High School Sports

Ready for football? Here’s the Midlands’ scrimmage, jamboree schedule for 2025

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

Games begin at 6 p.m.

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.

This story was originally published August 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM.

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Lou Bezjak
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Lou Bezjak is the High School Sports Prep Coordinator for The (Columbia) State and (Hilton Head) Island Packet. He previously worked at the Florence Morning News and had covered high school sports in South Carolina since 2002. Lou is a two-time South Carolina Sports Writer of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Support my work with a digital subscription
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