Eleven In A Row

I don't care what sport it is winning eleven games in row is hard to do in checkers, baseball, basketball and especially when all eleven have come against quality competition.  Tonight distraught over the fact as being the two time defending state champions in 2-A football and playing on the road Tarboro served notice that it didn't matter where they play they will be a hard out on somebody in the 2-A playoffs

Todd Gurley scored four touchdowns and rushed for over two hundred yards  as Tarboro advances 34-26.  Tarboro dominated from the get go.  East Duplin scored 23 points in the 4th quarter to make it respectable.  Up next Unbeaten Northside of Jacksonville next Friday night in Jacksonville.

SouthWest Edgecombe for the second year in a row is knocked out of the opening round of the playoffs as their second try against Kinston turns out about like the first. Kinston advance 26-6 over the Cougars.

Cardinal Gibbons won about every championship available today, four as a matter of fact Volleyball, Tennis and both Cross Country  championships. Rocky Mount's Mason Holt was the top local runner finishing 34th with a time of 17:15.  Teammate Paul Lilley finished 47th at 17:26.  Big East Conference champion Neopolian Patel ran 63rd  and a time of 17:43..  Nash Central's Dillon Mason was 71st in a time of 17:48.

Fike Girls finished 11th and Nash Central 12th in the girls XC event.  Nash Central's Micheala Williams finished eighth in the state running a time of 19:43.  Neferti Conyers-Thigpen  from Rocky Mount ran 45th at a time of 20.54.  Other runners from the area making the top 100 were Lacie Pickarski of Northern Nash  76th in a time of 21.30.  Casey Warren of Nash Central was 86th at 21:48.

Fike has stunned another #1 seed in soccer.  Tonight they beat West Brunswick 4-0 to move on to round three.  They will play the winner of the Hunt-West Craven game played in Vanceboro Saturday night.

Tia Hudgins has been named the Player of the year in Volleyball for the Big East.  Any one who has watch Tia play for Rocky Mount knows she is the best in the Big East.  If you are interested in seeing the Big East all conference team in Girls Golf, Tennis and Volleyball go on to the Gryphon Grapevine.  Charles Alston has all of of that on his website.

Bulldogs Get Their Wish

If there has been one theme from the Bulldogs of Nash Central ever since they walked off the field at Hunt two weeks ago was we want to come back.  They will get their wish.  Zach Conner kicked a field goal early in the fourth quarter and the defense makes that kick stand up as the Bulldogs out last Gray's Creek 24-21 in the opening round of the State 3-AA playoffs.

Would the Bulldogs get their wish? If they won tonight  and Hunt was a winner it would happen next week and it will.  It may have been uninspiring but the Warriors beat West Brunswick 21-13 to move on to round two where they will take on the only other Big East survivor.  I don't put much in to the scores of first round games as long as the team that was suppose to win does so.  Hunt will host Nash Central next Friday night.

The Big East #3 seed Fike traveled to West Carteret and the Golden Demons didn't have a very fun trip to the beach.  The Patriots ripped Fike 33-14.  The news was even worse for the #4 seed Firebirds of Southern Nash as they will find the trip back up I-95 will not be pleasant as they also get bombed 42-13.

Earlier this year when North Edgecombe played Northampton East the Warriors doubled the score at 52-26 and this time it was a lot worse than that as they advance to round two with a 50-6 over the Rams.

SouthWest Edgecombe's game with Kinston was postponed until 6.pm Saturday night and Tarboro's attempt to make it to the 2-A State Championship game four years in a row was put off until 7pm Saturday.

Saturday several runners from the area will be competing in the State Cross Country championships in Kernersville.

There is a football game at noon Saturday between two teams that hope if they don't win again this year that they do tomorrow.