It was only fitting for Farmville’s MLK Invitational to end between two teams who have a combined record of 28 wins and 1 loss, the Jaguars, a perfect 15–0 and Martin County, 13–1 for an early preview of a potential deep 3A playoff matchup come March.
And get this, Farmville, 99–1 at home since 2018, going for the century mark of 100 if the Jags can beat the Gators. Martin County put points on the board first though, as #11 Jordan Matthewson got the ball from the tip off for the easy layup. Larry Williford was saying, that doesn’t happen here, lets go guys, as #11 Tobi Amoye with the turnaround J, then a nice feed inside to #2 Bryant Dixon with the and 1 finish. He was fired up, Antonio Davis trying to remind his Gators to stay on the gas pedal, a steal led to a streaking #10 Jaylen Moore who finished through the contact, and man oh man was Larry not happy, slamming the white board on the court and drawing up how the defense needs to guard, luckily the Jaguars offense was hard to stop. #5 Jordan James right wing triple, bang, then a sweet pass from #11 Tobi Amoye to the cutting #2 Bryant Dixon as Farmville stays perfect, 16–0 with a 71–57 win.
Greene Central was the game right before, trailed by 5 to first flight with 15 seconds to go, the three pointer no good, but #12 Trey Bynum with the offensive board for the 2nd chance point, one possession game and the defense forces a Nighthawk turnover, timeout, Blue Edwards one play to try and hit a three to tie, inbounds pass to #5 Justin Mitchell on the way and no good, as the Rams drop their third straight game 69–66.
The college baseball season is just around the corner so East Carolina held their annual media day to dive into the outlook for 2026. Last year, the Pirates won the conference tournament and made a Regionals appearance, but Cliff Godwin and the players believe this team can accomplish way more this season.
In the NHL, Hurricanes had a matinee game at 1:30, hosted Buffalo who scored first until Andrei Svechnikov was waiting patiently for the pass from Aho then tapped in the equalizer, no score in the 2nd period, but in the third, Seth Jarvis Ring a Ding dinged the go ahead goal and Brandon Bussi had 17 saves in a Canes win to beat Buffalo 2–1.
Sticking with Buffalo but in the NFL, the Bills have fired head coach Sean McDermott, who has been at the helm in Buffalo since 2017 and before that was the Panthers defensive coordinator from 2011–2016 including the year Carolina went to the Super Bowl, his Achilles heel though was getting back to the big game, 8 playoff appearances in nine years, impressive, but never made it past the AFC championship game.
Here is the NFL championship day schedule. Patriots and Broncos Sunday at 3:00 and an NFC West battle in the championship between the Seahawks and Rams on Fox at 6:30.