Several years ago during the B W Holt era Rocky Mount drew Jacksonville in the opening round game and the Cardinals came into that game 2-8. I think that was one of the years when Rocky Mount was undefeated and after being ahead by 40 the clock ran the entire second half of that game. If you are expecting that kind of game you had better take an aspirin as that ain't going to happen this time.
Jacksonville is 4-3 in the Coastal 3-A and 7-3 over all. Their three losses were to Washington 35-0, Havelock 42-12 and D H Conley 31-14. Nobody has touched Havelock and Conley has lost to only Havelock and the rule makers after having to forfeit two games.
They are coached by Beau Williams who has a very familiar father in Chip Williams who just might be on the side lines helping his son this Friday as Chip is of course the former, Bertie, Rose and New Bern coach who has coached against Rocky Mount with all three of those teams.
Their high water mark on the year was scoring 28 points against South Central and White Oak and on the year are averaging just 14 points per game. The Gryphons on the other hand are averaging 24 per contest and they have scored at least 25 the last three games.
Both defenses are yielding near the same Jacksonville at 21 per ball game and the Gryphons just over 19. The undefeated team Havelock laced the Cardinals for 42 points while the undefeated team on Rocky Mount's schedule Hunt produced 28.
All in all this is a very good match up in the opening round but that should be expected when you have a four seed in Rocky Mount matched up against the five seed. This is suppose to be a close game by seedings.
I am completely lost as to explain the POD system. Jacksonville is coming a 100 miles to Rocky Mount while Currituck is traveling 165 to play Havelock. Should the Gryphons win they probably would go to Havelock which is 110 miles. Wouldn't be much better if they had to go to Currituck. Lord help if Jacksonville had to go to Currituck. All this travel and Southern Nash is going 10 mile to play conference foe Hunt. I honestly feel like they are trying to make the seedings this year so bad that the coaches will vote to do away with the POD next year.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Every Team Needs A Williams Family
I was so glad to see the article last Thursday in the Telegram on Northern Nash's David Williams having been given a spot of the Duke baseball team for next season. David and has family are A typical sports family of the 21st century. David's life is baseball and his entire family has lived that dream with him from his grand parents right on up to mom and dad.
Like so many sports families of today whether it is AAU basketball, soccer you name the sport David and his family have traveled many miles over the years watching David play ball. David came up through the Rocky Mount Recreation baseball program and they have been to many tournaments representing Rocky Mount and the older David got Northern Nash.
.David is not the best player on the team but his efforts make him close to the top. If every team was full of David Williams type players any team would be hard to beat. It is great to see that Duke has taken notice. David is near the top in Academics at Northern Nash and Duke spotted that first. Yes there is a reward for study and the Williams family has given the proper focus to both.
Not only has Northern Nash had a baseball player but with him comes parents willing to help out the program in what ever way they are needed. I am so proud of who David Williams is and what he has left to be. I can't wait to drive to Durham and watch David play ball and I know when I get there Jeff and Nan will be there as always helping Duke in what ever way Duke needs their help.
Since this has been about family today and just have to gloat just a little. Yesterday at Campbell was Military Appreciation Day. Daughter Morgan sang the National Anthem. Morgan has done a lot of singing in her life but it took a bus ride to a volleyball game before any one at Campbell knew she could sing a little bit. During one of those Freshman have to perform in front of the team deals Morgan had to stand up on the bus and sing while traveling home one weekend. Campbell's coach's husband is a Army Helicopter pilot in Afghanistan right now. Kind of a special moment in the Doughtie family's life.
Like so many sports families of today whether it is AAU basketball, soccer you name the sport David and his family have traveled many miles over the years watching David play ball. David came up through the Rocky Mount Recreation baseball program and they have been to many tournaments representing Rocky Mount and the older David got Northern Nash.
.David is not the best player on the team but his efforts make him close to the top. If every team was full of David Williams type players any team would be hard to beat. It is great to see that Duke has taken notice. David is near the top in Academics at Northern Nash and Duke spotted that first. Yes there is a reward for study and the Williams family has given the proper focus to both.
Not only has Northern Nash had a baseball player but with him comes parents willing to help out the program in what ever way they are needed. I am so proud of who David Williams is and what he has left to be. I can't wait to drive to Durham and watch David play ball and I know when I get there Jeff and Nan will be there as always helping Duke in what ever way Duke needs their help.
