{
  "id": 1720817,
  "title": "Florida high school football schedule Week 1: Every Volusia-Flagler game",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/florida-high-school-football-schedule-week-1-every-volusia-flagler",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-18T13:49:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/florida-high-school-football-schedule-134950085.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "High school football teams throughout the Volusia-Flagler region will begin their inaugural season with a single matchup on Thursday, August 20th. Spruce Creek will host Erie (Colo.) in an east versus west showdown. The remaining ten games for Friday night are scheduled to follow. The week will feature three local showdowns, including two fierce rivalries. Matanzas visits Flagler Palm Coast to settle local bragging rights, while Pine Ridge travels to Deltona for the Battle of the Boulevard. Seabreeze makes the final intra-area trip to Father Lopez. The most anticipated contest of the week is Mainland facing off against Carol City, with the former a 2025 Class 5A regional finalist facing the nationally ranked No. 11 Chiefs and No. 3 Florida team according to MaxPreps.",
  "summary": "Florida high school football is officially back this week. Here's every Week 1 game featuring Volusia-Flagler area programs.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}