Update — The game was cancelled. The Vipers will find out Saturday about who and where they play in the state playoffs. Tune in Monday at 12:30 p.m. for SportsTalk.
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We’ve been hearing about flu and colds and viruses over the last several weeks. It seems like we’ve all come down with something recently and the Vance Co. Vipers football team is no exception. With six players, including quaterback Nazir Garrett, suffering from flu and flu-like symptoms, the Vipers struggled a bit against conference rival Southern Durham. The Vipers did not win last week and Coach Aaron Elliott said that even though he wouldn’t make excuses for the teams loss, the illnesses did play a roll in the game.
Unless Southern Durham has an uncharacteristic slip up against Carrboro, the Vipers will be the number 2 seed in the conference for the playoffs but before that the Vipers have one more game in the regular season and that’s at home Friday (tonight) against JF Webb. Webb only has one win on the year and would seem like an easy win for the Vipers but this is a long standing rivalry and Coach Elliott knows Webb will be coming to play. “They have nothing to lose,” Elliott said of the Warriors. “They have good athletes. This is not going to be the same old Webb team,” Elliott continued.
It’s also Senior Night and Elliott wants it to be a big deal. “It’s important to me,” Elliott commented on SportsTalk on WIZS Thursday afternoon. He would like to start a new Senior tradition with his team as well to make the last year a special one for his players. With 14 seniors on the Viper squad this season that will take some work.
The Vipers will play JF Webb tomorrow night at Viper Stadium for the final regular season game. Airtime on WIZS is 6:50 with kick off at 7pm.