WCHS fans boost team’s confidence with ‘Red Friday’
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And for the past two Friday nights, people have packed Nunley Stadium to cheer on the Pioneer football team.
Friday night against DeKalb County a crowd of almost 3,000 packed both sides of the stadium, and even the grassy area in the south end zone, as they watched Warren County rack up 50 points.
“Red Friday” put a little more spirit in Nunley Stadium as the home side was a sea of fans wearing red to show off their Pioneer pride.
DeKalb County fans seemed to be very impressed as they looked across the field.
“Wow, look at all of that red,” said one DeKalb County fan.
“It’s nothing but red, they sure do have a lot of spirit. I think that’s wonderful. This town is really proud of their football program.”
Confidence is one thing the Pioneers have been working on all year as the coaching staff has worked hard to mentally prepare this year’s team for the good and the bad.
“Before every game we bring the team out here and do a walk-through,” said defensive coordinator Todd Willmore. “We want the kids to visualize what they’re supposed to be doing on each play.
“(Friday night) we told them to visualize making a big play and then we had them to turn around and look at the stands. We told them to just imagine all those people standing up there cheering and seeing nothing but the stands filled with red. We just wanted to get the kids to understand just how much this community is behind them.”
Warren County hoach Chris Madewell said his team knew there would be several red shirts in the stands, but the sight of the hometown crowd turned out to be more than they could imagine.
“It was such a great signt to see,” Madewell said. “These kids have worked so hard to get were they’re at, and for the town to come out and support them like they did tonight was amazing.”