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
This article originally appeared on Hendersonville Times-News: Countdown is over: Friday Night Football to kick off 2022 season