to start season.
Sept 18th-Weldon......First game of the year at crossroads of 97 and highway 33
Sept 25th-Kipp-Pride......this is one of those conference games you can't afford to lose
Oct 9th-Rocky Mount Prep....As the years past this may become a gigantic rivalry game
Oct. 16th-@ Riverside-Martin......This game has makings of playoff fever
Oct 23rd-Northampton County.....Seems like schedule light on front end heavy on the back
Oct 30th-@South Creek......Last road game until playoffs
Nov 6th-Tarboro......This game always a tough matchup for the Warrior
Tarboro
Aug 21st-@Nash Central.... No doubt Tarboro plays one of toughest schedules in state
Aug 28th-@Washington....no letup in tough schedule
Sept. 4th-Northern Nash....This game is always a nail biter
Sept. 11th-Franklinton......This is easiest game so far
Sept 25th-@SouthWest Edgecombe....The rumble in the jungle is always gut-wrenching
Oct. 9th-South Creek....The quest for a conference title begins with the team from Robersonville
Oct 16th-@Rocky Mount Prep.... These games so far have never been close
Oct 23rd-Riverside-Martin.....This has conference title on the line
Oct 30th-Northampton County....Final home game? Until playoffs
Nov 6th-@North Edgecombe.....A conference title could be on the line
SouthWest Edgecombe
Aug 21st-John A Holmes.....Edenton a great first test for anybody
Aug 28th-North Edgecombe.... Cross County rivalry
Sept 3rd-South Central....Step up in class on Labor Day Thursday
Sept 11th-@Nash Central....always hard fought game
Sept 18th-Bertie.......This is fourth in five games at home
Sept 25th-Tarboro.....Championship of Edgecombe County on the line
Oct 9th-@North Pitt.....The Road to Coastal Plains begins
Oct. 16th-Washington..... This is a clash of Titans
Oct 23rd-@Farmville Central....Tough place to play
Oct 30th-North Johnston.....A needed win setting up showdown in last week
Nov 6th-Beddingfield......Two contrasting teams.
Rocky Mount Prep
Aug 21st-@Kipp-Pride......Good chance to get first win of season
Sept 18th-Kestrel Heights.... Nothing like taking three weeks off after first game
Sept 25th-@Word of God.... You can see Prep having trouble getting non conference games
Oct. 2nd-Southeast Halifax...This year this needs to be competitive game.
Oct. 9th-@North Edgecombe.... Prep needs to be competitive in this game
Oct. 16th-Tarboro.....The big dog is coming to town
Oct. 23rd-South Creek.....Final home game of the season
Oct. 30th-@Riverside-Martin....taking on a solid program
Nov 6th-@Northampton.....If Prep football is growing this could be a win.
North Edgecombe
Aug 21st-@ Northwest Halifax.....A chance to open with a win
Aug 28th-@ SouthWest Edgecombe.....Rivals but not many times the Warriors win this one
Sept 11th-@ Southeast Halifax......Three straight road games to start season.
Sept 18th-Weldon......First game of the year at crossroads of 97 and highway 33
Sept 25th-Kipp-Pride......this is one of those conference games you can't afford to lose
Oct 9th-Rocky Mount Prep....As the years past this may become a gigantic rivalry game
Oct. 16th-@ Riverside-Martin......This game has makings of playoff fever
Oct 23rd-Northampton County.....Seems like schedule light on front end heavy on the back
Oct 30th-@South Creek......Last road game until playoffs
Nov 6th-Tarboro......This game always a tough matchup for the Warrior
Tarboro
Aug 21st-@Nash Central.... No doubt Tarboro plays one of toughest schedules in state
Aug 28th-@Washington....no letup in tough schedule
Sept. 4th-Northern Nash....This game is always a nail biter
Sept. 11th-Franklinton......This is easiest game so far
Sept 25th-@SouthWest Edgecombe....The rumble in the jungle is always gut-wrenching
Oct. 9th-South Creek....The quest for a conference title begins with the team from Robersonville
Oct 16th-@Rocky Mount Prep.... These games so far have never been close
Oct 23rd-Riverside-Martin.....This has conference title on the line
Oct 30th-Northampton County....Final home game? Until playoffs
Nov 6th-@North Edgecombe.....A conference title could be on the line
SouthWest Edgecombe
Aug 21st-John A Holmes.....Edenton a great first test for anybody
Aug 28th-North Edgecombe.... Cross County rivalry
Sept 3rd-South Central....Step up in class on Labor Day Thursday
Sept 11th-@Nash Central....always hard fought game
Sept 18th-Bertie.......This is fourth in five games at home
Sept 25th-Tarboro.....Championship of Edgecombe County on the line
Oct 9th-@North Pitt.....The Road to Coastal Plains begins
Oct. 16th-Washington..... This is a clash of Titans
Oct 23rd-@Farmville Central....Tough place to play
Oct 30th-North Johnston.....A needed win setting up showdown in last week
Nov 6th-Beddingfield......Two contrasting teams.
