The Vance County High School Vipers hosted the Jamboree on Friday, offering fans, coaches and players a sneak peek at the upcoming football season.
The Vipers have two more scrimmages before the opening game of the season on Aug. 22 against non-conference opponent Warren County High School. The team travels to Durham on Tuesday to play Riverside High School and then head to Bailey on Friday to take the field against Southern Nash.
Southern Nash was among the other schools that brought teams to take part in the Jamboree. Other schools included Louisburg High School, Nash Central, Southern Alamance, Rocky Mount Prep and Hoke County.
Coach Aaron Elliott told WIZS’s Scout Hughes after Friday night’s game that he thought his team did a lot of good things offensively. The coaching staff has made some adjustments to its defensive strategy from last season. The team lost about 15 players to graduation last year, among them Taeshawn Alston, who accepted a football scholarship to play at the University of South Carolina.
Elliott, beginning his fourth season, said this was the biggest Jamboree that he’s put together since taking over the head coaching job.
Despite finding some positive things to say about his team’s performance, Elliott said he did spot some mistakes to improve on.
He predicted, however, that the Vipers would be a good football team this season.
The season opener against Warren County High School kicks off at 7 p.m. in the VCHS stadium.
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