We check in at Brookville for our "Football Friday" preview. The Bees come into this season with high expectations and lots of confidence, winning seven straight games and a region title before falling in the state semifinals.

And the great news for the Bees, they return nine starters on offense, including highly-recruited quarterback and safety Logan Thomas, plus nine starters on defense. Brookville should see what it's made of early, opening at two-time defending state champ Amherst County two weeks from Friday, then traveling to Salem in Week 3.

Jeff Woody, Fourth-year Bees Head Coach - "We look forward to playing those two teams. It's a test to see how good we're going to be. We also know that playing those two games, if we lose, we'll be in good shape. If we win, we can use that as momentum. But our focus is the 10-week season."

Logan Thomas, Bees Senior Quarterback/Safety - "We've got a lot of speed, a lot of strength. We've got a bunch of different people that we can look to, to get the ball to, to score."

Stacey Houston, Bees Senior RB/LB - "You've got to expect big things. We've got the potential out here. Brookville, we're known for physical football, we're known for pounding the rock, now we've got a little speed to go with that."

 

ABC 13 Sports Football Friday Previews

Monday July 28^th – Heritage

Tuesday July 29^th – Gretna

Wednesday July 30^th – Jefferson Forest

Thursday July 31^st – Amherst

Friday August 1^st – Staunton River

Monday August 4^th – E.C. Glass

Tuesday August 5^th – Brookville

Wednesday August 6^th – Appomattox

Thursday August 7^th – G.W.

Friday August 8^th – Chatham

Saturday August 9^th – L.C.A.

Sunday August 10^th – Nelson County

Monday August 11^th – William Campbell

Tuesday August 12^th – Rustburg

Wednesday August 13^th – Liberty

Thursday August 14^th – Altavista

Friday August 15^th – Salem

Saturday August 16^th – Parry McCluer (6pm), Patrick Henry (11pm)

Sunday August 17^th – Rockbridge County (6pm), Bassett (11pm)

Monday August 18^th – Franklin County (6pm), William Fleming (11pm)

Tuesday August 19^th – Tunstall (6pm), Lord Botetourt (11pm)

Wednesday August 20^th – Martinsville (6pm), Magna Vista (11pm)

Thursday August 21^st – Cave Spring

Friday August 22^nd – Dan River (6pm), Debut of Football Friday (11:15pm)

*Other area teams may be added to this list