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2021 High School Football around the New River Valley Text by Joanne M. Anderson
Auburn High School
Christiansburg High School
“My main goal is to bring some excitement back to Auburn football,” states new Head Coach David Seabaugh. “I plan to create a culture that is proud of its football team.” He’s delivering a different style and brand of football to the royal blue and white Eagles. Although numbers are not where anyone wants them right now, Coach Seabaugh believes they have enough pieces to turn some heads and win some games. “We have great senior leadership with Jackson Brockman, Jackson Bain, Jaden Dadras and John Keith, along with a lot of young talent that I'm extremely excited about.”
"The 2021 Blue Demon football team is looking to make another step forward," states 5th year Head Coach Alex Wilkens. The offense has returned players at 10 positions, while the defense will return 7 starters. "We expect a continuous upward trend after making the regional semi-finals in the 2021 shortened spring season. These young men have worked through challenging circumstances and are focused on continuing to set the bar higher for the Christiansburg football program."
Blacksburg High School
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Eastern Montgomery High School
Coach Eddie Sloss is quite pleased with the direction that the Blacksburg Bruins’ football program is going. “We have some ground to cover. It is great to see all the time and effort that the coaches and players are spending honing their skills, practicing plays and fine-tuning each position.” Be prepared for some fine football when the blue and gold BHS team takes to the gridiron this season.
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“The outlook for fall is a unique situation since we played a spring 2021 season of seven games; thus, it has been a very short off-season,” says Coach Jordan Stewart. On top of that, the Mustangs have had to follow some covid protocols which limited off-season competitions. “However,” he continues, “we have a solid group which has put in a lot of work over the past few months. We are prepared, and it’s going to be nice playing a full 10-game regular football season.”
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