You will be able to go on campus of Rocky Mount High school for the first time ever Friday night and watch two playoff events in the same day in a sport other than basketball as there have been many girls/boys playoff game doubleheaders.
Friday at 5pm girls soccer will host a second round 3-A playoff game against D H Conley 13-6-1. Rocky Mount 13-3-2 the number three seed from the Big East won their opening round game knocking off a number one seed while Conley the number three from the Coastal took out Fike after the overtime was over and won in a shootout. This year the Big East has the tie breaker with the Coastal and since both teams are three seeds the Lady Gryphons earn the home match. The winner of this match will travel next week to the winner of South Brunswick/Jacksonville game.
So the Lady Gryphons first playoff game ever at the new Rocky Mount High starts at 5 and the normal time for a soccer game is about an hour and forty five minutes so that gives you an opportunity to go watch soccer and at about 6:45 go across campus where the baseball team plays 7pm their first playoff game ever on campus.
The boys12-8 will be hosting the number three seed from the Coastal West Carteret 14-7 in the opening round of the baseball 3-A playoffs. The winner of this game if it is West Carteret they will travel to either Currituck 17-3 or 19-3 Fike. If Rocky Mount wins they could host Fike but travel to Currituck.
Hunt has a home playoff game. Nash Central opened the playoffs tonight at D H Conley and the baseball season is over for them as Conley takes out the Bulldogs 10-0
while Fike is on the road Friday.
Nash Central, Northern Nash and Southern Nash begin softball playoff runs Friday night.
Several athletes from many different schools are taking part in the State Track championships this weekend.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Baseball Brackets Set
***Lady Gryphon Soccer made the long ride to Currituck as they swamped Currituck 9-0 in the opening round of the state soccer playoffs. Southern Nash as a #4 seed lost at Jacksonville 6-0 while the Big East #1 seed Hunt beat Washington 6-1. Fike lost in a shoot out to D H Conley so Rocky Mount will get a home game on Saturday against Conley ***
The 2013 state playoff baseball brackets have been released this morning so the answer to the question who do the Gryphons play is West Carteret the #3 seed from the Coastal conference. They have and overall 14-7 record compared to the Gryphons 12-8. Game time is set for 7pm Friday night as the new stadium will host it's first playoff game.
If overall records are any indication this game should be a toss up which will put a premium on scoring runs. All Gryphon fans know that pitching and defense is the Gryphon strength so those two parts of the puzzle need to work to perfection Friday. I think you can count on Jeremy Johnson to be on the hill for the Gryphons and you know the best that Patroits have will be on the mound for them.
Currituck 17-3 who is the #1 in the Northeastern Coastal will host Fike 17-3 the Big East #3. The winner of that game will play the winner of the Rocky Mount-West Carteret game. If the Gryphons win and Currituck wins that game would be at Currituck. Should the Gryphons win and Fike win then round two would be played in Rocky Mount.
Nash Central drew the short straw and will start out the playoffs playing the team most likely the favorite to win the east in D H Conley 21-2. That game of course will be at Conley. The Big East #1 Hunt 13-8 will host the #5 from the Coastal West Craven who has a record of 11-13.
The playoffs begin Friday with the second round scheduled for Tuesday and the third round Thursday of next Week. This will leave for the winners that are still alive play round four that following Monday or Tuesday but here is a pet peeve of mine. That creates that the two teams left playing for the east title will start a two out of three on that Thursday which could mean a team has to play four games in one week. That is way too many games in one week. How many teams even the great ones have that many pitchers to pitch four games.
The 2013 state playoff baseball brackets have been released this morning so the answer to the question who do the Gryphons play is West Carteret the #3 seed from the Coastal conference. They have and overall 14-7 record compared to the Gryphons 12-8. Game time is set for 7pm Friday night as the new stadium will host it's first playoff game.
If overall records are any indication this game should be a toss up which will put a premium on scoring runs. All Gryphon fans know that pitching and defense is the Gryphon strength so those two parts of the puzzle need to work to perfection Friday. I think you can count on Jeremy Johnson to be on the hill for the Gryphons and you know the best that Patroits have will be on the mound for them.
