Thursday, December 4, 2008

A Final Look Towards the East Finals

Before tomorrow night's match-up for the 3-A Eastern Final between West Craven and Rocky Mount at the RMAC, let's take a look at some of the Rocky Mount records broken this season...

Junior running back Marquavis Alston now holds the school record for career touchdowns with 40. He has 975 yards on the season, just 15 yards from recording RM's first back-to back 1,000 yard seasons. Alston has 16 touchdowns this season.

Senior wide receiver Keith Strickland has 48 catches for 1,129 yards and 9 TD's this season - breaking Mike Mason's single-season Gryphon receiving record. Strickland also broke the Twin Counties single-season receiving record.

Senior do-it-all Nick Hahula now has the school record for consecutive PAT's - 33 in a row. Hahula also has the school record for field goals in a season with 8. He broke his own record for total kicking points in a single season, currently with 95 points, and is second all-time in the state in scoring. Hahula has also added 555 rushing yards and 12 TD's this season.

Junior quarterback Collins Cuthrell, in his first season as starter, has passed for 1,418 yards and 12 TD's with only 4 INT's. He has also rushed for 3 TD's this season.

This years' squad broke the 5,000 yard mark for the fourth straight season. The 2007 team has the school record – 5,558. The current squad has 5,328 yards.

On defense, senior Chris Pittman leads the team with 91 tackles. Fellow senior Nick Harrison has a team-leading 7 sacks for the year, and Harrison and senior Josh Boulware each have 3 fumble recoveries on the season.

Senior Hiawatha Bunn, who is expected to play Friday night, has 5 INT's and 5 pass deflections on the year, both team leads.

See everyone at the Rocky Mount Athletic Complex tomorrow night - 7:30 pm - East Finals.

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