The Rocky Mount scholastic baseball team had a game Tuesday and the final game of the summer was set for Thursday with both games against Hunt. Instead they played a double header on Tuesday so the scholastic season is over and after the games Tuesday night Kent Cox the baseball coach at Rocky Mount told his players he was leaving Rocky Mount High and heading to Nash Central to be the assistant football coach for the Bulldogs.
Ever since late January rumors were in the air that Chris Lee the new football coach at Nash Central had asked Cox to join him as his defensive coach. If you are unfamiliar With the situation Lee and Cox had teamed together as jv coaches under B W Holt during Holt's tenure in Rocky Mount. The six years that Lee was the offensive coach and Cox headed up the defense Rocky Mount jv's were 48-3.
Now if you are Chris Lee who would be the first person you would call when you become the head football coach of the Bulldogs. Now if Cox is doing football in the fall will he be the baseball coach and of course would Tony Guzzo return as baseball coach at Nash Central and the answer is yes. Guzzo is staying so in the spring Cox will be the Bulldogs tennis coach.
So there is only one rumor left open. Who will be the new baseball coach at Rocky Mount. If you go to any baseball game of the varsity or this summer during the scholastic season speculation is running wild as if and when Cox left. We will know soon if those rumors become as true as the Cox rumor going to Nash Central.
Starting last weekend the Rocky Mount Parks and Rec 11/12 year old little league all stars have been in Greenville playing in the district four tournament with the winner heading to the little league state championship.
Thursday the National Allstars lost their first game to North State 12-3. Friday the American Allstars beat North State 7-4. Sunday TarHeel an all star team from Greenville beat the Americans 10-9. Monday the American team beat the Nationals 4-2 eliminating the National team. Tuesday now in the championship against Tarheel the Americans beat TarHeel 9-8 setting up tonight's winner take all.
Tarheel the host team beat RM American 16-1 eliminating our boys. Greenville has long been entrenched in the Williamsport Little League and it has not been that long ago they made it to Williamsport and the Little League World Series. This district win for TarHeel is the 28th time Greenville is sending a team to the state championships.
Wilson Post 13 has won game two over Wayne County and now has a 2-0 lead after a 5-3 win tonight in Wilson. They are one game away from the Area One title. Reference to a statement about Post 13 never having played in a state championship series up until the year 2013 when they hosted the state tournament. They finished second in 1942.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Allen Moving On
Saturday on this blog I told you that two baseball jobs were open in Nash County schools in Rocky Mount. Tuesday in the Rocky Mount Telegram you learned of one of the jobs and that was Northern Nash's Leonard Allen is leaving heading to Williamston.
I learned of this Friday night an all the rumors floating around even before baseball season ended this was not one of them. Allen leaving Northern comes completely out of left field for almost everyone unless you are in Leonard's inner circle.
He will be going to an area that could be considered a baseball community Williamston. Jamesville and Williamston Highs have been consolidated several years ago and the school was renamed Riverside and is located in what was the old Williamston High just off highway 17 heading toward Washington. I say the old Williamston High for if you are and old timer Williamson High used to be close to down town and the the new was built about 1988.
Patricia Haggerty stated in the Telegram that she would first look inside Northern for any candidate that may apply that would qualify for the job. If Northern has to look outside I think the top of the Northern's Want list would be Greg Clifton a former Northern assistant coach who for the past several year he's been the head coach at Faith Christian.
He would be a great candidate but Clifton has a very successful business which he takes care of and that leaves after school to coach Faith. I would doubt he would be interested going back in the class room. I think everyone knows Faith has the best kept baseball field in the area and that relates to Clifton's expert experience in in his business.
There is still one opening and that move I promised to hold the name until summer baseball is over. Of course all the rumors have centered on both Nash Central and Rocky Mount even when baseball season was still going strong.
Tuesday night was the opening game of the Area One East Finals. Wilson Post 13 taking on Wayne County. Two of what should be Post 58 players from Rocky Mount are just what the doctor ordered for Wilson.. Rocky Mount's Blake Helms took the mound and at the end of nine innings the score was tied 3-3 and Wilson coach Rusty Dail called on RMA pitcher M J Jones.
Wilson loaded the bases with no outs in the 10th but failed to plate any runs. Wilson took the lead in the 11th inning and then had to survive a bases loaded two out jam but MJ Jones got the job done and post 13 wins game one of the best of five 4-3.
I learned of this Friday night an all the rumors floating around even before baseball season ended this was not one of them. Allen leaving Northern comes completely out of left field for almost everyone unless you are in Leonard's inner circle.
He will be going to an area that could be considered a baseball community Williamston. Jamesville and Williamston Highs have been consolidated several years ago and the school was renamed Riverside and is located in what was the old Williamston High just off highway 17 heading toward Washington. I say the old Williamston High for if you are and old timer Williamson High used to be close to down town and the the new was built about 1988.
Patricia Haggerty stated in the Telegram that she would first look inside Northern for any candidate that may apply that would qualify for the job. If Northern has to look outside I think the top of the Northern's Want list would be Greg Clifton a former Northern assistant coach who for the past several year he's been the head coach at Faith Christian.
He would be a great candidate but Clifton has a very successful business which he takes care of and that leaves after school to coach Faith. I would doubt he would be interested going back in the class room. I think everyone knows Faith has the best kept baseball field in the area and that relates to Clifton's expert experience in in his business.
There is still one opening and that move I promised to hold the name until summer baseball is over. Of course all the rumors have centered on both Nash Central and Rocky Mount even when baseball season was still going strong.
Tuesday night was the opening game of the Area One East Finals. Wilson Post 13 taking on Wayne County. Two of what should be Post 58 players from Rocky Mount are just what the doctor ordered for Wilson.. Rocky Mount's Blake Helms took the mound and at the end of nine innings the score was tied 3-3 and Wilson coach Rusty Dail called on RMA pitcher M J Jones.
Wilson loaded the bases with no outs in the 10th but failed to plate any runs. Wilson took the lead in the 11th inning and then had to survive a bases loaded two out jam but MJ Jones got the job done and post 13 wins game one of the best of five 4-3.
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