Currituck 17-3 who is the #1 in the Northeastern Coastal will host Fike 17-3 the Big East #3. The winner of that game will play the winner of the Rocky Mount-West Carteret game. If the Gryphons win and Currituck wins that game would be at Currituck. Should the Gryphons win and Fike win then round two would be played in Rocky Mount.
Nash Central drew the short straw and will start out the playoffs playing the team most likely the favorite to win the east in D H Conley 21-2. That game of course will be at Conley. The Big East #1 Hunt 13-8 will host the #5 from the Coastal West Craven who has a record of 11-13.
The playoffs begin Friday with the second round scheduled for Tuesday and the third round Thursday of next Week. This will leave for the winners that are still alive play round four that following Monday or Tuesday but here is a pet peeve of mine. That creates that the two teams left playing for the east title will start a two out of three on that Thursday which could mean a team has to play four games in one week. That is way too many games in one week. How many teams even the great ones have that many pitchers to pitch four games.
Quite A few Great Ones
I have had a great privilege during my broadcast career to cover many players who went on to greatnesss. Many of them at the time while I was covering them you could tell they were headed for more days on ball fields or basketball courts.
Kelvin Bryant and Dominque Wilkinsall went on to great pro careers. There was one that I had the chance to cover once but at the time I had no idea that what I was telling the community was the first step to the Hall Of Fame..
The time was the fall of 1975. The Ahoskie radio station for the first time was going to carry a couple of Chowan Junior College football games on the radio. Chowan under the direction of Jim Garrison was developing into a power house in the Junior College ranks. Back then Chowan was a good place to go if you were a good athlete but not strong in the class room. Spend two years at Chowan graduate and then spend two years at a D-1 school.
The second game that we carried was a weekday afternoon I think a Tuesday and the freshman team from N C State was on campus in Murfreesboro. Obviously Chowan was full of Freshman and Sophomores while the Wolfpack had all freshmen.
Before the game was over Chowan had won the game but not before a skinny back from High Point had riddled the Braves for 264 yards rushing. The next Saturday that skinny freshman was on the varsity at NC State and before his college career was over Ted Brown had become the all time leading rusher in the history of the ACC. He is still the all time leading rusher.
Yesterday Ted Brown was named to the College Football Hall Of Fame. I can't remember if that game at Chowan was his first college game or not. It was my second college game in the booth. Ted Brown spent I think eight years in pro football where he was great at catching passes out of the back field.
One of the things that I really like about sports is at any game you might see someone that you had no idea could do it play the the greatest games of their life. Then from that point on they play that way all time time. Ted Brown didn't make the varsity until the season was under way. Today he is on the way to the Hall Of Fame. We never know when any event starts that on this particular day we might be getting ready to watch greatness at work. That's why I keep going. You never know what future holds for some of these athletes.
Kelvin Bryant and Dominque Wilkinsall went on to great pro careers. There was one that I had the chance to cover once but at the time I had no idea that what I was telling the community was the first step to the Hall Of Fame..
The time was the fall of 1975. The Ahoskie radio station for the first time was going to carry a couple of Chowan Junior College football games on the radio. Chowan under the direction of Jim Garrison was developing into a power house in the Junior College ranks. Back then Chowan was a good place to go if you were a good athlete but not strong in the class room. Spend two years at Chowan graduate and then spend two years at a D-1 school.
The second game that we carried was a weekday afternoon I think a Tuesday and the freshman team from N C State was on campus in Murfreesboro. Obviously Chowan was full of Freshman and Sophomores while the Wolfpack had all freshmen.
Before the game was over Chowan had won the game but not before a skinny back from High Point had riddled the Braves for 264 yards rushing. The next Saturday that skinny freshman was on the varsity at NC State and before his college career was over Ted Brown had become the all time leading rusher in the history of the ACC. He is still the all time leading rusher.
