UPDATE – FINAL SCORE
Heritage 42
Vance County 33
RECAP MONDAY ON SPORTSTALK
•••••••••••••••••••••••••
The Vance County Vipers are playing at home for the first time in a month, and Coach Aaron Elliott hopes that the team is ready to bring some extra energy to the field Friday as the team hosts the Heritage Huskies in a conference matchup.
Friday is also Homecoming, as well as Pink Out Night for breast cancer awareness, so hopefully the stands will be a sea of pink for the game, which kicks off at 7 p.m.
“It feels good to be back home,” Elliott said. “I think everybody’s excited to be back home playing…we’re hoping to bring some energy to the game this week,” he said on Thursday’s SportsTalk with WIZS’s Scout Hughes and George Hoyle.
The team’s been improving its running game – rushing for about 150 yards last week, which Elliott said is a reflection of working on the running game at practice.
In preparing for Friday’s matchup, Elliott said the Huskies have a good running game themselves, and the Vipers coaching staff has been figuring out how to defend not one, but two quarterbacks that the Huskies use regularly in their offensive game.
Viper linebacker Jalen Maze broke his collarbone in last Friday’s game against Knightdale, which is a big loss to the Vipers as they continue conference play.
Elliott said he and his staff have been focused on keeping the players focused on the task at hand.
“We’ve got to eliminate the mistakes,” he said. “And we’ve got to win the turnover battle.” The Vipers had four turnovers against the Knights, and had a punt blocked and returned for a touchdown.
Elliott said he’d love to see the home stands full of alumni, current students and others – all in pink – from the community out in support of the Vipers. “Hopefully we can get back in the win column this week,” he said.
Week 9 High School Football Games in our Area:
- Vance County (1-6, 0-2 N6C) vs. Heritage (2-5, 1-1 N6C)
- Franklinton (5-2, 1-1 N6C) vs. East Wake (3-4, 1-1 N6C)
- Wake Forest (3-4, 2-0 N6C) vs. Knightdale (2-5, 1-1 N6C)
- J.F. Webb (5-2) @ Cedar Ridge (1-6)
- South Granville (3-4) @ Seaforth (3-4)
- Warren County (6-1) vs. Weldon (0-4)
- Louisburg (7-0) @ Roanoke Rapids (1-6)
- Bunn (5-2) @ Nash Central (2-5)
- Mecklenburg County, VA (1-6) vs. King William, VA (4-3)
Vance County hosts Heritage High School for Week 9 of the 2025 season on Friday, October 17th. It will be Homecoming, Pink Out for Breast Cancer Awareness, and Seahawks Night to recognize the little league teams in Vance County. You can hear all the action on WIZS 1450AM, 100.1FM, and online at wizs.com with pregame starting around 6:50 p.m. and kickoff at 7:00 p.m.
CLICK PLAY!
