Fans of area private school football teams can start marking dates on their calendar for fall.
SCISA released its 11-man football schedules Wednesday, and the slate will include at least one head-to-head matchup between area teams – or “Lowco-on-Lowco,” as we like to call them – in six of the 11 weeks.
That includes a season-opening matchup between Thomas Heyward and Hilton Head Christian Academy on Aug. 17. That’s one of three battles with geographical rivals in the first four weeks of the season for the Rebels, who will face John Paul II in Week 2 and Hilton Head Prep in Week 4.
Hilton Head Christian’s schedule will feature plenty of late-season drama, as the Eagles face John Paul II and Hilton Head Prep in their last two regular-season matchups.
2018 SCISA 11-MAN FOOTBALL SCHEDULES
*region opponent
THOMAS HEYWARD
8/17 at Hilton Head Christian
8/24 vs. John Paul II
8/31 at Colleton Prep*
9/7 vs. Hilton Head Prep
9/14 at Pee Dee Academy
9/21 vs. Northwood Academy
9/28 at Northside Christian*
10/5 vs. Spartanburg Christian*
10/12 vs. Bethesda Academy*
10/19 at Dorchester Academy*
10/26 Open
HILTON HEAD CHRISTIAN
8/17 vs. Thomas Heyward
8/24 at First Presbyterian
8/31 Open
9/7 at Bethesda Academy
9/14 vs. St. Andrew’s
9/21 vs. Dorchester Academy
9/28 at Northwood Academy*
10/5 vs. Orangeburg Prep*
10/12 at Colleton Prep
10/19 vs. John Paul II*
10/26 at Hilton Head Prep*
HILTON HEAD PREP
8/17 vs. Northside Christian
8/24 at Colleton Prep
8/31 Open
9/7 at Thomas Heyward
9/14 at Orangeburg Prep*
9/21 vs. John Paul II*
9/28 vs. Carolina Academy
10/5 at Bethesda Academy
10/12 vs. Dorchester Academy
10/19 at Northwood Academy*
10/26 vs. Hilton Head Christian*
JOHN PAUL II
8/17 vs. Cardinal Newman
8/24 at Thomas Heyward
8/31 at St. Andrew’s
9/7 at Carolina Academy
9/14 vs. Bethesda Academy
9/21 at Hilton Head Prep*
9/28 vs. Orangeburg Prep*
10/5 vs. Northwood Academy*
10/12 Open
10/19 at Hilton Head Christian*
10/26 vs. Colleton Prep