Rocky Mount Volleyball has been very successful throughout the tenure that volleyball has been an athletic sport at RMHS. While the Lady Gryphons were in the Big East 4-A they always had trouble with Conley and Rose. They grow them lean and tall in Pitt county and for some reason Rocky Mount girls only get to about five feet nine.
Today Tab Wilcox loaded up the bus this morning and traveled to South Central High school to take part in the second annual South Central Breast Cancer event. Last year the Lady Gryphons were pounded by South Central and New Bern both tall and Lean teams. As the bus left the gym there was only eight players on the bus. Five Stay stayed behind for various reasons including three of the top players.
The tournament has expanded this year to include eight teams and the Lady Gryphons were carted off to the small gym where their first match was against Farmville Central. Like the Gryphons Farmville was unbeaten in their conference this year and being from Pitt County Farmville has three girls over six feet tall.
The first three games were 25-23 with Farmville winning two of them and in the fourth game Farmville won 25-18. The play of the year occurred in game two which was a winning game for Rocky Mount as after two hits the ball was headed out of bounds and at least ten feet beyond the back line and Evie Hunter chased the ball down and somehow hit the ball back over the net and before the rally ended Rocky Mount won the point.
Rocky Mount was scheduled to Meet New Bern but New Bern pulled out of the Tournament and North Pitt took their place, of course another Pitt County school and they had a couple of girls over six feet but they were not quite as athletic as Farmville's girls. The Lady Gryphons won three straight games 26-24, 25-21 and 25-18.
Sydney Browder, Evie Hunter, Sakeya Battle, Kasey Cooke, Precious White, Kushunn Seabreeze, Samantha Westphal and Emily Jacob all played their hearts out in both matches to get a split on the day.
The #1 seed in the Big East Rocky Mount will meet the winner of the Northern Nash-Nash Central winner Tuesday night at 5.00pm at Hunt High School in the semi finals of the Big East Tournament.
How about those Lady Gryphon tennis players they finished the regular season at 11-6 and 6-4 in the conference. This was suppose to be a rebuilding year an Barry Nettercutt has done a fine job with this years squad.
I like to say GET WELL Soon to a Northern Nash Friend Randy Langley the PA man at Northern football games. Randy is at Wake Med after suffering a heart attack Friday. He was not there last night to pull the Knights through against Hunt.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Conference Play Starts
Nash Central and rocky Mount both were 2-4 in their non conference schedule. Both seemed destined for the second division in the Big East. They opened play tonight in conference action and for the winner they now have a shot a the upper level of the conference while the loser had better start thinking about basketball.
Tied 7-7 at the half Nash Central score two second had touchdowns in the third quarter to get a 14 point lead which was too much for the Gryphons to overcome. Nash central beat the Gryphons for the first time in their history 27-14.
The Gryphons had trouble stopping Dequan Battle who rushed for 136 yards on 14 carries and the Gryphons struggled for every inch they could make in losing for the fifth time in seven tries this season.
I doubt whether either of these two teams have more than one more victory coming and that should happen when they play Fike. Nash Central get them next week and if they could go to 2-0 they just might have some momentum going to make a playoff push.
Rocky Mount now must hit the road again traveling to Hunt and Hunt will be hard to stop with their grind it out football. Rocky Mount fails to make big plays when they need it but came up with several bad ones at the wrong time.
Preseason favorite Southern Nash took on Fike in Bailey and had little trouble as the Firebirds roll Fike 62-19. The Firebirds did about anything they wanted to do when they wanted to do it.
In the only game in the conference between upper division teams Hunt held serve in beating Northern Nash 28-10. This gives Hunt the early advantage between Hunt, Northern and Southern as they have beaten one of the upper level teams. Next week Southern and Northern play at Northern. Much like Nash Central could be 2-0 beating the two easiest teams in the league if Northern were to lose to Southern then they would have lost both games against the best two in the league. The the Northern- Southern game is hugh for the conference crown.
Last week Kinston fell asleep after having upset SouthWest Edgecombe when they lost to Beddingfield. Tonight Beddingfield proved that the victory over Kinston was no fluke at they hung tough with SWE with the Cougars winning 14-0.
Tarboro may have gotten caught looking ahead to the Kinston Game next week as they just do sneak by Greene Central 21-20.
After the first week of Big East football Hunt, Southern Nash and Nash Central have the lead at the the quarter mile pole in this two mile race the the championship.
Tied 7-7 at the half Nash Central score two second had touchdowns in the third quarter to get a 14 point lead which was too much for the Gryphons to overcome. Nash central beat the Gryphons for the first time in their history 27-14.
