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Upcoming Scrimmage Football Games for Barrow Teams

Scrimmage football games give coaches and players a chance to gauge their progress ahead of the start to the regular season.

High school football in Georgia is not quite ready for prime time, but dress rehearsals are scheduled in and around the area this week.

Scrimmage football games, practice encounters in preparation of the official start of the season later this month, give coaches and players a chance to gauge their progress and communities a test drive of the Friday night experience.

2013 Georgia High School Association football schedules

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According a preseason schedule compiled by the Georgia High School Football Daily, here are five scrimmages games coming up involving Barrow teams, or others nearby.

Apalachee at Elbert County, Friday Aug. 16: Apalachee is coming off a 5-5 season in 2012.

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South Forsyth at Winder-Barrow, Friday, Aug. 16: Winder-Barrow, 1-9 last year, has a tough schedule ahead in Region 8-AAAAA and will get a difficult test against South Forsyth of Class AAAAAA.

Bethlehem Christian at Loganville Christian, Friday, Aug. 16: Bethlehem Christian, which plays in a jamboree at LCA, opens its regular season Aug. 23 at Augusta Prep.

Riverside Military Academy at Hebron Christian, Friday Aug. 23: Hebron’s second full varsity region season will be led by new coach Kevin Shaffer, a former lineman with the Atlanta Falcons.

Duluth at Dacula, Friday, Aug. 16: The Falcons of Dacula are hoping the experience gained by young players last season will be rewarded with a playoff run in tough Region 8.


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