Whether it is the Holiday basketball tournament at Christmas or the football jamboree there is only two ways to get invited. The first is you are expected to be a powerhouse next year in football. It might be the coat tails of the state championship last season in football but the Gryphons are heading back to the Highschoolot football jamboree. The second possible reason is the players that next season will be highly recruited and the Gryphons have one of the top recruiting talents for next season and several others that are getting looks after they were seen in the playoffs.
You might remember that back in basketball state championship and the recruitment of Tashawn Mabry the Gryphons back around 2010 got the Gryphons in the Holiday Christmas tournament two years in a row. Since then we have not had a recruit as highly valuable as Mabry and have not been invited since. The Christmas tournament loves to showcase highly recruited players especially if they are headed to a Triangle schools to play college ball.
There are 14 teams starting at 12:30 during the August Saturday will play another team for an hour and forty minutes. The Gryphons will hit the field at 5:40 and they will scrimmage a foe from last year's playoff South Johnston. The games wil be played at Cardinal Gibbons high school and don't worry we will remind you come August.
Lady Gryphons traveled to Jacksonville Monday night and anyone who follows soccer whether boys or girls know that the Cardinals are a powerhouse in soccer and they have been a thorn the the Gryphons sides for years. So the third round Rocky Mount travels to Jacksonville and the Lady Gryphons make the trip without leading scorer Sarah Bland who was out of state.
Talk about putting yourself in a hole before the start but the Lady Gryphons got a first half goal from Katie Moss to tie the score at one at the half. Two quick second half goals give Jacksonville the lead that they will not give up and the soccer season is over for the Lady Gryphons losing 5-1 They finish the season at 17-7.
Tuesday night the Lady Knights of Northern Nash the only Big East team still alive in softball travel to Topsail the third seed in the 3-A playoffs but they have a 23-3 record. Northern 16-5 and the sixth seed play at 6pm Tuesday. Topsail averages eight runs a game while Northern is slightly less than eight. Northern gives up 4.5 runs agame while Topsail is stingy on defense giving up only 1.5 runs per game. The Lady Knights the last Nash County public school playing in any sport other than track and field have a major test at the beach.
Faith Christian continues their playoff play in the private school playoffs and since everybody else's baseball season is over this will be a game that could be a real classic game. Faith 18-2 will host Northside Christian Academy of Chatlotte 18-5 at 5 pm Tuesday. Could be the last high school game of the season in the area until summer or Legion ball cranks up.
Monday, May 16, 2016
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