Tonight's game with Cary has been moved from Cardinal Gibbons to Athens Drive High. Athens does not have lights and game will start until 6:00pm.
Garner and Rocky Mount played two seven inning games at Legion Field at stake was first place for the team that wins both. Garner beat Cary last night so they came into the game 4-2 and Coleman Pitt 4-1.
The opening game Coleman Pitt sent Cameron Taylor to the hill and for five innings he kept hopes alive allowing just two runs while giving up seven hits. One of those seven hits left the ball park. Brandon Stephens tossed for Garner National and he was stingy to CP 58 giving up just six hits and gave up a seventh inning run that reached on and error and Josh Pittman's RBI single.
Pittman was the lone Coleman Pitt player with multiple hits. Logan Pearce, Tyler Barrett, Noah Schrock and Tyler Sherrod had one each. Cameron Taylor took the loss but his effort was better than the final score 9-1 Garner
Once CP 58 went to the bull pen Garner collect eight hits in innings six and seven. Six of the top seven hitters for Garner had at least two hits totaling 15 in the game. Cole Hinnant three hits including a homer and two RBI,Drake Harris three hits two RBI, Brandon Stephens two hits and RBI and that's just the first three hitters in the lineup. Trevor Heasley, Sammy Chapman and Tucker Rogers all had two hits.
Losing Game one meant the winner of game two would be at least the number two seed. If CP 58 can recover then combined with a win Friday night would own second with Garner falling to third. A Garner win and they grab the top spot in the western division.
There are some games when the final score flashes on the scoreboard 7-0 Garner you think to yourself seemed worse than that. Submarine pitcher Robbie Frongello pitched the first six innings and Coleman Pitt Managed just two hits. 14 of the last 16 batters for Coleman Pitt failed to reach base. A walk and error for the two that did as CP got a single from Logan Pearce in the first and Forest Bell single in the second and after that the bats stayed silent.
This game Garner collect eight hits but seemed every hit follow one of five base on bases by Rocky Mount. Noah Schrock pitched the first four, Trey Wells the fifth and Dawson Sikes the sixth and seventh.
Coleman Pitt closes out their regular season Friday night at Cary. Regardless of the outcome. Rocky Mount has third spot in the playoffs which the second round begins next Friday night at Apex in game one of a three out of five series. Game two will be in Rocky Mount on Saturday the ninth.
Thursday, June 30, 2016
A Great One Gone
There are plenty of you out there that do not remember that women's basketball used to be played with six players and two always stayed down on the defensive end of the court all the time so in essence only two girls ever had to go up and down the full court for a full game. I am assuming that the reason for that is women were not suppose to be as physical as men so they were limited in how much running they did.
The mid 1970's saw Title IX come of age and women's sports especially in colleges had to have the same privileges as men's sports. All across America Colleges and universities looked for Women's coaches in all sports that were now having to be funded just like men. This state Kay Yow took over the basketball team at N C State and the Wolfpack women dominated basketball in this state for several years until the ACC picked it up for women.
The national scene Tennessee went after a young whipper snapper coach by the name of Pat Head to become their basketball coach. Nationally Pat Head quickly took Tennessee to dominance in women's basketball. If you use a comparison to men she was John Wooten of this young age of now women's basketball. She was the best recruiter, best on court coach and she demanded excellence at all times and she got it from her players. Her 38 years she won 1098 games losing only 208. Tennessee won eight national championships.
Ours lives are struck down by two words if we hear them from a doctor. Cancer and Alzheimer's. Every case our first thoughts are death. The treatment of cancer has lead to a survivor rate of more than 50% chance where at this point in the stages Dementia the life expectancy is seven years. Pat Head Summit first noticed strange things with her memory in 2009 and retired from coaching by 2012. The all time winningest division one basketball coach is gone.
I don't even think at this point in research there is enough information to say what causes Dementia but any family that has to live through those seven years know the pain of a person who doesn't even know who you are some days. Just earlier this year Dean Smith went through the same process. Pat Head Summit was knocked down still in the prime of her life. Let's all pray that time is coming when we will know what causes such diseases and a cure and preventative options can be found.
The first pitch in the double header at Legion Field tonight between Garner and Rocky Mount is scheduled for 5:00pm. If you think of high school games then a seven inning game normally last one hour and forty five minutes. That would conclude by 7pm game one is over and around 7:30 game two could start finishing up by say 9:15-9:30. That is a much better finish time than 10:30 for old folks like me who have to get up early and go to work tomorrow before sunrise.
We know many things dictate the pace of a game. Base on balls by pitchers, rain delays. Let us hope as important as these two games are in the standings of Area One Western division that we get quality pitching and may the best team win. Hope we don't get into rain delays pushing us to midnight. Had enough of that during the Raleigh Regional.
Former Rocky Mount High baseball player an a member of the 2008 State Championship baseball team Brian Goodwin was named to the International League All Star team along with teammate Trea Turner. The game is July 13th at Charlotte and of course on TV.
From the category of bad news Hobbs Johnson was released by the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday. This season they were trying to make him into a short reliever and was not progressing to the satisfaction of the Brewers.
The mid 1970's saw Title IX come of age and women's sports especially in colleges had to have the same privileges as men's sports. All across America Colleges and universities looked for Women's coaches in all sports that were now having to be funded just like men. This state Kay Yow took over the basketball team at N C State and the Wolfpack women dominated basketball in this state for several years until the ACC picked it up for women.
The national scene Tennessee went after a young whipper snapper coach by the name of Pat Head to become their basketball coach. Nationally Pat Head quickly took Tennessee to dominance in women's basketball. If you use a comparison to men she was John Wooten of this young age of now women's basketball. She was the best recruiter, best on court coach and she demanded excellence at all times and she got it from her players. Her 38 years she won 1098 games losing only 208. Tennessee won eight national championships.
Ours lives are struck down by two words if we hear them from a doctor. Cancer and Alzheimer's. Every case our first thoughts are death. The treatment of cancer has lead to a survivor rate of more than 50% chance where at this point in the stages Dementia the life expectancy is seven years. Pat Head Summit first noticed strange things with her memory in 2009 and retired from coaching by 2012. The all time winningest division one basketball coach is gone.
I don't even think at this point in research there is enough information to say what causes Dementia but any family that has to live through those seven years know the pain of a person who doesn't even know who you are some days. Just earlier this year Dean Smith went through the same process. Pat Head Summit was knocked down still in the prime of her life. Let's all pray that time is coming when we will know what causes such diseases and a cure and preventative options can be found.
The first pitch in the double header at Legion Field tonight between Garner and Rocky Mount is scheduled for 5:00pm. If you think of high school games then a seven inning game normally last one hour and forty five minutes. That would conclude by 7pm game one is over and around 7:30 game two could start finishing up by say 9:15-9:30. That is a much better finish time than 10:30 for old folks like me who have to get up early and go to work tomorrow before sunrise.
We know many things dictate the pace of a game. Base on balls by pitchers, rain delays. Let us hope as important as these two games are in the standings of Area One Western division that we get quality pitching and may the best team win. Hope we don't get into rain delays pushing us to midnight. Had enough of that during the Raleigh Regional.
Former Rocky Mount High baseball player an a member of the 2008 State Championship baseball team Brian Goodwin was named to the International League All Star team along with teammate Trea Turner. The game is July 13th at Charlotte and of course on TV.
From the category of bad news Hobbs Johnson was released by the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday. This season they were trying to make him into a short reliever and was not progressing to the satisfaction of the Brewers.
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