High School Sports Season Starts Today

Today starts the 2016/17 high school sports season  even though the bell to start school is still more than a week away.  Soccer and volleyball will be the first out of the box but by the end of the week every varsity sport played in the fall will be under way.  The heat index Monday and Tuesday is expected to be over 100 but maybe by Wednesday those sports contested outside will see a cool spell down to the upper 80's.

Boy's soccer begins with road trips for both Northern Nash and Rocky Mount.  The Knights will head over to Bunn while Rocky Mount visits Rose High in Greenville.  Rocky Mount Academy 0-1 who opened their season last week plays match number two on the season hosting Cape Fear Academy.  Southern Nash will get their season underway Tuesday hosting Bunn.

Girls volleyball hopes the AC is working in all the gyms where they open season as leading opening day is Southern Nash as they load the bus heading to Smithfield Selma.  Rocky Mount Academy will provide AC for Cape Fear Christian at 4pm Tuesday.  Northern Nash can't pick a much harder opener hosting DH Conley.  Rocky Mount waits to Friday to open their season as they host Ayden Grifton at 5pm.

Football of course waits to Friday and every high school in Nash County begins their 2016 campaign.  
The defending 3A state champs Rocky Mount will open their season hosting South Granville. Game time is 7:00 pm.  Nash Central is the only school not at home Friday as they head over to Tarboro a team talking State championship talk after playing many under class men last year.  Everyone else playing Friday night all kickoff at 7:30.  Corinth Holders will be in Death Valley being hosted by the Knights. North wood will see how good Southern Nash might be coming to Nash County.  Kipp Pride is at Rocky Mount Prep and Terrell Hudgins begins his second year at Rocky Mount Academy hosting Bethel Christian.

Saturday Night in their scrimmage against South Johnston the Gryphons  lost to the Trojans 14-13.  The two scrimmages played last week it is evident the defense will need to carry the load early for Rocky Mount.  They have run the ball very well so far.  Everyone must remember it was the second game of their season at Middle Creek a loss before anyone had any thoughts of Rocky Mount even being a deep playoff threat.

I was in Tarboro Friday night and rode by the football  Stadium and as expected looked like a Viking football game going on as they hosted a jamboree with a big crowd on hand.  Yes the folks in Tarboro  feel like this is the best football team they have had since Todd Gurley graduated.