Buckle your chin strap.
Delaware’s high school football season begins Thursday, starting the second year of a sweeping realignment that has placed all 46 teams into new classes and districts designed for more equal competition and closer games.
Delaware Online/The News Journal is here to help fans keep track of everything, with stories, photos and videos on multiple platforms each week all the way through the championship games on Dec. 9-10.
Over the past couple of weeks, we have unveiled our position-by-position and overall Top 75 preseason player rankings, along with daily previews of each of the districts in Class 3A, 2A and 1A.
As the games begin, we will feature coverage of games each Thursday and Friday night, plus more on Saturdays, with reporters checking in live from around the state with scores, photos and video highlights on Twitter using the #delhs hashtag.
Also, the Delaware Online Facebook page will host live pregame and halftime broadcasts – including marching bands. The Delaware Online website will display a continuously updating live high school football scoreboard when games are played.
Then on Saturday nights, go to delawareonline.com for a big recap of all of the games from the weekend, plus dozens of photos from games in all three counties.
BEST OF THE BESTPreseason ranking: Overall Top 75 players in Delaware high school football
To start each week, we will publish the Athlete of the Week nominees and begin online voting on Monday. The top individual performances from the previous week’s football games will be posted on Tuesday, along with our statewide team rankings in football, volleyball, field hockey, boys soccer and cross-country.
On Thursday or Friday (depending on which day games start each week), fearless forecasters Brad Myers, Kevin Tresolini and Matt Kalin will make predictions on the week’s games. And we will announce the winner of Athlete of the Week voting online each Friday.
We also plan to publish features on notable players and teams each week. Throughout the season, we have you covered through delawareonline.com, in the newspaper and on social media.
Contact Brad Myers at bmyers@delawareonline.com. Follow on Twitter: @BradMyersTNJ
