Kansas high school football teams gear up for season openers: area-wide schedule

High school football returns to the Kansas side of the Kansas City metro this week with a stout schedule of season-opening games.

Teams on the Missouri side of the state line played their season-opening games last week.

Here’s a rundown of this week’s showdowns across the KC prep gridiron:

All games at 7 p.m. unless noted.

Thursday’s game

University Academy with Kauffman Charter at KIPP KC Legacy, 5 p.m.

Friday’s games

Leavenworth at Basehor-Linwood

Paola at Fort Scott

Ottawa at Atchison

Tonganoxie at Louisburg

Topeka Hayden at Eudora

Spring Hill at Bonner Springs

Baldwin at Iola

Shawnee Height at Washburn Rural

Topeka Seaman at Piper

Turner at Lansing

Topeka West at De Soto

Schlagle at Center

Olathe West at Shawnee Mission West

Olathe North at Shawnee Mission Northwest

Olathe Northwest at Olathe East

Mill Valley at Olathe South

Shawnee Mission South at Lawrence

Shawnee Mission East at Lawrence Free State

Shawnee Mission North at Gardner Edgerton

Blue Valley West at St. Thomas Aquinas

Blue Valley North at Blue Valley Northwest

Blue Valley at Blue Valley Southwest

St. James Academy at Bishop Miege

Wellsville at Anderson County

Pleasant Ridge at Oskaloosa, 6 p.m.

Bishop Ward at Rock Creek

Harmon at Maranatha Christian

Sumner Academy at Washington

Osawatomie at Prairie View

Atchison County at McLouth

Pleasant Ridge at Oskaloosa

Warsaw at Adrian

Appleton City at Archie

Fort Osage at Belton

Sherwood at Butler

Odessa at Clinton

Slater at Concordia

Penney at Crest Ridge with Chihowee

Lockwood at Drexel

Savannah at East Buchanan

Platte County at Grain Valley

Bolivar at Harrisonville

Grandview at Kearney

Lawson at Lafayette County

Blue Springs at Lee’s Summit

Staley at Lee’s Summit North

Oak Park at Lee’s Summit West

Liberty North at Liberty

Boonville at Marshall

Pleasant Hill at Maryville

Lexington at Mid-Buchanan

Lone Jack with Kingsville at Midway

North Platte at Milan

Park Hill at North Kansas City

Carrollton at Northeast

Knob Noster with Leeton at Oak Grove

Paris at Orrick

Blue Springs South at Park Hill South

Holden at Pembroke Hill

Knox County at Plattsburg

Rockhurst at Raymore-Peculiar

Raytown at Raytown South

St. Joseph Lafayette at Richmond

Northland Christian at Santa Fe

Lincoln Prep at St. Mary’s South Side, 6 p.m.

St. Pius X at St. Michael the Archangel

Northwest (Hughesville) at St. Paul Lutheran

East at Summit Christian Academy

Smithville at Truman

Southeast at Van Horn

Cameron at Warrensburg

Hardin-Central at Wellington-Napoleon

Ruskin at William Chrisman

Excelsior Springs at Winnetonka

Saturday’s games

St. Mary’s Academy (Kan.) at Central, noon

Lathrop at Christ Prep, 1 p.m.

Mission Valley at Hogan Prep, 1 p.m.

Liberty (Mountain View) at West Platte, 1 p.m.