Macklin's Swat Smacks Northern

Khalil Macklin's three run home run  in the eighth inning powered the Bulldogs of Nash Central to a 7-4 extra inning win over the Knights of Northern Nash. The homer was Macklins only hit of the game but it proved to be the game winner.

It didn't look as if the Bulldogs would make it to extra innings as Madison Mayo lead off the Knight bottom of the seventh inning with a double but Northern failed to get the winning run home before the third out.

Northern took a 1-0 lead in the first on a Steve  William's  home run in the first.  The 1-0 lead faded when Nash Central scored three runs in the third two coming off the bat of Jordan Taylor who double in two runs and score on the next hit by Dillon Moore.

Northern would tie up the game on a rbi single by Fuller Weatherly and a double by Steve Williams. Nash Central scored an unearn run to regain the lead only to see Northern tie it right back up at 4-4.

Nash Central goes to 1-1 in Big East while Northern falls to 1-2.  Nash Central plays Hunt while Northern plays Fike Thursday.

Thomas Berry hit a grand slam in the first inning which gave Benton Moss a 4-0 lead when he went to the mound at Fike tonight but the Gryphons kept adding to the total and win at 10-0.  Moss gets victory #28 which ties him for the all time wins record at Rocky Mount at 28.

Rocky Mount is home to Southern Nash Thursday night.  Rocky Mount is now 2-1 in conference play while Fike falls to 1-1.

Hunt won in six innings over Southern Nash  11-1.  Now everyone in the league has played at least two games and Hunt is  the only unbeaten at 3-0.  Rocky Mount is 2-1.  Nash Central and Fike are 1-1.  Northern Nash is 1-2 and Southern Nash finds themselves 0-3.

Hunt will try to run off and hide from everyone if they can beat Nash Central on Thursday.  They could be 4-0 having played everyone once except Fike.   Rocky Mount will throw the entire pitching staff at Southern if needed and  Northern Needs a win badly when they play Fike Thursday.

The Carolina Hurricanes shut out Chicago Blackhawks tonight to stay alive for a playoff spot.  They have two games left and need to win both and hope for help.

Now that we all have had time to digest the new Coach announcement at N C State think about this.  Mark Gottfried trails on Coach K, Roy Williams and Gary Williams in percentage of years coaching and the number of trips to the NCAA Tournament.  He has been a D-1 coach for 14 seasons and been in the NCAA seven times.  That's better than any other ACC coach other than the big three.

Rained out Again

Tonight's game with Fike at Fike has been postponed until Wednesday night.

The Northern Nash At Nash Central game has also been rained out and they will also play Wednesday night.  Instead of playing at Nash Central they are switching to Northern Nash.  There is a track meet at Nash Central Wednesday so the switch is being made to play at Northern for baseball.  The second time around Northern will travel to Nash Central.

The weather and Easter are really taking a toll on spring sports  this year and most teams are to the point that they need to make any rain out up as soon as possible.

Last Night Northern Nash girls beat Rocky Mount in soccer 2-1 in overtime.You know that had to be a great game.

Lady Gryphon softball took another hit on the chin last night as they fell to Roanoke Rapids.  They only have one more non-conference game left on May the 4th against Louisburg a team that beat Rocky Mount 7-4 a month ago.  That Louisburg game  they still may be looking for their first victory of the season and it is at home.

The national championship game in college basketball was a real stinker.  It was the lowest scoring final game since 1949.  I am really having a hard time saying that athletes are better today than in years past.  The Kentucky Game last Saturday when they called time out with ten seconds to play trailing by two points and never once even tried to go inside but took a wild three point shot tells me that today's player is more worried about being the hero instead of doing what is best for his team.  Kentucky had no hero's Saturday.

This weekend is my favorite of all in every year.  The Masters is up front this weekend in sports.  I doesn't matter how bad the winter has been but the Masters is like the Groundhog and the official announcement of spring is here.  When Arnold Palmer or Jack Nicklaus hits that first ball off the tee Thursday morning spring is here.

                                                           Urgent


North Carolina State has announced a 5.00pm news conference where they will name Mark Gottfried as the new Wolfpack Basketball coach.  Gottfried comes from Alabama where he was fired in 2009.  Gottfried has been a TV analyst since Alabama.

 Gottfried took Alabama to the NCAA tournament half of his years in Tuscaloosa.  You also have to remember if there is one football school in this country it would be Alabama.  So taking any teams to the NCAA is hugh in Alabama.  I can't say this is a home run but it is not even close to being a disaster that all the national media was spinning.