Countdown is over: Friday Night Football to kick off 2022 season
The 2022 high school football season kicks off Friday night, and all of the seven area teams in the Times-News' coverage area will be playing.
All games kick off at 7:30 p.m.
Hendersonville hosts North Henderson and will debut its new artificial turf field on its renovated campus. It will also be the debut for head coach Kirron Ward, who was a longtime assistant under Jim Sosebee. WHKP (1450 AM, 107.7 FM, WHKP.com) will air the game, with a pre-game show set for 7 p.m.
West Henderson will host East Rutherford, and it will be broadcast by WTZQ (1600 AM, 95.3 FM, WTZQ.com), beginning with a pre-game show at 7 p.m.
The other area season openers are Rosman at East Henderson, Pisgah at Brevard and Polk County at Newton-Conover.
The rest of the season openers for Western North Carolina are as follows:
- Robbinsville at Asheville
- West Forsyth at A.C. Reynolds
- Watauga at T.C. Roberson
- Mitchell at Erwin
- Swain County at North Buncombe
- Mountain Heritage at Chase
- Franklin at Murphy
- Smoky Mountain at Cherokee
- Madison at Tuscola
- Andrews at Hickory Hawks
- Avery County at Cherryville
- Towns County (Georgia) at Hayesville
- Charlotte Catholic at Christ School
- Ben Lippen (South Carolina) at Asheville Christian