Since this has been about family today and just have to gloat just a little. Yesterday at Campbell was Military Appreciation Day. Daughter Morgan sang the National Anthem. Morgan has done a lot of singing in her life but it took a bus ride to a volleyball game before any one at Campbell knew she could sing a little bit. During one of those Freshman have to perform in front of the team deals Morgan had to stand up on the bus and sing while traveling home one weekend. Campbell's coach's husband is a Army Helicopter pilot in Afghanistan right now. Kind of a special moment in the Doughtie family's life.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Somebody Got To Do Some splaining
Let's all throw our hands up in the air as the football brackets have now reached the ridiculous and somewhere the
Big East has made somebodies list of let's take them out to the woodshed.
3-AA Hunt is undefeated and 10-0 seeded third in their pod. Southern Nash 8-2 the #2 seed from Big East has been seeded 6th in their pod and will play Hunt in the first round. Now I don't know whether this is a punishment for Southern or Hunt but this just can not be right. I can see a 1 from a conference play a 4 but hold the phone here.
Tarboro after beating Beddingfield last night 34-0 will play them again next Friday they will play in Tarboro. As long as the Vikes win they get at least three home games. I can understand this game bracket but there is no way the NCHSAA can explain SN and Hunt first round no better than President Obama explained the other night in the debate why gas prices are $3.50 a gallon now over four years ago when they were $1.90.
Rocky Mount as the third team from the Big East gets a home game against Jaxsonville in the 3-A bracket and should they win they will meet the Havelock-Currictuck winner. How does the second seed from our league hit the road and the third get a home game. It's time for more splaining. By the way where is Fike the Big East number 4 seed isn't in the tournament.
SouthWest Edgecombe 5-5 gets about where they thought as they draw in the 2-AA East Duplin 9-1 and North Edgecombe plays at home against Weldon.
The Price sisters of Nash Central finish second in the state finals in tennis as they lose to a team from Charlotte Catholic another one of those private schools that wins a lot of titles 6-0-6-1
The Regional Cross Country Northern Nash finished third to qualify for the state finals next week. Rocky Mount finished fifth and didn't qualify. However Mason Holt did as he finished second with a time of 16:52 and he beat out Steven Whitehead of Northern who was third and he is also headed to the state.
Nash Central's Michaela Williams is heading as an individual runner in the girls but no team made it. Rocky Mount finished fifth.
Big East has made somebodies list of let's take them out to the woodshed.
3-AA Hunt is undefeated and 10-0 seeded third in their pod. Southern Nash 8-2 the #2 seed from Big East has been seeded 6th in their pod and will play Hunt in the first round. Now I don't know whether this is a punishment for Southern or Hunt but this just can not be right. I can see a 1 from a conference play a 4 but hold the phone here.
Tarboro after beating Beddingfield last night 34-0 will play them again next Friday they will play in Tarboro. As long as the Vikes win they get at least three home games. I can understand this game bracket but there is no way the NCHSAA can explain SN and Hunt first round no better than President Obama explained the other night in the debate why gas prices are $3.50 a gallon now over four years ago when they were $1.90.
Rocky Mount as the third team from the Big East gets a home game against Jaxsonville in the 3-A bracket and should they win they will meet the Havelock-Currictuck winner. How does the second seed from our league hit the road and the third get a home game. It's time for more splaining. By the way where is Fike the Big East number 4 seed isn't in the tournament.
SouthWest Edgecombe 5-5 gets about where they thought as they draw in the 2-AA East Duplin 9-1 and North Edgecombe plays at home against Weldon.
The Price sisters of Nash Central finish second in the state finals in tennis as they lose to a team from Charlotte Catholic another one of those private schools that wins a lot of titles 6-0-6-1
The Regional Cross Country Northern Nash finished third to qualify for the state finals next week. Rocky Mount finished fifth and didn't qualify. However Mason Holt did as he finished second with a time of 16:52 and he beat out Steven Whitehead of Northern who was third and he is also headed to the state.
Nash Central's Michaela Williams is heading as an individual runner in the girls but no team made it. Rocky Mount finished fifth.
Rainy Night
During my career I have been in a many a night of rainy football especially in the early years when you played when it was game time regardless of the weather. The last thirty years the gate receipts have over taken and one drop of rain in the afternoon will put a game off.
As recent as 1999 while covering North Edgecombe for WHIG-TV while the Warriors were in the third round against Pamlico at Pamlico the press box was so small we were outside when a monsoon fell starting at halftime and I got wetter than I could have gotten if I had been taking a shower There are not many of those type nights that happen any more and then there is last night. Having no lightening and it being the last game of the season and every so often a monsoon falling those that endured to stay and watch any game in our area last night needs to be saluted as a true fan. As for Pat and me we were dry in the gym at Campbell watching volleyball and even as I write this this morning not one drop of rain has fallen here. Here's what happened last night.
