There are times when there is too much going on and it is hard to get all the info you know out in a timely manner. I am late with the all-conference Big East football team.
I don't know how many times there has ever been an all conference team with three brothers on it but Northern and Hunt lead the way with the team. T J Marshall and brothers Travonne and Tevin are part of an 11 man Northern squad making the all conference team.
T j is joined on the offense by Rashad Hedgepeth, Mitchell Wells, Rob Richwalski and Tavis Richardson.
Northern defense is lead by Travonne Marshall who was voted part of a trio as Big East defensive players of the year. Brother Tevin, Brandon Dawes, Quan Silver an Donavan Cooper make up the biggest Northern all conference team in quite a while.
Coach Mickey Crouch joined Hunt's Randy Raper in being named co-coach of the year.
Nash Central placed four members on the offensive team - Jalen Hendricks, Keiffer Griffin, Greg Arrington and Dequan Battle. They added another four on defense- Jeffery Lucas, Mason Wallace, Letovis davis and Chris Bullock.
Southern Nash placed four on offense and four on defense. Tracy Coppedge, Trendell Lynch, Terron Huffman and Tony Williams were the offensive players while Brandon Jones was also part of the three person defensive player of the year, AAron McFarland, Alkeen Thomas and Josh Sessoms were the defensive all conference players.
Rocky Mount placed six player. Rodquez Greene, Damien Strickland and Conner Daughtridge were the offense players while Nah'jerrelle Graves, Miguel Valdez and Darryn Lewis were the defense.
Rocky Mount had two tough basketball games Wednesday at Hertford County but both teams won. Tonight they travel to Rose in their last action before Monday's Christmas Tourament. I would suspect tonight's boys game will be a nail biter as the game here last week was a run and gun game with a court full of athletes on both sides.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Mabry's Freshman Year Ended
The Modesto Bee the newspaper of Modesto California reported in their Tuesday addition that TaShawn Mabry former Rocky Mount High and All State basketball performer tore his Achilles heel over the weekend and had successful surgery on Monday to repair the injury. His injury will make him miss the rest of his freshman year At Modesto Junior College.
Mabrey after signing with Rhode Island last summer transferred to MJC before classes started this fall and has had a really nice beginning to his college career until the injury. The injury occurred while simply running down the court.
The deadline for those wanting to take part in the Coleman Pitt American Legion baseball camp is December 20th. If you want to get in the camp for $75. The late fee is $100 to attend if you sign up after the 20th.The camp will be during the Christmas break at Nash Central High School. Grades 6-12 are eligible to participate which will be held on the 28th and 29th starting at 1.00pm
If you still think you could play pro basketball then December the 19th at the South Rocky Mount Community center there will be a tryout for the Renegades a team from North Carolina which will be joining the ABA next season. The tryout begins at 5.00pm
This morning I have to end talking about a non sports item. I'm sure we all have heard the forecast has been for snow to begin sometime this morning near dawn and snow this morning and later in the morning turn to freezing rain and by early afternoon change to rain.
There have been hundreds of school systems and businesses to announce time changes today base on the forecast. I know it is always better to side with caution over waiting too late but I need to ask this question this morning.
Where in the forecast if it is going to start at dawn and snow and later in the morning change to freezing rain and taper off to rain this afternoon, where does this forecast tell people it will be ok to delay schools two hours? Nash County has to start rolling buses two hours ahead of the bell ringing to get them all there on time so where does the forecast say it will be ok to put the buses on the road at 8.00am.
If we are going to decide the day before on whether to have school or not base on the forecast the weather is telling me the roads will still be getting freezing rain around lunch so why not go ahead and not have it at all. There are a lot of families who have to make arrangements about their children whenever the schedule changes and they are being held hostage by a half a decision.
Now I will get off my soap box.
Mabrey after signing with Rhode Island last summer transferred to MJC before classes started this fall and has had a really nice beginning to his college career until the injury. The injury occurred while simply running down the court.
