John Wooten the former Eastern Wayne baseball player and ECU multi position player was drafted in the 37th round by the Oakland A's and this past weekend he signed with the A's and he was shipped off to the Vermont River Monsters of the New York Penn League. This is the same team in which Xavier Macklin of Nash Central is playing with again this year.
Understand X is injured but I will get more details from either his mom or brother Khalil at the Legion game Friday. Why mention about John Wooten? If you remember Wooten was a member of the Eastern Wayne team that beat Northern Nash in the Eastern Finals the year Tyler Joyner was a senior and Joyner never pitched in the Eastern Regional because he had to pitch that Monday leading into the Thursday/Friday Regional. Why else would we mention Wooten? He is the son of former Gryphon great Sonny Wooten.
Friday night is maybe the biggest game of the year for Coleman Pitt Post 58 as they host Wilson for the second time this season. Last Thursday P 58 beat Post 13 8-3 but P13 had four players and their coach who were involved in the State games and did not play last time. P58 has a two game lead on P13 and after last night and we saw the team from Albemarle and we have now seen every team in the league this year, it surely looks like a two team league and if P58 can win Friday and stretch their lead to three games that would put P58 in the driver's seat for taking first place in the division and getting the home field advantage at least in the first two rounds of the playoffs.
Heard this rumor from a Nash Central fan. He hears that the weight room at Rocky Mount High School is full every time the weight room doors are open with players wanting to play football this year for Jason Battle. We all had heard last year that several players chose not to play for Dickie Schock but those seem to be back with Jason Battle as coach.
I still have the impression that the best team in the NBA playoffs in the finals is the OKC Thunder. However since their opening game rout they have played like a team that they thought they were suppose to win while LeBron has by far been the best player on the court every minute he has been in there. Miami looks like the team that wants to win while OKC looks like they are not ready to win yet. If I were a betting man I would say there is a 75% chance Miami wins it Thursday but if OKC can somehow get it back to game six and seven the pressure will then change to Miami's shoulders. If it goes back to OKC I'm still going with the team I think is the best(OKC) but it is Miami's title to lose.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Post 58 Rolls Again
There is good news with a ten run win in seven innings and I need to let you know there is bad also. Tonight Coleman Pitt Post 58 met Albemarle Post 84 for the first meeting ever between the two Posts since this is the first year of ball for P84. P58 now goes to 7-1 in conference play but the bad news is this. Our division this year is not very good at all. Only Wilson Post 13 can be rated as a good team and the other four Albemarle, Edenton, Ahoskie and Windsor are not very good at all.
The problem is this, we are not really getting enough good competition to get prepared for the playoffs, Not one of the bottom four has any quality pitching at all. Tonight P58 collected nine hits and received ten walks and hit batters to put Post 84 away in seven innings 13-3. That's not Post 58 fault but they need some 3-2 games that go nine innings just to get the feel of the competition. If you remember our division got knocked out of the playoffs quickly last year and the teams in our league were better last season. You can only play the teams on the schedule but we need a real test Friday night when Post 13 from Wilson returns to play Post 58.
Between last night and tonight Post 58 scored in all six innings that they batted in last night and they started tonight scoring in the first five innings to plate 12 runs. There is no way to check that but I would bet that is a record for consecutive innings scored in 11.
Kyle Pratt had three hits and three rbi while Matthew Berry had three and two rbi. Spires Miller has gotten a hit in each game last night and tonight but has walked seven times to reach base nine times in a row. Jeremy Lucas a hit and rbi. Jay Aparicio had a hit and two rbi.
There was a forty minute rain delay in the bottom of the first as Jeremy Sloops was the starting pitcher and he did not come back to pitch in the second. Coach Hank Jones used as many as he could trying not to use up any arms waiting on Post 13 Friday night. Chase Johnson, Tyler King and Jeremy Trevathan all threw two innings each.
That opening night rainout against Pitt County Post 39 has been added to the schedule as that game will now be played in Rocky Mount on July 3rd. That is a week before the playoffs starts and that is really a needed game against a quality team.
The problem is this, we are not really getting enough good competition to get prepared for the playoffs, Not one of the bottom four has any quality pitching at all. Tonight P58 collected nine hits and received ten walks and hit batters to put Post 84 away in seven innings 13-3. That's not Post 58 fault but they need some 3-2 games that go nine innings just to get the feel of the competition. If you remember our division got knocked out of the playoffs quickly last year and the teams in our league were better last season. You can only play the teams on the schedule but we need a real test Friday night when Post 13 from Wilson returns to play Post 58.
Between last night and tonight Post 58 scored in all six innings that they batted in last night and they started tonight scoring in the first five innings to plate 12 runs. There is no way to check that but I would bet that is a record for consecutive innings scored in 11.