Yesterday Ted Brown was named to the College Football Hall Of Fame. I can't remember if that game at Chowan was his first college game or not. It was my second college game in the booth. Ted Brown spent I think eight years in pro football where he was great at catching passes out of the back field.
One of the things that I really like about sports is at any game you might see someone that you had no idea could do it play the the greatest games of their life. Then from that point on they play that way all time time. Ted Brown didn't make the varsity until the season was under way. Today he is on the way to the Hall Of Fame. We never know when any event starts that on this particular day we might be getting ready to watch greatness at work. That's why I keep going. You never know what future holds for some of these athletes.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Soccer Playoffs Begin Wednesday
Girls playoff soccer swings into action Wednesday and Hunt as the #1 seed from the Big East will be at home to take on the #5 seed from the Coastal Washington. Fike the #2 from the Big East will host #3 from the Coastal D H Conley. Rocky Mount the #3 from the Big East gets that enviable ride as they head to #1 Currituck from the Northeast Coastal. Southern Nash the #4 from the Big East heads to Jacksonville to take on the #1 in the Coastal. Round two for the winners starts Saturday.
Unlike soccer who got four teams into the playoffs the Big East only got two slots in boys tennis and glad we didn't get any more as the two got shutout last week during the Duels. Southern Nash who was the #1 from the Big East and undefeated on the season got whitewashed by visiting Chapel Hill 6-0. Fike the #2 had to travel to Raleigh where they meet Cardinal Gibbons who was the #1 in the Carolina Conference and they shutout 9-0. So the top two teams in tennis didn't even win one game. This week is the week that the team action stops and individual play begins so there are players throughout the conference in action but not any more Big East teams.
Monday State golfing Championships got rained out Monday and they will try again Tuesday.
Every one who qualified in track and field last weekend at West Carteret will swing back into action starting Friday at the state track and field championships.
Everybody wants to know who will be playing Rocky Mount later this week in the baseball playoffs but the brackets are yet filled out. We will probably know sometimes Wednesday where and who every one plays Friday.
This week Charles Simmons who is the Athletic Director at Hertford County High School will receive from the NCHSAA the Athletic Director of the year award. I was there back when Charles first came to Ahoskie to be the basketball coach at then Ahoskie and later Hertford County.
I can tell you Hertford County has been caught like Rocky Mount use to be when they were in the 4-A conference. Ahoskie and Hertford County has for the last 30 years been a 3-A school when they needed to be 2-A. Yes they were big enough to be 3-A but when you are stuck in the corner so far from others your size it is hard when you have to play Monroe in a non-conference game. Nobody wants to ride to Ahoskie for a non-conference game. Mike Gainey and Charles Simmons have worked together since Rocky Mount dropped to 3-A. Next year Hertford County will be small enough that they will be in the 2-A ranks. I think you will see their athletics blossom just like Rocky Mount has when they drop from 4-A to 3-A.
I know Charles is near the end of his ride very soon as basketball coach and athletic director. It sure would be nice if before he retires the Bears could win a title when they will be playing on a level field. It was good for Rocky Mount and hopefully it will be good for Charles Simmons and the Hertford County Bears.
Unlike soccer who got four teams into the playoffs the Big East only got two slots in boys tennis and glad we didn't get any more as the two got shutout last week during the Duels. Southern Nash who was the #1 from the Big East and undefeated on the season got whitewashed by visiting Chapel Hill 6-0. Fike the #2 had to travel to Raleigh where they meet Cardinal Gibbons who was the #1 in the Carolina Conference and they shutout 9-0. So the top two teams in tennis didn't even win one game. This week is the week that the team action stops and individual play begins so there are players throughout the conference in action but not any more Big East teams.
Monday State golfing Championships got rained out Monday and they will try again Tuesday.
Every one who qualified in track and field last weekend at West Carteret will swing back into action starting Friday at the state track and field championships.
Everybody wants to know who will be playing Rocky Mount later this week in the baseball playoffs but the brackets are yet filled out. We will probably know sometimes Wednesday where and who every one plays Friday.