The deadline for those wanting to take part in the Coleman Pitt American Legion baseball camp is December 20th. If you want to get in the camp for $75. The late fee is $100 to attend if you sign up after the 20th.The camp will be during the Christmas break at Nash Central High School. Grades 6-12 are eligible to participate which will be held on the 28th and 29th starting at 1.00pm
If you still think you could play pro basketball then December the 19th at the South Rocky Mount Community center there will be a tryout for the Renegades a team from North Carolina which will be joining the ABA next season. The tryout begins at 5.00pm
This morning I have to end talking about a non sports item. I'm sure we all have heard the forecast has been for snow to begin sometime this morning near dawn and snow this morning and later in the morning turn to freezing rain and by early afternoon change to rain.
There have been hundreds of school systems and businesses to announce time changes today base on the forecast. I know it is always better to side with caution over waiting too late but I need to ask this question this morning.
Where in the forecast if it is going to start at dawn and snow and later in the morning change to freezing rain and taper off to rain this afternoon, where does this forecast tell people it will be ok to delay schools two hours? Nash County has to start rolling buses two hours ahead of the bell ringing to get them all there on time so where does the forecast say it will be ok to put the buses on the road at 8.00am.
If we are going to decide the day before on whether to have school or not base on the forecast the weather is telling me the roads will still be getting freezing rain around lunch so why not go ahead and not have it at all. There are a lot of families who have to make arrangements about their children whenever the schedule changes and they are being held hostage by a half a decision.
Now I will get off my soap box.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
7-2 Gryphons Hit The Road
Tonight the Gryphons basketball teams make their longest trek of the season with a visit to Hertford County. Both the boys and the girls are 7-2 thus far this season.
Next Monday night the Gryphons host the Nash County Holiday Tournament. This is the first time that the tournament is being played before Christmas and I suspect the reason is to allow any of our teams that might be invited to the Glaxo tournament in Raleigh to be available. The Nash County tournament is just not the same when all four county high schools are not in it as happened in 2008. The Gryphons got a late invite last year to return to the Raleigh but had to with draw when they could not find any team to take their place in our home county tourney.
It will be a three day affair this year with three games opening night next Monday. The girls of Northern Nash will take on their counter parts from Nash Central in the 5.00pm opener. Second game of the evening will feature the Lady Gryphons playing Southern Nash. The night cap will put the Gryphon boys on the floor playing Southern Nash.
There will only be two games on Tuesday. The consolation game between the girls losers from Monday night will start at 6.00 pm and the Nash Central boys and Northern Nash boys will follow. Do you see what they are trying to do here? Gryphon boys are the Monday night attraction hoping for a big crowd. Tuesdays collision between Nash Central and Northern Nash boys the head liner on Tuesday. This also eliminates a long day two days in a row for the host school having to put on four games two days in a row on a school day.
Wednesday night's 5.00pm game will be the boys consolation game then the girls championship and boys championship will follow.
Tickets are $6 Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday for the championship night is $8.
You need to check out the Rocky Mount Telegram this morning. I reported here on this blog last month about Rocky Mount sports legend Danny Talbott dicovery that he had Cancer. The Telegram has a nice piece on Talbott today. Good read!
Next Monday night the Gryphons host the Nash County Holiday Tournament. This is the first time that the tournament is being played before Christmas and I suspect the reason is to allow any of our teams that might be invited to the Glaxo tournament in Raleigh to be available. The Nash County tournament is just not the same when all four county high schools are not in it as happened in 2008. The Gryphons got a late invite last year to return to the Raleigh but had to with draw when they could not find any team to take their place in our home county tourney.
It will be a three day affair this year with three games opening night next Monday. The girls of Northern Nash will take on their counter parts from Nash Central in the 5.00pm opener. Second game of the evening will feature the Lady Gryphons playing Southern Nash. The night cap will put the Gryphon boys on the floor playing Southern Nash.
