{"id":416521,"date":"2024-08-10T00:25:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T00:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=416521"},"modified":"2024-08-10T01:06:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T01:06:16","slug":"espn-channels-to-air-6-high-school-football-games-during-kickoff-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=416521","title":{"rendered":"ESPN channels to air 6 high school football games during kickoff event"},"content":{"rendered":"

As prep football gets back into full swing, the Worldwide Leader in Sports will bring back its ESPN High School Football Kickoff for the 15th year.<\/span><\/p>\n

From Aug. 16-25, ESPN will feature six games featuring 28 players ranked in its top 300 for the classes of 2025 and 2026. According to the press release, eleven of these players have committed to Div<\/span>. I<\/span> college football programs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Related:<\/strong> Watch high school football live this season on the NFHS Network<\/a><\/p>\n

Though it’s just the first week of the season for many teams, this event will showcase some of the best matchups of the season, including two games between top 10 teams: Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) plays St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), and St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) goes up against Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.).<\/span><\/p>\n

Below is the full schedule and the channels on which the game will appear. All times are Eastern Time. The rankings align with the USA TODAY High Sports Super 25 <\/span>preseason rankings<\/span><\/a>, released earlier this week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, Aug. 16<\/strong><\/h3>\n

No. 12 Carrollton (Ga.) at Woodward Academy (College Park, Ga).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Game time: 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Channel: ESPN2<\/p>\n

Thursday, Aug. 22<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) at Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Game time: 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Channel: ESPN2<\/p>\n

Friday, Aug. 23<\/strong><\/h3>\n

No. 10 Milton (Ga.) vs. No. 16 American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Game time: 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Channel: ESPN<\/p>\n

Saturday, Aug. 24<\/strong><\/h3>\n

No. 3 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) at No. 8 St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Game time: 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Channel: ESPN<\/p>\n

No. 5 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) vs. No. 6 Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Game time: 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Channel: ESPN2<\/p>\n

Sunday, Aug. 25<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, (Ga.) at Baylor School (Chattanooga, Tenn.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Game time: 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

Channel: ESPN<\/p>\n

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Gavin Owens, 2025 pro-style quarterback from Rabun Gap Nacoochee High, participates in drills from during Dabo Swinney High School Camp (USA TODAY Network)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Note: We occasionally recommend interesting products, services, and gaming opportunities. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY HSS operates independently, though, and this doesn\u2019t influence our coverage.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ESPN will air six high school football games, including matchups with top-10 teams Bishop Gorman, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. John Bosco and (…)<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":416523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=416521"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416532,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416521\/revisions\/416532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/416523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=416521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=416521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=416521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}