This week Charles Simmons who is the Athletic Director at Hertford County High School will receive from the NCHSAA the Athletic Director of the year award. I was there back when Charles first came to Ahoskie to be the basketball coach at then Ahoskie and later Hertford County.
I can tell you Hertford County has been caught like Rocky Mount use to be when they were in the 4-A conference. Ahoskie and Hertford County has for the last 30 years been a 3-A school when they needed to be 2-A. Yes they were big enough to be 3-A but when you are stuck in the corner so far from others your size it is hard when you have to play Monroe in a non-conference game. Nobody wants to ride to Ahoskie for a non-conference game. Mike Gainey and Charles Simmons have worked together since Rocky Mount dropped to 3-A. Next year Hertford County will be small enough that they will be in the 2-A ranks. I think you will see their athletics blossom just like Rocky Mount has when they drop from 4-A to 3-A.
I know Charles is near the end of his ride very soon as basketball coach and athletic director. It sure would be nice if before he retires the Bears could win a title when they will be playing on a level field. It was good for Rocky Mount and hopefully it will be good for Charles Simmons and the Hertford County Bears.
Monday, May 6, 2013
When And Where?
The high school baseball playoffs begin Friday and at this point all we know for sure is Hunt and Rocky Mount will be home while Nash Central and Fike will travel in the first round.The past several years the 1st round has been the only game played the first week and it will either be Tuesday or Wednesday before the NCHSAA releases the playoff brackets. I am sure today just about every team will know who they play and will start setting up times to play. Here's all I can tell you right now.
Hunt the #1 Seed from the Big East will host the #5 from the Coastal. #2 Rocky Mount will host the Coastal #3. Nash Central as the Big East #3 will travel to the Northeastern Coastal #1 while Fike at #4 in the Big East will travel to the #1 from the Cape Fear.
Playing only once this week you can bet that every team will pitch the best pitcher they have in the opening round. Rocky Mount will get a number three team from the Coastal. Don't say well they can't have nothing finishing third. Just suppose they have a Tyler King like the #3 team from our league Nash Central has. Rocky Mount has not produced many runs per game and have totally depended on pitching to get them second place. So if they run into a fire baller they won't score many runs. But, when you look at the Big East this year that is every team in this conference. As soon as we know who and where we will pass along where and when our teams will be playing.
Despite not playing this weekend North Carolina held on to the top spot in the RPI ratings. Virginia is 3rd, Florida State 5th and N C State 7th. There is still two weeks to play in the regular season of college baseball but for the first time ever N C State stands in the ratings at this point good enough should they win a Regional they could host a Super Regional for the first time. That has become old hat for Carolina but in Raleigh they want to host one.
They have a mid week game with UNC Wilmington this week who is rated 27th in the RPI. This game is so important to N C State that they have saved their normal Sunday starter for this game because if they want a Super Regional they can't afford any losses outside of the conference. Should they get by UNCW they have Florida State this weekend and that is a battle for first in the division.
Jim Valvano said once that the more you win the more important the next game is. Remember last weekend series with Carolina was the most important in a long while for the Wolfpack. This up coming week might be the biggest week as far as important in the history of the program.
Hunt the #1 Seed from the Big East will host the #5 from the Coastal. #2 Rocky Mount will host the Coastal #3. Nash Central as the Big East #3 will travel to the Northeastern Coastal #1 while Fike at #4 in the Big East will travel to the #1 from the Cape Fear.
Playing only once this week you can bet that every team will pitch the best pitcher they have in the opening round. Rocky Mount will get a number three team from the Coastal. Don't say well they can't have nothing finishing third. Just suppose they have a Tyler King like the #3 team from our league Nash Central has. Rocky Mount has not produced many runs per game and have totally depended on pitching to get them second place. So if they run into a fire baller they won't score many runs. But, when you look at the Big East this year that is every team in this conference. As soon as we know who and where we will pass along where and when our teams will be playing.
