Weather pins Gryphon wrestlers; blocks hoopsters

The threat of severe winter weather canceled this weekend's Milt Sherman Duals wrestling tournament in Greenville for the Gryphons.

The Saturday cancellation was just part of all Rocky Mount High athletic events on both Friday night and Saturday. The Gryphons home basketball games against Rose were postponed Friday night as well. No word as of yet if the wrestling tournament or the basketball games will be re-scheduled.

The grapplers will set their sights on a tough Rosewood High squad as their next opponent. Coach Jones will take his club down to RHS Tuesday, Dec. 22 to do battle starting at 6:00. Rocky Mount will try to improve on their 5-4 dual match record against the Eagles.

The Gryphons are ranked #17 overall in the East. They are the #8 3A team on the list from The Takedown Report. Above them are the teams that have bested the Gryphs this year, including Currituck, South Central and Rose. Also ranked above Rocky Mount's Grapplers are conference foes Nash Central and Northern Nash. The Gryphons will clash with both of those teams in a conference dual in early January.

The Gryphons will host the New Bern Bears wrestling team on Monday, Dec. 28 in their last match of 2009, starting at 6:00 that evening.