Showdown Is Set

I don't care who you pull for having a week off in the middle of conference play has to be unnerving not knowing how a forced layoff will effect your team.  Both Southern Nash and Rocky Mount took care of business to set up the battle for first place next week.

The Gryphons had little resistance when they had the ball as they scored four of the first five times they had the ball. The Gryphons for the game rushed for 433 yards on 49 carries. Deangelo Collins carried the load in the first half rushing for 114 yards.  BJ Sanders out of action against Nash Central didn't carry the ball until the third quarter finishing with 130 yards.  Mckenzy Wright 4/7 82 yards passing and Shabios Lynch 4/4 29 yards passed for 111.

Fike got 211 total yards on 106 rushing on 35 tries while passing 2-12 105 yards.  Down 35-0 at the half Fike took the second half kickoff scoring on a Kenny Johnson one yard dive.  Syquan Hutchinson caught a 64 yard bomb for Fikes second score.

Rocky Mount took the opening kickoff and marched down the field scoring at 7:26 of the first on a three yarder by Deangelo Collins. A quarterback sneak gave Mckenzy Wright a score at 1.26 of the first.

The Gryphons third score came on maybe the prettiest play of the year as the Gryphons looked to be running the option as Wright faked a pitch to Charlie  Williams who acted as if the pitch has gone over his head instead it went to Detrell Revis on the reverse and he promptly went 53 yards for a score at 7:49 of the half.  Charlie Williams got in the act at 2:16 scoring the Gryphons fourth td of the half.  The defense didn't want to get left out scored on a sack fumble recovered by Sherrod Green for point 34.  Maybe trouble on the horizon as kicker Chase Miller was injured on his fifth extra point and did not play in the second half.

Once Fike scored on their opening drive on the second half the Gryphons responded on an 80 yard drive finished off by a one yard dive by B J Sandrrs at 4:59 of the third.  Sanders scored again getting a 50 yard gallop to finish off the Gryphon scoring.  The fourth quarter belonged to the clean shirts as Rocky Mount goes to 2-0 in Big East play beating  Fike 47/14

Southern Nash with all the difficulty that  coach Brian Foster family has had this week started slow but picked up the pace to defeat Hunt 35-6

I am not sure this is a major surprise but maybe the score as Nash Central wins a conference game besting Northern Nash 22-16

Other scores.

Shocked to see all three Edgecombe County schools play and all three win
Tarboro 52 Riverside 8
SouthWest Edgecombe 21-FarmVille 17
North Edgecombe 48 Northampton 8
Rocky Mount Academy 44 Grace Christian 6
South Creek 26 Rocky Mount Prep 8