2024 Houston, Southeast Texas high school football schedules released: North Shore faces Atascocita in October

Games begin Aug. 29; Dive into 2024 UIL high school football schedules on SBLive

North Shore's Christopher Barnes crosses the endzone plane with a sprinter finish in a Texas high school district football win over Atascocita in 2023. / Photo by Tom Dendy

After a long offseason, spring ball and June 7-on-7, real games are mere weeks away, the Southeast Texas high school football schedules are set.

Practice starts Monday for teams that didn't play spring ball and a week later (Aug. 12) for those that did and games begin Aug. 29.

All 12 championship games are returning to AT&T stadium in Arlington.

Here is a detailed look at the 2024 UIL high school football schedule:

• August 5: First day of conditioning (no contact)
• August 10: First full day of contact
• August 15: First scrimmages
• August 22: Second scrimmages
• August 29: First games/third scrimmages (for teams not playing Week 1
• August 30: First Friday Night
• November 14-16: Playoffs Week 1
• November 21-23: Playoffs Week 2
• November 28-30: Playoffs Week 3
• December 5-7: Playoffs Week 4
• December 11-14: Playoffs Week 5
• December 18-21: 2024 UIL State Championships

In total, 27 players selected to SBLive's 2023 All-Southeast Texas team return, headlined by the likes of North Shore senior Devin Sanchez (Ohio State commit), the nation's No. 1 corner, 4-star Katy Jordan receiver Andrew Marsh and Belleville running back D.D. Murray.

Three Houston area teams — North Shore (No. 3), Port Neches-Groves (No. 7) and Atascocita (No. 21) — finished the 2023 season in the SBLive Texas Top 25 rankings, which ranks the top teams across all classifications and associations.

Perennial power and 2023 6A Division I state runner-up North Shore is ranked No. 11 in the SBLive/SI Preseason national rankings, released Tuesday. The Mustangs are one of six Texas teams included and the lone team from Southeast Texas.

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-- Andy Buhler | andy@scorebooklive.com | @sblivetx