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Friday, November 2, 2007
Tarboro Observations
Tarboro gave up 286 yards rushing to Farmville Central on Friday, but the defense did not allow the Jaguars to find the end zone when the game was on the line. The Vikings also only managed 182 yards rushing of their own. The Vikings did not win the turnover battle. They did, however, have fewer penalties than the Jaguars and this was one of the keys to the game. On Senior Night, it was juniors and sophomores who had bigger impacts. The Vikings are finding ways to win with coach Jeff Craddock leading the way.
-Trevor Seibert
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Rocky Mount High-Northern Nash observations
- Anyone looking for any extras in B.W. Holt-Chad Smith storyline went home disappointed Friday night.
-Holt, the coach of the Gryphons, stayed with his team during the pregame warmups, while Smith, Holt’s former assistant and now in his first year at Northern Nash, went through pregame routines on the Knights’ practice field. Before the game, players and coaches from both teams shook hands. When the final whistle was blown, each team went immediately went there separate ways.
-Although there was no outward show of emotion, there is an unspoken respect between the two coaches. There is respect between the two teams as well. Rocky Mount left the field in a double-file line and on their way to the bus, a few Knights players stopped and shook hands with their counterparts.
- This was a night where the damage was done on the field. The Gryphons won convincingly, 54-21. There was no need to rub anything in someone’s face or bring up the past. Rocky Mount is moving on the NCHSAA 3-A state playoffs. Northern Nash is looking to be in the same position, perhaps next season.
-Maybe next year the game will be closer, but Friday night was just about football. Just the way it should have been.
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Nash Central-Southern Nash observations
- For the biggest school in the area to only have 100 or so people show up that is not connected to a member of the senior class is quite sad.
- Eric Moore was the key tonight. The Nash Central fullback took control of the game when the Bulldogs could have folded, and ended up with 133 yards on 21 carries. Like normal, he did not get the big gains. He just got enough for another first down.
- What would have happened if many of the Southern Nash seniors were four-year players, and not brought in for their senior seasons? This season might have gone differently, that’s for sure.
- Early on, Firebirds quarterback Tim Brathwaite really struggled. Friday, he directed the offense, made adjustments at the line and picked up 90 yards on the ground. Again, if only he was a junior and not a senior.
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