VIPERS FOOTBALL PREVIEW
Vance County at Roanoke Rapids
Monday, September 24, 2018
6:45 PM – Pregame
7:00 PM – Game Time
Vance County High School faces the Yellow Jackets of Roanoke Rapids tonight (Monday 9/24/18). They will be traveling to the far eastern edge of the Northern Carolina Conference. After four difficult weeks playing against teams who literally ran all over them, the Vipers had an unscheduled break last week when Hurricane Flo blew every team in Eastern North Carolina off their playing fields; but whether this will help or hurt VC remains to be seen.
The weather did not allow any extra practice, but rest could be helpful at this point, with one-third of the Vipers’ inaugural season in the books, and Vance up against another hard-running offense this week.
Roanoke Rapids has been on a roll the past 4 years, thanks to Head Coach Eric McDaniels, who took over in 2014 and immediately turned the program around, leading them to a conference championship and 3 state playoff games that first season, and rolling up a 4-year record of 37-14. BUT, this season looks like the Jackets’ toughest one under Coach McDaniel. Undefeated in their first 7 games last year, RR is already 2-2 this year, their worst start since 2013.