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2023 NBC5 Friday Night Fever football preview for top teams across Vermont and Northern New York

The football season is fast approaching, and the NBC5 sports team has you covered with the latest training camp insight

<NOW NBC5 SPORTS DESK….> YOUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER…. BECAUSE FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER HAD RETURNED! NOAH CIERZAN HERE ALONGSIDE JACK MAIN…. ERIC KERR WILL JOIN US SHORTLY BUT SO GREAT TO BE BACK ON THE GRIDIRON SLOWLY BUT SURLEY… WE WILL START TO SEE SIGNS OF THE CHANGING SEASONS… BUT IT ALWAYS STARTD ON FRIDAY NIGHTS… IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY, GOING BACK TO LAST SEASON… ONLY TWO TEAMS COMPLETED THE UNDEFEATED YEAR. WINDSOR…. WHO ENTERS THE YEAR ON A 22 GAME WINNING STREAK AND C-V-U…. WHO TOOK HOME ITS FIRST EVER CHAMPIONSHIP CAPPED OFF WITH A THRILLING WIN AGAINST MIDDLEBURY. IN VISITING REDHAWLS TRAINING CAMP… THINGS LOOK DIFFERENT WITH NO MAX DESTITO… ALEX PROVOST AND JACK SUMNER BUT HEAD COACH RAHN FLEMING HAS CONFIDENCE… THAT THIS YEARS TEAM CAN BUILD ON THE FOUNDATION BUILT LAST SEASON <RAHN FLEMING/CVU HEAD COACH, “THERE IS A CULTURAL MOMENTUM THAT COMES FROM WINNING A CHAMPIONSHIP. THERE IS A CONFIDENCE MOMENTUM THAT COMES FROM WINNING A CHAMPIONSHIP. THERE IS NO PERFORMANCE MOMENTUM THAT COMES FROM WINNING A CHAMPIONSHIP. (BUTTED) IF WE MAKE EVERY GAME, WE’RE IN A DOGFIGHT FOR OUR OPPONENTS. RIGHT. AND IF WE MAKE JUST A TON OF MEMORIES, THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME. AND THEN MAYBE WE’LL LET MAKING HISTORY TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.”> C-V-U.. BRINGNING A DOG FIGHT TO MANCHESTER WEEK ONE AGAINST BURR AND BURTON NEXT SATURDAY IF CHAMPLAIN VALLEY WANTS TO REPEAT… THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME NEW PLAYERS IN DIVISION ONE TO RUN THROUGH. DOWN SOUTH NEXT TO THE BOARDER… MOUNT ANTHONY AND BRATTLEBORO ARE MOVING UP TO DIVISION ONE… EXPANDING VERMONT’S BIGGEST DIVISION TO 11 TEAMS. AND MOUNT ANTHONY MOVES DIVISIONS AS THE REGINING D2 CHAMPIONS. IT CHANGES UP LOOKS FOR THE REST OF D-ONE… BUT NEW MDDLEBURY HEAD COACH JED MALCOLM THINKS IT ALLOWS HIS TEAM TO PLAY MORE FREE <JED MALCOLM/ MIDDLEBURY HEAD FOOTBALL COACH, “WE KNOW WE’RE GOING TO BE OFF GUARD FROM THE BEGINNING. SO WE HAVE TO SORT OF SET UP A GENERAL SYSTEM AND THEN BE ABLE TO ADJUST ON THE FLY. AND THAT’S TRUE. TRUTHFULLY, THE FUN PART IS KIND OF GOING INTO HALFTIME AND FIGURING OUT WHAT TO TWEAK.”> MIDDLEBURY TAKES ON BRATTLEBORO NEXT FRIDAY WE’VE VISITED TRAINING CAMPS ACROSS VERMONT… AND ARE CONTINUING TO BUT SO FAR WHAT TEAM ARE YOU KEEPING YOUR EYES ON? I’M GOING TO TAKE A TRIP DOWN I-89… AND EXIT FOR WHITE RIVER JUNCTION BECAUSE I LOVE WHAT I’M SEEING OUT OF HARTFORD THE HURRICANES…. HAD A DOWN YEAR FOR THEIR STANDARDS IN 20-22… NOT TOUGH WHEN YOU HAVE SIX CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE TWO- THOUSAND SEVEN. BUT REASON RETURNING THEIR STARTING QUARTERBACK AND I REALLY THINK BRAYDEN TROMBLY… AFTER WINNING A LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE SPRING COULD TAKE A BIG STEP UP I’M GOING TO MALLETS BAY! THE LAKERS HAVE SOME NEW JU-JU IN THEIR LOCKEROOM… COLCHESTER IS ONE OF JUST A HANDFULL OF TEAMS RETURNING A FULL TIME QB… IN JORDAN LAVOIE.. COUPLE THAT WITH TWO JUGGERNOUT TEAMS MOVING out OF THE LAKERS DIVISION… AND 6 OF 8 GAMES COMING AGAINST D1 OPPONANTS.. NOT SAYING ITS ALWAYS GOING TO BE PRETTY… BUT 2023 WILL BE FACINATING IN THE BAY. RUTLAND AND ESSEX MATCHUP NEXT FRIDAY…. AS DO B-F-A SAINT ALBANS AND MOUNT