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.