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.