94 – 18. Doesn’t sound like a football score, does it? Yet that’s what the final score was last Friday night as the undefeated Vance Co. Vipers had a record setting win against Granville Central. Quarterback Javion Vines-Holder tied the state record by throwing ten touchdown passes. “We wanted to do something for the team and the community,” commented head coach Aaron Elliott on Thursday’s SportsTalk. When Vines-Holder approached his coach at half time and said he wanted to go for the state record it was decided by the coaching staff to support the decision. Vines-Holder now holds the record with a couple of other players in the state but for now, his name is in the record books.
This Friday night is unlikely to see the Vipers put up 94 points as the Vikings of South Granville come to Henderson. “They find ways of making it a ball game and they are looking for a share of the conference championship,” Elliott said. To do that, South Granville will have to rely on a run heavy offense to take down the Vipers. South Granville leads the conference in rushing so the Vipers will have to be ready on defense. “We are focusing on ourselves. Cleaning up mistakes on offense and defense,” Elliott stated.
It will be a big night at Viper Stadium as ten seniors will be honored during Senior Night festivities and there will be fireworks! Those were supposed to take place during Homecoming but rain caused the fireworks to be cancelled. Those will take place after the game Friday night which is the final home game of the regular season for the Vipers.
Join Bill Harris and Doc Ayscue immediately following the Joy Christian Center broadcast about 6:50pm for all of the action as Vance Co. takes on South Granville on Vance County Friday Night Football here on WIZS.