There will only be two games on Tuesday. The consolation game between the girls losers from Monday night will start at 6.00 pm and the Nash Central boys and Northern Nash boys will follow. Do you see what they are trying to do here? Gryphon boys are the Monday night attraction hoping for a big crowd. Tuesdays collision between Nash Central and Northern Nash boys the head liner on Tuesday. This also eliminates a long day two days in a row for the host school having to put on four games two days in a row on a school day.
Wednesday night's 5.00pm game will be the boys consolation game then the girls championship and boys championship will follow.
Tickets are $6 Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday for the championship night is $8.
You need to check out the Rocky Mount Telegram this morning. I reported here on this blog last month about Rocky Mount sports legend Danny Talbott dicovery that he had Cancer. The Telegram has a nice piece on Talbott today. Good read!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The Streak Is Over
Finally it is over!. This clamoring will he play, will he retire, will he come back and play again. You know Brett Farve's streak of starting 297 straight games at quarterback is not as big a deal as TV has made it out to be. If he really started every game he would have lined up on the kickoff team and either run down the field to make a tackle or block for someone if his team was receiving it.
Starting on the offense means half the time you wait three minutes while the defense goes to work before you do. So all this bunk about starting 297 times did he really? If you get credit for being a starter and the defense goes out on the field before you do then why is the punter not given credit for being a starter?
I did not hear all this bellowing about streaks when Jeff Feagles retired. I bet you didn't even know Jeff Feagles had retired. Even better I bet most of you don't know who Jeff Feagles is? Jeff Feagles punted in the NFL for twenty years. 1988-2007. He holds the record for the most consecutive games played in 352. Yet he is not given credit for being a starter. If you are the only punter on the team and you answer the call when it's time to punt then aren't you a starter?
Jeff Feagles played for almost every team in the NFL over his twenty years. He punted 1,713 times which is the NFL record. The news media will tell us that Brett Farve passed for 71,775 yards that's more than 44 miles of passing yardage. Jeff Feagles punting yardage was 71,211 yards. That's more than 44 miles of punts sailing through the air. The media neglects to tell you that Farve did not throw the ball through the air for all 44 miles but receivers ran real far after they caught his passes most of the time.
Brett Farve's last pass in the NFL was an interception which oh by the way Farve is the NFL leader all time in that department. Jeff Feagles last kick in the NFL was a coffin corner kick which went out of bounds inside the twenty yard line. That was the 497th time he had done that which is the most in NFL history.
Streaks if we think streaks are important then the Iron Man Streak in the NFL is Jim Marshall. The former Minnesota Viking defensive end started 270 straight games. When he line up against the other teams tackles he had several head knocking, power lifting plays on every play while he was on the field. He was where the action is in the NFL, the interior line. Any man that starts in 270 consecutive games has to be famous for something and Jim Marshall holds the record for the shortest play in NFL history.
Yes we all know about this one the famous fumble recovery where Marshall ran the wrong way 66 yards for a saftey. In the NFL record books it is known as the shortest play in NFL history minus 66 yards. I can forgive Marshall's flub since on every play of his career there is helmet to helmet contact. He played a position where a man is a man. Not that glamor spot where you keep your hands warm under the centers butt. Then when the ball is snapped you run away from the real men and when they chase you you throw the ball to someone else.
Despite his record play Marshall was also the hero of the day later in that same game. He was not pining on the bench about his mistake. He had a sack fumble recovered by teammate Carl Eller which he ran the right way for a touchdown and the Vikings won the infamous wrong way game 27-22.
TV has to tell us something every second that we sit in front of it to hold our attention. Let's be real here. Brett Farve played 16 games a year. Lou Gehrig played in as many games in two years as Brett Farve played in twenty in the NFL. It least it is something for the TV to talk about.
Starting on the offense means half the time you wait three minutes while the defense goes to work before you do. So all this bunk about starting 297 times did he really? If you get credit for being a starter and the defense goes out on the field before you do then why is the punter not given credit for being a starter?
