After COVID-19 delays that canceled their football season-opener and jeopardized their second game, the West Orange Warriors will open the season Friday at Boone.
“We’re excited. We feel blessed that we have the opportunity to go out and play,” West Orange first-year coach Mike Granato said. "The kids have been working, obviously, jumping through all of the COVID guidelines and adhering to the pods since the beginning of July.
“Given that we had the Evans game canceled and then to come back a day later and be told, essentially, that we wouldn’t be able to play a game for three weeks was disheartening.