Kyle Pratt had three hits and three rbi while Matthew Berry had three and two rbi. Spires Miller has gotten a hit in each game last night and tonight but has walked seven times to reach base nine times in a row. Jeremy Lucas a hit and rbi. Jay Aparicio had a hit and two rbi.
There was a forty minute rain delay in the bottom of the first as Jeremy Sloops was the starting pitcher and he did not come back to pitch in the second. Coach Hank Jones used as many as he could trying not to use up any arms waiting on Post 13 Friday night. Chase Johnson, Tyler King and Jeremy Trevathan all threw two innings each.
That opening night rainout against Pitt County Post 39 has been added to the schedule as that game will now be played in Rocky Mount on July 3rd. That is a week before the playoffs starts and that is really a needed game against a quality team.
Monday, June 18, 2012
UGGGLY
Coleman Pitt Post 58 picked up their seventh conference win in eight tries tonight beating Ahoskie Post 102 in seven innings 12-2. If this game had to have Russian judges to determine a winner then neither side would have been declared a winner. Post 58 committed 5 errors and three straight batters reached at one point on errors. Not to be outdone Post 102 had six miscues and two plays accounted for four of them. Twice on throws to second the ball was throw to center field and while trying to throw the runners out at third the balls were throw out of play allowing the runs to score.
Post 58 managed to score in all six innings that they batted collecting 13 hits. They were lead by Khalil Macklin who went 4-4. Chase Johnson was 3-5. Colton Vaughn collected two hits. Spires Miller, Matt Berry, Dillon Moore, Jeremy Sloop all had one hit but Post 102 pitching also walked or hit seven more batters.
Tyler King started on the mound for Post 58 and pitched into the fourth inning when Post 58 committed the three errors back to back to back. King had walked in a run in third Spencer Ramsey came in and once Post 58 got past the fourth Post 102 never had another base runner. Ramsey had two innings of three up and three down and Jeremy Trevathan did the same in the seventh. Ahoskie had four hits on the game and three came off King and only one from Ramsey.
P58 is right back on the diamond Tuesday night hosting Albemarle and this is a conference game. This is the new team from Elizabeth City that has joined the conference and game time will be at 7pm Tuesday.
Since returning from the graduation break P58 is 3-0 all conference wins and are now 9-4 overall and 7-1 in league play. They have a return game with Wilson Friday night at home. Going into tonight's game P58 had a two game lead in the conference race with Wilson at 5-3. Ahoskie, Windsor, Edenton and Albemarle are all battling to make the top four positions as the top four make the playoffs.
Post 58 managed to score in all six innings that they batted collecting 13 hits. They were lead by Khalil Macklin who went 4-4. Chase Johnson was 3-5. Colton Vaughn collected two hits. Spires Miller, Matt Berry, Dillon Moore, Jeremy Sloop all had one hit but Post 102 pitching also walked or hit seven more batters.
Tyler King started on the mound for Post 58 and pitched into the fourth inning when Post 58 committed the three errors back to back to back. King had walked in a run in third Spencer Ramsey came in and once Post 58 got past the fourth Post 102 never had another base runner. Ramsey had two innings of three up and three down and Jeremy Trevathan did the same in the seventh. Ahoskie had four hits on the game and three came off King and only one from Ramsey.
P58 is right back on the diamond Tuesday night hosting Albemarle and this is a conference game. This is the new team from Elizabeth City that has joined the conference and game time will be at 7pm Tuesday.
Since returning from the graduation break P58 is 3-0 all conference wins and are now 9-4 overall and 7-1 in league play. They have a return game with Wilson Friday night at home. Going into tonight's game P58 had a two game lead in the conference race with Wilson at 5-3. Ahoskie, Windsor, Edenton and Albemarle are all battling to make the top four positions as the top four make the playoffs.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
U S Open Champ A Demon Deacon
Raleigh native and Charlotte resident Webb Simpson who went to Wake Forest on an Arnold Palmer Scholarship and tonight he is the U S Open Champion after shooting two 68's on the weekend. He posted his one over score and stood in the clubhouse to make sure that Jim Furyk didn't come back to tie and Graeam McDowell did make back to back birdies on 17 and 18 to tie and send the championship to a Monday playoff.
Lauren Doughtie shot a one over 73 today and finished tied for 23rd spot. on the Futures Tour Players Championship. She stays in the top ten for the year with her performance. She shot a -2 for the weekend.
Game three of the NBA finals goes to the Miami Heat in a really close game from start to finish. OKC needs to win one of the next two games to even be able to get the final two games back in Oklahoma. You know these two teams are rather close and this looks like a seven game series now but OKC needs to win one this week
Monday night at Gryphon Stadium Rocky Mount Post 58 plays their third straight home game as they host Ahoskie in a conference game. P58 is 5-1 in the league with Wilson coming back on Friday for another conference test. Tuesday a team from Albemarle will split up the conference matches with a trip here to Rocky Mount.
