High school scrimmages unofficially kick off fall season

The second week of practice is underway for area high school football teams, and the Fairfield Trojans were on top of their game mode Monday.

“This was a great practice today,” Trojans head coach Nate Weaton said. Fairfield has a scrimmage scheduled for Friday.

Area football gets a start on the 2021 high school season with a number of scrimmages.

Fairfield’s Meet the Trojans schedule lists a 7 p.m. start and has a scrimmage listed for each sport: football, cross-country, girls swimming and volleyball.

Other teams with home football scrimmages are Washington with Muscatine coming to Case Field for a 5:30 p.m. start in new coach Nick Ehret’s first Demon action. WACO hosts English Valleys in an 8-man scrimmage.

Mt. Pleasant’s football team travels to Ottumwa’s Schaefer Field for a 5:30 scrimmage with the Bulldogs.

Sigourney-Keota will start its trek to a hopeful improvement on last season’s semifinal appearance in the UNI-Dome with a trip to Davis County. Cardinal will visit New Sharon for a tilt against North Mahaska for a football scrimmage and Van Buren County is at Albia.

Mid-Prairie has a name for their scrimmage against West Liberty at Dr. Dwight G. Sattler Field in Wellman.

The Gator Bowl will allow admission to the night’s events with a sports drink as the ticket.

Concessions will be available. The contest will be on a livestream from the National Federation of State High School Associations Network at nfhsnetwork.com/schools/midprairie-high-school-wellman-ia

The night starts early. From 5:15-6 p.m. various Mid-Prairie activities will be recognized. The dance team will perform, the drama players will put on a skit, FFA, FCCLA, esports, cross-country and volleyball all will get attention before the football player auction from 6-7:30 p.m.

The Golden Hawks scrimmage against the Comets is slated to begin at 7:30 p.m. and last until 9 p.m.