The Gryphons had trouble stopping Dequan Battle who rushed for 136 yards on 14 carries and the Gryphons struggled for every inch they could make in losing for the fifth time in seven tries this season.
I doubt whether either of these two teams have more than one more victory coming and that should happen when they play Fike. Nash Central get them next week and if they could go to 2-0 they just might have some momentum going to make a playoff push.
Rocky Mount now must hit the road again traveling to Hunt and Hunt will be hard to stop with their grind it out football. Rocky Mount fails to make big plays when they need it but came up with several bad ones at the wrong time.
Preseason favorite Southern Nash took on Fike in Bailey and had little trouble as the Firebirds roll Fike 62-19. The Firebirds did about anything they wanted to do when they wanted to do it.
In the only game in the conference between upper division teams Hunt held serve in beating Northern Nash 28-10. This gives Hunt the early advantage between Hunt, Northern and Southern as they have beaten one of the upper level teams. Next week Southern and Northern play at Northern. Much like Nash Central could be 2-0 beating the two easiest teams in the league if Northern were to lose to Southern then they would have lost both games against the best two in the league. The the Northern- Southern game is hugh for the conference crown.
Last week Kinston fell asleep after having upset SouthWest Edgecombe when they lost to Beddingfield. Tonight Beddingfield proved that the victory over Kinston was no fluke at they hung tough with SWE with the Cougars winning 14-0.
Tarboro may have gotten caught looking ahead to the Kinston Game next week as they just do sneak by Greene Central 21-20.
After the first week of Big East football Hunt, Southern Nash and Nash Central have the lead at the the quarter mile pole in this two mile race the the championship.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
VolleyBall Wins
It was senior day at Rocky Mount High School and three varsity players played their last regular season game in the gym today. It is always hard to say good bye to seniors as Lauren Campbell, Tamisha Walker and Kushunn Seabreeze walked with their families to the net. Today was especially difficult for Kushunn Seabreeze when it was announce that her father who died about a month ago was not there to walk with her. Tears flowed on the Gryphon side of the net.
Today Northern Nash and Rocky Mount came together for the Susan G Koman Breast Cancer Foundation. The two team raised around $1,730.00 during the day but they were there to play volleyball. Maybe it was the emotions but Northern Jumped to and early lead and stay ahead the entire first game to beat Rocky Mount 25-23. The Gryphons put their emotions aside and won the next three games to finish the regular season 10-0 in the Big East for the second year in a row. No Rocky Mount senior has ever tasted defeat in a conference regular season match.
The season is not over for volleyball as they will make a trip Saturday to Winterville and play in the South Central Susan G Koman cancer event. They will be short handed as only nine players will make the trip as most of the juniors will be taking SAT's on Saturday.
Soccer having to make up a game missed from last week because of the rain won three times this week in conference play beating Northern, Southern and Nash Central to up their record to 13-2 and 4-1 in conference play. There is two weeks to go in Conference play and Monday is the showdown with Hunt who beat the Gryphons 2-1 in Rocky Mount the first time so the Gryphons are playing for a chance to tie for first.
Cross County running in Wilson on Wednesday ran second in both the boys and girls races. Will Bass of Nash Central who is head and shoulders the best runner in the conference was the boys winner.
Nash Central jv's beat Rocky Mount 18-14 which sets up the varsity game for Friday night.
Rocky Mount @Nash Central. Both teams need wins to qualify for the playoffs. Each at 2-4 start conference play at Nash Central. Rocky Mount's small size has help with quickness in the first half of every game only to get beaten down by the end of the game. I suspect this game will follow that trend. RM will hold on to pull out a victory Rocky Mount 21 Nash Central 19.
The much improved Knights of Northern Nash travel to Hunt to open conference play. Hunt expected to be a contender but I am not sure they thought Northern would be. Northern will let everyone know that the Knights are back. Northern 26 Hunt 14
Preseason favorite Southern Nash is a home to Fike in their conference opener. Southern wins 36 -14 over Fike.
Conference play starts and in the six weeks of non conference play I was 20-6 on my picks.
Today Northern Nash and Rocky Mount came together for the Susan G Koman Breast Cancer Foundation. The two team raised around $1,730.00 during the day but they were there to play volleyball. Maybe it was the emotions but Northern Jumped to and early lead and stay ahead the entire first game to beat Rocky Mount 25-23. The Gryphons put their emotions aside and won the next three games to finish the regular season 10-0 in the Big East for the second year in a row. No Rocky Mount senior has ever tasted defeat in a conference regular season match.
