High School Football Returns To Bethesda: See The Schedule Here

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

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Walter Johnson High School and Whitman High School have already started their season — Bethesda-Chevy Chase and Walter Johnson earned their first win, while Whitman tallied its first loss. Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Churchill, Walter Johnson, Whitman and Wootton High School are a grouped rivalry the Montgomery County Public Schools athletics office said.

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.

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School

9/3

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Poolesville (Poolesville, MD)
• Location: Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
• (W) 19 - 16

9/10

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

9/17

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

9/24

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

10/1

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

10/8

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

10/15

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

10/23

• 2:30 p.m. vs. Whitman (Bethesda, MD)
• Location: Whitman High School

10/29

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

Whitman High School

9/3

• 6:30 p.m. vs. Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg, MD)
• Location: Quince Orchard High School
• (L) 58 - 0

9/10

• 7 p.m. vs. Walter Johnson (Bethesda, MD) *

• Location: Whitman High School

9/17

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

9/24

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

10/1

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

10/8

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

10/15

• 7 p.m. vs. Wootton (Rockville, MD) *

• Location: Wootton High School

10/23

• 2:30 p.m. vs. Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda, MD)
• Location: Whitman High School

10/29

• 7 p.m. vs. Northwest (Germantown, MD)
• Location: Whitman High School

Walter Johnson

9/3

• vs. Churchill (Potomac, MD)
• Location: Churchill High School
• (W) 21 - 17

9/10

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

9/17

• 7 p.m. vs. Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg, MD)
• Location: Walter Johnson High School

9/24

• 7 p.m. vs. Wheaton (Silver Spring, MD)
• Location: Walter Johnson High School

10/1

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

10/8

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

10/15

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

10/22

• 7 p.m. vs. Seneca Valley (Germantown, MD)
• Location: Walter Johnson High School

10/29

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