High School Football

38 years of The Herald’s High School Football Jamboree in words, pictures

Rock Hill’s Tony Watkins played in The Herald Jamboree back in the late 1980s and he’ll be on the sidelines coaching Friday night in the WRHI Football City USA Kickoff as a member of his alma mater’s defensive coaching staff.
Rock Hill’s Tony Watkins played in The Herald Jamboree back in the late 1980s and he’ll be on the sidelines coaching Friday night in the WRHI Football City USA Kickoff as a member of his alma mater’s defensive coaching staff.

WRHI’s Football City USA Kickoff begins Friday night at 5 p.m. at District Three Stadium.

The event features Rock Hill’s three high schools playing opponents from beyond the city limits, a format very similar to The Herald Jamboree, which ran from 1971 to 2008. Check out this history of that event, which for so many years signaled the beginning of high school football season in the Rock Hill area.

The History of The Herald Football Jamboree, 1971-2008 

2017 WRHI Football City USA Kickoff schedule

▪ South Pointe - Byrnes, 5 p.m.

▪ Rock Hill - Hough, 7 p.m.

▪ Northwestern - Union County, 9 p.m.

Tickets cost $7

This story was originally published August 10, 2017 at 2:35 PM with the headline "38 years of The Herald’s High School Football Jamboree in words, pictures."

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