The North Carolina High school playoffs start Monday and both Gryphon Teams get a home game on Monday. I am shooting this out in the dark but I guess the girls game start and 6.00 and boys to follow.
Four teams from the Big East are in the boys bracket as #1 Big East Hunt has a home date with Jacksonville the #5 seed from the Coastal conference. Hunt carries a 14-7 record while Jacksonville is in the playoffs 8-15.
Big East #2 Rocky Mount has a date with Currituck the #2 from the Northeast Coastal. They have a 2-21 record heading to Rocky Mount. Rocky Mount the Big East tournament champs will carry a 19-7 record looking for #20. Rocky Mount should hit the road should they beat Currituck. They are matched up with Southern Wayne #1 Eastern Carolina/D H Conley winner #3 from the Coastal. If Rocky Mount wins and Southern Wayne wins the Gryphons would go there on Wednesday.
Big East #3 Nash Central 15-9 hits the road traveling to #2 Coastal West Craven. WC is 18-5 and the #2 seed in the Coastal. Fourth seeded Northern Nash is also on road as they travel west to south of Raleigh to take on Southern Lee #1 seed from the Cape Fear Valley who come into this matchup at 18-4. Northern after their third lost to Rocky Mount this year stands at 15-7.
The #1 girls team from the Big East Rocky Mount will open the playoffs at home to Jacksonville who stands at 10-14 and the #5 seed from the Coastal. Should the Lady gryphons win they are in the same bracket with #2 seed Triton/#3 seed South Brunswick. so if the Ladies win Monday they are home to either team Wednesday.
#2 Big East Northern Nash has a home game Monday meeting Currituck #2 NE Coastal like the boys Currituck team a whopping 2-21. Should Northern advance they are matched against #1 Eastern Carolina C B Aycock/#3 West Carteret. Aycock has a record of 17-6 and West Carteret 18-6. Northern would travel in a second round game to Aycock or be home to West Carteret,
#3 Big East Fike travels to #2 Coastal Havelock. Fike is 13-10 and Havelock 12-8. #4 Hunt pounds the highway pavement towards Western Harnett #1 Cape Fear Valley sporting a 18-5 record.
Sunday night we will be doing a live show on the Stretchlon Sports Show. We will be interviewing the Nash Central indoor track members that made all State in indoor track including Will Bass who won two State Titles. All so in the house will be will be Rocky Mount all state performer. Nash Central will kick off the show while Rocky Mount will appear about 8.40pm.
Football News Terrell Hudgins left today to head to football preseason camp for the Chicago rush of the indoor Arena league football. Good Luck Terrell!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Life Goes On
When I picked up the paper Friday morning I was sad to see that Nick Carmarota was announcing in the "Telegram" that Friday was his last day. I have sat beside him every night this week during the Big East Tournament. Oddly enough I sat beside him last year almost to the day when this wide eyed young kid comes walking up to the press table at Rocky Mount High. You could just tell that he didn't know what to do or where to go.
I introduced myself and sat with him that evening and gave him all the ins and outs of the Gryphon season to this point. During the past year our paths have crossed probably fifty times on the trail of a sports story. When I see a young whipper snapper like Nick come along it reminds me of those days when I thought I was going to be the best Disc Jockey that had ever spun a record.
Nick is a very likable guy considering he's a Yankee. He has learned his trade well having won an award this week from the N C Press Association. Nick is heading up to DC to work for one of the many papers in the Metro area "The Gazette" which will have about twenty times more reader than the "Telegram". I think this move has something to do with a female as well as working for a major market newspaper.
Hate to see you go Nick. Have a good life. All you guys promise you will come back and see us so I won't hold it against you when you don't. Who ever follows your footsteps has got a huge responsibility because we expect who ever it is to cover two local state champions next year like you did. What a year Nick. So long fellow.
Friday Campbell and N C A&T played a double header in Greensboro and former Nash Central star Xavier Macklin smacked two home runs one in each game. Former Gryphon star Ben Fish caught the second game for Campbell getting two hits in three trips and drove home two runs. A&T won the opener while the Camels won the second game. They play a double header Saturday in Buies Creek.
Will update Basketball Brackets Saturday night
I introduced myself and sat with him that evening and gave him all the ins and outs of the Gryphon season to this point. During the past year our paths have crossed probably fifty times on the trail of a sports story. When I see a young whipper snapper like Nick come along it reminds me of those days when I thought I was going to be the best Disc Jockey that had ever spun a record.
Nick is a very likable guy considering he's a Yankee. He has learned his trade well having won an award this week from the N C Press Association. Nick is heading up to DC to work for one of the many papers in the Metro area "The Gazette" which will have about twenty times more reader than the "Telegram". I think this move has something to do with a female as well as working for a major market newspaper.