The season is not over for volleyball as they will make a trip Saturday to Winterville and play in the South Central Susan G Koman cancer event. They will be short handed as only nine players will make the trip as most of the juniors will be taking SAT's on Saturday.
Soccer having to make up a game missed from last week because of the rain won three times this week in conference play beating Northern, Southern and Nash Central to up their record to 13-2 and 4-1 in conference play. There is two weeks to go in Conference play and Monday is the showdown with Hunt who beat the Gryphons 2-1 in Rocky Mount the first time so the Gryphons are playing for a chance to tie for first.
Cross County running in Wilson on Wednesday ran second in both the boys and girls races. Will Bass of Nash Central who is head and shoulders the best runner in the conference was the boys winner.
Nash Central jv's beat Rocky Mount 18-14 which sets up the varsity game for Friday night.
Rocky Mount @Nash Central. Both teams need wins to qualify for the playoffs. Each at 2-4 start conference play at Nash Central. Rocky Mount's small size has help with quickness in the first half of every game only to get beaten down by the end of the game. I suspect this game will follow that trend. RM will hold on to pull out a victory Rocky Mount 21 Nash Central 19.
The much improved Knights of Northern Nash travel to Hunt to open conference play. Hunt expected to be a contender but I am not sure they thought Northern would be. Northern will let everyone know that the Knights are back. Northern 26 Hunt 14
Preseason favorite Southern Nash is a home to Fike in their conference opener. Southern wins 36 -14 over Fike.
Conference play starts and in the six weeks of non conference play I was 20-6 on my picks.
Paint It Pink Game Is Today
Today is Senior day in Tennis and Volleyball as they play their last home games during the regular season. Tennis meets rival Northern Nash at Sunset Park while back at the gym Volley ball collides with Northern.
Today the gym will decorated PINK as much as possible as Northern and Rocky Mount collide in the last regular season game of the year. Rocky Mount is already secure in the #1 spot in the playoffs and in next weeks tournament but Northern is still trying to make it to the playoffs.
It was less than a month ago when the idea started circulating to do this game for the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and it has ready taken off with both Tabitha Wilcox and Northern Coach Patricia Haggerty leading the charge for their team.
Sponsors were gathered and 150 tee shirts were printed and both sides sold out of their allotments. The Dental Care Center, Old Dominion Freight Lines, Jamie Mitchell Auto Sales, Griffin Food Stores and RTS Screen Printing help pay for the tee shirts.
Parent have bought bake good and drinks and Chick-Fil-A sandwiches will be sold during the event with all proceed going to the Susan G Komen breast cancer Foundation. Rocky Mount High School is donating one dollar from every ticket sold to give to the foundation.
The JV's start playing at 4.30 and the varsity start 30 minutes after they finish. If you have never been to a volleyball game today is the day that you need to make it your first game. Rocky Mount's 19 game regular season conference win streak is on the line. Northern is still trying to qualify for the playoffs and if for no other reason both sides are supporting the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation today. Oh Yeah Northern and Rocky Mount are playing each other in volleyball.
Come out and help support a great cause.
Today the gym will decorated PINK as much as possible as Northern and Rocky Mount collide in the last regular season game of the year. Rocky Mount is already secure in the #1 spot in the playoffs and in next weeks tournament but Northern is still trying to make it to the playoffs.
It was less than a month ago when the idea started circulating to do this game for the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and it has ready taken off with both Tabitha Wilcox and Northern Coach Patricia Haggerty leading the charge for their team.
Sponsors were gathered and 150 tee shirts were printed and both sides sold out of their allotments. The Dental Care Center, Old Dominion Freight Lines, Jamie Mitchell Auto Sales, Griffin Food Stores and RTS Screen Printing help pay for the tee shirts.
Parent have bought bake good and drinks and Chick-Fil-A sandwiches will be sold during the event with all proceed going to the Susan G Komen breast cancer Foundation. Rocky Mount High School is donating one dollar from every ticket sold to give to the foundation.
The JV's start playing at 4.30 and the varsity start 30 minutes after they finish. If you have never been to a volleyball game today is the day that you need to make it your first game. Rocky Mount's 19 game regular season conference win streak is on the line. Northern is still trying to qualify for the playoffs and if for no other reason both sides are supporting the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation today. Oh Yeah Northern and Rocky Mount are playing each other in volleyball.
