Down and Out

It always seems that whatever sport the Big East is trying to win a state championship in all roads lead to I-85.  Football season Rocky Mount had to win East Regional in Mebane and Eastern Alamance.  How many times this century has Western Alamance stood in the way.  In 2008 the Gryphons won a baseball title having to beat Rowan County.  Tonight Southern Nash had to travel to Eastern Alamance and Nash Central girls hosted Northern Guilford.

The Lady Bulldogs were the high seed and earned a home game but the Northern Guilford could care less about their seeding.  This game was nip and tuck all the way in fact all the way and some  more as this one goes over time.  Tied 49 at the end of regulation the Lady Bulldogs could muster but two points in overtime and fall in the sectional finals 56-51.

Southern Nash would be the Big East team heading to Eastern Alamance in this third round game  with the knowledge that a victory would send the Firebirds to Fayetteville and the Eastern Regional.  Tonight the Firebirds are never in this game as Eastern Alamance heads to Fayetteville after they take down Southern 76-50.

The Big East Basketball season ends just in time as baseball starts Monday.

Just a follow up to the North Carolina Wesleyan defeat Friday night.  They lost to LaGrange who against the Battling Bishops made 15 of 34 threes and several came down the stretch when they couldn't miss.  This afternoon in the championship game of Conference USA South Convenant  who was the number two seed beat LaGrange in overtime 101-92.  LaGrange  trailed by the exact same score they trailed to the Bishops 54-39 at the half Friday night but it was with 17:35 in the second half.  Some how or other LaGrange managed to tie the game trailing by 11 under five minutes and by seven with a minute left.  They tied it at 81 and forced overtime.  They didn't shoot threes worth a flip making only 6 of 25.  Only if they had of done that last night.