Hate to see you go Nick. Have a good life. All you guys promise you will come back and see us so I won't hold it against you when you don't. Who ever follows your footsteps has got a huge responsibility because we expect who ever it is to cover two local state champions next year like you did. What a year Nick. So long fellow.
Friday Campbell and N C A&T played a double header in Greensboro and former Nash Central star Xavier Macklin smacked two home runs one in each game. Former Gryphon star Ben Fish caught the second game for Campbell getting two hits in three trips and drove home two runs. A&T won the opener while the Camels won the second game. They play a double header Saturday in Buies Creek.
Will update Basketball Brackets Saturday night
Friday, February 18, 2011
Gryphons Sweep Titles
I walked in the gym tonight at 5.30 and there was well over 100 people standing in line to get into tonight's championship games. They also had a counter standing near the security screening and they were counting people as they entered. Entering the gym there was already 500 sitting and watching an empty floor waiting to see any thing at that point.
If you were a Gryphon fan you got your monies worth and if you pulled for Northern and about half the gym did they went home sad. Lady Gryphons pulled away late to take the Women's Big East title 55-40 while the men's game went right down to the last turnover before the Gryphons walk off winners 71-68.
The Ladies were playing for the #1 seed in the sectionals and to say that the blood was flying was no lie as Charice Bullock of Northern just maybe had her front teeth knocked out in the second quarter as it was that kind of game. Rocky Mount played without starting guard Marquita Hines who injured her wrist in last night's win in the semi finals. Eight players played for Rocky Mount but mostly Pam Gainey went with six players for most of the game. The Gryphons were prepared tonight for the smothering defense that Northern laid on them last Friday night.
J'Kyra Brown the tournament MVP scored 18 points sharing the point guard duty with Carmen Richardson and Ty'ais Cooper. Tia Hudgins (All Tournament) lead the scoring with 19 and Timisha Walker got 10 rebounds.
Khadijah Richardson lead Northern with 12. Rocky Mount stopped Jasmine Griffin who scored 23 inside last night but collected only five tonight. Rocky Mount heads intothe State Playoffs 23-3 while Northern isn't shabby at all at 19-3.
The boys game can be summed it easily. Turnovers! Northern had 30 while the Gryphons had 17 but the second half was the tale. Northern had 18 turnovers while Rocky Mount just had 6 and Northern went from leading by six at the half to down by as many as 10 with three minutes to play.
Exzavier Cooper saved his best game as a Gryphon for tonight as he scored 28 and won the MVP. One of the hottest players in the league right now Terrell Hilliard scored 13 and joined the all tournamentteam .
The Freeman Brothers Darius 13 points 12 rebounds and DeShawn 15 points 11 rebounds were also named all tournament. Northern won the rebounding battle 38-26 but the turnovers were too much to over come. Mitchell Wells had one of his games of his career for Northern with 14 points.
Rocky Mount heads into the playoffs 19-7 and a #2 seed and Northern 16-8 a 4 seed. The brackets will be out Saturday afternoon for the upcoming state playoffs.
The NCHSAA disqualified Hunt from the wrestling playoffs as well as several other teams for not reporting their correct record. It is a shame that players work so hard to excel in their sport and they lose it all because someone wasn't paying attention.
If you were a Gryphon fan you got your monies worth and if you pulled for Northern and about half the gym did they went home sad. Lady Gryphons pulled away late to take the Women's Big East title 55-40 while the men's game went right down to the last turnover before the Gryphons walk off winners 71-68.
The Ladies were playing for the #1 seed in the sectionals and to say that the blood was flying was no lie as Charice Bullock of Northern just maybe had her front teeth knocked out in the second quarter as it was that kind of game. Rocky Mount played without starting guard Marquita Hines who injured her wrist in last night's win in the semi finals. Eight players played for Rocky Mount but mostly Pam Gainey went with six players for most of the game. The Gryphons were prepared tonight for the smothering defense that Northern laid on them last Friday night.
J'Kyra Brown the tournament MVP scored 18 points sharing the point guard duty with Carmen Richardson and Ty'ais Cooper. Tia Hudgins (All Tournament) lead the scoring with 19 and Timisha Walker got 10 rebounds.
Khadijah Richardson lead Northern with 12. Rocky Mount stopped Jasmine Griffin who scored 23 inside last night but collected only five tonight. Rocky Mount heads into
The boys game can be summed it easily. Turnovers! Northern had 30 while the Gryphons had 17 but the second half was the tale. Northern had 18 turnovers while Rocky Mount just had 6 and Northern went from leading by six at the half to down by as many as 10 with three minutes to play.
