When Greenville High School football Coach George Richardson and his Hornets travels to Louisville Saturday for a jamboree scrimmage against Noxubee County, the Hornets will get a chance to see how they stack up against one of the top rated teams in the state. Noxubee has played for a state championship the last three seasons.
The two-quarter scrimmage between Noxubee and Greenville is set to kickoff at 4:15 p.m. Saturday.
“I wanted to play a team that is going to be a challenge for us. I think we are going to get a good feel for where we are at,” Greenville coach George Richardson said. “We want to make sure our starters our playing at a high level.”
Coach Richardson, in his first year at the helm in Greenville, is very familiar with his opponent at the jamboree. In 2009, Hall of Fame coach M.C. Miller brought Richardson to Noxubee County where in six seasons Richardson as defensive coordinator produced some of the top defenses in the state of Mississippi. He also helped lead Noxubee to three state titles.
“This scrimmage will also help us build depths. Along with the starters, I plan on giving the backups a lot of playing time.”
The Hornets open the regular season up next Friday at North Side. Their first home game will be Sept. 1 against Amanda Elzy.
Richardson believes his Hornets have all the potential in the world.
“The athletes are here. They are not the excuse,” Coach Richardson said in an earlier interview. “I was just talking with one of my assistants and after looking at my defense and I am feeling like a kid in a candy store because of the size and the youth. The majority of our starters are all going to be 10th graders and juniors. There is also so much potential in the ninth grade class,” he said.
Coach Richardson added that he has been pleased with the number of players who have showed up everyday with the team averaging between 50 and 60 players a day.
“We are recruiting our kids. We need to assure them and their parents that this is the plan, this is what we are going to do and this is how we are going to do it.
“Once their is stability in place, kids and parents are usually not looking to see if the grass is greener on the other side.”
