SHS football returns with new scoreboard, courtesy of Smithfield Foods
Published 10:31 am Tuesday, September 3, 2024
- Ribbon-cutters for a new scoreboard funded with a $35,000 donation from Smithfield Foods included Deputy Superintendent Christopher Coleman,Jonathan Toms from Smithfield Foods, SHS Principal Patricia Cuffee, SHS Athletic Director Pat Dulin, SHS Athletic Booster Club President Michelle Jones, School Board members Brandi Perkins and Michael Cunningham, Isle of Wight County Supervisor Renee Rountree and immediate past SHS Athletic Booster Club President Janette Jeffrey. (Photos by Stephen Faleski | The Smithfield Times)
Smithfield High School held its first varsity Packers home football game of the 2024 season on Aug. 30 versus the Norview High School Pilots of Norfolk. The game began with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the field’s new scoreboard, funded with a $35,000 donation from Smithfield Foods.
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- Student director and drum major Haley Breazzeal and majorette captain Mya Tyler lead the band to the bleachers.
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- SHS Packer cheerleaders arrive.
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- The Packers take the field.
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- Smithfield’s first home football game of the season was well attended.
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- The Packers and the Norview High School Pilots line up for the start of a down.
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- Cheerleaders perform for the crowd.
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- Dueling lineups of Packers and Pilots collide.
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- A Packer runs toward the 30-yard line.
Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the spelling of Pat Dulin’s name.