Rocky Mount Prep
Aug 21st-@Kipp-Pride......Good chance to get first win of season
Sept 18th-Kestrel Heights.... Nothing like taking three weeks off after first game
Sept 25th-@Word of God.... You can see Prep having trouble getting non conference games
Oct. 2nd-Southeast Halifax...This year this needs to be competitive game.
Oct. 9th-@North Edgecombe.... Prep needs to be competitive in this game
Oct. 16th-Tarboro.....The big dog is coming to town
Oct. 23rd-South Creek.....Final home game of the season
Oct. 30th-@Riverside-Martin....taking on a solid program
Nov 6th-@Northampton.....If Prep football is growing this could be a win.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
High School Football Schedules II
Yesterday we looked at the football schedules of Nash Central, Northern Nash and Rocky Mount. Today we finish off all the football in the rest of Nash County.
Southern Nash
Aug 21st- @Northwood... Don't recall Northwood on the Firebirds schedule before
Aug 28th-Beddingfield...The Bruins are always tough on any 3-A school they play
Sept 3rd-Bunn....a Common opponent for many area teams
Sept 11th-@South Johnston.... SJ always seems to be a team someone in Big East meets in playoffs
Sept 18th-@Tarboro.... Seems every team in area plays Tarboro
Sept 25th-Ayden Griffton.....One of those teams that always has a good team
Oct 9th-@Fike...This game may determine conference champion
Oct 15th-Northern Nash....Is there a breather for anybody at anytime
Oct 22nd-@Hunt....Two running teams, game will be over by 9:15pm
Oct 30th- @Rocky Mount...Don't care what sport it is this is the game for Southern
Nov. 6th-Nash Central....This year this may be as competitive as it has been in several years
Rocky Mount Academy
Aug 21st-Arendell Parrott ...starting where last year ended, Parrott may be team to beat
Aug 28th-@Lawrence Academy...ride to the new Lost Colony is located
Sept 4th-@Grace Christian.... New kid in the league
Sept. 11th-@Cary Academy....Part of six road games for the Eagles
Sept 18th-@Hobgood Academy....fourth straight road game
Sept 25th-Community Christian....First home game in over a month
Oct 2nd-@Southampton Academy....Only 8 man team in Virginia
Oct 16th-@Northeast Academy.....Located right beside a really nice Golf Course Valley Pine
Oct. 23rd-St David's.....You know every team will be gunning for the Eagles
Oct 30th-@Halifax Academy....Trip up I 95 to finish season
Something has happened to RM Prep schedule. When I pasted their schedule it did not transfer to today's blog. I have them tomorrow.
How well you practice in the hot days of summer go a long way in determining how well you play in November.
Southern Nash
Aug 21st- @Northwood... Don't recall Northwood on the Firebirds schedule before
Aug 28th-Beddingfield...The Bruins are always tough on any 3-A school they play
Sept 3rd-Bunn....a Common opponent for many area teams
Sept 11th-@South Johnston.... SJ always seems to be a team someone in Big East meets in playoffs
Sept 18th-@Tarboro.... Seems every team in area plays Tarboro
Sept 25th-Ayden Griffton.....One of those teams that always has a good team
Oct 9th-@Fike...This game may determine conference champion
Oct 15th-Northern Nash....Is there a breather for anybody at anytime
Oct 22nd-@Hunt....Two running teams, game will be over by 9:15pm
Oct 30th- @Rocky Mount...Don't care what sport it is this is the game for Southern
Nov. 6th-Nash Central....This year this may be as competitive as it has been in several years
Rocky Mount Academy
Aug 21st-Arendell Parrott ...starting where last year ended, Parrott may be team to beat
Aug 28th-@Lawrence Academy...ride to the new Lost Colony is located
Sept 4th-@Grace Christian.... New kid in the league
Sept. 11th-@Cary Academy....Part of six road games for the Eagles
Sept 18th-@Hobgood Academy....fourth straight road game
Sept 25th-Community Christian....First home game in over a month
Oct 2nd-@Southampton Academy....Only 8 man team in Virginia
Oct 16th-@Northeast Academy.....Located right beside a really nice Golf Course Valley Pine
Oct. 23rd-St David's.....You know every team will be gunning for the Eagles
Oct 30th-@Halifax Academy....Trip up I 95 to finish season
Something has happened to RM Prep schedule. When I pasted their schedule it did not transfer to today's blog. I have them tomorrow.
