Two Pitching Gems Only One Winner

If you love those baseball games where the pitchers are in control then you needed to be at Rocky Mount tonight.  Southern Nash pitcher Trevor Mills pitches a gem. Six innings three hits,eight strike outs and two base on balls.  Rocky Mount did not have  base runner past the third inning.

Freshman Ben Seracki was on the bump for the Gryphons and by the sixth inning Gryphons fans were thinking back when another freshman toed the rubber  for the Gryphons in the Eastern finals against DH Conley and pitch the Gryphons into the state championship series.  That freshman was Benton Moss back in 2008. Seracki peers toward home just over his glove just like Benton.  In fact their stature is very similar.

Seracki goes seven allows three hits, walked one an one runner reached on and error.  Only five Firebirds reached base.  Gryphon third baseman Spencer Ramsey tripled in the first and the very next batter Jarmar Ellis singled to left to drive in the only run of the game.

Ramsey would single in the third.  Southern three hits came from Ryan Marlowe a double in the second.  Dawson Sikes double in sixth and a two out bloop single by Jason Montique in the 7th.

Rocky Mount jumps to 3-1 with a home game Saturday against Tarboro.  Southern Nash drops to 2-2 after having lost 10-9 to Hunt Tuesday and tonight 1-0.

There must have been heavy air or something in the air.  At Hunt tonight they beat Nash Central 1-0.  Hunt goes 4-0 in Big East play while Nash Central falls to 1-3

Fike hosted Northern Nash and Fike evens their conference record at 2-2 beating Northern Nash 7-4.  The Knights still search for conference victory number one.

Found out tonight from Tom and Ashley Moss that Benton Moss is injured and will not break spring training camp when all the minor league players go their seperate ways.  He will stay in Port Charlotte Florida the spring training of the Tampa Rays and rehab his injury.  Looks at least three weeks at best.

Big Tilt Tonight

Gary Dornberg the long time Colorman on NC State sports ask Jim Valvano many years ago during a pregame interview he said to Valvano something like this.  Coach tonight is a big game.  Valvano response was the more you win the bigger the next game.

The Big East baseball season is 30 percent complete.  Hunt, Southern Nash and Rocky Mount are the three teams with winning records and right now the best chances to make the playoffs.

The Big game tonight is Southern Nash 2-1 9-3 @ Rocky Mount 2-1 6-3.  For one a loss will drop them back to the pack while the winner will be no worse than second.  Southern has scored 17 runs in the three conference tilts while Rocky Mount 9 runs.  Up up until Tuesday night The Firebird pitching had been solid.  Rocky Mount is struggling to score.  Will Southern pitching return or will Rocky Mount find a way to score.

Hunt has a full length lead but they played a non conference game Wednesday.  Their defense has been so so but their hitting they sure have pounded the ball.  Nash Central 1-2 travels to Hunt 3-0.  Nash Central is averaging the second most runs during conference play.  Can they out score Hunt to get back into the playoff picture.

Fike 1-2  @ Northern Nash 0-3:  Fike has scored 10 runs while giving up 11.  It is easy to see the Knight's biggest issue. Scoring runs only four in three game.  They need the bats to come alive. Pitching has been decent.  Fike needs a win to stay in contention while Northern wants to be in contention.


Cheerleaders are two sports performers in football and basketball season and since basketball season has ended the Big east recently announced the Big East All Conference cheerleading team.

Northern Nash: Hayley Thomas-Keilah Moore-Princess Anstead-Princess Henderson:

Hunt:  Abria Blount- Katilyn Kirby- Alexis Bailey

Southern Nash:  Cierra Jernigan- Kayleigh Denton-Kasie Webb

Rocky Mount:  Yattrell- Quaneshia Hardy

Fike:  Brittany Mitchell- Payton Galloway

Nash Central:  Promise Atkinson

Cheerleader of the year:  Destini Morton Rocky Mount

Coach of the  year :  Danielle Boyette Northern Nash