Nash Central Michaela Nelms is this weeks winner of the NCHSAA Performance of the Week. During two basketball games against Hunt and Southern Nash she scored 44 points, pulled down 13 rebounds, made nine assists that lead to teammate buckets and had nine steals. While doing all of this she surpassed the 1,000 points mark in her high school career.
Saturday The senior was in Winston Salem where she ran in the State Indoor Track championships. She won the 300 Meter dash setting a new record for 3A schools. She then joined teammates and won the state Indoor Championships in the 4x200 and 4x400 relay events. Three gold metals on the track and 1000 point career on the basketball court. Just your average week in the life of Michaela Nelms.
Big East Basketball
There was one sure thing about the two meetings this season between Northern Nash and Rocky Mount. The two games Northern outscored the Gryphons by only seven points. However in the first quarter the Knights outscored the Gryphons by 17. 18-11 at RM and 10 24-14 at Northern. If the Gryphons have a chance they need a better start.
Tonight they won the first quarter 19-17. Northern won the second quarter to lead at the break 35-31. The back and forth affair was even at 48 heading into the fourth quarter. By the end of the fourth we are still tie and in overtime Rocky Mount's hopes of making the state playoffs by winning the Big East Tournament are still alive beating Northern Nash 72-65 outscoring Knights 13-6. Shyheim Battle led the Gryphons with 17.
Northern suffers just their third lost of the season at 22-3. Rocky Mount wins their 10th in 21 tries
It will be an all Nash County finals as Nash Central beat Fike 70-64 to secure their 16th victory of the season. The Bulldogs and Gryphons met three times during the season with the Bulldogs winning all three games.
On the road tonight at Methodist who is second in the conference the Battling Bishops lose 90-83 to drop to 5-7 and 9th place. The good news is the team ahead of them for 8th the Bishops play at home Saturday.
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
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