MSA high school football preseason tour schedule

Northwest head coach Michael Neubeiser has his eyes set on leading the Jaguars back to the 4A state title game this fall. Photo taken by Evan Engelhard/MSA.

We’re walking up to the line of scrimmage, and, like a quarterback, surveying the talent right in front of us. Once again, it appears abundant with a blank chapter ready to be written.

High school football practice officially broke ground on Wednesday, marking the first day of the 2016-2017 sports year. Over the next couple of weeks leading up to opening night on Friday, September 2, Maryland Sports Access will tour the states top prep football programs, covering scrimmages and behind-the-scene practices to provide in-depth team previews.

Don’t see your team on the schedule below? Send us an email at [email protected] Buckle up for another roller coaster ride, because the gridiron pastime is officially back.

You can follow Maryland Sports Access on Twitter at @MDSportsAccess.

Previews:

Walkersville High 2016 football preview: Lions aim to sequel ‘magical’ playoff run

**Subject to change, check back frequently for updates**

Football previews will be provided for Clarksburg, Damascus, DeMatha, Dundalk, Fort Hill, Franklin, Gilman, Gonzaga (D.C.), Good Counsel, Howard, Linganore, McDonogh, Mount St. Joe’s, Northwest, Oakdale, Quince Orchard, River Hill, Seneca Valley, Sherwood, St. John’s (D.C.), Tuscarora, Urbana, Walkersville, and Wise.

Monday, August 15 — Walkersville afternoon practice

Tuesday, August 16 — Northwest morning practice

Wednesday, August 17 — Urbana afternoon practice, Oakdale night practice

Thursday, August 18, 6:00 pm at Gaithersburg High — Seneca Valley vs. Sherwood scrimmage

Friday, August 19, 5:00 pm at Gaithersburg High — Damascus vs. River Hill scrimmage

Saturday, August 20, 10:00 am — Quince Orchard at Good Counsel scrimmage

Monday, August 22, 4:00 pm — Gilman at Franklin scrimmage

Tuesday, August 23 — TBA practice

Wednesday, August 24 — TBA practice

Thursday, August 25, 6:00 pm — Tuscarora at Fort Hill scrimmage

Friday, August 26, 6:00 pm — Linganore at Atholton scrimmage

Saturday, August 27 — TBA practice

Monday, August 29 — TBA practice

Tuesday, August 30 — TBA practice

Wednesday, August 31 — TBA practice

Plus, a little sneak peek for our Week 1 coverage…

MSA Week 1 Game of the Week: Friday, September 2, 6:30 pm — Damascus at Quince Orchard

MSA Featured: Saturday, September 3, 1:00 pm — Good Counsel at Mount St. Joe’s

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About Kyle McFadden 268 Articles
Kyle McFadden is a graduate from Linganore High's Class of 2014 and is a sports enthusiast. He got his start as a sports writer in January 2014 for LHS's student newspaper The Lance where he wrote 13 articles. McFadden then launched his own blog in October 2014 called The Beltway Dispatch covering collegiate, local high school, and professional sports. Formally known as The Beltway Dispatch, McFadden and Evan Engelhard merged each other's respective platforms in June 2015 to make what is now Maryland Sports Access. He brings plenty of sports knowledge to the helm of MSA as he has baseball, basketball and golf experience. McFadden covers a wide variety of sports in football, baseball, basketball, golf, hockey, lacrosse, soccer and specializes in the collegiate and high school level's. McFadden is volunteers his time at Damascus Road Community Church -- serving as a mentor to the youth, basketball coach at the varsity and junior varsity levels, and leads a small group of high school sophomores every Wednesday night. Although he has only been around journalism since January 2014, his work has appeared in Maryland newspapers such as The Daily Times (Delmarva Now), The Hometown Observer, Germantown Pulse, and regularly in the The Frederick News-Post. He's also won two Frederick News-Post Mike Powell Excellence in Journalism awards and has appeared on The Best of SNO, which showcases top student work of high school and college journalists. McFadden also holds positions at The Frederick News-Post as a freelance sports journalist, DMVelite as a high school basketball writer and analyst, MocoFootball.com as a Maryland high school football analyst, and as a staff writer for Maryland's Yahoo! Rivals. McFadden currently studies at Frederick Community College and plans to transfer to the University of Maryland in the fall of 2017 to work on a bachelor's degree in business and journalism as he has aspirations to be a columnist for ESPN.
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