I did not hear all this bellowing about streaks when Jeff Feagles retired. I bet you didn't even know Jeff Feagles had retired. Even better I bet most of you don't know who Jeff Feagles is? Jeff Feagles punted in the NFL for twenty years. 1988-2007. He holds the record for the most consecutive games played in 352. Yet he is not given credit for being a starter. If you are the only punter on the team and you answer the call when it's time to punt then aren't you a starter?
Jeff Feagles played for almost every team in the NFL over his twenty years. He punted 1,713 times which is the NFL record. The news media will tell us that Brett Farve passed for 71,775 yards that's more than 44 miles of passing yardage. Jeff Feagles punting yardage was 71,211 yards. That's more than 44 miles of punts sailing through the air. The media neglects to tell you that Farve did not throw the ball through the air for all 44 miles but receivers ran real far after they caught his passes most of the time.
Brett Farve's last pass in the NFL was an interception which oh by the way Farve is the NFL leader all time in that department. Jeff Feagles last kick in the NFL was a coffin corner kick which went out of bounds inside the twenty yard line. That was the 497th time he had done that which is the most in NFL history.
Streaks if we think streaks are important then the Iron Man Streak in the NFL is Jim Marshall. The former Minnesota Viking defensive end started 270 straight games. When he line up against the other teams tackles he had several head knocking, power lifting plays on every play while he was on the field. He was where the action is in the NFL, the interior line. Any man that starts in 270 consecutive games has to be famous for something and Jim Marshall holds the record for the shortest play in NFL history.
Yes we all know about this one the famous fumble recovery where Marshall ran the wrong way 66 yards for a saftey. In the NFL record books it is known as the shortest play in NFL history minus 66 yards. I can forgive Marshall's flub since on every play of his career there is helmet to helmet contact. He played a position where a man is a man. Not that glamor spot where you keep your hands warm under the centers butt. Then when the ball is snapped you run away from the real men and when they chase you you throw the ball to someone else.
Despite his record play Marshall was also the hero of the day later in that same game. He was not pining on the bench about his mistake. He had a sack fumble recovered by teammate Carl Eller which he ran the right way for a touchdown and the Vikings won the infamous wrong way game 27-22.
TV has to tell us something every second that we sit in front of it to hold our attention. Let's be real here. Brett Farve played 16 games a year. Lou Gehrig played in as many games in two years as Brett Farve played in twenty in the NFL. It least it is something for the TV to talk about.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Stretch Run In NFL
I think Tom Brady has put a stamp on the MVP of the NFL. Michael Vick will probably finish second. The NFL is a week to week league and it matters not what you did last week.
The Chargers last week gave up over two hundred yards rushing to Oakland and this week Kansas City comes one play of their lowest total yards total in their history. Oakland shuts down the Chargers run game last week and couldn't slow down the Jags Sunday.
Three weeks ago the Jets Mark Sanchez was being tauted as the great quarterback of the NFL future. Today he's the bum of the month as the J-E-T-S go two straight weeks without a touchdown.
The roof has fallen in on the Minnesota Vikings as their game with the Giants has been moved to Detroit and will be played tonight but you can only see that game if you have Direct TV. Brett Farve says if the game was played yesterday he would have not played. I guess that means he will tonight. Oh by the way how is Farve's broken foot. I wonder whether his foot was ever broken to begin with?
Are the Atlanta Falcons as good as their record 11-2. WOW! You had better keep an eye on the Saints as they are playing like Super Bowls Champs again.
Someone from the NFC West is going to win that division and with three weeks to go it looks as if the NFL will have their first division winner with a losing record. St Louis and Seattle at 6-7 are tied for the lead and San Fran at 5-8 is still alive.
The Tarboro Vikings celebrated the State Football Championship Sunday by riding in the Tarboro Christmas Parade. Luckily for the parade it was on Sunday instead of Saturday or no one in Tarboro would have seen the parade. They were all in Winston Salem pulling for the Vikes. The whole town!
The Chargers last week gave up over two hundred yards rushing to Oakland and this week Kansas City comes one play of their lowest total yards total in their history. Oakland shuts down the Chargers run game last week and couldn't slow down the Jags Sunday.
