The first official week of high school football in California has come and gone, and it all started with Zero Week in the southwest Riverside County region, which began Thursday, Aug. 18.
View last week’s recap here – ZERO WEEK
This season the Valley News Sports Department will be focusing on the schools and sports inside a limited coverage area due to print space and manpower. Those schools include Great Oak, Temecula Valley, Chaparral, Murrieta Valley, Murrieta Mesa, Vista Murrieta, Linfield Christian, Rancho Christian, Elsinore, Paloma Valley, Liberty, St. Jeanne de Lestonnac, Heritage, Temecula Prep, Hamilton (Anza), California Lutheran, Cornerstone Christian, Temescal Canyon, Lakeside and the River Springs Charter Schools (no football programs).
Schedules for Week One high school football games involving local teams inside our coverage area were reported as follows (Games are at 7 p.m. unless otherwise indicated):
8/26 (Friday)
Vista Murrieta at Murrieta Mesa
Great Oak at Murrieta Valley
Tesoro at Chaparral
Temecula Valley vs Elsinore
Eisenhower at Temescal Canyon
Rancho Christian at San Bernardino
AB Miller at Liberty
Lakeside vs Tahquitz
Moreno Valley at Paloma Valley
California Lutheran at Calvin Christian
Santa Rosa vs Nuview Bridge
8/27 (Saturday)
Pacifica at Linfield Christian
*All stats, schedules, photos, and scores are supplied by local high school athletic directors, MaxPreps, CIF-SS offices, contributing writers/photographers and countless fans of the games via social media. Is your team’s score missing? Let us know if your school is inside our coverage area and would like to be mentioned.
JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia.com.
