Ready for high school football? Here’s the 2025 Charlotte-area scrimmage schedule

If you can’t wait for the official start of high school football — which comes as early as Aug. 15 — there are plenty of scrimmages coming up in the Charlotte-area.

Here’s a list of games involving Charlotte-area teams.

FRIDAY, AUG. 8

Mount Tabor Jamboree

5 p.m.: Parkland vs. Lexington; Northwest Cabarrus vs. R.J. Reynolds

6 p.m.: Mount Tabor vs. Ben Smith; Walkertown vs. Mount Airy

7 p.m.: Northwest Cabarrus vs. Ben Smith; R.J. Reynolds vs. Lexington

8 p.m.: Mount Tabor vs. Walkertown; Mount Airy vs. Parkland

Cleveland County Jamboree

(at Gardner-Webb)

6 p.m.: Burns vs. Corvian Community

7 p.m.: South Mecklenburg vs. Shelby

8 p.m.: Monroe vs. Kings Mountain

9 p.m.: Myers Park vs. Crest

Community School of Davidson Jamboree

6 p.m.: Community School of Davidson, Cannon School, and Bunker Hill

Cox Mill Jamboree

6 p.m.: Hopewell vs. Davie County

7 p.m.: Davie County vs. Cox Mill

8 p.m.: Hopewell vs. Cox Mill

Stanly County Jamboree

(at West Stanly)

6 p.m.: Hunter Huss vs. North Stanly

6:45 p.m.: Langtree Charter vs. South Stanly

7:30 p.m.: Central Cabarrus vs. Albemarle

8:15 p.m.: Concord vs. West Stanly

Thomas Jefferson Jamboree

(at Thomas Jefferson Academy, Mooresboro)

Cherryville, Fred T. Foard, East Henderson and Thomas Jefferson Academy play, starting at 6 p.m.

Also:

Alexander Central at North Lincoln, 6 p.m.

Ambassador Christian at Columbia Ben Lippen, 6 p.m.

Charlotte Catholic at Lake Norman (JV, 6 p.m.; varsity, 7 p.m.)

East Lincoln at West Lincoln, 6 p.m.

Grimsley at Mooresville, 7 p.m.

Lincolnton at Freedom, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, AUG. 9

Gaston FCA Jamboree

(at Bessemer City)

5 p.m.: West Mecklenburg vs. North Gaston

6:10 p.m.: Harding vs. Highland Tech

7:20 p.m.: East Gaston vs. Mountain Island Charter

8:30 p.m.: Bessemer City vs. Chase

Husky Jamboree

(at Hough)

6 p.m.: Butler vs. Palisades

7 p.m.: West Charlotte vs. Sun Valley

8 p.m.: Hough vs. Marvin Ridge

Also:

East Mecklenburg at Ashbrook, 6:30 p.m.

Garinger at North Rowan, 6 p.m.

MONDAY, AUG. 11

Piedmont vs. Buford (SC), Union Academy at Buford

South Point at Duncan (SC) Byrnes, 6:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 13

Hopewell Scrimmages

6 p.m.: Hopewell, Mallard Creek, Weddington and Davie County

FRIDAY, AUG. 15

Battle of the Border

(at Nation Ford)

6 p.m.: Ambassador Christian vs. Nation Ford, and Cuthbertson vs. Catawba Ridge

Burke County Jamboree

(at Freedom High)

7:30 p.m.: Cherryville vs. Draughn; Fred T. Foard vs. Patton

8:30 p.m.: East Burke vs. C.D. Owen; Freedom vs. East Wilkes

Dawg Fight

(at Jay M. Robinson High)

5 p.m.: Lake Norman vs. Porter Ridge

6 p.m.: Ballantyne Ridge vs. Southeast Guilford

7 p.m.: Providence vs. Charlotte Christian

8 p.m.: Marvin Ridge vs. Forest Hills

9 p.m.: Jay M. Robinson vs. East Mecklenburg

Gaston FCA Jamboree

(at Stuart Cramer)

5:30 p.m.: Harding vs. Forestview

6:30 p.m.: Bessemer City vs. Thomas Jefferson Academy

7:30 p.m.: Ashbrook at East Gaston

8:30 p.m.: West Mecklenburg vs. Stuart Cramer

Hickory Scrimmages

5 p.m.: Statesville JV vs. St. Stephens JV

6:15 p.m.: Statesville vs. St. Stephens

7:30 p.m.: Mooresville JV vs. Hickory JV

8:45 p.m.: Mooresville vs. Hickory

High Country Jamboree

(at Watauga)

South Point, Ashe County, North Surry and Watauga play, 6 p.m.

Lincoln County Jamboree

(at East Lincoln)

5:30 p.m.: West Lincoln vs. East Rutherford

6:30 p.m.: North Lincoln vs. Corvian Community

7:30 p.m.: Lincolnton vs. Bandys

8:30 p.m.: East Lincoln vs. Northwest Cabarrus

Rowan County Jamboree

(at West Rowan)

6 p.m.: South Iredell vs. Salisbury; North Iredell vs. East Rowan

7 p.m.: Pine Lake Prep vs. South Rowan

North Rowan vs. Jesse Carson

8 p.m.: SouthLake Christian vs. West Rowan

also:

Cannon School vs. Atlantic Collegiate (SC), at Florence (SC) Christian, 7:30 p.m.

Central Cabarrus, Hunter Huss at Garinger, 5 p.m.

Community School of Davidson at Elkin, 6 p.m.

East Mecklenburg vs. Jay M. Robinson, 5 p.m.

Highland Tech at Mountain Island Charter, 6 p.m.

North Gaston vs. Blacksburg (SC), at Gaffney (SC), 6 p.m.

Piedmont vs. McBee at Central Pageland

Weddington at Independence, 7:15 p.m.

West Charlotte vs. Blythewood (SC) Westwood, at York High, 7 p.m. (part of McDonald’s Kickoff Classic)

West Iredell at Kings Mountain, 7 p.m.

This story was originally published August 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM.