High School Football Returns To Rockville: See Schedules

ROCKVILLE, MD — Montgomery County residents can expect a regular football season this year. It's been a two-year wait for the return of Friday night fall football in many American communities, where gathering at the local high school stadium has become a long-standing early school year tradition.

In Montgomery County, the high school football season was put on hold last year and then abridged into a three-game season in the spring. Rockville High School, Richard Montgomery High School, Magruder High School and Wootton High School are at the beginning of their seasons.

But in 2021, all the big rivalries this time of year are back.

Top rivalries in Rockville:

Rockville High School, Richard Montgomery High School and Magruder High School return to face off. Wootton High School is part of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Churchill, Walter Johnson, and Whitman High School rivalry the Montgomery County Public Schools athletics office said. Magruder High will also face foe Sherwood High School for its last regular season game.

Each team has already played their first game — Rockville High School and Wootton High School saw their first wins, while Richard Montgomery High School and Magruder High School suffered their first loss of the season.

In some places, such as Illinois, high school football is making a return to the fall after a 2020 season that was largely put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Instead of taking the field last fall, many schools held football season in the spring — which, on school sports calendars, can run anywhere from February through June.

In Illinois, that meant abbreviated six-game schedules and no playoffs. It wasn't exactly the time of year when prep sports enthusiasts are accustomed to getting behind their alma mater on the gridiron.

This year, the season has already begun in some states.

Fall football season at the high school level has already kicked off in Alaska and Utah, according to MaxPreps.com, a site covering high school athletics nationwide. Sixteen more states will begin contests on the weekend of Aug. 20-21, with others set to begin either the final weekend of August or in early September.

Schedules

Rockville High School

9/3

• 6:30 p.m. Kennedy (Silver Spring, MD)
• Location: Kennedy High School
• (W) 43 - 6

9/10

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg, MD)
• Location: Rockville High School

9/11

• 1:00 p.m. vs. Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby (Windsor Locks, CT)
• Location: Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby High School

9/17

• 7 p.m. vs. Magruder (Rockville, MD)
• Location: Magruder High School

9/24

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Poolesville (Poolesville, MD)
• Location: Rockville High School

10/1

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Springbrook (Silver Spring, MD)
• Location: Rockville High School

10/8

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Blair (Silver Spring, MD)
• Location: Blair High School

10/15

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Damascus (Damascus, MD)
• Location: Rockville High School

10/22

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Northwood (Silver Spring, MD)
• Location: Rockville High School

10/22

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Granby Memorial (Granby, CT)
• Location: Granby Memorial High School

10/29

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Richard Montgomery (Rockville, MD)
• Location: Richard Montgomery High School

Richard Montgomery High School

9/3

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Urbana (Ijamsville, MD)
• Location: Richard Montgomery High School
• (L) 33 - 14

9/10

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda, MD)
• Location: Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School

9/17

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Seneca Valley (Germantown, MD)
• Location: Seneca Valley High School

9/24

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Northwest (Germantown, MD)
• Location: Richard Montgomery High School

10/1

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Whitman (Bethesda, MD)
• Location: Richard Montgomery High School

10/8

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg, MD)
• Location: Quince Orchard High School

10/15

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Walter Johnson (Bethesda, MD)
• Location: Richard Montgomery High School

10/22

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Churchill (Potomac, MD)
• Location: Churchill High School

10/29

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Rockville (Rockville, MD)
• Location: Richard Montgomery High School

Magruder High School

9/3

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Blair (Silver Spring, MD)
• Location: Blair High School
• (L) 27 - 7

9/10

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Damascus (Damascus, MD)
• Location: Damascus High School

9/17

• 7 p.m. vs. Rockville (Rockville, MD)
• Location: Magruder High School

9/24

• 7 p.m. vs. Springbrook (Silver Spring, MD)
• Location: Magruder High School

10/1

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Poolesville (Poolesville, MD)
• Location: Poolesville High School

10/8

• 7 p.m. vs. Kennedy (Silver Spring, MD)
• Location: Magruder High School

10/15

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Einstein (Kensington, MD)
• Location: Einstein High School

10/22

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg, MD)
• Location: Watkins Mill High School

10/29

• 7 p.m. vs. Sherwood (Sandy Spring, MD)
• Location: Magruder High School

Wootton High School

9/3

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Gaithersburg (Gaithersburg, MD)
• Location: Wootton High School
• (W) 13 - 0

9/10

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Poolesville (Poolesville, MD)
• Location: Poolesville High School

9/17

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Clarksburg (Clarksburg, MD)
• Location: Clarksburg High School

9/24

• 7 p.m. vs. Churchill (Potomac, MD)
• Location: Wootton High School

10/1

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda, MD)
• Location: Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School

10/8

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Seneca Valley (Germantown, MD)
• Location: Seneca Valley High School

10/15

• 7 p.m. vs. Whitman (Bethesda, MD)
• Location: Wootton High School

10/22

• 6 p.m. vs. Catonsville (Baltimore, MD)
• Location: Catonsville High School

10/29

• 7 p.m. vs. Walter Johnson (Bethesda, MD)
• Location: Wootton High School