The Heritage Huskies travel to Henderson Friday in a Northern 6 conference matchup against the Vance County Vipers, and Huskies Head Coach Wallace Clark said his team is going to have to whittle down the number of penalties and mistakes if they want to come away with a W.
Coming off a win last week against Franklinton High School, Clark told WIZS’s Scout Hughes and Doc Ayscue that practice this week has been good, and that his team is moving in the right direction.
Although they racked up too many penalties against Franklinton, Clark said his Huskies also had some sustained drives and some big plays that contributed to their 23-20 win on Heritage’s Homecoming night.
The Huskies, now 2-5 on the season, look to improve their record this week. Clark said he and his coaching staff are working on some conditioning to help players adapt to the cooler fall weather predicted for Friday’s game. Kickoff is at 7 p.m.
As he prepares for the contest against the Vipers, Clark said he knows that the team is “extremely athletic,” moves fast and has got pretty good size. “They’re a real physical group and extremely well coached,” he added.
Create a game plan for the Vipers means continuing to focus on what’s working well for the Huskies, as well as minimizing those pesky penalties and “getting to the football as much as possible.”
Clark, a native of New Orleans, moved to North Carolina in 1990 and landed a job as an assistant coach at Orange High School in 1991. He was at Broughton High School from 1994-2010 before moving to Heritage when it opened in 2010.
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