More Soccer To Be Played

The Lady Gryphons are heading to the third round in the Eastern bracket of the state soccer playoffs..  Southern Lee  proved to be an equal to  the Lady Gryphons in the first half scoring three times while the Gryphons got their share of three goals.

The second half the high octane Gryphons offense got rolling scoring four times while Southern Lee failed to net any shots in the second half. So far in the two playoff games the Gryphons have scored 11 goals or 5.5 scores per game while their four goals against averages two per game while on the season averaged 1.7 scores against.  The offense is right on average through the first two playoff games.

They will be meeting a team that it seems every year they play and they have been a great thorn in the side of the Gryphons. The Jacksonville Cardinals 15-5-3 who were a 5-4 winners  over Chapel Hill last week before the rains came.  Rocky Mount will host Wednesday now stands at 16-4-1.

On the other side of campus the Rocky Mount boys tennis team lost their first match all year and it brings to a close a year of high expectation for next year as the Gryphons lose only one player of this squad who made it to the third Round.  Chapel Hill advances to meet Terry Sanford on Wednesday. Terry Sanford is the second seed in the east.

Final score was 5-1.  The lone point was won by the Gryphons  #2 singles George Shannon.

The only baseball game still being played in Rocky Mount on Tuesday will be at Faith Christian.  The 21-1 Patriots are averaging just a pinch short of 7 runs a game while allowing a taste more than one.  Hard to beat a team with pitching like that.

Rocky Mount Academy might as well take a holiday from school Tuesday as the 13-8 Eagles have a trip to Charlotte to North side Christian Academy. North side is 19-3.

I know you haven't heard much about Legion Baseball so far this spring.  Joe Bell tells me try outs are on hold waiting on Faith and RMA finishing up baseball playoffs.  If you have ridden by Legion Field in the last couple of weeks it has looked like an abandon ball yard.  A lawn mower and other equipment will get the field ready this week.