Gryphons Exact Double Revenge

Just last Friday night Fike came to Rocky Mount and swept the Gryphons on their home court.  The games were suppose to be at Fike but a wet floor caused the games to be switched to Rocky Mount.  Tonight the return trip.  Fike and Rocky Mount boys both still have an outside shot at tying for first.  Somehow or other last Friday Fike thought they were home and tonight Rocky Mount sweeps Fike on Fikes home floor.  The girls win 35-26 while the boys win 48-36.

Friday night all the boys games in Big East basketball has ramifications about who is going to finish first.  Nash Central is 6-3 playing 5-4 Southern Nash.  Fike 5-4 plays arch rival Hunt 4-5 and Rocky Mount 5-4 travels to Northern Nash 2-7.  There is a possibility that a four way tie is possible but in order for that to happen Southern Nash must beat Nash Central.

Fike girls lost their sixth game of the year to the Lady  Gryphons and both are tied in conference at 5-4.  Fike has the edge playing Hunt with only two conference wins while Rocky Mount travels to Northern Nash.

Tonight at North Carolina Wesleyan the men's basketball team finished their home portion of this basketball season and they beat Methodist University 72-59.  They are now 9-2 in conference play and the way the conference rules read the top seed regular season team gets to host the conference tournament.

D J Weaver finished his regular season at home scoring 32 points.  Brandon Brown added 11.  The 9-2 record right now leads the USAS but the Battling Bishops finish on the road with three road games over the next ten days.  All they need to follow is win all three and they will host the tournament Feb 25-27th.  Tall task but the way they are playing it can be done.

The girls lost the first game tonight to Methodist 65-48.

Methodist had two local players coming home as Alexia Hines  a freshman for the Monarchs who played last year for Northern Nash scored four points in the first half but was injured late in the second quarter and never returned to the game.  Tabious Hilliard the senior point guard from Rocky Mount high scored three points.

Boy's Title Up For Grabs

I always try to post by 6am every morning.  When ever there is live action like last night's Big East action I try to go on line as soon as I gather what information I can find.  I have a different excuse for being a little late this morning.

Last night I spent at Rex Hospital as my daughter Amy had her first baby with husband Micah Ward. A 24 hour labor that started Tuesday morning at her home at 4:30 am ended at 4:31 this morning when Matthew John Ward made his first public appearance all eight pounds and twelve ounces.  He is twenty one and a  half inches long.  I have just arrived home from Raleigh and had to gather the info because last night I didn't have ball on my mind.

Told you yesterday that the Nash Central boys road to the Big East championship had a tough one at Hunt. It was as Hunt wins their fourth conference game to go to 4-5 while the Bulldogs drop to 6-3 after a 54-51 Hunt Victory

Tonight Rocky Mount Travels to Fike to make up a weather game from a couple Of weeks back.  This one is at Fike after they switched last Friday night and Fike clipped the Gryphons.  The winner of this game Friday will have a shot  at a three way tie for first.

They got in this position after Rocky Mount beat Southern Nash   52-44.  Rocky Mount's record goes to 4-4 while Southern drops to 5-4.  Fike 4-4  got into this position beating Northern Nash 2-7 60-52 last night . The winner of Fike / RM will be tied for first with Southern Nash and Nash Central if Southern wins that match up Friday night  with Nash Central and the Fike Rocky Mount winners wins their Friday game also.





Nash Central girls can wrapped up first place in the Big East beating after clipping Hunt 59-43.  Nash Centrsl is now 8-1 and finish up the season with winless Southern Nash. Hunt goes to 2-7.

Rocky Mount held on winning at home over the Lady Firbirds 44-12. Rocky Mount is up to 4-4 while the Lady Firebirds lose another one and stank 0-9

The big girls game for the night went  Northern Nash's way as on their home floor the edge Fike 53-51.  Northern goes to 7-2 and must beat Rocky Mount and hope Nash Central loses to Southern.

Tonight is the final home basketball game for NC Wesleyan basketball team. There will be a doubleheader starting at 5:30.  They play Methodest.  Tabious Hilliard the point guard on the Rocky MountnState championship team in 2010 will be here playing for Methodist