VSL Season Preview: Louisburg Football
BY DYLAN FUNK
The Wildcats have high hopes as they look to build off a successful 2022 campaign. Head coach Drew Harding will be the man at the helm after serving his first year as a head coach last season.

“Our expectations are to compete every week in a tough frontier league and put ourselves in position to hopefully go on a playoff run,” Coach Harding said.

The Wildcats now face the challenge of replacing 16 seniors that graduated this past May. Some of the key contributors returning this year are Declan Battle, Jaymes Melton, Caden Caplinger, Wyatt Holland, Ashton Moore, and Hunter Heinrich. Louisburg will also have some replenished help in the trenches on both sides of the ball as senior Jackson Howard will return after missing all of last season with an injury. 

Coach Harding is coming off a successful first year as head coach, helping lead the team to an 8-2 record and a Frontier League title. Louisburg lost to 4A newcomers St. Thomas Aquinas in the playoffs.  ​

The motivation from that loss has helped fuel the off-season workouts, which have ramped up over the summer.
“We had good attendance in the weight room with lots of strength and speed numbers improving,” Harding said. “We had a busy summer with different 7 vs 7, thud scrimmages, and our team camp." 

Harding and company are ready to kick off their season and Frontier League title defense on Friday, September 1 at home, in the friendly confines of Wildcat Stadium against Rogers Heritage (AR).

As always, you can catch the action of Wildcat athletics all season long on Louisburg Sports Live.

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