Despite not playing this weekend North Carolina held on to the top spot in the RPI ratings. Virginia is 3rd, Florida State 5th and N C State 7th. There is still two weeks to play in the regular season of college baseball but for the first time ever N C State stands in the ratings at this point good enough should they win a Regional they could host a Super Regional for the first time. That has become old hat for Carolina but in Raleigh they want to host one.
They have a mid week game with UNC Wilmington this week who is rated 27th in the RPI. This game is so important to N C State that they have saved their normal Sunday starter for this game because if they want a Super Regional they can't afford any losses outside of the conference. Should they get by UNCW they have Florida State this weekend and that is a battle for first in the division.
Jim Valvano said once that the more you win the more important the next game is. Remember last weekend series with Carolina was the most important in a long while for the Wolfpack. This up coming week might be the biggest week as far as important in the history of the program.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Four Nash County Athletes Win Regional Events
Nash Central's Damian Silver won two events Saturday in the East Regional Track and Field championships winning the 110 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles Rocky Mount's Mason Holt won the 3200 meter run. Rocky Mount's Jaquell Bryant won the high jump. The only girls winner was Rocky Mount's Fantacy Bryant who won the triple jump.
The team totals saw Nash Central boys finish second to the winner Cleveland 84 points to 68. Rocky Mount finished 4th with 42 while Northern Nash scored 19 and Southern Nash 18. On the girls side the home team West Carteret took first with 84. Rocky Mount finished 3rd with 56, Nash Central 25, Southern Nash 18 and Northern Nash 14.
Here is a complete list of all the athletes who scored points during the day. First place is worth 10 team points while second gets 8, third 6, fourth 4, fifth 2 and sixth 1 point.
Girls:200 Meter run- JalynnWestry-Nash Central-6th 1 point.
400 Meter run- Elquana Ferguson-Northern Nash-3rd 6 points
3200 Meter run- Michaela Williams-Nash Central-5th 2 points
100 Meter hurdles-Rema Hedgepeth- Northern Nash- 2nd 8 points--Olympia Williams- Rocky Mount- 3rd 6 points
300 Meter hurdles-Krystal Atkinson-Nash Central- 2nd 8 points--Ivey Harris-Southern Nash- 5th 2 points-Alea Singletary-Southern Nash-6th 1 point
4x100 Relay-Southern Nash-Victoria Ellis,Ivey Harris,Amanda Johnson and Dasia Moore-2nd-8 points
4x400 Relay-Nash Central-Tynajia Pullen,Natalie Manning,Jalynn Westry and Krystal Atkinson- 4th 4 points
4x800 Relay-Rocky Mount-Alexis Bryant,Nefertiti Thigpen,Stephanie Morales and Breaonor Dillard- 4th 4 points--Nash Central-Tynajia Pullen,Natalie Manning,Allie Brown and Michaela Williams- 5th 2 points
High Jump-Jalynn Westry- Nash Central- 2nd 8 points--Takeyra Thomas- Rocky Mount- 4th 4 points
Long jump-Takeyra Thomas-Rocky Mount- 2nd 8 points--Fantacy Bryant- Rocky Mount-4th 4 points
Triple jump-Fantacy Bryant- Rocky Mount- 1st 10 points
Shot put-J'Kyra Brown- Rocky Mount- 2nd 8 point
Discus- J'Kyra Brown- Rocky Mount- 2nd 8 points
Boys:
400 Meter-Jason McKinnon-Nash Central-4th 4 points
800 Meter-Steven Whitehead-Northern Nash-4th 4 points--Lance Williams Nash Central-6th 1 point
1600 Meter-Mason Holt-Rocky Mount-2nd 8 points--George Corbin- Nash Central- 4th 4 points--Steven Whitehead- Northern Nash- 5th 2 points
3200 Meter-Mason Holt-Rocky Mount- 1st 10 points
