Upcoming Scrimmage Football Games for Dacula and Nearby Teams

High school football in Georgia is not quite ready for prime time, but dress rehearsals are scheduled in and around the area this week.

Scrimmage football games, practice encounters in preparation of the official start of the season later this month, give coaches and players a chance to gauge their progress, and communities a test drive of the Friday night experience.

2013 Gwinnett County Football Schedule

According a preseason schedule compiled by the Georgia High School Football Daily, here are five scrimmages games coming up involving Dacula teams, or others nearby.

Duluth at Dacula, Friday, Aug. 16: The Falcons of Dacula are hoping the experience gained by young players last season will be rewarded with a playoff run in tough Region 8.

Parkview at Mill Creek, Friday, Aug. 16: A lot of talent will be seen in this one. Mill Creek hosts this preseason game for the second year in a row, as Parkview’s stadium isn’t quite ready after some renovations.

Riverside Military Academy at Hebron Christian, Aug. 23: Hebron’s second full varsity region season will be led by new coach Kevin Shaffer, a former lineman with the Atlanta Falcons.

Buford at Berkmar, Friday, Aug. 16: Remember when Dacula and Buford had one of the county’s fiercest rivalries?

Lambert at Lanier, Friday, Aug. 16: The Lanier Longhorns, who started football in 2010, hopes to build on a 5-5 2012 season.

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*A Patch reader asked that the game Collins Hill at Archer, at 7:30 p.m. Friday Aug 16 be added. Thanks, Michele Redmond, for keeping us on our toes when it comes to local high school football!