We start off the Kansas high school football season this week with jamborees. In April, the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) voted to allow jamborees as an option in place of the traditional intrasquad scrimmages that schools held in the past.
The jamboree format is a full-contact scrimmage against as many as two or three other opponents. Teams are limited to 36 total offensive plays, or 12 plays against each opponent in the case of a four-team jamboree.
Here is a list of jamborees for 2019:
11-man:
Andover Central will host Rose Hill, Wellington, and Winfield on Friday.
Arkansas City will host Clearwater and Wichita East.
Augusta hosts Mulvane, Wichita Southeast and Andover.
Basehor-Linwood hosts K.C. Piper and St. James Academy.
Bethany College has Smoky Valley, Minneapolis, Southeast of Saline and Ell-Saline.
Bonner Springs hosts K.C. Schlagle and K.C. Wyandotte.
Central Heights hosts Anderson County, West Franklin and Osawatomie.
Host Cheney is expected to have Towanda-Circle, Nickerson and Pratt in a Saturday morning start.
Host Cherryvale will have Northeast-Arma, Southeast-Cherokee and Baxter Springs
Host Clay Center will have Riley County and Valley Heights.
Out west, Colby has Ellis, Goodland and Norton.
Concordia has Chapman, Beloit and Ellsworth.
Council Grove has Hillsboro and Northern Heights.
De Soto has Olathe Northwest, Blue Valley North and Olathe East.
Dodge City will have Cimarron and Liberal.
Elkhart features Stanton County and Hugoton.
Host Erie has Neodesha, Eureka and Yates Center.
Eudora has Prairie View and Wellsville.
In a jamboree with three teams that could all be ranked in the top-5 of its respective classifications, 5A Great Bend has 2A Hoisington and 3A Scott City.
Fredonia has Parsons and Chanute.
Garden City will host three teams: Meade, Sublette and Oakley.
Host Girard has Frontenac and Pittsburg in southeast Kansas.
In one of the more highlighted jamborees, Halstead has Hesston, Conway Springs and Garden Plain.
Highland Community College will host three teams: Rossville, Riverside and Troy.
Host Holcomb also has Southwestern Heights, Lakin and Ulysses.
Host Humboldt has Baldwin and Burlington.
On Saturday, Hutchinson Trinity will have Sterling and Haven.
Independence will host fellow Montgomery County schools Coffeyville-Field Kindley and Caney Valley.
Jefferson West will host Jackson Heights and Pleasant Ridge.
Labette County plays host to Iola and Columbus.
Lansing hosts Tonganoxie and Paola and KC Washington.
Larned has Lyons, Russell and Thomas More Prep.
Host Lyndon has Wabaunsee and St. Marys.
Marion will host Republic County and Whitewater-Remington on Friday.
In another high-profile jamboree that features multiple state contenders, Mill Valley hosts Bishop Miege, Olathe West and Shawnee Mission East.
Mission Valley has Osage City and Olpe.
Nemaha Central has Centralia and Perry-Lecompton.
At the Olathe District Activities Center (ODAC), it will be Olathe South, Shawnee Mission West, Blue Valley Northwest, and Blue Valley Southwest.
At Pittsburg State University, St. Mary’s Colgan, Galena, Riverton and Fort Scott will match up.
Host Rose Hill has Winfield and Andover Central.
Royal Valley has Santa Fe Trail and powers Silver Lake and Holton.
Salina South will host Abilene, Hays and Wichita North.
Shawnee Heights will host their former Centennial League rivals Topeka Highland Park, Topeka Seaman, and Washburn Rural.
In the Kansas City area, Shawnee Mission South hosts Free State, Olathe North and Shawnee Mission Northwest.
Spring Hill hosts Kansas City Turner and Leavenworth.
Topeka Hayden will host Rock Creek and Wamego.
Valley Center will host McPherson and Newton. Start time is 10 a.m. Saturday.
Host Wamego will have Rock Creek and Topeka Hayden.
Wichita Heights will have Maize and Garden City.
Wichita Trinity Academy will host Douglass and El-Dorado on Friday night.
8-Man:
Axtell has Washington County, Pike Valley, Blue Valley Randolph and Linn.
Burlingame will host Hartford and Rural Vista.
Canton-Galva will host Stafford, Moundridge and Kiowa County.
At Dan Michael Field in Hutchinson, Hutchinson Central Christian has Little River, Caldwell and Satanta.
In one of the premier jamborees, Clifton-Clyde has Hanover, Osborne and Wakefield. Clifton-Clyde went 9-1 last season, while three-time defending state champion Hanover defeated Osborne for the Eight-Man, Division II state title.
Host Fairfield features Kinsley and Chase.
Flinthills has Centre-Lost Springs and Chase County coming to Rosalia.
Host Golden Plains, a six-man school, will have six-man Cheylin and eight-man Northern Valley coming to Rexford.
Joining the 11-man teams at Highland will be Doniphan West, Wetmore, Valley Falls.
Lincoln hosts Beloit St. John’s-Tipton, Logan-Palco and Solomon.
Marais des Cygnes Valley has Herington, Colony-Crest and Marmaton Valley.
Medicine Lodge will host Macksville, Pratt-Skyline, and South Barber.
In one of the stronger 8-man jamborees, Oswego will host Maranatha and St. Paul. All three teams should be in the preseason top-10 and feature some of the state’s best offensive players.
Host Oxford has South Haven and Udall.
Pretty Prairie will host Argonia-Attica, Burrton and Norwich.
In another highlighted jamboree, host Spearville has Central Plains, Otis-Bison and St. John.
Host Sylvan-Lucas will feature Victoria and Tescott.
Thunder Ridge will host Mankato-Rock Hills, Stockton, and Wilson.
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