I have a rather busy week lined up PA work Monday and Tuesday night. Little League finals on Wednesday for the All New Sports Show and back for PA again on Friday. Maybe by Thursday I will find something to do then.
It will be interesting to see how the TV ratings turn out for the U S Open and for the NBA Finals without Tiger being in contention by the time the basketball game hit the airways. If you have direct TV you could see every shot he made as his group was the #2 group when they followed his group every step of the way. I personally didn't see much of the b ball game as I followed golf all night.
Lauren Doughtie shot a one over 73 today and finished tied for 23rd spot. on the Futures Tour Players Championship. She stays in the top ten for the year with her performance. She shot a -2 for the weekend.
Game three of the NBA finals goes to the Miami Heat in a really close game from start to finish. OKC needs to win one of the next two games to even be able to get the final two games back in Oklahoma. You know these two teams are rather close and this looks like a seven game series now but OKC needs to win one this week
Monday night at Gryphon Stadium Rocky Mount Post 58 plays their third straight home game as they host Ahoskie in a conference game. P58 is 5-1 in the league with Wilson coming back on Friday for another conference test. Tuesday a team from Albemarle will split up the conference matches with a trip here to Rocky Mount.
I have a rather busy week lined up PA work Monday and Tuesday night. Little League finals on Wednesday for the All New Sports Show and back for PA again on Friday. Maybe by Thursday I will find something to do then.
It will be interesting to see how the TV ratings turn out for the U S Open and for the NBA Finals without Tiger being in contention by the time the basketball game hit the airways. If you have direct TV you could see every shot he made as his group was the #2 group when they followed his group every step of the way. I personally didn't see much of the b ball game as I followed golf all night.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Prime Time Golf
Brace yourself for a Father's day late afternoon of golf and early evening before you know who is the 112th U S Open Champion. A 17 year old kid has a shot and Tiger looks dead. There is something about watching golf when the pros are putting ten footers for par on every hole that just makes me feel good. My guess the winner Sunday will either be Furyk, Dufner or Webb Simpson from Raleigh. I told you this yesterday that Tiger's putter no longer can save him on days when he is all over the golf course.
Talk about feeling good Lauren Doughtie has another great day in the Players Championship on the Futures Tour. She shoots an even par 72 and she moved from tied for ninth to tied for fourth in the biggest Futures tour event of the year.. Lauren's last five rounds of golf have been 72,71,69,69 72. This is by far the best golf of her life and ironically she was four shots back last week when she won. She starts Sunday four back and the Tournament is in Decateur Illinois. I guess it is to keep from being in conflict with the U S Open she tees off Sunday morning at 9.25 AM in the next to last group of the day. That tournament will be over by the time the leaders in the OPEN tee off.
Sunday night on the All New Sports Show you can see the Legion game played last Thursday between Rocky Mount and Wilson. This coming Wednesday night I will be at the Sports Complex doing what could be the championship game in the Little League Tournament in Rocky Mount.
Sunday night we will be back to NBA basketball as game three will be played. I don't know why they take so many days off between games in the NBA. They last played Thursday night. I like the way hockey does it. Every other night. If you make the hockey playoffs you know you will play every other night until you are knocked out. It does not matter what round they drop the puck and play.
Talk about feeling good Lauren Doughtie has another great day in the Players Championship on the Futures Tour. She shoots an even par 72 and she moved from tied for ninth to tied for fourth in the biggest Futures tour event of the year.. Lauren's last five rounds of golf have been 72,71,69,69 72. This is by far the best golf of her life and ironically she was four shots back last week when she won. She starts Sunday four back and the Tournament is in Decateur Illinois. I guess it is to keep from being in conflict with the U S Open she tees off Sunday morning at 9.25 AM in the next to last group of the day. That tournament will be over by the time the leaders in the OPEN tee off.
Sunday night on the All New Sports Show you can see the Legion game played last Thursday between Rocky Mount and Wilson. This coming Wednesday night I will be at the Sports Complex doing what could be the championship game in the Little League Tournament in Rocky Mount.
Sunday night we will be back to NBA basketball as game three will be played. I don't know why they take so many days off between games in the NBA. They last played Thursday night. I like the way hockey does it. Every other night. If you make the hockey playoffs you know you will play every other night until you are knocked out. It does not matter what round they drop the puck and play.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Post 58 Wins Again
It is amazing what playing at home can do for almost every team. Coleman Pitt Post 58 remained undefeated at home with a 15-7 win over Edenton tonight in Rocky Mount.
I missed tonight's game so I don't have many details other than this is their fifth win in six games within the conference for Post 58. They will continue their five game home stand with their third home game in a row Monday night as they host Ahoskie for the second time this year. You may remember it took a seven run 7th inning for P58 to beat Ahoskie 7-3 a couple of weeks ago in Rocky Mount.
