Photo Gallery: Vicksburg vs. Warren Central football
Published 7:50 am Sunday, September 4, 2022
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Vicksburg High and Warren Central football players meet for the coin toss before the start of Friday's game at Viking Stadium. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High's football team runs onto the field before the start of Friday's River City Rivalry game against Warren Central. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central's football team runs onto the field before their River City Rivalry game against Vicksburg. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central quarterback Jack Wright (11) looks to throw a pass Friday against Vicksburg. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central running back Trey Hall (1) carries the football Friday against Vicksburg. Hall ran for 40 yards and a touchdown in the Vikings' 20-18 victory. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High defenders Wallyeke Curry (10) and Caleb Bryant (45) celebrate after making a play Friday against Warren Central. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg's DeCorey Knight (12) runs with the football Friday against Warren Central. Knight had 118 total yards and a receiving touchdown, but the Gators lost 20-18. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central's Ishmael Trujillo (24) carries the football Friday against Vicksburg. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central's defense stacks up Vicksburg High running back Malik Montgomery on a play at the goal line in the second quarter of Friday's game. Warren Central beat Vicksburg, 20-18, for its 11th consecutive win in the River City Rivalry series. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High football head coach Todd McDaniel talks to his team during Friday's game against Warren Central. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
The new inductees of the Vicksburg Warren School District Athletic Hall of Fame's Class of 2022 — Robert Erves, Arthur “Bobo” Harris, Kelvin Reed, Dellie C. Robinson, Jimmy Sweet, Bowen Woodson and Donna Brown-Wynn — were honored at halftime of Friday's Vicksburg vs. Warren Central football game. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High football fans cheer on their team Friday during the River City Rivalry game against Warren Central. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central offensive coordinator Rob Morgan talks to his players during Friday's game against Vicksburg. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Head coaches Todd McDaniel of Vicksburg and Josh Morgan of Warren Central talk after Friday's River City Rivalry game. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High and Warren Central football players wait for the snap before a play in Friday's game. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central running back Trey Hall (1) carries the football Friday against Vicksburg. Hall ran for 40 yards and a touchdown in the Vikings' 20-18 victory. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central freshman kicker Jonah Artman kicks one of his two field goals in a 20-18 victory over Vicksburg on Friday. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High and Warren Central renewed their football rivalry Friday at Warren Central, in the 42nd edition of the River City Rivalry. A sellout crowd of more than 5,000 fans packed the stands on both sides of Viking Stadium to cheer on their respective teams.
DeCorey Knight had a 54-yard touchdown reception with 29 seconds left to pull Vicksburg within two points, but Warren Central stopped the Gators’ two-point conversion attempt and the Vikings won 20-18.
It was Warren Central’s 11th consecutive victory in the series, although the last two games have been decided by a total of three points.