Dante Lassiter, head football coach at Louisburg High School, feels good about his team this season. Of course every coach feels good before the first game but with a turn out of fifty kids perhaps Lassiter is correct. “It’s the biggest turnout we’ve had in years,” Lassiter said. Louisburg lost five seniors from last year’s team and boasts 12 seniors this year. That’s experience that could mean a return trip to the playoffs this season for the Warriors. Lassiter did lose a couple of assistant coaches to Vance County High School. These are issues all coaches face year in year out. The concern for Lassiter is that the offensive line took a hit with senior losses.
Lassiter and the Warriors had a brief scrimmage recently against Warren County before storms rolled through and cut the evening short. Still, Lassiter feels that having seen his team in action helped him learn a few things. “Defense is a strength,” Lassister stated on Thursday’s SportsTalk with George Hoyle and Bill Harris. Louisburg plays in a modified Big East conference that mixes 2A and 3A teams. The only 3A team Louisburg faces in the conference is county rival Franklinton. The conference also includes Bunn, Northern and Southern Nash and Roanoke Rapids. Roanoke Rapids is the favorite to win the conference this year with the two Nash County schools projected to finish two and three.
Lassiter may have something to say about all of that before it’s over. His goal for the season? “Beat everybody and win the conference,” Lassiter said of his idea of success for Louisburg this season. They will scrimmage against JF Webb this weekend and open the season on August 26th.
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