HEAVING HITTING. A trio of Nash County defenders team up to force a fumble during last Saturday afternoon’s action in the second round of the Statewide Athletics Committee Football Tournament in Roxboro.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
ROXBORO -- Nothing can seem to stop the Nash County Firebirds when it comes to the Statewide Athletics Committee Football Tournament.
Nash County is the two-time defending champion of the event, and the Firebirds are making a run at crown No. 3 -- a march that continued last Saturday with a second-round matchup against the Roxboro Rockets.
Nash County’s Nadir Thompson (7) finds the end zone during his team’s road football playoff victory last Saturday afternoon against the Roxboro Person Rockets.