Exzavier Cooper saved his best game as a Gryphon for tonight as he scored 28 and won the MVP. One of the hottest players in the league right now Terrell Hilliard scored 13 and joined the all tournament
The Freeman Brothers Darius 13 points 12 rebounds and DeShawn 15 points 11 rebounds were also named all tournament. Northern won the rebounding battle 38-26 but the turnovers were too much to over come. Mitchell Wells had one of his games of his career for Northern with 14 points.
Rocky Mount heads into the playoffs 19-7 and a #2 seed and Northern 16-8 a 4 seed. The brackets will be out Saturday afternoon for the upcoming state playoffs.
The NCHSAA disqualified Hunt from the wrestling playoffs as well as several other teams for not reporting their correct record. It is a shame that players work so hard to excel in their sport and they lose it all because someone wasn't paying attention.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Show Down Friday
As expected both Rocky Mount and Northern Nash's girls won their semifinal games tonight leading to a showdown between the Top two seeds from the Big East with the #1 seed in the sectionals on the line. Normally the #1 seed always belongs to the team that finishes first in the regular season regardless of what happens in the tournament but since both finished tied for first the #1 seed in the sectional playoffs goes to Friday's winner.
The home Gryphons passed the ball tonight as if the balls were in slow motion there was no crispness in their passes and and it lead to 26 turnovers to 16 for Hunt and it kept the #4 seed Hunt Warriors in the game until the last few minutes. Rocky Mount dominated the boards winning that 38-16.
Coach Pam Gainey went with a big lineup tonight using Kushunn Seabreeze in the middle and bringing Ty'ais Cooper off the bench. If you look at teams at any level of sports when they have a long winning streak snapped like the Lady Gryphons did last week in their lost at home to Northern the Ladies looked as if they lacked confidence. Despite that they Beat Hunt 49-39.
Tia Hudgins and J'Kyra Brown took it upon themselves to score when Rocky Mount needed it and got rebounds. Hudgins scored 16 and recovered 9 boards while Brown had a double double 14 points and ten Rebounds.. Marquita Hines had ten in support.
Quenesha Brown and Lizzy Madden each had 12 for Hunt. DaNesha White lead Hunt with 5 rebounds. Tamisha Walker had 7 boards for the Gryphons so Rocky Mount had three players with more rebounds than Hunt's leader.
The nightcap was almost a replay of the first game as Fike hung close to Northern Nash but Northern pulled away late to win 59-49, Neitherteam wanted to keep the ball as Northern had 28 turnovers and still won the game. Fike didn't help their cause having 23 to's. Northern won the rebounding battle 27-17.
The star of the game for Northern was Jasmine Griffin as she had open two foot shots all night long scoring 23 and she dominated the boards gobbling up 10. Meredith Pruden and Alicia Baines kept Fike in the game putting in 15 points a piece.
Friday night it's Northern against Rocky Mount for all the Tournament marbles. Girls play at six and the boys hit the floor ten minutes after the girls game is over.
Northern will be without backup point guard Amanda Griffin Friday night as she in taking part inthe State Junior Miss Scholarship Program in Greensboro. Today the girls went through the interview with the judges which is a big part of the program. Tonight they had dress rehearsals getting ready for the finals Friday night. GOOD LUCK AMANDA!
The home Gryphons passed the ball tonight as if the balls were in slow motion there was no crispness in their passes and and it lead to 26 turnovers to 16 for Hunt and it kept the #4 seed Hunt Warriors in the game until the last few minutes. Rocky Mount dominated the boards winning that 38-16.
Coach Pam Gainey went with a big lineup tonight using Kushunn Seabreeze in the middle and bringing Ty'ais Cooper off the bench. If you look at teams at any level of sports when they have a long winning streak snapped like the Lady Gryphons did last week in their lost at home to Northern the Ladies looked as if they lacked confidence. Despite that they Beat Hunt 49-39.
Tia Hudgins and J'Kyra Brown took it upon themselves to score when Rocky Mount needed it and got rebounds. Hudgins scored 16 and recovered 9 boards while Brown had a double double 14 points and ten Rebounds.. Marquita Hines had ten in support.
Quenesha Brown and Lizzy Madden each had 12 for Hunt. DaNesha White lead Hunt with 5 rebounds. Tamisha Walker had 7 boards for the Gryphons so Rocky Mount had three players with more rebounds than Hunt's leader.
The nightcap was almost a replay of the first game as Fike hung close to Northern Nash but Northern pulled away late to win 59-49, Neither
The star of the game for Northern was Jasmine Griffin as she had open two foot shots all night long scoring 23 and she dominated the boards gobbling up 10. Meredith Pruden and Alicia Baines kept Fike in the game putting in 15 points a piece.
Friday night it's Northern against Rocky Mount for all the Tournament marbles. Girls play at six and the boys hit the floor ten minutes after the girls game is over.
Northern will be without backup point guard Amanda Griffin Friday night as she in taking part in
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