Saturday, February 11, 2017

Lady Bulldogs Finish Third Indoor Track

Michaela Helms won one individual events and two relay teams in leading Nash Central to a third place finish in the team title with 44.5 points and Nelms herself scored 30 points.

Nelms won the 300 meter dash and was part of the winning 4x200 and 4 x 400 relay team wins.  The teammates in The 4x200 were Myia Spivey, Teona Hill and T'Keyah Macklin.  She was joined in the 4x400 by Macklin, Hill and Carisha Leonard.

Carisha Leonard won the 500 meter dash giving the Bulldogs four events that they won.

Rocky Mount scored 10 points when Keyanna Spivey won the Shot put by 3 inches.

Southern Nash boys finished 15th overall after Junior Nadir  Thompson won the 300 meter dash and finished 3rd in the long jump that was worth all 16 Firebird points.

Rocky Mount Boys have a state champion in the Shot put when Sherrod Greene won the event by four inches. Greene's 10 points gave Rocky Mount 19th spot.

The Battling Bishops girls basketball team  went to Greensboro on Saturday and beat one of the teams ahead of them in the standings 62-59 and by doing so earned a spot in next weeks USA South tournament.  Greensboro falls to 9-4 while the Bishops jump to 7-6..  Timyra Staton led the way scoring 14 followed by Alexis Fitzgerald with 12.  Today again on the road the Lady Bishops finish the season at William Peace who is ahead of the Bishops at 8-5.

The men were on the road at William Peace. A couple weeks back they played a high scoring game 104-98 and Saturday was not much different and Peace hits the century mark again winning 104-90.  The lost knocks the Bishops back into 9th spot with three games to play.

The Bishops have a road game Wednesday and two home games next weekend to climb back into the top 8 spots and qualify for the Tournament.  Adrian Moore hit for 30 points and 13 rebounds but it wasn't enough.

Wesleyan baseball started their season winning a doubleheader at home beating Virginia Wesleyan 8-4 in ten innings in what started out as a seven inning game and won the second game 6-5.

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