How well you practice in the hot days of summer go a long way in determining how well you play in November.
Monday, August 3, 2015
It's Football Time
Today every high school football team is in full swing of practice heading for their opening games set for August 21st. Some the schedules are lighter while others the burden on non conference games lays heavy. Let's start with Nash Central....
Aug 21st-Tarboro ....even playing a 1-A schedule Tarboro is no softy for anyone
Aug 28th-@Smithfield Selma.....There is hope the losing streak stops here
Sept 3rd- @North Johnston .....A Labor Day weekend Thursday night game
Sept 11th- SouthWest Edgecombe....Nothing easy with this one
Sept. 18th-@Beddingfield.... Not much travel, But not easy either
Sept 25th-Bunn....Never an easy game for anybody who plays the Wildcats
Oct. 9th-@Rocky Mount....Reunion game for Chris Lee and Kent Cox
Oct. 16th-Fike ...The Golden Demons are probably Big East preseason favorites
Oct. 23rd-Northern Nash... The game between the two schools you could walk campus to campus
Oct 30th-@Hunt.....Be ready to defend the Hunt Running game.
Nov. 6th- @Southern Nash...Last game of regular season just maybe not last game of season
Northern Nash
Aug 21st-@Corinith Holders....First of three straight games on the road
Aug 28th-@Northeastern.....Another long ride east
Sept 4th-@Tarboro....chance to win this one this year
Sept. 11th-Laney.... I wonder will Michael Jordan will be here for this one
Sept 18th-Goldsboro.... This one should be in the win column
Sept 24th-@Smithfield Selma.... This is a Thursday for some reason
Oct 9th-Hunt.... Randy Raper reunion game still looking for first victory over old team
Oct. 16th-@Southern Nash.... Tough two games to start conference play
Oct. 23rd-@Nash Central..... By this point of season will need this one
Oct 30th-Fike.... An impact game for a chance at a top spot in conference
Nov. 6th-Rocky Mount....whether it is for first or last the place will be packed
Rocky Mount
Aug 21st-@South Granville....Gryphons only have four road games
Aug 28th-@Middle Creek.... First trip ever to this Apex high School
Sept 4th-Hertford County.... This has been a good series for both
Sept. 11th-John Holmes....This is probably first ever meeting
Sept. 18th-Rose....Another traditional game
Sept 25th-Hoke County...Second team on schedule playing for first time
Oct. 9th-Nash Central...Chris Lee returns to old stomping grounds, he coached at old stadium
Oct. 16th-Hunt.....This is 6th straight home game
Oct. 23rd-@Fike.... Gryphons hope this is a tussle for first
Oct 30th-Southern Nash-No let up, here comes the Firebirds
Nov 6th-@Northern Nash-The perfect setup if this is for title
Nash Central has trimmed the heavy weight non conference schedule. Northern has a new look schedule. Rocky Mount has new schedule and six straight home games. Tomorrow we will look at Southern Nash, Rocky Mount Academy and Rocky Mount Prep.
Aug 21st-Tarboro ....even playing a 1-A schedule Tarboro is no softy for anyone
Aug 28th-@Smithfield Selma.....There is hope the losing streak stops here
Sept 3rd- @North Johnston .....A Labor Day weekend Thursday night game
Sept 11th- SouthWest Edgecombe....Nothing easy with this one
Sept. 18th-@Beddingfield.... Not much travel, But not easy either
Sept 25th-Bunn....Never an easy game for anybody who plays the Wildcats
Oct. 9th-@Rocky Mount....Reunion game for Chris Lee and Kent Cox
Oct. 16th-Fike ...The Golden Demons are probably Big East preseason favorites
Oct. 23rd-Northern Nash... The game between the two schools you could walk campus to campus
Oct 30th-@Hunt.....Be ready to defend the Hunt Running game.
