Massacre At Rocky Mount

Many of you know I think the football playoffs are one game to long.  Too many times the lower seed is blown out and the best thing that can happen for the best team is not get anyone hurt for next weeks game.  Tonight Just maybe basketball has one game too many.

Westover comes from Fayetteville and won 11 games in the season.  They will not win 12.  The Lady Gryphons held Westover to six points on The first quarter. Rocky Mount had 29 at the end of the quarter and that is all they would need.  The Wolverines would not score in the second or third quarter and only 3 in the fourth quarter.

Pam Gainey cleared the bench early and often.  The Lady Gryphons had 22 steals and when the final horn sounded the Lady Gryphons beat West Over 70-9.  The score is correct.

Nash Central girls hosted Western Alamance and The Lady Bulldogs had a tussle with the team from Alamance County. The fact is, it was anybody's game with two minutes to go and the Bulldogs advance. 50-45.

Coach Henry Drake's gamble last week sitting his star player in Big East Tournament paid off at home tonight as the Knights host North East Guilford.  How healthy are the Knights for the two week playoff journey to Chapel Hill.  Don't know but the Knights are healthy enough to survive and play another day.  This one was close all the way but Northern is home again Thursday as they Beat NE Guilford 62-59.

Just maybe Nash Central as the number two seed from the Big East hosted Chapel Hill who was 10-4 in conference play that This was a tough match up for the Bulldogs. It was as the Bulldogs fall at home 44-40.

Other scores:

Girls

Northern Guilford 58 Hunt 50
SouthWest Edgecombe 71 West Bladen 47
East Columbus 53 Tarboro 48
Gray's Creek 58 Fike 50


Boys

Rocky Mount Prep 83 Princeton 65

Clinton 84 SouthWest Edgecombe 77

Fike 80 Walter Williams 72

Pretenders Start Going Home

Tonight is the first night of the state playoffs in North Carolina High school basketball.  Those with the impressive records mean nothing as all teams head through the six game playoff gauntlet and when all the said and done is complete there will only be one winner in every bracket from 1A to 4A in both boys and girls.  Here's a look at everyone still alive from this area.

1A Boys:

Princton 11-15 @ Rocky Mount Prep 20-5 7pm

1A Girls:

Tarboro 11-11 @ East Columbus 20-4 6pm

2A Girls:

West Bladen 11-14 @ SouthWest  Edgecombe  18-4 7pm

2A Boys:

SouthWest Edgecombe 9-12 @ Clinton 24-2  7:30

3A Girls:

Westover 11-12 @ Rocky Mount 19-3  6pm

Western Alamance 13-11 @ Nash Central 16-8 6pm  Part of home doubleheader with the boys.

Grays Creek 14-9 @ Fike 17-7 6pm Part of Doubleheader with boys

Hunt 17-8 @ Northeast Guilford  20-6 6pm

3A Boys:

NE Guilford 11-14 @ Northern Nash 22-3 6pm

Chapel Hill 14-12 @ Nash Central 7:30 Part of double header with girls

Walt Williams 17-8 @ Fike 17-8 Part of doubleheader with girls

If you are a supporter of any of these teams especially if they have earned a home game you need to be in the house supporting your team.  No one is guaranteed to be playing Thursday when you thought you would go support them