Sunday, January 11, 2009

Awards dinner planned for Gryphon football team


A special awards dinner has been planned to honor the 2008 Rocky Mount High School football team.

Team members will be guests at the event - set for Thursday, Jan. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Rocky Mount Shrine Club, 320 Airport Rd. The menu, tentatively, will include chicken, barbecue and all the fixings. All parents, fans and supporters are encouraged to come out and support this record-setting team.

The dinner will be $10 per person. For more information, please contact Rocky Mount head coach B.W. Holt during school hours at 977-3085 or 977-3164.

The four football awards (Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Billy Smith Lineman Award, Team MVP) that were to have been given out at RMHS' fall athletic award ceremony back on Dec. 8 will be awarded that evening.

Also, the team's All-Conference and All-State players will be recognized. It will also be a send-off for the squad's 25 seniors, who compiled an impressive 27-3 record the past two seasons.