Nov. 6th- @Southern Nash...Last game of regular season just maybe not last game of season
Northern Nash
Aug 21st-@Corinith Holders....First of three straight games on the road
Aug 28th-@Northeastern.....Another long ride east
Sept 4th-@Tarboro....chance to win this one this year
Sept. 11th-Laney.... I wonder will Michael Jordan will be here for this one
Sept 18th-Goldsboro.... This one should be in the win column
Sept 24th-@Smithfield Selma.... This is a Thursday for some reason
Oct 9th-Hunt.... Randy Raper reunion game still looking for first victory over old team
Oct. 16th-@Southern Nash.... Tough two games to start conference play
Oct. 23rd-@Nash Central..... By this point of season will need this one
Oct 30th-Fike.... An impact game for a chance at a top spot in conference
Nov. 6th-Rocky Mount....whether it is for first or last the place will be packed
Rocky Mount
Aug 21st-@South Granville....Gryphons only have four road games
Aug 28th-@Middle Creek.... First trip ever to this Apex high School
Sept 4th-Hertford County.... This has been a good series for both
Sept. 11th-John Holmes....This is probably first ever meeting
Sept. 18th-Rose....Another traditional game
Sept 25th-Hoke County...Second team on schedule playing for first time
Oct. 9th-Nash Central...Chris Lee returns to old stomping grounds, he coached at old stadium
Oct. 16th-Hunt.....This is 6th straight home game
Oct. 23rd-@Fike.... Gryphons hope this is a tussle for first
Oct 30th-Southern Nash-No let up, here comes the Firebirds
Nov 6th-@Northern Nash-The perfect setup if this is for title
Nash Central has trimmed the heavy weight non conference schedule. Northern has a new look schedule. Rocky Mount has new schedule and six straight home games. Tomorrow we will look at Southern Nash, Rocky Mount Academy and Rocky Mount Prep.
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Tallahassee Scores Again
Nash County Babe Ruth 13u baseball team won the semi final match up with Sarasota Florida and took on Tallahassee Florida the team from their pool play bracket the team they lost to yesterday in a game in which Coach Willie Langley held back his best pitchers knowing they had to win a double header today.
It has turned out if you score on Nash County you win as Tallahassee wins the Southeast Regional 5-2. If five games played during the tournament Nash County pitched three shutouts giving up zero runs. The two games they met Tallahassee they gave up 11.
The day began at 10am in Greenville this morning with two teams from Florida taking on the two teams from NC. The host team Greenville who was seeded second from the National took on Tallahassee the top seed from the American bracket. Tallahassee won by a 6-0 score eliminating Greenville.
Nash County the Eastern North Carolina State Champions met Sarasota Florida the Southern State champs from Florida in the 1pm game and pitching was the order of the day with Nash County winning 1-0 to advance to the 4pm Southeast Regional Championship game. Sarasota in their four games played during the week gave up just five runs but that was not good enough to advance to the finals.
We are all proud of these young men and their coaches in their efforts this summer in Babe Ruth Baseball. Coach Willie Langley had stated in the Rocky Mount Telegram this week that he was somewhat disappointed that they had not hit the ball this week like they had all summer. You know the higher up the ladder you go the steeper the steps and this week Nash County's 13u team has been playing the best teams in all the southeast United States. They are the second best in all of Dixie.
It has turned out if you score on Nash County you win as Tallahassee wins the Southeast Regional 5-2. If five games played during the tournament Nash County pitched three shutouts giving up zero runs. The two games they met Tallahassee they gave up 11.
The day began at 10am in Greenville this morning with two teams from Florida taking on the two teams from NC. The host team Greenville who was seeded second from the National took on Tallahassee the top seed from the American bracket. Tallahassee won by a 6-0 score eliminating Greenville.
Nash County the Eastern North Carolina State Champions met Sarasota Florida the Southern State champs from Florida in the 1pm game and pitching was the order of the day with Nash County winning 1-0 to advance to the 4pm Southeast Regional Championship game. Sarasota in their four games played during the week gave up just five runs but that was not good enough to advance to the finals.
We are all proud of these young men and their coaches in their efforts this summer in Babe Ruth Baseball. Coach Willie Langley had stated in the Rocky Mount Telegram this week that he was somewhat disappointed that they had not hit the ball this week like they had all summer. You know the higher up the ladder you go the steeper the steps and this week Nash County's 13u team has been playing the best teams in all the southeast United States. They are the second best in all of Dixie.
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