MANSFIELD IN WEEK ONE! IN NORTHERN NEW YORK… TEAMS DON’T START FOR ANOTHER WEEK AFTERWARDS…. BUT N-B-C FIVES ERIC KERR IS STILL HARD AT WORK… WITH THE LATEST FROM TRAINING CAMP CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS — THE FEVER IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. WHILE NORTHERN NEW YORK WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR ITS’ START — THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF THINGS TO SHARE — TO GET YOU UP TO SPEED. NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSIFICATIONS RESTRUCTURE — DID NOT AFFECT SECTION SEVEN FOOTBALL TOO MUCH. YOU SEE CLASS B REMAINS UNCHANGED. CLASS C DOES SHRINK DOWN TO TWO — WITH JUST SARANAC AND SARANAC LAKE. MEANING AUSABLE VALLEY IS NOW PAIRED WITH MORIAH IN CLASS D. THEY ARE FILLING TICONDEROGA’S SPOT SINCE THEY WILL NOT HAVE A VARSITY TEAM THIS YEAR. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE DEFENDING SECTIONAL CHAMPS — STARTING WITH PERU IN CLASS B. THE REIGNING UNDEFEATED C-V- A-C REGULAR SEASON BANNER HOLDERS — WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT LOOK THIS FALL — LOSING OVER 10 PLAYERS — FROM LAST YEAR’S SENIOR CLASS — INCLUDING LEAGUE M-V-P ZACH O’CONNEL. HOWEVER — REIGINING HEAD COACH OF THE YEAR RYON O- CONNEL AND HIS GUYS — ARE LOOKING TO NOT DWELL ON THE PAST — BUT INSTEAD CONTINUE THEIR LEGACY WITH THE GUYS THEY HAVE NOW — THROUGH THE CLASSIC OFFSEASON WORK. <ZACK ENGSTROM – PERU SENIOR RECEIVER / DEFENSIVE BACK> “Weight room was open all summer a lot of kids in attendance, more than kids I’ve ever seen in attendance. Everyone was lifting on their own, together and as a team.” <LANDEN DUPREY – PERU SENIOR TIGHT END / DEFENIVE LINEMAN> “We’re keeping the energy up in practice a lot of communication and just having a positive mindset and keep working.” <RYON O’CONNELL – PERU HEAD COACH> “They got to come out and play good solid football. We have some good solid returners coming back. We have some good linemen coming back. They just go to be themselves and not do too much.” PERU WILL FACE MALONE CENTRAL — IN A NON LEAGUE CONTEST NEXT SATURDAY — SEPTEMBER 2ND. THE OFFICIAL WEEK ONE FOR SECTION SEVEN — WILL KICK OFF ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER

2023 NBC5 Friday Night Fever football preview for top teams across Vermont and Northern New York

The football season is fast approaching, and the NBC5 sports team has you covered with the latest training camp insight

After an offseason spent in the weight room, Vermont and New York’s biggest football stars are almost ready to hit the field for an action packed 2023 season.With just a week to go before football starts in Vermont, Friday Night Fever returns tonight to celebrate the occasion. Noah Cierzan, Jack Main and Eric Kerr tell you everything you need to know going into the season with interviews and analysis from training camps across the region. Be sure to tune into NBC5 at 11 p.m. for Friday Night Fever every single week for updates from the gridiron.Check out previews of some of your favorite teams:

After an offseason spent in the weight room, Vermont and New York’s biggest football stars are almost ready to hit the field for an action packed 2023 season.

With just a week to go before football starts in Vermont, Friday Night Fever returns tonight to celebrate the occasion. Noah Cierzan, Jack Main and Eric Kerr tell you everything you need to know going into the season with interviews and analysis from training camps across the region. Be sure to tune into NBC5 at 11 p.m. for Friday Night Fever every single week for updates from the gridiron.