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

August 22, 2023 | State, The: Web Edition Articles (Columbia, SC)