Mountain Heritage’s Junior Denton and Trey Robinson.
Many football teams from Western North Carolina will take part in their last preseason scrimmages on Friday.
One of the most intriguing ones is in Canton — JV and varsity teams from Mountain Heritage, Pisgah and Swain County will go up against one another starting at 5 p.m.
The junior-varsity scrimmages run from 5 to 7 p.m., with the varsity to follow from 7 to 9. The format is round-robin, so every team gets a chance to scrimmage one another.
Admission is $5.
“It’ll be exciting to have some really good teams coming in,” Black Bears coach Brett Chappell said.
“I know our kids are tired of seeing each other, they’re getting antsy to see someone else. It’ll be interesting to see who steps up.”
Mountain Heritage is the preseason favorite in the Western Highlands Conference. Pisgah (WNC Athletic 2-A/3-A) and Swain County (Smoky Mountain 1-A) have been picked to finish second in their respective leagues.
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