JUCO Pays Off For Carter

There was a time when Junior College fitted a great need in the world of sports.  Players with talent but who did not have the grades could go to Juco get a degree in two years and then at that point decide whether there was a four year college in their future.  Today there are not many so called Junior Colleges left but as community colleges have increased their sports programs there is still a possible way for those who don't quite have the talent to play division I II or even III sports.

There are the so called late bloomers both in the class room and on the playing field.  Two years older their class room work sharper and their athletic skills a notch above their high school ability.  That is the case for a former Northern Nash Baseball player Derrick Carter.  Carter pitched four years at Northern and after his career was over  few offers to play in college and the best  was  Brunswick Community College  in Bolivia.  Two years at BCC and a 7-2 record this season  and now Derrick has a chance to play two more years at Wingate Division  II program

Derick Carter is now on track looking to follow has grandfather and uncle into coaching.  Everything doesn't always go as we plan it.  Derrick Carter has gotten back on track in life.

The last month or so we have seen several local athletes make decisions about where they will spent the next four years of their life in college.  Montre Cash point guard for the Nash Central Bulldogs has committed to Averitt University in Danville Va.  That means he will be coming home to Rocky Mount to play the Battling Bishops once a year.

I don't care how old you are now time flies the older you get.  I can't believe Montre is a senior. Those of you that have been Bulldog basketball fans remember back I can't quite remember if he goes all the way back to the Bulldogs first year as a basketball varsity program or not.  Seems he was three foot tall he was the official score keeper of the basketball book for his Mom Terri Cash.  He wasn't tall enough to see over the score table but he sure knew how to keep a basketball book.  Now it's off to college, I wonder if is to become a basketball coach?

Here is a list of players  who are heading off to college that we have not previously mentioned before.
Kendra Jones  SouthWest Edgecombe Basketball Mt Olive University, Tia Farmer Southwest Edgecombe Basketball UNC Pembroke.  Dawson Harris Tarboro Football Kicker  UNC Pembroke.  Good luck to all in their future.

The new baseball coach at Rocky Mount is Carter Varnell who has served the last two years under Pat Smith as JV coach.  A Rocky Mount grad you made remember Carter was a very good athlete who had a knee injury during his senior season  in football and missed all but the last week of baseball season.