There is one really good thing about major golf championships on the west coast. You can watch golf to dark thirty on TV. Tiger is right at the top. He seems to have his golf game as good as it has been in the last several years. His biggest problem is he can no longer count on making every putt within eight feet like he use too.
Follow up in the next tournament after her biggest day in golf. This week in the Futures Tour is their biggie tournament of the year The Players. Lauren Doughtie shoots an opening round 69 which is good to be tied for ninth. The good news is cloud nine did not effect her game this week as she is three under par and I don't care how big the tournament is every week just that I will take her shooting 69 every day and if it doesn't win so be it.
So far the first two games of the NBA finals have almost had the same script in both games. Game one once OKC got rid of the first time in the finals jitters they were by far the best team. Game two OKC played like they thought they were going to win and Miami was going to lay down for them and that didn't happen.
The next three games will be in Miami so the pressure now falls on OKC to at least win one in Miami in order to get games six and seven back home. I still see OKC winning as in both games in the fourth quarter Miami looked old and tired compared to OKC.
I missed tonight's game so I don't have many details other than this is their fifth win in six games within the conference for Post 58. They will continue their five game home stand with their third home game in a row Monday night as they host Ahoskie for the second time this year. You may remember it took a seven run 7th inning for P58 to beat Ahoskie 7-3 a couple of weeks ago in Rocky Mount.
There is one really good thing about major golf championships on the west coast. You can watch golf to dark thirty on TV. Tiger is right at the top. He seems to have his golf game as good as it has been in the last several years. His biggest problem is he can no longer count on making every putt within eight feet like he use too.
Follow up in the next tournament after her biggest day in golf. This week in the Futures Tour is their biggie tournament of the year The Players. Lauren Doughtie shoots an opening round 69 which is good to be tied for ninth. The good news is cloud nine did not effect her game this week as she is three under par and I don't care how big the tournament is every week just that I will take her shooting 69 every day and if it doesn't win so be it.
So far the first two games of the NBA finals have almost had the same script in both games. Game one once OKC got rid of the first time in the finals jitters they were by far the best team. Game two OKC played like they thought they were going to win and Miami was going to lay down for them and that didn't happen.
The next three games will be in Miami so the pressure now falls on OKC to at least win one in Miami in order to get games six and seven back home. I still see OKC winning as in both games in the fourth quarter Miami looked old and tired compared to OKC.
Corn Stalks In Rocky Mount
Tonight Coleman Pitt Post 58 put everyone on a bleacher in a cornfield in Iowa. There was a time tonight I could see Shoeless Joe Jackson looking from within the cornstalks wanting to come on the field and be a part of the fun. Tonight Post 58 wore brand new throw back uniforms that looked of the White Sox of the 20's.
Having a week off Post 58 sent Cam Webb to the Hill where he pitched eight innings of 11 hit baseball. He seemed to always be in trouble but never in danger. Seven of the eight position players got at least one hit lead by Khalil Macklin with two hits and two rbi, Tyler Wooten two hits a a ribby, Jeremy Sloop had two dings and a run knocked in while Colton Vaughn has two singles and a rbi.
In all Post 58 plated eight runs on 12 hits and got back on the winning track with a 8-3 victory of Wilson Post 13. Every time you looked around Webb had base runners on as Post 13 had 11 hits but managed only a single run in the first and two more in the fourth. Jeremy Trevathan came in and pitched the ninth for Coleman Pitt who now goes to 7-4 on the season but the most important stat is they are 4-1 in league play.
They will not have long off as they will play home again Friday night as Edenton will be in town for another conference game. Tonight The All New Sports Show was in the house taping the game which can be seen on WHIG-TV this Sunday night at 8PM. Wes Bradshaw did the call and Edward Green ran the camera and color.
Having a week off Post 58 sent Cam Webb to the Hill where he pitched eight innings of 11 hit baseball. He seemed to always be in trouble but never in danger. Seven of the eight position players got at least one hit lead by Khalil Macklin with two hits and two rbi, Tyler Wooten two hits a a ribby, Jeremy Sloop had two dings and a run knocked in while Colton Vaughn has two singles and a rbi.
In all Post 58 plated eight runs on 12 hits and got back on the winning track with a 8-3 victory of Wilson Post 13. Every time you looked around Webb had base runners on as Post 13 had 11 hits but managed only a single run in the first and two more in the fourth. Jeremy Trevathan came in and pitched the ninth for Coleman Pitt who now goes to 7-4 on the season but the most important stat is they are 4-1 in league play.
They will not have long off as they will play home again Friday night as Edenton will be in town for another conference game. Tonight The All New Sports Show was in the house taping the game which can be seen on WHIG-TV this Sunday night at 8PM. Wes Bradshaw did the call and Edward Green ran the camera and color.
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