Football schedule changing for some Midlands high school games, and not because of rain
Some high school football games will have later start times this week in South Carolina because of extreme heat in the forecast for Friday.
Several games have been moved from 7:30 to 8 p.m. More are expected to change and three games have been moved to Thursday night.
Many other games around the state also have been moved.
The Keenan-Orangeburg Wilkinson game has been canceled because of COVID issue with the Keenan team.
According to National Weather Service’s forecast, the high on Friday is set for 100 degrees with a heat index of 105 degrees. Those readings are forecast to be closer to 92 and 97 around 7 p.m., according to the Weather Service, then 89 and 92 at 8 p.m. The heat index at 9 p.m. will still be around 90.
This Week’s Schedule
Thursday
North Central at Hannah-Pamplico, 7 p.m.
Eau Claire at Hunter Kinard-Tyler, 7:30 p.m.
Dreher at AC Flora, 7:30 p.m.
Pelion at Columbia, 7:30 p.m.
Westwood at Lower Richland, 7:30 p.m.
Friday
8 p.m. starts
Andrew Jackson at Fairfield Central, 8 p.m.
Blythewood at Richland Northeast, 8 p.m.
Brookland-Cayce at Airport, 8 p.m.
CA Johnson at Trinity Collegiate, 8 p.m.
Crestwood at Gray Collegiate, 8 p.m.
Lancaster at Irmo, 8 p.m.
Mid-Carolina at Chapin, 8 p.m.
Northside Christian at Greenwood Christian, 8 p.m.
Richard Winn at Laurens Academy, 8 p.m.
Ridge Spring-Monetta at Saluda, 8 p.m.
River Bluff at Swansea, 8 p.m.
South Aiken at Lexington, 8 p.m.
White Knoll at Spring Valley, 8 p.m.
No changes yet. 7:30 p.m. start
Batesburg-Leesville at Gilbert
Cardinal Newman at Pee Dee Academy
Florence Christian at Hammond
Heathwood Hall at Ben Lippen
Lugoff-Elgin at Camden
Newberry Academy at Oakbrook Prep
Northside Christian at Greenwood Christian
Orangeburg-Wilkinson at Keenan, canceled.
Ridge View at Sumter
Spartanburg at Dutch Fork
WW King at Wardlaw
This story was originally published August 22, 2023 at 5:05 PM.
