RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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Week 1 of the 2026 Western North Carolina high school football season is almost here.
Teams kicked off practice on July 29 and can start holding preseason scrimmages on Aug. 7.
Here is a list of every WNC high school football scrimmage.
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Aug. 7
Andrews at Cooper Basin (Tenn.) at 7 p.m.
Asheville High at Brevard at 7 p.m.
Cherokee at Chuckey-Doak (Tenn.) at 6 p.m.
Chase Jamboree at 7 p.m.: East Henderson, West Henderson, North Gaston, Chase and Mountain View Prep (S.C.)
Chesnee (S.C.) at Mitchell at 7:30 p.m.
Hayesville at Union County (Ga.) at 7:30 p.m.
Franklin vs. Reynolds at 6 p.m.
Mountain Heritage at North Buncombe at 6 p.m.
Four-team scrimmage at Polk County at 6 p.m.: Polk County, R-S Central, Blue Ridge (S.C.) and Greenville Hurricanes (S.C.)
Pisgah at Erwin at 6 p.m.
Three-team scrimmage at McDowell: McDowell, Owen and Tuscola
Towns County (Ga.) at Rosman at 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 8
Avery County at Draughn at 6 p.m.
Enka at East Rutherford at 6:30 p.m.
Maroon Devil Football Jamboree at 10 a.m.: Swain County, North Henderson, Robbinsville and Princeton
Aug. 10
Elizabethton (Tenn.) at Roberson at 6 p.m.
Aug. 13
North Henderson at Mountain Heritage at 7 p.m.
Aug. 14
Avery County vs. Alleghany at West Wilkes
Cherokee at Madison at 7 p.m.
Crest at West Henderson
East Henderson at Enka
Fannin County (Ga.) at Andrews at 6 p.m.
Murphy vs. Roberson at 5 p.m. (Pat Ryan Buncombe County Jamboree at Asheville High)
Robbinsville vs. Erwin at 6 p.m. (Pat Ryan Buncombe County Jamboree at Asheville High)
Swain County vs. Reynolds at 7 p.m. (Pat Ryan Buncombe County Jamboree)
Pisgah vs. Asheville High at 8 p.m. (Pat Ryan Buncombe County Jamboree)
Polk County at Chapman (S.C.) at 8 p.m. in Chapman Jamboree
McDowell at Smoky Mountain
Owen vs. East Burke at Patton in Burke Jamboree at 7:15 p.m.
Rabun County (Ga.) at Franklin
R-S Central at Hendersonville at 5 p.m.
Three-team scrimmage at West Wilkes: East Wilkes, Mitchell and North Wilkes
Tuscola at North Buncombe at 6 p.m.
West-Oak (S.C.) at Rosman at 6:30 p.m.
Zachary Huber is a high school sports reporter for the Hendersonville Times-News. Email him at [email protected] or follow him on X @zacharyahuber.
This article originally appeared on Asheville Citizen Times: WNC high school football scrimmage schedule for 2026 preseason
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