Gainey Wins Big East Volleyball Player Of The Year.

When your team finishes third in the standings but your top player wins the MVP of the league just how good is your player when the last name is Gainey and both your parents coach basketball at your school?  Michelle Gainey already a  three year varsity basketball player resume' just might look better to college recruiters in VB.

Gainey leads three Gryphons on the All Conference team. Joining Gainey is Asia Jones and Anna Reese Vick.  Northern Nash has Ashley  Wollett and Ashlee Bracket.  Southern Nash has Lauren Fassnacht and Abigail Cowart.  Nash Central's lone all star performer is Robbi Allen.

Gainey had 233 kills on the season,  22 blocks, 24 aces, 219 digs and 154 assists in leading the Gryphons 7-3 conference record and good for 3rd place behind Hunt and Fike.

I guess Sports Illustrated still has their faces in the crowd page as it has been years since I have looked at a copy.  I have one for you here that should have made the magazine as faces in the crowd tells you of great athletic feats worth mentioning.

A couple of weeks back both Baseball and softball held fall Ball Alumni/ Varsity games at North Carolina Wesleyan.  Rikki Rich Assistant Athletic Director/ Communication / Compliance is a former basketball and softball player from Southern Nash back then Rikki Cockrell. She played basketball and softball at UNC Pembroke graduating in 2003.  She has a lovely family Husband Marcus and two daughters Addison and Mackenzie.  I tell you that in order you can figure out how old the petite Sports information director is.

Playing for the alumni Rich pitched a seven inning shutout which in itself is well worth shouting about.  She also led the old timers at the plate belting three home runs in the 15-0 alumni win.  The big question is does she have any eligibility left ?

I got a chance to vote in my first presidential election November 8th 1972.  I have never missed voting in the presidential but on occasions I have missed a runoff primary.  I have taken very seriously my privilege  to vote.  This year I find for the first time that there is no person running for the presidency of the United States worthy as a candidate.

The good ole boy system has allowed a trader to our country to be the last democrat standing and a billionaire who has seldom in his life ever heard the word no the last standing republican.  This years election is the first time that I have ever thought about not voting.  I voted Friday for what I call the lesser of two evils.  I hate to see that our country has fallen to such a low level.