Gryphons Sweep

The Lady Gryphons have gone with a seven player rotation most of the season. Marquita Hines starting guard remains on the shelve with a wrist injury. Tonight the main six turned the game over the the rest of the team by early third quarter and Lady Gryphons advance to round two with a 51-29 victory over Jacksonville. During the third quarter the score was 27-7 so as you can see with the bench in the game Jacksonville was able to play even in the second half.

The Lady Gryphons will play home Wednesday night against Triton High of Dunn a 57-34 victor over South Brunswick. Triton is the #2 seed from the Eastern Carolina and will bring a 17-9 record to Rocky Mount. Looking at a possible Friday night game should the Ladies get a victory over Triton the Sectional final match up would be between the winner of Hertford Co and South Central winner and that game would be in Rocky Mount.

The Lady Gryphons have played both of those teams this year beating Hertford County in two rather close games while losing both of the South Central games by 59-52 and 59-55.

There is no problem for the Gryphon boys when it comes to depth. Currituck with a 2-21 record gave Rocky Mount little resistance tonight as Mike Gainey play all fifteen players all game long and 13 players scored in the first half. Even in the fourth quarter when mostly third teamers trickle in a few second teamers and the Gryphons out scored Currituck in the fourth quarter.

Mercy for the long ride home for Currituck as Rocky Mount fails to break a sweat winning 91-43.
What made the ride home so long for Currituck is their girls played at Northern Nash and they all rode the same bus and Northern Rocked Currituck girls 79-29 so their two teams rode 150 miles to lose by a combined 170-72.

Rocky Mount boys will be on the road Wednesday at they will travel to Southern Wayne the #1 seed from the Eastern Carolina conference a 67-58 winner over D H Conley.

Girls are at home at 7.00pm Wednesday and boys travel to Dudley.

The rest of the conference went by seeding all the teams who had home games won and all that were on the road lost. Hunt the #1 boys seed beat Jacksonville 62-49 while Nash Central lost at West Craven 78-58 and Northern lost a close one 69-65 at Southern Lee.

Northern Nash Girls wait for the winner of the C B Aycock/West Carteret winner. If Aycock wins Northern travels there Wednesday night. Fike lost at Havelock 74-67 and at this writing we have no Hunt score.

Tops seeds won while the lower seeds all lost which leaves Rocky Mount and Hunt still playing for the boys and Rocky Mount and Northern Nash Still alive for the girls.

McMillan Is The Last Junior Miss

Last night on stage in Greensboro Hannah McMillan a Rocky Mount High school senior gave away her crown as the reining North Carolina Junior Miss. The winner Rachael Delaney of Kinston will be known as The Distinguished Young Woman of North Carolina.

I guess it is keeping up with the times or trying not to be confused as a beauty pageant. Hannah served North Carolina well in her year of travel about the state representing Junior Miss. Amanda Griffin from Northern Nash has represented us all well this week as Rocky Mount's last Junior Miss. The next winner later this spring will be Rocky Mount's Distinguished Young Woman.

Ten wrestlers from Nash County have qualified for the State tournament that starts Thursday in Greensboro. Six from Northern Nash lead by T J Marshall in the 215 pound class.Keith Battle at 119, Xavier Anistead 135, Tavis Richardson 140,Kris Horton 160, Bryan Sweet189.

Rocky Mount has two who will travel to Greensboro Mason Holt 103 and Janicento Williamson 171 pond class. Nash Central will also send two in Demetrice Taylor in the 130 class and Tamarris lane at 285.

All ten of these young men qualified in the regionals on Friday and Saturday. The top four in each event make it to the state where they will join the western regional top four and a state champion will be crowned.

Tonight we will be having a live Stretchlon Sports Show at Nash Central and Rocky Mount's all State performers in last week indoor track championships will be on the program. It all starts at 8.00pm on WHIG-TV.

Congrats go out to John Thompson and NC Wesleyan basketball as they won the regular season championship yesterday beating Ferrum. Conference tournament for them starts this week.

D-1 baseball season got under way this weekend and two local talents have had big weekends. Campbell and NCA&T played two double headers and Campbell won three out of four games.

Nash Central's Xavier Macklin has cracked three home runs already for A&T while Ben Fish started two games for The Camels getting three hits and driving in four runs.

You know we have paid a lot of attention to Brian Goodwin who is now at Miami Dade but now being a junior X-man will be eligible of the major league draft come June. If they draft off potential there might not be any body in this area with more potential than X-Man. We hope all of our local guys continue to have great careers in college.