High School Football Returns For Franklin Sabers

Franklin WI

19 August, 2021

3:07 PM

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FRANKLIN, WI — It has 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. That's the case in Franklin. After several standard season games and a buildup of excitement for a game against nearby Muskego, Franklin School District had to send everyone, including sports, to virtual learning, the Journal Sentinel reported. Franklin was in the middle of a playoff run that got cut short, the report said. But in 2021, all the big rivalries this time of year are back. So far, Franklin is scheduled for a game against Oak Creek. Franklin's big rivalry has been with nearby Muskego. 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. Here are some notable games from Franklin High School and the Sabers' MaxPreps.com schedule: Friday The Franklin Sabers will travel for a game at Appleton North. Saturday The Sabers will play against Valders in a home game. Oct. 1 The Franklin Sabers face off at Oak Creek for this Friday game. View the full Franklin High School varsity football schedule here.