BIG EAST Basketball Players Of The Year

Now that officially basketball season is over for all of the Big East teams as long as there is any team from the conference still alive in the playoffs the awards are not announced until all teams have finished the season.

Montre' Cash from Nash Central is the boys player of the year and Henry Drake of Northern Nash is the coach of the year.  Cash scored at a 20.6 points per ball game.  Averaged 3.4 rebounds per contest, 4.6 assists and 2.66 steals per game.  Drake in his second year as the head basketball coach at Northern Nash led the Knights to the fourth round of the state playoffs and a 25-4 record the best record for the Knights this century.

The girls player of the year is Nash Central's Michaela Nelms and a tie between Rocky Mount's Pam Gainey and Nash Central's Terri Cash for coach of the year.  Nelms scored at a 17.6 clip per game.  Averaged 7.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.81 Steals per game.  Pam Gainey led the Gryphons to a 22-4 record and to the fourth round of the playoffs for the first time since 2012.  Terri Cash Bulldogs finished with a 18-9 record and made it to the third round of the playoffs after their top player was hurt in the first game of the year and did not return.

Big East Boys All Conference team:

Northern Nash               Nash Central               Fike                        
Darius Spragley             Montre' Cash              Samson Strickland
Raymond Bullock III     Elijah Cole                 Ty Lucas  
Undray Cherry               HM                             HM
HM                                 Dominick Dixon        Ricky Fuller
Devontae Wiggins

Rocky Mount.                 Hunt                           Southern Nash
Artavious Richardson     Ny'zhay Allen            Tyler Brown
HM                                  HM                             HM
Shyheim Battle                K J Jones                   Tavarus Brown

Big East Girls All Conference team;

Rocky Mount                Nash Central                 Fike                        
Keyanna Spivey           Michaela Nelms            Jada Lee                    
Michelle Gainey           Myia Spivey                  Aniya Thigpen          
Shelby Meeks               HM                                HM
HM                               Kayalin Mitchell.          Mason Blake
Ashley Hatfield

Hunt                                Northern Nash               Southern Nash
Kayla Kent                      Kristian Johnson.           Jessy Lucas
HM.                                 HM                                 HM      
Bryson Lee                      Kylar Wiggins               Aaliyah Newkirk

High school baseball scores from Monday Corinth Holders beat Rocky Mount 2-0.  Ben Seracki pitch the first five innings and Zack Keeter the sixth.

Roanoke Rapids 11 Northern Nash 5.  RR 16 hits to Northern's 5

Tarboro 5  Nash Central 3