I have been concerned about the Tarboro Viking defense but the last two weeks they have come together to produce shutouts. Last night Beddingfield failed to score on the Vikes and for the ninth time this year Tarboro scores at least 34. 34-0 Tarboro.
Hunt looking for their second straight perfect regular season got a test for a half from Fike who still had dreams of a tie for second. Hunt throws a second half shutout to win 28-7. Fike will finish fourth in Big East and waits for the playoff seeding to where they travel next week. Hunt will be home.
In 1983 N C State basketball had a record of if I remember were 16-4 and had Ralph Sampson and Virginia by 20 in the first half when Derrick Whittenberg broke his foot and for the next month the Pack played lineups that enabled those players to step up and when Whittenberg returned the Pack was a better team. I think the same thing just might happen for Southern Nash as injuries and suspensions have given the Firebirds two very interesting week and yet they won both. Injured players will return and suspensions over for next week look out for the Firebirds in the playoffs. Nash Central gave the Birds all they wanted but the Firebirds prevail 38-36. Southern will be the most nervous team in area as they wait to see if they are home or on the road next week.
Rocky Mount clinched 3rd in the Big East but Northern Nash gave them all they wanted until the very end. Those times of not scoring in the second half are over for the Gryphons as they wait for for word where they will be heading next week. Rocky Mount 25 Northern Nash 9.
They had lost to Word of God 54-0 during the regular season but last night Rocky Mount Academy made WOG work before losing 38-7. The big question now for RMA is can they hold on to B W Holt for next year or will some public school snatch him away?
As recent as 1999 while covering North Edgecombe for WHIG-TV while the Warriors were in the third round against Pamlico at Pamlico the press box was so small we were outside when a monsoon fell starting at halftime and I got wetter than I could have gotten if I had been taking a shower There are not many of those type nights that happen any more and then there is last night. Having no lightening and it being the last game of the season and every so often a monsoon falling those that endured to stay and watch any game in our area last night needs to be saluted as a true fan. As for Pat and me we were dry in the gym at Campbell watching volleyball and even as I write this this morning not one drop of rain has fallen here. Here's what happened last night.
I have been concerned about the Tarboro Viking defense but the last two weeks they have come together to produce shutouts. Last night Beddingfield failed to score on the Vikes and for the ninth time this year Tarboro scores at least 34. 34-0 Tarboro.
Hunt looking for their second straight perfect regular season got a test for a half from Fike who still had dreams of a tie for second. Hunt throws a second half shutout to win 28-7. Fike will finish fourth in Big East and waits for the playoff seeding to where they travel next week. Hunt will be home.
In 1983 N C State basketball had a record of if I remember were 16-4 and had Ralph Sampson and Virginia by 20 in the first half when Derrick Whittenberg broke his foot and for the next month the Pack played lineups that enabled those players to step up and when Whittenberg returned the Pack was a better team. I think the same thing just might happen for Southern Nash as injuries and suspensions have given the Firebirds two very interesting week and yet they won both. Injured players will return and suspensions over for next week look out for the Firebirds in the playoffs. Nash Central gave the Birds all they wanted but the Firebirds prevail 38-36. Southern will be the most nervous team in area as they wait to see if they are home or on the road next week.
Rocky Mount clinched 3rd in the Big East but Northern Nash gave them all they wanted until the very end. Those times of not scoring in the second half are over for the Gryphons as they wait for for word where they will be heading next week. Rocky Mount 25 Northern Nash 9.
They had lost to Word of God 54-0 during the regular season but last night Rocky Mount Academy made WOG work before losing 38-7. The big question now for RMA is can they hold on to B W Holt for next year or will some public school snatch him away?
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Catch Up Time
Sometimes there is so much going on you just can get it all in where something hot pushes it off the front page. So let's catch up on a few thing that I never got around to:
One student has been arrested and authorities are looking for possibly two more students in the vandalizing of Dowdy-Ficklin Stadium at ECU. The young man who has been arrested has dropped out of ECU and has been on tweeter threatening with a rifle to take care of those who are tweeting against him. I would hope those in charge will put this young man under observation.
D H Conley has had to forfeit two victories due to the fact a player transferred from Rose High to Conley but according to the NCHSAA still lived in Rose district. This will effect our area schools who might play Conley in playoffs.
Today if you go on line to The Technician the student newspaper of N C State there is an article featuring the rise of the Club Tri program at N C State and both the men and Women's team heading to the nationals in April. A closer look and the by line is written by Tyler Ellis. Yes, this is freshman Tyler Ellis from Rocky Mount. If I recall Tyler was the sports editor of the Rocky Mount year book last spring.
