Let's Get Back To Football

There is sometimes good on weekends when games are rained out and families get a chance to get away from football which every family involved with football has been non stop football since the first of August.  Coach  Brian Foster at Southern Nash was looking foward to that type weekend last  week in Myrtle Beach.  But what transpired just may interfere with his Southern Nash Firebirds preperations this week.

Coach Foster's wife Kim and son Zack who if you remember was the Firebird quarterback last season and is a freshman quarterback at North Carolina Wesleyan were involved in an accident somewhere near Wilmington  and both are still hospitalized in Wilmington.  You have to know that coach Foster has had a difficult week with family concerns and football team concerns for his Southern Nash team as they prepare for Hunt.

Please put the Foster family on your prayer list.

Only had one game played last week and I missed that so my pick guesses for the year stands at 49-13.

RMA 7-1 at Grace Christian Academy 3-4: Can the Eagles bounce back after being battered and bruise both mentally and physically by Southampton.  They will need to as they play Southampton again next week . RMA 36 Grace 12

Rocky Mount Prep 3-4 at South Creek 1-6:  Just might be a good week for the Jags.  26-12

Nash Central 0-1 @ Northern Nash 1-0:  Both of these teams have made great strides forward this season. The Bulldogs  no longer the automatic win on your schedule.  Northern Nash sporting the most dominant defense in the Big East.  If both teams play as they have all season then the question is will the Knight's defense shut down the potent Bulldog offense.  Then on the other side of the coin can Northern score enough to win?  My answer is yes.  Northern 20 Nash Central 13

Hunt 0-1 @ Southern Nash 1-0:  Of all the teams in the Big East the Firebirds since they have been the most impressive team in the league all season have the most to worry about with the layoff.  The layoff might be a good thing for the struggling Warriors.  A run team that is out of sync may put the ball on the ground more than normal and the Firebirds are still a run first team who at times in their history put the ball on the ground.  This is plain an simple a down year for Hunt and unless the Birds give it away should not be close.  Southern Nash 36 Hunt 12

Fike 0-1 @ Rocky Mount 1-0:  Just look at Rocky Mount this year when they hold on to the ball they are almost unbeatable and run away from the competition but when they lay it on the ground  the score is very close.  Once again will the week off hurt the Gryphons performance with the football.  Fike is a team when they are on they can beat anybody.  Homecoming goes to the Gryphons   35-14

The NCHSAA has named Friday night Hurricane relief night.  Rocky Mount will be giving to the Hurricane relief one dollar for every ticket sold at homecoming.  They will also be asking donations for the Holly Project.  As Many of you know former Gryphon Student Holly Fryar who succumbed to cancer last year has left a lasting impression on the Rocky Mount community.  The Holly Project has raised many dollars including one of the Chemo treatment rooms at the UNC Cancer Center is named in honor of Holly.  There will be a lot going on at Rocky Mount Friday night.