With just about 60 days until the season opener, football is right around the corner and as is customary in summer, the Virginia High School League released its master football schedule Monday.
This season the VHSL is moving to another alignment, this time a switch back to four regions per class instead of the two region system under the previous alignment. That’s largely a return to the four region system that existed in the previous alignment before the 2013 realignment that ushered in conferences. Now conferences are out, though they had no impact on football anyway, but the split of the two regions in each class into four will definitely have an impact. Districts are sticking around, helping determine the bulk of most football teams’ regular season schedule.
Here’s a list of local teams’ schedules and their new regional classification.
Class 5A Region 5D
Albemarle (Jefferson District)
8.25.17: Mountain View
9.1.17: at Colonial Forge
9.8.17: Open
9.15.17: at Patrick Henry-Roanoke
9.22.17: at Louisa County
9.29.17: Monticello
10.6.17: at Orange County
10.13.17: Charlottesville
10.20.17: at Fluvanna County
10.27.17: at Powhatan
11.3.17: Western Albemarle
Orange County (Jefferson District)
8.25.17: Open
9.1.17: at Culpeper County
9.8.17: at Eastern View
9.15.17: Spotsylvania
9.22.17: Charlottesville
9.29.17: at Fluvanna County
10.6.17: Albemarle
10.13.17: at Western Albemarle
10.20.17: Louisa County
10.27.17: at Monticello
11.3.17: Powhatan
Class 4A Region 4B
Louisa County (Jefferson District)
8.25.17: Courtland
9.1.17: at Chancellor
9.8.17: at King George
9.15.17: Open
9.22.17: Albemarle
9.29.17: at Western Albemarle
10.6.17: Powhatan
10.13.17: Monticello
10.20.17: at Orange County
10.27.17: Charlottesville
11.3.17: at Fluvanna County
Powhatan (Jefferson District)
8.25.17: Open
9.1.17: Midlothian
9.8.17: at Caroline
9.15.17: Hopewell
9.22.17: at Western Albemarle
9.29.17: Charlottesville
10.6.17: at Louisa County
10.13.17: Fluvanna County
10.20.17: at Monticello
10.27.17: Albemarle
11.3.17: at Orange County
Class 4A Region 4D
Charlottesville (Jefferson District)
8.25.17: at E.C. Glass
9.1.17: James Monroe
9.8.17: Harrisonburg
9.15.17: Open
9.22.17: at Orange County
9.29.17: at Powhatan
10.6.17: Fluvanna County
10.13.17: at Albemarle
10.20.17: Western Albemarle
10.27.17: at Louisa County
11.3.17: Monticello
Class 3A Region 3B
William Monroe (Northwestern District)
8.25.17: Monticello
9.1.17: at Spotswood
9.8.17: Fort Defiance
9.15.17: at Broadway
9.22.17: Madison County
9.29.17: Open
10.6.17: at Manassas Park
10.13.17: Brentsville District
10.20.17: at Skyline
10.27.17: at Warren County
11.3.17: Culpeper County
Class 3A Region 3C
Fluvanna County (Jefferson District)
8.25.17: Bluestone
9.1.17: at Spotsylvania
9.8.17: Open
9.15.17: Madison County
9.22.17: at Monticello
9.29.17: Orange County
10.6.17: at Charlottesville
10.13.17: at Powhatan
10.20.17: Albemarle
10.27.17: at Western Albemarle
11.3.17: Louisa County
Monticello (Jefferson District)
8.25.17: at William Monroe
9.1.17: Open
9.8.17: Turner Ashby
9.15.17: at Spotswood
9.22.17: Fluvanna County
9.29.17: at Albemarle
10.6.17: Western Albemarle
10.13.17: at Louisa County
10.20.17: Powhatan
10.27.17: Orange County
11.3.17: at Charlottesville
Western Albemarle (Jefferson District)
8.25.17: at Broadway
9.1.17: Open
9.8.17: at Lord Botetourt
9.15.17: Collegiate
9.22.17: Powhatan
9.29.17: Louisa County
10.6.17: at Monticello
10.13.17: Orange County
10.20.17: at Charlottesville
10.27.17: Fluvanna County
11.3.17: at Albemarle
Class 2A Region 2A
Goochland (James River District)
8.25.17: Thomas Jefferson-Richmond
9.1.17: Fork Union Military Academy
9.8.17: at Central Lunenburg
9.15.17: Nottoway
9.22.17: Open
9.29.17: at Buckingham County
10.6.17: Cumberland
10.13.17: at Bluestone
10.20.17: Randolph-Henry
10.27.17: at Prince Edward
11.3.17: Amelia County
Class 2A Region 2B
Madison County (Bull Run District)
8.25.17: at Luray
9.1.17: East Rockingham
9.8.17: Open
9.15.17: at Fluvanna County
9.22.17: at William Monroe
9.29.17: Rapphannock County
10.6.17: Nelson County
10.13.17: at Central-Woodstock
10.20.17: Clarke County
10.27.17: Strasburg
11.3.17: at George Mason
Buckingham County (James River)
8.25.17: Appomattox
9.1.17: at Chatham
9.8.17: at Amelia County
9.15.17: Central-Lunenburg
9.22.17: at Nottoway
9.29.17: Goochland
10.6.17: Open
10.13.17: at Cumberland
10.20.17: Bluestone
10.27.17: at Randolph-Henry
11.3.17: Prince Edward
Class 2A Region 2C
Nelson County (Independent)
8.25.17: at Bath County
9.1.17: Page County
9.8.17: Craig County
9.15.17: George Mason
9.22.17: at Parry-McCluer
9.29.17: Covington
10.6.17: at Madison County
10.13.17: at Massanutten Military
10.20.17: at Strasburg
10.27.17: Open
11.3.17: at Rapphannock County