Come out and help support a great cause.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Down The Stretch They Come
Lady Gryphon Volleyball clinched out right the regular season championship yesterday beating Southern Nash 3-0. The scores were 25-15, 25-23, and 25-15. All they have left in regular season is the Thursday finish at home against Northern Nash and the paint it pink day for Susan G Komen. The ladies do have the Susan G Komen event Saturday in Winterville at South Central but several players will not make the trip because of SAT's.
The victory guarantees the Ladies at least one home game in the playoffs which start in two weeks. They also have earned a bye in next week's opening round of the conference tournament.
Tennis also finishes up regular season this week but as a couple of sports finish up football is just beginning to get down to business.
Back in August I made these predictions. Southern Nash would finish 4-1. Northern Nash, Hunt and Rocky Mount would be 3-2 with Northern getting second, Hunt third and Rocky Mount fourth. Nash Central would go 2-3 and Fike 0-5.
We talked then of how the conference would be a jumbled mess and after six weeks of non-conference action that statement should still hold. Southern Nash, Northern Nash and Hunt seem to be established as the top three and Rocky Mount, Nash Central and Fike the bottom three.
Every team needs to be in the top three to assure themselves a playoff spot and this Friday Rocky Mount at Nash Central is a game both schools need. The loser of this game is probably destined for the lower tier of the conference.
There is a possibility that 3-2 could tie for first. Any team in the Big East that goes through the regular season unbeaten I would say has a dog gone good chance of playing for the eastern title again this year. I don't think anyone will go through the regular season unscratched.
The fun part of it all is four weeks from right now we may still be sitting here wondering who's going to win first place and who makes the playoffs.
The victory guarantees the Ladies at least one home game in the playoffs which start in two weeks. They also have earned a bye in next week's opening round of the conference tournament.
Tennis also finishes up regular season this week but as a couple of sports finish up football is just beginning to get down to business.
Back in August I made these predictions. Southern Nash would finish 4-1. Northern Nash, Hunt and Rocky Mount would be 3-2 with Northern getting second, Hunt third and Rocky Mount fourth. Nash Central would go 2-3 and Fike 0-5.
We talked then of how the conference would be a jumbled mess and after six weeks of non-conference action that statement should still hold. Southern Nash, Northern Nash and Hunt seem to be established as the top three and Rocky Mount, Nash Central and Fike the bottom three.
Every team needs to be in the top three to assure themselves a playoff spot and this Friday Rocky Mount at Nash Central is a game both schools need. The loser of this game is probably destined for the lower tier of the conference.
There is a possibility that 3-2 could tie for first. Any team in the Big East that goes through the regular season unbeaten I would say has a dog gone good chance of playing for the eastern title again this year. I don't think anyone will go through the regular season unscratched.
The fun part of it all is four weeks from right now we may still be sitting here wondering who's going to win first place and who makes the playoffs.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Giving It All You Got.
Ever since Rocky Mount and Rose High in Greenville started playing football against each other the Rampants have been a good barometer as how good Rocky Mount can be. When ever they beat Rose most of the time it meant that the Gryphons had a good ball team. Tonight in Greenville Rose uses all four quarters to beat the Gryphons 21-14.
Once again Rocky Mount plays well in the first half only to falter in the second. The Gryphons lead 14-7 late in the third quarter only to see the Rampants score twice to win 21-14. If we can use the Rampants as a barometer then the Gryphons will hold their own in Big East play. Tonight's loss drops the Gryphons to 2-4 in their non-conference action and they begin the conference Friday night with the short trip to Nash Central.
When I heard this score I had to ask three times if the score was right but tonight at Northern Nash Rocky Mount soccer beat The Knights of Northern 12-0. That is not a misprint. This is the first action for the Gryphon boys since they lost at home to Hunt and it looks like the Gryphons took out some of their frustrations on Northern. Soccer is home Tuesday as they play Southern Nash.
Volleyball and tennis travel to Southern Nash Tuesday and if volleyball wins they clinch first place out right heading into the conference tournament next week. Tennis plays Greene Central on Wednesday and finishes up their regular season Thursday hosting Northern Nash.
The so called minor sports hardly ever have more than mothers and fathers at any game. This Thursday is the final regular season game in volleyball and and Northern Nash and Rocky Mount's jv's and varsity have come together to do a fund raiser for Susan G Komen Breast Cancer .
Almost 130 pink tee shirts have been sold at this point even before the game is played. If you never go to another volleyball game in your life Thursday at 4.30 the jv's tangle and the varsity takes to the court thirty minutes later. One dollar from every ticket sold will be given by RMHS to the Komen foundation. A 50/50 raffle, baked goods and a whole lot of fun for a good cause.
