Opening week of Sacramento-area high school football starts with a master schedule
Coming soon to a stadium near you: a high school football game.
The 2020 season was pushed into the spring months due the pandemic, and the spring schedule was six games for the fortunate few and as few as one or two contests for others. Unless COVID-19 issues flare up, and it’s been a problem across the state of late, games will happen, with fans.
The Bee earlier this month ran a Bee Best 100 - the top 100 area players to watch this fall. Now they play for keeps. Due to a referee shortage, some games initially scheduled for Friday will be played on Thursday, including Cosumnes Oaks visiting Oak Ridge in El Dorado Hills.
And there will be postponements or cancellations. Grant’s opener against Lodi in Del Paso Heights has been pushed to Sept. 17 as Lodi deals with a team quarantine issue. The Lindhurst at Golden Sierra contest has also been canceled due to quarantine. As of Wednesday afternoon, Colfax was looking for a game after Hug of Reno had to cancel due to a lack of required padded practices. Hug players have not been able to practice outdoors due to wildfire smoke.
Here’s a peek at the openers, subject to change.
High school football schedule
Zero Week
Thursday
Cosumnes Oaks at Oak Ridge, 7 p.m.
Friday
Kickoffs are between 7-7:30 p.m., unless noted:
Esparto at Natomas, 6 p.m.
Delta at San Juan
Woodland at Marysville
Turlock at Rocklin
Folsom at Monterey Trail
Center at Rio Linda
Nevada Union at Bella Vista
Ponderosa vs. Rio Americano at Del Campo
Modesto Christian at Foresthill
Placer at Casa Roble
Atwater at Capital Christian
Vanden at Yuba City
Del Oro at Lincoln
Ripon Christian at Galt
Wood and Pioneer
Granite Bay at Vista del Lago
Christian Brothers at Burbank
Orestimba at Rio Vista
Roseville at Oakmont
Union Mine at Dixon
Davis at Vacaville
El Camino at Armijo
Damonte Ranch at Antelope
Pleasant Grove at Kennedy
River Valley at Sheldon
Union Mine at Dixon
Cordova at Rosemont
Del Campo at West Park
Elk Grove at Inderkum
Woodcreek at River City
Whitney vs. Franklin at Cosumnes Oaks
Foothill vs. Laguna Creek at Cosumnes River College
Saturday
Stagg at Sacramento, 1 p.m.
Bear River at Truckee, 1:30 p.m.
Valley Christian at Mira Loma, 11 a.m.
Mesa Verde vs. McClatchy at Kennedy, 7:30 p.m.
This story was originally published August 16, 2021 at 9:49 AM.