The high school

football season is right around the corner and the preseason events are

already starting.

Fans will get

their first chance to view the Fayette County Tigers football team, under

new head coach Jim Lindsey, with a jamboree against the Northgate Vikings

on Friday and a "Meet the Tigers" session on Sunday.

The jamboree

will take place at Tiger Stadium at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, while the "Meet

the Tigers" session will take place at Tiger Stadium at 1 p.m. on

Sunday. Other upcoming jamborees include Sandy Creek at Starr's Mill on

Friday, Aug. 16, and Mt. Zion at Fayette County, Morrow at Starr's Mill

and McIntosh at Sandy Creek on Aug. 23.

The regular

season kicks off on Friday, Aug. 30 with Fayette County at Douglas County,

Landmark Christian at Cross Keys, McIntosh vs. Eagle's Landing, Northgate

at Newnan and Our Lady of Mercy at Pacelli Catholic. On Saturday, Aug.

31 Starr's Mill will face Dacula and East Coweta will face Parkview at

the Corky Kell Kickoff Classic at the Georgia Dome. Friday night games

are scheduled for 7:30 p.m., while Starr's Mill's game at the Dome is

scheduled for 2:45 p.m. and East Coweta's game is scheduled for 8:30 p.m.

In other football

news, there has been some reshuffling of classifications. Fayette County,

Starr's Mill, McIntosh and East Coweta all remain in 4-AAAAA, which last

year had two subregions and contained sixteen teams, but they are now

only joined by Riverdale, Newnan, Lovejoy and Carver. Sandy Creek and

Woodward Academy both remain in 4-AAAA but they are joined by a slew of

new teams including Northgate, Forest Park, Alexander, Chapel Hill, Douglas

County, Lithia Springs, North Clayton, and Pebblebrook.

Our Lady of

Mercy is now a full-fledged varsity program. They have joined 5-A, which

also contains Landmark Christian School. The two teams will meet on November

8 at Landmark.

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