The high school school football season will kick off later this month.
To get ready for the regular season, teams will take part in scrimmages and jamborees over the next few weeks. Here is a look at the preseason schedule (with times if available) that we have so far for Columbia-area teams.
Midlands HS Football Scrimmage Schedule
Aug. 4
Pinewood Prep at Ben Lippen
Aug. 5
Heathwood Hall at Northside Christian, 6:30 p.m. (ppd.)
Aug. 7
Fairfield Central, Westwood, Crestwood at River Bluff, 5 p.m.
Dutch Fork, Catawba Ridge at Blythewood, 6 p.m.
Lee Central, Williston-Elko at Columbia, 6 p.m.
Boiling Springs at Chapin, 6 p.m.
Pelion at Wagener-Salley, 6 p.m.
Gray Collegiate, Travelers Rest at Hammond, 6 p.m.
Keenan at Richland Northeast, 6 p.m.
Gilbert, Lower Richland, Chapman, Newberry at Newberry College, 6:30 p.m.
American Leadership, Great Falls at Eau Claire, 6:30 p.m.
Heathwood Hall, Dreher, North Central at CA Johnson, 6:30 p.m.
Ridge View at White Knoll, 7 p.m.
Swansea at Edisto, 7 p.m.
Lugoff-Elgin at Rock Hill, 7:30 p.m.
Airport at Mid-Carolina
AC Flora, Lexington at South Aiken
Aug. 8
Brookland-Cayce at Camden, 6:30 p.m.
Spring Valley at Irmo, 7 p.m.
Northside Christian at Colleton Prep, 7 p.m.
Ambassador Christian at Ben Lippen
Aug. 11
AC Flora at Keenan, 6 p.m.
Blythewood at Darlington, 6 p.m.
Columbia at Hunter-Kinard Tyler/Burke/Edisto 6 p.m.
River Bluff vs. Northwestern at Rock Hill, 6 p.m.
Clinton at Chapin, 6 p.m.
Hammond, Lower Richland, CA Johnson at Dreher, 6 p.m.
Ware Shoals at Pelion, 6 p.m.
Westwood at Gray Collegiate, 6 p.m.
Newberry, Airport at McDonald’s Kickoff Classic at Union County
Crescent, Barnwell, Emerald at Batesburg-Leesville, 6:30 p.m.
Lugoff-Elgin at North Augusta, 6:30 p.m.
Blackville Hilda at Swansea, 7 p.m.
South Pointe at Ridge View, 7 p.m.
Heathwood Hall at CA Johnson, 7 p.m.
Strom Thurmond at Lexington
Aug. 12
Bethune Bowman, Lake Marion at American Leadership, 6 p.m.
Aug. 14
Hammond, Calhoun Academy at Wilson Hall, 6 p.m.
Aug. 15
Spring Valley vs. Rock Hill at District 3 Stadium, 5:30 p.m.
Batesburg-Leesville, Newberry at Strom Thurmond Jamboree
Swansea vs. South Aiken at Silver Bluff
Ridge View vs. Dorman at Boiling Springs, 7:15 p.m.
Westwood vs. West Charlotte at York Jamboree, 7 p.m.
American Leadership at Cardinal Newman, 7 p.m.
Dutch Fork at Gaffney at McDonald’s Kickoff Jamboree
Chapin Kickoff Classic
at Chapin HS
Gray Collegiate vs. Clinton
Irmo vs. Eastside
Midland Valley vs. Anderson Cavaliers
Chapin vs. Mid-Carolin
Camden Shrine Club Jamboree
at North Central HS
Lakewood vs. Lugoff-Elgin, 6:30 p.m.
Blythewood vs. Camden, 7:30 p.m.
Calhoun County vs. North Central, 8:30 p.m.
Lexington One Sportsarama
at Gilbert HS
Fox Creek vs. Pelion, 5:30 p.m.
River Bluff vs. North Augusta, 6:25 p.m.
Airport vs. Lexington, 7:25 p.m.
White Knoll vs. Gilbert, 8:20 p.m.
Richland One Sertoma Sportsarama
at Keenan HS
AC Flora vs. Eau Claire, 6:30 p.m.
Columbia vs. Whitmire, 7:10 p.m.
Lower Richland vs. CA Johnson, 7:50 p.m.
Keenan vs. Dreher, 8:50 p.m.
Aug. 22
Woodland at Batesburg-Leesville, 7:30 p.m.