Northern Nash senior pitcher Derek Carter pitching in Wilson during one of the many baseball games being played during the Easter school break shutout Eastern Wayne 1-0 and to boot did not allow a hit in going all the way for the Knights as the Knights win their second game in Wilson after having pounded Southern Wayne on Saturday 15-2. So the Knights pitching has been the star of the show for them.
Southern Nash pick up a victory with a 9-6 win over Oakwood. Nash Central fell to Parrott Academy 4-1 and Rocky Mount was shutout by Person 4-0.
Our weekly Collins Cuthrell update as reported midweek last week Cuthrell play the DH spot this weekend instead of third base protecting a slight hamstring issue. He was 1/8 with no home runs and his batting averaged dipped to 453 which is still top 10 in the country in DII baseball. I wish I could have hit 453 in little league.
Another former Gryphon is having a great year at Lander in first baseman Thomas Berry. Berry's problem is nobody else for Lander is having the years they had last season getting them all the way to the DII World Series in Cary. Lander in is doubt whether they will make their conference tournament which by the way is the Peach Belt the same conference as Pembroke. Berry is hitting 317 on the season which is really good at any level.
The national championship may have been without Kentucky which started the weekend trying to have and undefeated season but what the world got were the two best team in this year's tournament. Saturday the seventy some thousand mostly wore Kentucky blue but we're replaced by Wisconsin red as the whole stadium on those long end zone shots gave.
You would hope with a university that has 43,000 students and not that far from campus to Indy they would be whole hog crazy about their first national championship game in 74 years. Duke of course the rich kids university with less than 15,000 students. Are they rich at Duke? Wisconsin has endowments of 2.2 billion while Duke a slight sum of 7 billion.
You couldn't ask for a better first half as both sides exchanged the lead 15 times with Duke sitting Okafer and Winslow the last few minutes to protect fouls. The tie score 31-31 was exactly how the half had played out dead even.
The Badgers charged out to a nine point lead and Duke continued to pound the ball inside with their guards. I thought they would do that once the Badgers had to guard the three point shot but Duke didn't try any and still drove with their guards.
Boy did this game come down to great plays on both sides. Just five years ago Duke beat Butler in a low sixties scoring game this one was much more exciting than that one. In the in Duke had K.
Monday, April 6, 2015
Climbing Up The Ladder
The UNC baseball team is finding it hard to win ACC games this year. They stand 7-8 after five weekends of conference play but they have come to count on a conference win when Benton Moss takes the hill. Sunday at Clemson Moss found himself down 4-0 early in the game but he was still in the game into the seventh inning and by that time the Tar Heels had piled up eight runs and survive to win one game at Clemson 8-7. Benton Moss is now 5-0 on the season and 24-7 lifetime for the Tar Heels and 24 wins makes him the 10th winningest pitcher in North Carolina history.
Heard Saturday night that Hunt beat Nash Central 4-3 Thursday night to take the lead in the Big East Baseball with a 3-1 record. Nash Central 2-1 and Fike 2-1 are Next. Northern Nash and Rocky Mount are 2-2 and Southern Nash is 0-4.
Saturday tournament baseball saw Rocky Mount pitch the end of the bench and they lost to SW Guilford 14-9. this was their fourth game of the week and simply didn't have anyone to throw. The highlight of the games was a grand slam home run by Josh Carter which is the first home run of the year for the Gryphons. Nash Central lost 8-7 to Roxboro Community and Northern Routed Southern Wayne 15-2. There will be more tournament action today.
I have a very hard time for any instate school playing in any sport with the chance to win it all not pulling for them when they represent all of us. Duke University is a North Carolina based school and that is enough for me to pull for them Monday night to win their fifth College basketball National championship.
They are a member of the ACC which is also the school I pull for conference. I find it hard to believe anybody pulls against neighbors just because they hate that neighbor. I pull hard Saturday night for the Devils and I will again Monday night as they represent me playing for the title.
I know about 75% of all tournament brackets were busted big time with Kentucky losing. I think Duke will be hard to beat if they come out from the get go and play the defense they played the last 16 minutes of the first half after Michigan State made their first four threes and led 14-6.
Wisconsin has some good shooters on the outside that are tall which I think that is why Duke has the edge. Duke will cover them better than Kentucky did on the outside and when Duke stands outside the three point line and the big Badgers come to cover them Duke will charge to the basket like they did against the Spartans and those big men are not quick enough to cover them from 20 feet back to the goal.
GO DUKE!!!!
Heard Saturday night that Hunt beat Nash Central 4-3 Thursday night to take the lead in the Big East Baseball with a 3-1 record. Nash Central 2-1 and Fike 2-1 are Next. Northern Nash and Rocky Mount are 2-2 and Southern Nash is 0-4.
Saturday tournament baseball saw Rocky Mount pitch the end of the bench and they lost to SW Guilford 14-9. this was their fourth game of the week and simply didn't have anyone to throw. The highlight of the games was a grand slam home run by Josh Carter which is the first home run of the year for the Gryphons. Nash Central lost 8-7 to Roxboro Community and Northern Routed Southern Wayne 15-2. There will be more tournament action today.
I have a very hard time for any instate school playing in any sport with the chance to win it all not pulling for them when they represent all of us. Duke University is a North Carolina based school and that is enough for me to pull for them Monday night to win their fifth College basketball National championship.
They are a member of the ACC which is also the school I pull for conference. I find it hard to believe anybody pulls against neighbors just because they hate that neighbor. I pull hard Saturday night for the Devils and I will again Monday night as they represent me playing for the title.
I know about 75% of all tournament brackets were busted big time with Kentucky losing. I think Duke will be hard to beat if they come out from the get go and play the defense they played the last 16 minutes of the first half after Michigan State made their first four threes and led 14-6.
Wisconsin has some good shooters on the outside that are tall which I think that is why Duke has the edge. Duke will cover them better than Kentucky did on the outside and when Duke stands outside the three point line and the big Badgers come to cover them Duke will charge to the basket like they did against the Spartans and those big men are not quick enough to cover them from 20 feet back to the goal.
GO DUKE!!!!
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