Three weeks ago the Jets Mark Sanchez was being tauted as the great quarterback of the NFL future. Today he's the bum of the month as the J-E-T-S go two straight weeks without a touchdown.
The roof has fallen in on the Minnesota Vikings as their game with the Giants has been moved to Detroit and will be played tonight but you can only see that game if you have Direct TV. Brett Farve says if the game was played yesterday he would have not played. I guess that means he will tonight. Oh by the way how is Farve's broken foot. I wonder whether his foot was ever broken to begin with?
Are the Atlanta Falcons as good as their record 11-2. WOW! You had better keep an eye on the Saints as they are playing like Super Bowls Champs again.
Someone from the NFC West is going to win that division and with three weeks to go it looks as if the NFL will have their first division winner with a losing record. St Louis and Seattle at 6-7 are tied for the lead and San Fran at 5-8 is still alive.
The Tarboro Vikings celebrated the State Football Championship Sunday by riding in the Tarboro Christmas Parade. Luckily for the parade it was on Sunday instead of Saturday or no one in Tarboro would have seen the parade. They were all in Winston Salem pulling for the Vikes. The whole town!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Twin Counties High School Sports Factor
If you go back to the spring of 2008 the Twin Counties has brought home four State Titles. Rocky Mount and Tarboro have carried the banners with Rocky Mount's baseball and Basketball championships and now with back to back football titles for Tarboro. If you include SouthWest Edgecombe's girls basketball title in 2005 the Twin Counties has had five in five years. This area has produced a state champion in each of the major sports in the last two years.
The POD system for the football playoffs brought on a state finals weekend full of a mixed bag. Both 4-A titles were blowout shutouts as Butler humbled Waked Forest Rolesville in the 4-AA game 44-0. The 4-A game saw Hillside of Durham pound Davie County 40-0.
The 3-AA produced a terrific game as Northern Guilford edge Shelby Crest 21-20. Northern Nash and Hunt fans can dream at how close they came to being in Northern Guilford's spot. The 3-A game was a ho-hummer a 34-7 victory by West Rowan over Eastern Alamance.
Tarboro's close game with Carver of 21-13 was not matched in the 2-AA game as Salisbury pummeled Elizabeth City Northeastern 30-0.
The best group of games was the 1-A and 1-AA games. Wallace Rose Hill won the 1-A game 22-21 over Murphy while Friday night's lone game saw Albemarle return to be state champions again beating Pender County 21-7. Hasn't been that long ago that Pender went several years without winning a game.
I case you haven't heard the NFL had moved theNew York Giants and Minnesota Vikings game to Monday last night because the Giants were snowed out in Kansas City and couldn't get to Minneapolis. This morning the roof has fallen in on the Metro Dome so just maybe they will play Monday night at the University of Minnesota if the teams can get there.
Duke keeps rolling along even without Irving. Carolina even though they scored 95 continue to struggle at guard. State wins again but are waiting for Smith's return.
I will havethe State Champion Tarboro Vikings with me live tonight on WHIG-TV starting at 8.00pm tonight.
The POD system for the football playoffs brought on a state finals weekend full of a mixed bag. Both 4-A titles were blowout shutouts as Butler humbled Waked Forest Rolesville in the 4-AA game 44-0. The 4-A game saw Hillside of Durham pound Davie County 40-0.
The 3-AA produced a terrific game as Northern Guilford edge Shelby Crest 21-20. Northern Nash and Hunt fans can dream at how close they came to being in Northern Guilford's spot. The 3-A game was a ho-hummer a 34-7 victory by West Rowan over Eastern Alamance.
Tarboro's close game with Carver of 21-13 was not matched in the 2-AA game as Salisbury pummeled Elizabeth City Northeastern 30-0.
The best group of games was the 1-A and 1-AA games. Wallace Rose Hill won the 1-A game 22-21 over Murphy while Friday night's lone game saw Albemarle return to be state champions again beating Pender County 21-7. Hasn't been that long ago that Pender went several years without winning a game.
