Sumter -- Call it Week Zero or what you will, but there is no doubt about this: the high school football season is upon us.
Though not a full slate of games for the South Carolina High School League and the South Carolina Independent Schools Association teams, there are still plenty of games to go around. The season kicks off with four games on Thursday, including a Pee Dee matchup that has Lake View traveling to Marion. Lake View is ranked seventh in the High School Sports Report Class A Preseason Top 20 poll, while Marion is ranked fourth in the HSSR AA poll.
There will be a mix of contests pitting SCISA schools against SCHSL schools along with Palmetto State schools taking on schools from North Carolina and Georgia. The final contest of the first week will have AAAAA state champion Dutch Fork going on the road on Saturday to face Colquitt out of Georgia.
Then, of course, you'll have the cross-classification showdowns along with the matchups between teams from the same class but are in different regions. Among the cross-classification games, you have defending Class A state champion Christ Church playing at HSSR AA preseason No. 1 Gray Collegiate, AAA No. 5 Camden at AAAA No. 11 Myrtle Beach, AAAAA Conway at AAAA No. 7 Hartsville, AAAAA No. 11 Dorman at AAAA No. 2 Greenville, AAAA No. 4 South Pointe at AAAAA No. 7 Spartanburg, Class A No. 2 Lewisville at AA No. 3 Oceanside Collegiate, AAAAA No. 19 Cane Bay at AAA state champion Beaufort, AAAAA No. 17 Goose Creek at AAAA state champion South Florence and AAAA No. 15 West Florence at AAAAA No. 6 Lexington.
In matchups against schools in the same class, you have AAAA No. 3 A.C. Flora playing at No. 10 Greenwood and Class A No. 14 Calhoun County at No. 4 Cross.
SCHSL MATCHUPS
THURSDAY
Burke at Stall
Lake View at Marion
FRIDAY
A.C. Flora at Greenwood
Airport at Swansea
Andrews at Philip Simmons
Aynor at Wilson
Bamberg-Ehrhardt at Edisto
Baptist Hill at Denmark-Olar
Beaufort at Cane Bay
Bethune-Bowman at Pelion
Blacksburg at Buford
Blue Ridge at Chesnee
Broome at Powdersville
Calhoun County at Cross
Calhoun Falls at Blackville-Hilda
Camden at Myrtle Beach
Carolina at Liberty
Central at Darlington
Chapman at Woodruff
Chester at Lancaster
Christ Church at Gray Collegiate
Clinton at Batesburg-Leesville
Columba at C.A. Johnson
Conway at Hartsville
Crescent at Pickens
Daniel at Greer
Dorman at Greenville
Fairfield Central at Carvers Bay
Fountain Inn at West-Oak
Fort Mill at Catawba Ridge
Goose Creek at South Florence
Green Sea-Floyds at Loris
Hampton County at Colleton County
Hanahan at Georgetown
Hemingway at Lamar
Hillcrest at Laurens
Hilton Head Island at Battery Creek
Hunter-Kinard-Tyler at Scott’s Branch
Irmo at Chapin
James Island at Stratford
J.L. Mann at Eastside
Johnsonville at North Central
Keenan at Dreher
Kingstree at Mullins
Lake Marion at Lucy Beckham
Lee Central at Chesterfield
Lewisville at Oceanside Collegiate
Lower Richland at West Ashley
Lugoff-Elgin at River Bluff
McBee at Hannah-Pamplico
McCormick at Abbeville
Mullins at Latta
Nation Ford at Indian Land
Newberry at Union County
Ninety Six at Emerald
North Charleston at Military Magnet
North Myrtle Beach at Socastee
Palmetto at Woodmont
Pendleton at Dixie
Richland Northeast at Crestwood
Ridge View at Blythewood
Ridgeland Secondary at St. John’s
Riverside at Travelers Rest
Saluda at Mid-Carolina
Silver Bluff at South Aiken
South Pointe at Spartanburg
Spring Valley at Westwood
St. Joseph’s at Fox Creek
Sumter at Lakewood
Timberland at Berkeley
T.L. Hanna at Boiling Springs
Waccamaw at St. James
Wade Hampton at Seneca
Wagener-Salley at Allendale-Fairfax
West Florence at Lexington
White Knoll at Orangeburg-Wilkinson
Whitmire at Ware Shoals
SCISA MATCHUPS
FRIDAY
Bethesda Academy at Hilton Head Prep
Calhoun Academy at Dillon Christian
Clarendon Hall at Thomas Sumter
Colleton Prep at Florence Christian
John Paul II at Thomas Heyward
Northside Christian at First Baptist
Northwood Academy at Greenwood Christian
Patrick Henry at Cross Episcopal
Pinewood Prep at Beaufort Academy
St. John’s Christian at The King’s Academy
Trinity Collegiate at Cardinal Newman
SCISA/SCHSL MATCHUPS
THURSDAY
Augusta Christian at Ridge Spring-Monetta
Great Falls at Heathwood Hall
FRIDAY
Bishop England at Porter-Gaud
Branchville at Dorchester Academy
Lake City at Laurence Manning
SCHSL/OUT-OF-STATE MATCHUPS
FRIDAY
Bluffton at Beach (Ga.)
Carolina Forest at West Brunswick (N.C.)
Evans (Ga.) at North Augusta
Gaffney at Crest (N.C.)
Harding (NC) at Brookland-Cayce
Lakeside (Ga.) at Aiken
Laney (Ga.) at Strom Thurmond
Midland Valley at Grovetown (Ga.)
Southside Christian at Commerce (Ga.)
SATURDAY
Dutch Fork at Colquitt (Ga.)
SCISA/OUT-OF-STATE MATCHUPS
FRIDAY
Ben Lippen at Asheville Christian (N.C.)
Laurens Academy at Augusta Eagles (Ga.)
Palmetto Christian at Memorial Day (Ga.)
Prince Avenue (Ga.) at Hammond
Savannah Christian (Ga.) at Hilton Head Christian
Victory Christian (N.C.) at Newberry Academy
SCISA/INDEPENDENT MATCHUPS
FRIDAY
Harvest Christian at Faith Christian
Jefferson Davis at Providence Athletic Club
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