Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Gryphs pick up three more AP first-place votes

3-A

1. Greensboro Dudley (9) 6-0 135 1
2. Rocky Mount (5) 5-1 131 2
3. Eastern Alamance 6-0 99 3
4. Belmont South Point 6-1 78 5
5. Jamestown Ragsdale 6-0 77 4
6. West Craven 6-0 66 6
7. Waynesville Tuscola 6-0 58 7
8. Winston-Salem Carver 5-1 47 8
9. Harnett Central 5-1 22 9
10. West Rowan 5-1 18 UR

Others receiving votes: Oxford Webb 17, SW Edgecombe 6, Monroe Sun Valley 5, Charlotte Catholic 3, Wilson Beddingfield 3, Asheville 2, Mooresville 1, North Buncombe 1, Kinston 1.

In WRAL TV5's Tom Suiter's Fabulous 15, the Gryphons are No. 1. His newest poll will come out Wednesday and it's likely RM will stay in the No. 1 spot!

1. Rocky Mount (4-1)**
2. Millbrook (6-0)
3. James Kenan (6-0)
4. Harnett Central (5-0)
5. WF-Rolesville (4-1)
6. Richmond County (3-1-1)
7. Jack Britt (4-1)
8. Leesville Road (6-0)
9. Seventy-First (5-0)
10. West Johnston (6-0)
11. Southern Durham (3-2)
12. SW Edgecombe (4-1)
13. Tarboro (5-1)
14. Wilson Fike (5-0)
15. South Granville (6-0)

** - forfeit to East Forsyth

THE SERIES: Rocky Mount vs. Northern Nash

Rocky Mount now leads the varsity football series 23-17.

Here, for you enjoyment, are all 40 games of the series! FYI - Northern Nash was a 2-A school in the first four years of the series:

2008 - RM wins, 49-0
2007 - RM wins, 54-21
2006 - RM wins, 54-0
2005 - RM wins, 21-0
2004 - RM wins, 40-0
2003 - RM wins, 21-14
2002 - NN wins, 47-6
2001 - NN wins, 48-13
2000 - NN wins, 48-28
1999 - NN wins, 21-20
1998 - RM wins, 21-7
1997 - RM wins, 28-12
1996 - RM wins, 39-12
1995 - RM wins, 14-12
1994 - NN wins, 54-31
1993 - NN wins, 28-12
1992 - RM wins, 13-7, OT
1991 - NN wins 21-19
1990 - RM wins 35-7
1989 - NN wins 20-18
1988 - NN wins 21-6
1987 - NN wins 13-10, OT
1986 - NN wins 34-14
1985 - NN wins 14-12
1984 - RM wins 20-7
1983 - RM wins 21-14
1982 - NN wins 21-13
1981 - NN wins 21-16
1980 - RM wins 21-18
1979 - RM wins 21-14
1978 - RM wins 22-0
1977 - RM wins 23-6
1976 - NN wins 20-6
1975 - NN wins 18-6
1974 - RM wins 21-7
1973 - RM wins 28-16
1972 - RM wins 21-6
1971 - NN wins 14-8
1970 - RM wins 21-12
1969 - RM wins 20-0

TRENDS:

1. Rocky Mount has won 12 times scoring 21 points or less. Northern has done it nine times.
2. Rocky Mount has shut out Northern Nash five times - three times in the last four seasons, but the Knights have never shut out the Gryphons. Until Northern's first-quarter score in the 2007 tilt, the Knights went scoreless in the series for 14 quarters.
3. Both teams have won a contest in overtime.
4. Rocky Mount is the first team in the series to win on six consecutive occasions.