The Warren County High School Eagles’ progress as a football team can be easily traced by looking at the number of wins over the last three years. Two, four and, last season, seven. Those seven wins last year put the Eagles in the state high school playoffs. Victor Hunt, Head Football Coach and Athletic Director at Warren County, points out that those seven wins came with a struggle: overcoming an injury bug. “We were down to a fourth string running back,” Hunt said on Thursday’s SportsTalk. The injuries caused Warren County to get off to a slow start last year and put players who were not ready to play on the field. Hunt hopes that experience along with many returning players from last year will mean that the Eagles can improve on last year’s playoff team.
Warren County kicks off their season on Friday, August 18th against Vance County in Henderson. “It’s a rivalry game. The loss last year haunts us. It really hurt and it really stung, ” Hunt said of the last minute Vance County win.
He has 47 players on the roster this season and is pleased with the number of kids who have turned out. “Winning helps but it has a lot to do with what is going on culturally at the school,” Hunt said about athletic participation.
As athletic director, Hunt has also kept things moving along for volleyball and cross country. The Eagles’ volleyball team has back to back conference championships and Hunt is looking for a threepeat in that sport. Last year also saw the cross country team bring their first conference championship back to Warren County High School as well.
You can hear the matchup between Warren County and Vance County here on WIZS beginning at 6:50pm Friday, August 18th.
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