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OAKBORO — Back for another year, the second-annual Stanly County Jamboree preseason football event will take place at West Stanly High School on Aug 8 at 6 p.m.

The county’s four high school varsity football teams — West Stanly, North Stanly, South Stanly and Albemarle — will be joined by Hunter Huss, Central Cabarrus, Langtree Charter Academy and Concord as the eight schools participate in a series of head-to-head exhibition games at Larry Wagner Stadium.

Launched last year at North Stanly’s R.N. Jeffery Stadium, this scrimmage-style event will offer controlled, simultaneous preseason matchups to showcase local talent and promote the upcoming football season.

“Supporters, parents and community — it’s time to show your support,” North Stanly coach Chad Little said in an event advertisement. “The NS Football program will share the profits from this event with the surrounding high schools. Please help us out and support NS Football at this event. We need you there! Roll Comets!”

Little previously explained that the Stanly County Jamboree is designed to build the county’s “football brand” and that together the four local high schools will work together to make this an annual event: “I personally think it is great that all four Stanly County high school head coaches have come together to make this happen. We all care about the future of Stanco football.”

Hosting responsibilities are set to rotate annually among the schools.

As a collaborative effort between the local coaches, the Jamboree also doubles as a fundraiser with ticket revenue shared among the schools. General admission entrance tickets for the Stanly County Jamboree are available online at gofan.co for $10. Additionally, 50/50 raffle tickets for the event are on sale at zeffy.com.

With games running at the same time, the simultaneous 35-minute scrimmages will be played at the scoreboard end and field house end of the field. Teams will get 10 offensive plays from the 40-yard line to the end zones.

The local 2025 high school football season will officially kick off next month on Aug. 22 as West Stanly hosts South Stanly, North Stanly hosts Community School of Davidson, and Albemarle travels to College Prep and Leadership Academy.