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SportsTalk: Pender And The Vipers Head To Fayetteville For State Playoffs
Burnout was a concern for Vance County Head Football Coach Wilbur Pender. With the 2020 season getting moved to the spring of 2021 due to Covid and then right back on the field in August it was a valid concern for the Viper’s coaching staff. Vance County was up to the challenge for the most
J. F. Webb forfeits game to Vance County High School
According to Joe Sharrow, Assistant Principal and Athletic Director at Vance County High School, tonight’s (Oct. 29) scheduled football game between Vance County and J. F. Webb has been canceled. J. F. Webb has forfeited the game. This is the second game this year Webb has forfeited. A game against Franklinton earlier this season suffered
SportsTalk: Vipers Look To Rebound Against Webb
Shocked is the word Vance County High School Head Football Coach Wilbur Pender used to describe his and his coaching staff’s reaction to the 48-0 loss to Southern Durham last Friday night. “We knew it was going to be a mountain climbing experience,” Pender said. “We didn’t make enough plays and put our defense in
SportsTalk: Success On The Field Keeps Vance Charter AD Lance Stallings Busy
#1 in women’s volleyball, #2 in men’s soccer, a great cross country season and women’s golf coach and player of the year have certainly put a smile on Vance Charter’s athletic director Lance Stallings. “Kudos to the coaches and the kids,” Stallings said on Thursday’s SportsTalk with Trey Snide. “It’s great to get back to
SportsTalk: Vipers Prepare For Southern Durham
128 points…sounds like what a high school basketball team might score over a couple of games but, that is not the case here. This is what Southern Durham has scored in their last two football games and the high powered Southern Durham offensive show is coming to Henderson this week to take on the Vance
SportsTalk: Vance Charter Women’s Basketball Hoping For A State Championship
With basketball season only about a month away expectations are high for the women’s varsity program at Vance Charter. “It’s the most excitement we’ve had going into a season in a long time,” says coach Brian Howard. The Knights, who return every player from last year’s team, are looking to this year as an opportunity
SportsTalk: Vipers Look To Go 6 – 1 Against Granville Central
In his first year as head coach of the Vance County High School Vipers, Coach Wilbur Pender has his team sitting at 5-1. Not bad for a first year coach. When asked if he expected the team to have this kind of success this season he responded, “We could be wherever we worked to be.”
SportsTalk: Pender Preparing Vipers For Rain And Vikings
While the Vikings of South Granville High School may not come from the land of ice and snow, as the song says, weather may very well be a factor in tomorrow night’s homecoming game at Vance County High School. South Granville brings a 1-5 record to Henderson to face the 4-1 Vipers but Vipers Coach
SportsTalk: Vipers Look To Move To 4-1 Against Carrboro
“We don’t win future games from what we did in the past,” were the words of Vance Co. High School football coach Wilbur Pender when discussing the Viper’s upcoming matchup with Carrboro. The Vipers are coming off a 21-20 victory last week over Northern Durham and are looking to open their conference schedule against Carrboro
SportsTalk: Vipers Ready For Northern Durham
“It feels like the universe is back set right,” said Vance County High School Head Football Coach Wilbur Pender about the return of the Vipers to the field this Friday night. The Vipers have missed the last two games due to a Covid exposure. Now they are ready for some football. Northern Durham, 1-3 on
