The countdown clock is ticking.
In a little over a month, local high school football teams will kick-off their seasons with a pair of scrimmage dates.
This post includes scrimmage dates for Mid-Penn teams, including dates, match-ups, venues and starting times. So print it out and put it somewhere safe.
L-L LEAGUE SCRIMMAGE SCHEDULES
2013 PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULES
MID-PENN SCRIMMAGE SCHEDULES
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17
Cedar Cliff @ East Pennsboro, 9:30 a.m.
Donegal @ Steel-High, 9:30 a.m.
York Vo-Tech @ Camp Hill, 9:30 a.m.
Boiling Springs @ Bermudian Springs, 10 a.m.
Central Dauphin East @ Lower Dauphin, 10 a.m.
Central York @ Carlisle, 10 a.m.
Lancaster Catholic @ Bishop McDevitt, 10 a.m.
Lebanon @ Milton Hershey, 10 a.m.
McCaskey @ Central Dauphin, 10 a.m.
Mifflin County @ Altoona, 10 a.m.
Newport @ Big Spring, 10 a.m.
Palmyra @ Elizabethtown, 10 a.m.
Red Lion @ Hershey, 10 a.m.
Shippensburg @ Huntington, 10 a.m.
Spring Grove @ Greencastle-Antrim, 10 a.m.
Susquehannock @ Gettysburg, 10 a.m.
Susquenita @ Halifax, 10 a.m.
Susquehanna Township @ Harrisburg, 10 a.m.
Warwick @ Red Land, 10 a.m.
West Perry @ Mechanicsburg, 10 a.m.
West York @ Northern York, 10 a.m.
York High @ Chambersburg, 10:30 a.m.
Dover @ Waynesboro, 11 a.m.
Middletown @ Pottstown, 11 a.m.
State College @ Kiski Area, 12 p.m.
Dallastown @ Trinity, 6 p.m.
South Western @ Cumberland Valley, 7 p.m.
* Susquehanna Township vs. Harrisburg? In a football game? Yes, please.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22
Camp Hill @ Newport, 7 p.m.
East Pennsboro @ Shippensburg, 6 p.m.
Manheim Central @ Cedar Cliff, 6 p.m.
Manheim Township @ Bishop McDevitt, 6 p.m.
Milton Hershey @ Schuylkill Valley, 6 p.m.
Elco @ Palmyra, 7 p.m.
* Couple of beauties here: Manheim Central at Cedar Cliff (Mike Williams and Jim Cantafio tweaking their teams) and Manheim Township at Bishop McDevitt. Can't go wrong with either of those scrimmages.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23
Trinity @ West Perry, 5 p.m.
Altoona @ State College, 6 p.m.
Big Spring @ Eastern York, 6 p.m.
Biglerville @ Boiling Springs, 6 p.m.
Central Dauphin @ Berwick, 6 p.m.
Central Dauphin East @ McCaskey, 6 p.m.
East Pennsboro @ Shippensburg, 6 p.m.
Hershey @ Penn Manor, 6 p.m.
Littlestown @ Middletown, 6 p.m.
Lower Dauphin @ Central York, 6 p.m.
Mechanicsburg @ Lebanon, 6 p.m.
Red Land @ Greencastle-Antrim, 6 p.m.
Waynesboro @ Boonsboro (Md.), 6 p.m.
Carlisle @ Gettysburg, 7 p.m.
Cumberland Valley @ Susquehanna Township, 7 p.m.
Northern York @ Dover, 7 p.m.
Steel-High @ Northeastern York, 7 p.m.
Susquehanna Township @ Cumberland Valley, 7 p.m.
* Plenty to like here, particularly that CD at Berwick game. Yummy.