A Meaningful Week

The Big East earns three slots in the state 3A Volleyball playoffs as top seed Hunt 15-6 is seeded 6th in the East will  host Jacksonville 10-7 and the 27th seed.  Rocky Mount  10-12 gets a home game as the two seed from the Big East  and 16th seed in the east  will host 17th seed Eastern Alamance 15-7.  Fike  9-9 as the Big East #3 travels to Cleveland the 11th seed 19-3.  VB playoffs start Saturday

We have come to week three in conference play and all three games are important regardless of where you are in the standings.  7-0 last week on picks to run  my record on high school picks to 54-9.  All there games are probably six point or less difference because of where the games are.

Northern Nash 2-6 @ Nash Central 1-7:  As this season started I have swayed back and forth on this game.  Early on I was picking Nash Central.  A month ago I thought The Knights were coming together and here we are I have swung back to the Bulldogs.  I think this is a shootout and Nash Central scores more.  Bulldogs 45 Knights 35

The top four teams mix it up first Southern Nash 6-2 @ Hunt 6-2.  This is a Big  East football game where if either were in another conference they would be on top.  I like Hunt in this one totally being the home team.  Hunt 35 Southern Nash 27.

Rocky Mount 6-2 @ Fike 5-3.  Fike has a very wide open offense and are going to score points on any body.  Their problem they are facing the best offense in the Big East and I don't think Fike can keep Rocky Mount down unless Rocky Mount keeps themselves down with penalties and turnovers.
Gryphons 45 Fike 28.

Riverside Martin  6-2 @ Tarboro 7-1:  looks as if Riverside is rising and this has become a real championship quality game.  I might lean toward Riverside if this game was in Williamston but it is up river in Viking Land. Tarboro 35 Riverside 27

Northampton 4-4 @ North Edgecombe 5-2:  This is a must for the Warriors.  Warriors 26 Northampton 20

SouthWest Edgecombe 7-1 @ Farmville  4-4:  Can the Cougars rebound from their worse game under a coach named Cobb.  This will be close SWE 26 Farmville 21

St David's 8-0 @ Rocky Mount Academy 6-2:  I am afraid that from here on out the size of St David will be hard to conquer  until some other school comes along that is in population as large as they are becoming.  ST  David's 54 RMA 26

South Creek 5-2 @ RM Prep  1-4:  South Creek is having a good year and can't afford a stumble against Prep. 36 -14 South Creek

Village Christian 3-4 at NorthEast Carolina Prep:  NCP has been close in several games.  They get over the hump this week.  NCP 45 VC 22

Thursday night College football finds both App St and ECU on the tube tonight.  Temple 7-0 @ ECU 4-3..  Haven't heard one word about Temple being undefeated.  They have two quality wins.  Pirates are really good at home against team when they are the underdog.  Pirates 30 Temple  20