Friday lead by five tennis players from Nash Central the State tennis singles and double titles will be decided this weekend.
Saturday the Cross Country finals will be held in Kernersville. Northern's team has the best chance from the area and Rocky Mount's Mason Holt looks to be the highest finisher from the area.
Today David Stern announced that he would retire Feb 1 2014 and Adam Silver will take over as Commissioner. Silver is a 1984 grad of Duke University.
Saturday is Military Appreciation day at Campbell's volleyball. Morgan Doughtie will be singing the National Anthem.
The Final Friday night of high school football's regular season is upon us. Tarboro and Beddingfield. There is a really good possibility that they might also meet in the opening round of playoffs. I would suspect if it happens the Vikes win twice but this Friday 42-14
Southern Nash at Nash Central: Second is all the Firebirds. It is a matter of how much the starters play. Firebirds 35 Nash Central 14.
Hunt and Fike: A perfect season two years in a row for Hunt. Hunt 28 Fike 7
Rocky Mount hosting Northern. Rocky Mount will score this year and they will score enough to win this one 26-7.
One student has been arrested and authorities are looking for possibly two more students in the vandalizing of Dowdy-Ficklin Stadium at ECU. The young man who has been arrested has dropped out of ECU and has been on tweeter threatening with a rifle to take care of those who are tweeting against him. I would hope those in charge will put this young man under observation.
D H Conley has had to forfeit two victories due to the fact a player transferred from Rose High to Conley but according to the NCHSAA still lived in Rose district. This will effect our area schools who might play Conley in playoffs.
Today if you go on line to The Technician the student newspaper of N C State there is an article featuring the rise of the Club Tri program at N C State and both the men and Women's team heading to the nationals in April. A closer look and the by line is written by Tyler Ellis. Yes, this is freshman Tyler Ellis from Rocky Mount. If I recall Tyler was the sports editor of the Rocky Mount year book last spring.
Friday lead by five tennis players from Nash Central the State tennis singles and double titles will be decided this weekend.
Saturday the Cross Country finals will be held in Kernersville. Northern's team has the best chance from the area and Rocky Mount's Mason Holt looks to be the highest finisher from the area.
Today David Stern announced that he would retire Feb 1 2014 and Adam Silver will take over as Commissioner. Silver is a 1984 grad of Duke University.
Saturday is Military Appreciation day at Campbell's volleyball. Morgan Doughtie will be singing the National Anthem.
The Final Friday night of high school football's regular season is upon us. Tarboro and Beddingfield. There is a really good possibility that they might also meet in the opening round of playoffs. I would suspect if it happens the Vikes win twice but this Friday 42-14
Southern Nash at Nash Central: Second is all the Firebirds. It is a matter of how much the starters play. Firebirds 35 Nash Central 14.
Hunt and Fike: A perfect season two years in a row for Hunt. Hunt 28 Fike 7
Rocky Mount hosting Northern. Rocky Mount will score this year and they will score enough to win this one 26-7.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
ADM's Released
The biggest school in the Big East is Hunt High school with 1329 students. That is according to the 2012 ADM's Average Daily Membership which was released Tuesday by the NCHSAA. Southern Nash comes in as the second biggest school with 1240. Their relationship with the other schools in the 3-A classification we know for sure that they will play in the 3-AA football brackets.
Rocky Mount is the third biggest with 1191 followed by Fike 1186 then Nash Central 1177 and Northern Nash is now the smallest school in the Big East at 1133. Rocky Mount hinges on the border between will they be in the AA or A bracket. The ADM's say Rocky Mount is the 48th largest out of 97 schools. The 3-AA bracket will have the top 32 schools that are eligible for the playoffs. Then the next 32 will play in the A bracket.
Last night Southern Nash ended Rocky Mount's soccer season beating the Gryphons 4-0 in the semi finals of the Big East Soccer Tournament. Southern host the finals Thursday.
This is rivalry week in more ways than one. State-Carolina play Saturday. Rocky Mount -Northern Nash Friday. Hunt-Fike and Nash Central- Southern Nash. If you ask Nash Central fans they would probably tell you their top rivals are Rocky Mount and Northern.
Tonight the World Series gets under way and I truly have no dog in this years series so I will not watch every pitch which I might do if I had a rooting interest. I have been made aware today that people in Rocky Mount just might have a reason to pull for the Detroit Tigers. Jim Leyland the Tiger manager and Gene Lamont the Tiger third base coach both played for the Rocky Mount Leafs Carolina League team here in the mid 60's. Oddly enough neither had much of a career in the majors but both have been big league Managers.
