Boyer’s Bulletin: Scrimmage Saturday has arrived

Weeks of summer workouts, heat acclimatization practices and two-a-days get put to the test today when all 16 area high school football teams participate in their annual preseason scrimmage.
The PIAA eliminated the second scrimmage from the preseason schedule several years ago, opting to move up the start of the regular season one week so that football didn’t overlap with the beginning of the winter sports season.
That change led to teams being more active over the summer in 7-on-7s, lift challenges and team camps, and put more of an emphasis on today’s scrimmage, the only time during the preseason that teams will square off against another school in pads.
The T102SportsNow staff will be out and about today at a couple of scrimmages and will provide some updates, photos, video and more.
Here’s a look at today’s scrimmages:
Tamaqua at Hamburg, 9 a.m.
Blue Mountain at Exeter Township, 10 a.m.
Executive Education at Pine Grove, 10 a.m.
Jim Thorpe at Northern Lehigh, 10 a.m.
Mount Carmel at Pottsville, 10 a.m.
Nativity at Halifax, 10 a.m.
Danville at North Schuylkill, 10 a.m.
Panther Valley at Palmerton, 10 a.m.
Pocono Mountain East at Lehighton, 10 a.m.
Schuylkill Haven/James Buchanan at Biglerville, 10 a.m.
Jenkintown at Shenandoah Valley, 10 a.m.
Williams Valley at Newport, 10 a.m.
Nanticoke/Holy Redeemer at Mahanoy Area, 10 a.m.
Tri-Valley at Midd-West, 11 a.m.
Northern Lebanon at Minersville, noon
Upper Dauphin at Marian, 1 p.m.