For the 20th consecutive year, the BB&T Football Jamboree will be played in Wilmington, showcasing 10 area football teams on Aug. 11 before a huge crowd at historic Legion Stadium.

The Whiteville Wolfpack and South Columbus Stallions will again give Columbus County strong representation the mammoth scrimmage event, which will begin at 5 p.m., with the cheerleaders showcase. Scrimmage play will begin at 6 p.m. There will be five scrimmages with each consisting of two 12-minute quarters.

South Columbus will take the field against New Hanover in the first scrimmage, followed by a match-up between West Brunswick and Laney. Whiteville will go against Ashley in the third scrimmage, followed by South Brunswick against Hoggard. The final scrimmage will have Wallace-Rose Hill taking on Jacksonville.

The four Wilmington schools – New Hanover, Laney, Ashley, Hoggard – along with Jacksonville will make up the home side of the scoreboard with the other five schools making up the visitors side.

Advance tickets are $3 and can be obtained at all BB&T branches in Whiteville, Tabor City, Wilmington, Wallace, Rose Hill. Shallotte, Southport and Jacksonville.

Proceeds from last year’s Jamboree event totalled $64,478, enough to fund 30 scholarships (three per each school) of $1,000 each. In addition, participating schools received about $3,000 each for their general operating budgets. Since the first Jamboree in 1987, approximately $700,000 has been raised through the event with 336 scholarships worth $322,000 having been awarded.

South Columbus participants who received BB&T Jamboree scholarships this past year (listed with their chosen colleges) are Jimmie Ike Bellamy Jr. (UNC-Pembroke), Mason Jerry Price (Southeastern Community College) and Timothy Douglas Strickland (East Carolina Univesity).

Last year’s scholarship winners from Whiteville High were Derick O’Keith Anders (UNC-Pembroke), Sierra Chanel Cato (North Carolina State University) and Ethan Langdon Scott (Southeastern Community College).