Rocky Mount is the third biggest with 1191 followed by Fike 1186 then Nash Central 1177 and Northern Nash is now the smallest school in the Big East at 1133. Rocky Mount hinges on the border between will they be in the AA or A bracket. The ADM's say Rocky Mount is the 48th largest out of 97 schools. The 3-AA bracket will have the top 32 schools that are eligible for the playoffs. Then the next 32 will play in the A bracket.
Last night Southern Nash ended Rocky Mount's soccer season beating the Gryphons 4-0 in the semi finals of the Big East Soccer Tournament. Southern host the finals Thursday.
This is rivalry week in more ways than one. State-Carolina play Saturday. Rocky Mount -Northern Nash Friday. Hunt-Fike and Nash Central- Southern Nash. If you ask Nash Central fans they would probably tell you their top rivals are Rocky Mount and Northern.
Tonight the World Series gets under way and I truly have no dog in this years series so I will not watch every pitch which I might do if I had a rooting interest. I have been made aware today that people in Rocky Mount just might have a reason to pull for the Detroit Tigers. Jim Leyland the Tiger manager and Gene Lamont the Tiger third base coach both played for the Rocky Mount Leafs Carolina League team here in the mid 60's. Oddly enough neither had much of a career in the majors but both have been big league Managers.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Bulldogs Dominate
Round two of the 3-A Tennis playoffs for the Lady Bulldogs was the same result as round one. A 6-0 whitewash of Jacksonville. The difference this time was that Jacksonville came in with a 17-2 record and was going to be a dog fight but Nash Central did not let that happen. They were so dominant that the three doubles matches were not neccessary. This weekend the singles and doubles state championships will be contested.
Tarboro in the 2-A playoffs were not as fortunate as they lost 5-4 to Carrboro knocking the Lady Vikings out of the playoffs.
Tonight in the second round of the state volleyball playoffs Fike hosted and beat Northrn Nash 3-1 to advance to round three of the playoffs.
Southern Nash's Allison Pitts is the only player from Nash County to qualify for the state golfing championships. Those rounds will be Monday and Tuesday.
Later this week is the regional Cross Country championships will take place with several runners and teams still alive.
Last night Rocky Mount beat Northern Nash in the 4/5 game in the Big East soccer tournament. The Gryphons played the #1 seed Southern Nash this afternoon but I have not found a result.
Like to say congratulations to Northern Nash Trumpet player Joshua Freeman who has qualified to play for the All Star Invitational Marching Band and their assignment is be the official band for the BCS National Championship college football game in January. Good going Josh!
It doesn't matter what sport you play there is always somebody trying to predict the playoffs before they are set. Saturday at 6pm the high school football playoffs will be announced by the NCHSAA. High ScoolOT.COM the wral.com high school portion of their website is predicting Rocky Mount as the #3 from the Big East will draw Currituck in the opening Round. Currituck is 3-7 on the year. If the bracket is correct RM would play the #1 seed Havelock in round two. Southern who will be in the 3AA bracket will not be so lucky if HSOT.COM is correct. They would get Triton in the opening game and Triton has lost only once this year.
Tarboro in the 2-A playoffs were not as fortunate as they lost 5-4 to Carrboro knocking the Lady Vikings out of the playoffs.
Tonight in the second round of the state volleyball playoffs Fike hosted and beat Northrn Nash 3-1 to advance to round three of the playoffs.
Southern Nash's Allison Pitts is the only player from Nash County to qualify for the state golfing championships. Those rounds will be Monday and Tuesday.
Later this week is the regional Cross Country championships will take place with several runners and teams still alive.
Last night Rocky Mount beat Northern Nash in the 4/5 game in the Big East soccer tournament. The Gryphons played the #1 seed Southern Nash this afternoon but I have not found a result.
Like to say congratulations to Northern Nash Trumpet player Joshua Freeman who has qualified to play for the All Star Invitational Marching Band and their assignment is be the official band for the BCS National Championship college football game in January. Good going Josh!
It doesn't matter what sport you play there is always somebody trying to predict the playoffs before they are set. Saturday at 6pm the high school football playoffs will be announced by the NCHSAA. High ScoolOT.COM the wral.com high school portion of their website is predicting Rocky Mount as the #3 from the Big East will draw Currituck in the opening Round. Currituck is 3-7 on the year. If the bracket is correct RM would play the #1 seed Havelock in round two. Southern who will be in the 3AA bracket will not be so lucky if HSOT.COM is correct. They would get Triton in the opening game and Triton has lost only once this year.
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