Opening Night In The Big East

Opening night in any conference can be full of surprises and tonight in the Big East Hunt throws the shocker of the night beating Northern Nash by a score of 64-52.  Hunt has played one of the toughest non conference schedules any where and the Big East team who made it all the way to Chapel Hill last season gave notice they will be a factor despite their losing record.

Fike boys traveled to Southern Nash looking to act like Hunt and get started with a winning night to start conference play despite their losing record but the Firebirds had different ideas and tonight it is the Firebirds who find themselves  with a 1-0 after a 63-53 victory over the Golden Demons.

Football has played a part so far that The Rocky Mount Gryphons have yet to win a basketball game this season.  Nash Central made sure that that the misery being suffered thus far continued.   The Gryphons managed to win the first quarter but tonight the last three quarters the Bulldogs laid a defeat like no other as they beat Rocky Mount by the biggest victory margin over the Gryphons 34 points.   Nash Central 81 Rocky Mount 47.

Just three weeks ago in the Nash County Christmas Tournament at Southern Nash the Rocky Mount Lady Gryphons won the tournament plastering the Lady Bulldogs of Nash Central 53-31.  Tonight on the road at Nash Central the Lady Bulldogs were not quite as friendly as before.  The Lady Bulldogs jump out to a large lead and with stood a fourth quarter Lady Gryphon comeback but the Lady Bulldogs prevail 43-38.

The Lady  Knights of Northern Nash held Hunt to just two points in the first quarter while jumping out to a nine point lead.  Finally the Lady Warriors got some offense going and by the end of the third quarter had cut the lead to five at 34-29. The Lady Knights made sure  a loss wouldn't happen tonight as the Lady Knights put 19 points on the board in the fourth quarter to win at 53-44.

The final results for Brian Goodwin's winter baseball in Venezuela are in and for the first time since his shoulder injury Brian is on the come back trail.  The Washington Nationals sent 13 players to play winter ball all over the world and Goodwin had the best season of them all.

Playing in South America Goodwin hit 316 batting a total of 133 times.  He hit three homers, one triple and eight doubles.  The most improvement shown was he struck out on 28 times which is just less one strike out per five at bats.  So far during his minor league career he has averaged one in three which has been a hold back with his batting average.