110 Meter Hurdles-Damian Silver- Nash Central- 1st 10 points
300 Meter Hurdles-Damian Silver- Nash Central- 1st 10 points
4x100 Relay-Tyler Williams,Jariuss Richardson,Damien Silver and Jarod Richardson- Nash Central-3rd 6 points
4x400 Relay-Brian Williams,Tyler Williams,Ricky Evans and Jason McKinnon-Nash Central-2nd 8 points
4x800 Relay-Brian Williams-Alex Corbin,Lance Williams and Ricky Evans- Nash Central- 2nd 8
points
High Junp-Jaquell Bryant- Rocky Mount- 1st 10 points--Aaron Ware- Southern Nash- 4th 4 points
Pole vault-Russell Langley-Nash Central-3rd 6 points--John Eatmon-Southern Nash-4th 4 points
Long Jump-Mason Hines-Rocky Mount- 2nd 8 points
Triple Jump-Mason Hines-Rocky Mount-4th 4 points
Shot Put-Chris Alston-Nash Central-3rd 6 points
Discus-Rissell Hillard-Nash Central-4th 4points--Tyler Harmonson-Rocky Mount- 5th 2 points--Michael Drake- Nash Central- 6th 1 point
Girls:200 Meter run- JalynnWestry-Nash Central-6th 1 point.
400 Meter run- Elquana Ferguson-Northern Nash-3rd 6 points
3200 Meter run- Michaela Williams-Nash Central-5th 2 points
100 Meter hurdles-Rema Hedgepeth- Northern Nash- 2nd 8 points--Olympia Williams- Rocky Mount- 3rd 6 points
300 Meter hurdles-Krystal Atkinson-Nash Central- 2nd 8 points--Ivey Harris-Southern Nash- 5th 2 points-Alea Singletary-Southern Nash-6th 1 point
4x100 Relay-Southern Nash-Victoria Ellis,Ivey Harris,Amanda Johnson and Dasia Moore-2nd-8 points
4x400 Relay-Nash Central-Tynajia Pullen,Natalie Manning,Jalynn Westry and Krystal Atkinson- 4th 4 points
4x800 Relay-Rocky Mount-Alexis Bryant,Nefertiti Thigpen,Stephanie Morales and Breaonor Dillard- 4th 4 points--Nash Central-Tynajia Pullen,Natalie Manning,Allie Brown and Michaela Williams- 5th 2 points
High Jump-Jalynn Westry- Nash Central- 2nd 8 points--Takeyra Thomas- Rocky Mount- 4th 4 points
Long jump-Takeyra Thomas-Rocky Mount- 2nd 8 points--Fantacy Bryant- Rocky Mount-4th 4 points
Triple jump-Fantacy Bryant- Rocky Mount- 1st 10 points
Shot put-J'Kyra Brown- Rocky Mount- 2nd 8 point
Discus- J'Kyra Brown- Rocky Mount- 2nd 8 points
Boys:
400 Meter-Jason McKinnon-Nash Central-4th 4 points
800 Meter-Steven Whitehead-Northern Nash-4th 4 points--Lance Williams Nash Central-6th 1 point
1600 Meter-Mason Holt-Rocky Mount-2nd 8 points--George Corbin- Nash Central- 4th 4 points--Steven Whitehead- Northern Nash- 5th 2 points
3200 Meter-Mason Holt-Rocky Mount- 1st 10 points
110 Meter Hurdles-Damian Silver- Nash Central- 1st 10 points
300 Meter Hurdles-Damian Silver- Nash Central- 1st 10 points
4x100 Relay-Tyler Williams,Jariuss Richardson,Damien Silver and Jarod Richardson- Nash Central-3rd 6 points
4x400 Relay-Brian Williams,Tyler Williams,Ricky Evans and Jason McKinnon-Nash Central-2nd 8 points
4x800 Relay-Brian Williams-Alex Corbin,Lance Williams and Ricky Evans- Nash Central- 2nd 8
points
High Junp-Jaquell Bryant- Rocky Mount- 1st 10 points--Aaron Ware- Southern Nash- 4th 4 points
Pole vault-Russell Langley-Nash Central-3rd 6 points--John Eatmon-Southern Nash-4th 4 points
Long Jump-Mason Hines-Rocky Mount- 2nd 8 points
Triple Jump-Mason Hines-Rocky Mount-4th 4 points
Shot Put-Chris Alston-Nash Central-3rd 6 points
Discus-Rissell Hillard-Nash Central-4th 4points--Tyler Harmonson-Rocky Mount- 5th 2 points--Michael Drake- Nash Central- 6th 1 point
Friday, May 3, 2013
Gryphons Clinch Second
Rocky Mount beat arch rival Northern Nash on a cold blustery night 6-1 in the final regular season game of the year. Over at Hunt the Warriors were beating Fike and combined with the Rocky Mount win and Fike loss the Gryphons capture second place in the Big East and in doing so get a first round home game next week.
