Photo Gallery: Vicksburg, Warren Central preseason scrimmage
Published 9:00 am Saturday, August 29, 2020
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Vicksburg High defenders Caleb Bryant (45) and Travis Stewart (56) wrap up a Hazlehurst runner during a preseason scrimmage on Friday. (Paul Ingram/For The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central’s Jaylon Chriss hauls in a pass during a scrimmage against Holmes County Central on Friday. (Paul Ingram/For The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High running back Johnny Smith (18) runs behind the block of Lonell Earls (6) during a preseason scrimmage against Hazlehurst on Friday. (Paul Ingram/For The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central running back Timothy Thompson (3) carries the ball during a preseason scrimmage against Holmes County Central on Friday. (Paul Ingram/For The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High running back Channing Adams drags a Hazlehurst defender during their preseason scrimmage game on Friday. (Paul Ingram/For The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central defensive lineman Steven Watts (45) and some of his teammates wrap up a Holmes County Central runner during a preseason scrimmage Friday at Warren Central. (Paul Ingram/For The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High’s Laurence Sullivan (8) runs with the football during a preseason scrimmage against Hazlehurst on Friday. (Paul Ingram/For The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central’s Tevin Bell (1) dives for a pass during a scrimmage against Holmes County Central on Friday. (Paul Ingram/For The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High’s Tommy Curtis (3) runs with the football during a preseason scrimmage against Hazlehurst on Friday. Curtis returned an interception 95 yards for a touchdown on the play. (Paul Ingram/For The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central running back Jaevion Mims (28) slices through Holmes County Central’s defense during a preseason scrimmage on Friday. (Paul Ingram/For The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High receiver Quinjerus Miles (31) can’t quite come up with the ball during a preseason scrimmage against Hazlehurst on Friday. (Paul Ingram/For The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central football head coach Josh Morgan talks to his team at halftime of a scrimmage against Holmes County Central on Friday. (Paul Ingram/For The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High football players listen to a postgame speech from head coach Todd McDaniel following Friday’s preseason scrimmage game against Hazlehurst. (Paul Ingram/For The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High and Warren Central played Hazlehurst and Holmes County Central, respectively, in a pair of preseason scrimmage games Friday at Warren Central’s Viking Stadium.
Each game featured the varsity squads playing two quarters to help prepare for next week’s season openers. Warren Central and Holmes’ junior varsity teams also played two quarters.
Hazlehurst beat Vicksburg 8-6, and Holmes County Central beat Warren Central 13-8.
Vicksburg will return to Viking Stadium next Friday at 7 p.m. to take on Warren Central in their annual rivalry game. It will also be the 2020 Red Carpet Bowl.
Tickets will be limited to two per each senior football player, band member, cheerleader and dance team member in accordance with Mississippi’s COVID-19 guidelines.
— All photos by Paul Ingram, Special to The Vicksburg Post