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Originally Posted by ChickenOfNC
Being in the south, high school football is played on Friday nights. However, when I see highlights of games from other areas (seemingly northern states especially) they are played during the day.
When are these games played? Friday afternoon? Saturday afternoon? Is this due to the cold weather or some other reason?
Just seems strange to see varsity football played during the day. Part of the excitement in doing hs football for me is atmosphere of playing under the lights.
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Friday nights came to be time for HS varsity play so as not to conflict with college varsity play, which had staked out Sat. Same way pro football came to be played Sundays. They would play during daylight but students are still in class as early as they'd have to start to get the games in, except early in the season when the sun sets late, daylight time.
Here in New York City there's not much of an audience for college football locally, so the high schools tend to play on Saturday. Lots of fields here don't have lights. In the 1960s when I was there, my private school (no lights) played some varsity football on Fri. afternoon, often before the last class had finished. "Can we quit now? They're about to kick off." Or we'd be looking out the window at the field the last 15 mins. of class.