Come Join us Thursday.
Once again Rocky Mount plays well in the first half only to falter in the second. The Gryphons lead 14-7 late in the third quarter only to see the Rampants score twice to win 21-14. If we can use the Rampants as a barometer then the Gryphons will hold their own in Big East play. Tonight's loss drops the Gryphons to 2-4 in their non-conference action and they begin the conference Friday night with the short trip to Nash Central.
When I heard this score I had to ask three times if the score was right but tonight at Northern Nash Rocky Mount soccer beat The Knights of Northern 12-0. That is not a misprint. This is the first action for the Gryphon boys since they lost at home to Hunt and it looks like the Gryphons took out some of their frustrations on Northern. Soccer is home Tuesday as they play Southern Nash.
Volleyball and tennis travel to Southern Nash Tuesday and if volleyball wins they clinch first place out right heading into the conference tournament next week. Tennis plays Greene Central on Wednesday and finishes up their regular season Thursday hosting Northern Nash.
The so called minor sports hardly ever have more than mothers and fathers at any game. This Thursday is the final regular season game in volleyball and and Northern Nash and Rocky Mount's jv's and varsity have come together to do a fund raiser for Susan G Komen Breast Cancer .
Almost 130 pink tee shirts have been sold at this point even before the game is played. If you never go to another volleyball game in your life Thursday at 4.30 the jv's tangle and the varsity takes to the court thirty minutes later. One dollar from every ticket sold will be given by RMHS to the Komen foundation. A 50/50 raffle, baked goods and a whole lot of fun for a good cause.
Come Join us Thursday.
Dilemma In Chapel Hill
I have not taken the gloves off to throw punches at the North Carolina situation with either the papers written for athletes or for the agent paying athletes. Honestly I think both those situations go on every where to some degree.
I think this , that it is the responsibility of each person whether it is academic or athletic scholarship that once you sign the dotted line you owe that school a tremendous about of graditude. If you go to Carolina on a Morehead scholarship or athletic you owe it to the school to be a good citizen.
I have no problem what so ever that if any person on scholarship if they break the law revoke their free ride. There would be no need for a coach to decide a disciplinary action because they would be dismissed from school and if you are not in school you can't play for that school.
Carolina's case involves no laws being broken but NCAA rules violations. To me that is the same. Yahoo sports reported last week that they had bank statements from the agent in question paid to the Carolina coach. It seems everyday the hole gets deeper for North Carolina.
The only way to stop this agent business is the NFL must tell these guys if you want to represent a player in our league you must not violate any NCAA rules. Any violation relating to the NCAA we will pull your license to work with us.
How much did Butch Davis know? When ever the dust settles in Chapel Hill we may still not know how involved Davis has been from the get go. Davis drives the football bus in Chapel Hill and is responsible for the end result. I know this that it is hard for the bus driver to know what is going on in the last seat of the bus.
I really don't see any way that Butch Davis is coach at Carolina in 2011. The best scenario for Carolina would be to finish 4-8 this year and that's an easy firing. If Carolina finishes 8-4 that would be a great coaching job under extremely rough conditions this season. What happens to Davis then?
I think this , that it is the responsibility of each person whether it is academic or athletic scholarship that once you sign the dotted line you owe that school a tremendous about of graditude. If you go to Carolina on a Morehead scholarship or athletic you owe it to the school to be a good citizen.
I have no problem what so ever that if any person on scholarship if they break the law revoke their free ride. There would be no need for a coach to decide a disciplinary action because they would be dismissed from school and if you are not in school you can't play for that school.
Carolina's case involves no laws being broken but NCAA rules violations. To me that is the same. Yahoo sports reported last week that they had bank statements from the agent in question paid to the Carolina coach. It seems everyday the hole gets deeper for North Carolina.
The only way to stop this agent business is the NFL must tell these guys if you want to represent a player in our league you must not violate any NCAA rules. Any violation relating to the NCAA we will pull your license to work with us.
How much did Butch Davis know? When ever the dust settles in Chapel Hill we may still not know how involved Davis has been from the get go. Davis drives the football bus in Chapel Hill and is responsible for the end result. I know this that it is hard for the bus driver to know what is going on in the last seat of the bus.
I really don't see any way that Butch Davis is coach at Carolina in 2011. The best scenario for Carolina would be to finish 4-8 this year and that's an easy firing. If Carolina finishes 8-4 that would be a great coaching job under extremely rough conditions this season. What happens to Davis then?
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