Pennsylvania’s key high school football dates for 2024

TOPICS:
Key Pennsylvania high school football dates for 2024.
gamestrat high school football sideline instant replay

Posted By: Jeff Fisher August 5, 2024

The 2024 Pennsylvania high school football season begins today with its heat acclimatization period.

The 10-game regular season will end the last week of October in most classifications with the playoffs beginning on November 1. The West Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association’s 6A and 4A classification begin a week earlier on October 25.

2024 Key Dates in Pennsylvania

  • First practice – August 5
  • First games (Week 1) – August 23
  • Regular season ends – October 25
  • Playoffs begin – October 25 in WPIAL 6A/4A; November 1 for all classifications, plus WPIAL 5A/3A/2A/1A
  • State Championships – December 5-7 at Cumberland Valley HS

Read more Pennsylvania high school football news

Play Football

nfl play football

About the Author

Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.

Related Articles