Spencer Ramsey pitched a complete game five hitter for the Gryphons walked four and struck out 12 in securing the 2nd spot for Rocky Mount. Ramsey served up a base hit on the first pitch of the game but before the first inning was over had picked a runner off first and second base. In all my years of watching baseball I have never seen two picked off in one inning.
The Gryphons wasted little time getting three straight hits in the bottom of the first but could score but once on a fielders choice by Trevor Hayworth. Rocky Mount scored again in the third but in a quite unusual way. The scored on a bases loaded walk after two were out and three straight men walked to give them a 2-0 lead.
Northern touched home their only time in the top of the fourth when Dylan Hodges drove in a run after there were two outs and no one on base. Rocky Mount got two in the bottom of the fourth on another three hits in a row with Micah Varnell getting a rbi. Rocky Mount added two more in the fifth one scored on a Jeremy Johnson double and another on a Knight error.
Jeremy Johnson had three hits and an rbi and Ben Yates had another three hits. Three other singles were added by Andy Morris,Micah Varnell and Josh Carter. Northern was lead by Dylan Hodges who had two hits and the lone rbi. Garth Daniel also had two hits and Jacob Green had a single. Northern season ends while Rocky Mount will wait and see who they draw in the opening round of the playoffs. Playoffs start next Thursday.
There are a lot of people who go to NASCAR races just to watch the wrecks. In the first year of the new high school baseball stadium with a full house tonight there were plenty of fan reactions every time a foul ball headed to the parking lot. I think at least three cars have either broken windshields or rearranged fenders at the game tonight.
Spencer Ramsey pitched a complete game five hitter for the Gryphons walked four and struck out 12 in securing the 2nd spot for Rocky Mount. Ramsey served up a base hit on the first pitch of the game but before the first inning was over had picked a runner off first and second base. In all my years of watching baseball I have never seen two picked off in one inning.
The Gryphons wasted little time getting three straight hits in the bottom of the first but could score but once on a fielders choice by Trevor Hayworth. Rocky Mount scored again in the third but in a quite unusual way. The scored on a bases loaded walk after two were out and three straight men walked to give them a 2-0 lead.
Northern touched home their only time in the top of the fourth when Dylan Hodges drove in a run after there were two outs and no one on base. Rocky Mount got two in the bottom of the fourth on another three hits in a row with Micah Varnell getting a rbi. Rocky Mount added two more in the fifth one scored on a Jeremy Johnson double and another on a Knight error.
Jeremy Johnson had three hits and an rbi and Ben Yates had another three hits. Three other singles were added by Andy Morris,Micah Varnell and Josh Carter. Northern was lead by Dylan Hodges who had two hits and the lone rbi. Garth Daniel also had two hits and Jacob Green had a single. Northern season ends while Rocky Mount will wait and see who they draw in the opening round of the playoffs. Playoffs start next Thursday.
There are a lot of people who go to NASCAR races just to watch the wrecks. In the first year of the new high school baseball stadium with a full house tonight there were plenty of fan reactions every time a foul ball headed to the parking lot. I think at least three cars have either broken windshields or rearranged fenders at the game tonight.
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