Only Two At The Top

Despite coach Brian Foster in Wilmington with his Wife Kim and son Zack who remained hospitalized after and auto accident last weekend the Firebirds did not allow the Hunt offense to score  so you could say the Birds had a rather good night beating Hunt 35-6.

Rocky Mount moved the ball at will against Fike putting up 47 points and the first team defense giving up only 7 points.  Both Rocky Mount and Southern Nash stand 2-0 in the Big East.  The Firebirds stand 8-0 while Rocky Mount is 7-1.  The Gryphons have won  eight straight conference games their last lost occurred on October 28th 2014 when they lost 28-21 to Southern Nash.

If you recall Rocky Mount had the ball down inside the ten yard line with less than a minute to play and got a holding call plus an unsportsmanlike penalty on the bench which took away any hope in that loss.  Since then however the Gryphons have learned from their mistakes and are 23-4.

Nash Central's win over over Northern Nash is their first conference win since?  It's been a while.  There is no doubt Nash Central now 5-3 1-1 in the Big East will be heading for the playoffs this season.  The question on Northern Nash 5-3 1-1 has been can they score enough to win.  Both are tied for third.  It has been a while since all four Nash County schools are ahead in the standing of both Fike and Hunt 0-2.

  Fike's 4-4 0-2 two conference losses are to both leaders Rocky Mount and Southern Nash.  They just might have a say it in their three remaining games.  Hunt 3-4 0-2 is having a terrible season.  They are struggling to score and can't stop anybody.  Looks like they may have a hard time winning a conference game and I doubt that has ever happened before.

When the NCHSAA decided to add a week to the season it help every team eliminate  that three games in eight days but it probably helped Rocky Mount more than anyone else.  The third game in that eight days would have been the trip to Southern Nash.  Now they get a full week to prepare for what should be the championship game or at least give the winner a game lead with two to play.

There is a high school makeup game Monday night.  North Edgecombe 6-0 come to Rocky Mount Academy 3-4.  The Warriors should roll 44-6.