I case you haven't heard the NFL had moved the
Duke keeps rolling along even without Irving. Carolina even though they scored 95 continue to struggle at guard. State wins again but are waiting for Smith's return.
I will have
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Vikings Are Perfect
The Tarboro Viking stopped the Yellow Jackets of Carver High on a fourth and One at the Viking 1/2 yard line with less than three minutes remaining in the game to preserve their perfect season and their second straight State 2-A football title. The Vikings repeat with a 21-13 victory at B B&T field on the campus of Wake Forest University.
The Viking tried their best to give the game away in the first half putting the ball on the ground five times. The first killing a great chance to take the early lead after Carver's pass was intercepted deep in Carver Territory.
Later a bad snap from center caused Carver to have first and goal on the Tarboro seven yard line when Tarboro failed to get a punt off which lead to Carver's first score and a seven -zero lead. Three more times the Viking put the ball on the on the ground luckily they recovered all three.
Late in the second quarter Todd Gurley broke a tackle and raced thirty nine yards and after the PAT lead 7-6. The ensuing kickoff Carver went well into Viking territory and was able to score just before the half to lead 13-7.
The third quarter belonged to the Vikings as the running game got going but oddly enough a touchdown pass got the Vikings the lead back. Carver thought they had a quarterback sack but Williams the Viking quarterback somehow delivered a pass to the goal line in which the Carver defender thought he was going to intercept only to find Todd Gurley lying in the end zone with a Viking Touchdown.
The very next Carver drive Markel Howell intercepted a Yellow Jacket pass and officially ran 36 yards for the touchdown but his run with the ball was more like fifty yards. The Viking held Carver in check until they ran and old hook and ladder play which netted a big Yellow Jacket first down and momentum for the last gasp effort which the Vikings stopped inside the one.
Markel Howell was voted the Viking best defensive player. Chris Lane won the offensive performer and the MVP of the game was Todd Gurley who score two of the Viking touchdowns.
You can catch some of the players with me Sunday night on the Stretchlon Sports Show at 8.00pm on WHIG. You can also go the WHIG.com and watch on the internet if you are not able to watch on the cable.It will be fun hosting the champs again.
The Tarboro Vikings are the 2-A State Champs again with a perfect 16-0 record.
The Viking tried their best to give the game away in the first half putting the ball on the ground five times. The first killing a great chance to take the early lead after Carver's pass was intercepted deep in Carver Territory.
Later a bad snap from center caused Carver to have first and goal on the Tarboro seven yard line when Tarboro failed to get a punt off which lead to Carver's first score and a seven -zero lead. Three more times the Viking put the ball on the on the ground luckily they recovered all three.
Late in the second quarter Todd Gurley broke a tackle and raced thirty nine yards and after the PAT lead 7-6. The ensuing kickoff Carver went well into Viking territory and was able to score just before the half to lead 13-7.
The third quarter belonged to the Vikings as the running game got going but oddly enough a touchdown pass got the Vikings the lead back. Carver thought they had a quarterback sack but Williams the Viking quarterback somehow delivered a pass to the goal line in which the Carver defender thought he was going to intercept only to find Todd Gurley lying in the end zone with a Viking Touchdown.
The very next Carver drive Markel Howell intercepted a Yellow Jacket pass and officially ran 36 yards for the touchdown but his run with the ball was more like fifty yards. The Viking held Carver in check until they ran and old hook and ladder play which netted a big Yellow Jacket first down and momentum for the last gasp effort which the Vikings stopped inside the one.
Markel Howell was voted the Viking best defensive player. Chris Lane won the offensive performer and the MVP of the game was Todd Gurley who score two of the Viking touchdowns.
You can catch some of the players with me Sunday night on the Stretchlon Sports Show at 8.00pm on WHIG. You can also go the WHIG.com and watch on the internet if you are not able to watch on the cable.It will be fun hosting the champs again.
The Tarboro Vikings are the 2-A State Champs again with a perfect 16-0 record.
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