BY DENNIS SILVA II | densilva2@gmail.com

During uncertain times hungry for any semblance of normalcy due to a global pandemic, some came last week when Katy ISD released its composite varsity football schedules for the 2020 season.

The novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, means nothing is sure for the upcoming high school football season. But the UIL and its districts are making any and all plans for when the 2020-2021 school year begins.

The  biennial realignment in February brought little significant change for Katy ISD athletics for the next two school years.

Cinco Ranch, Katy, Mayde Creek, Morton Ranch, Seven Lakes, Taylor and Tompkins will compete in District 19-6A, which has been the norm. Paetow moves up to Class 5A, Division I as its enrollment number is on the brink of Class 6A after just three years of existence. Jordan High, the district’s ninth high school scheduled to open in August to freshmen and sophomores only, will compete in Class 5A, Division II, but won’t have varsity football until 2022. Until then, the Warriors’ football schedule will be a makeshift rendition of mixing and matching opponents.

Katy, which opens the 2020 season with three of its first four games on the road, enters with a 73-game district winning streak. The Tigers have won 11 consecutive district titles and have been the class of Katy ISD for decades. Taylor, coming off a dramatic state semifinalist season, officially opens the 2020 season with a home game against Cypress Springs on Thursday, August 27, at 6 p.m.

Tompkins, with 21 wins in the last two seasons, has gone to the third round of the playoffs in back-to-back years and stands to be Katy’s primary threat to district supremacy. Mayde Creek is under new leadership in Brian Randle as Mike Rabe departed for Jordan after leading the Rams to their best season in 22 years in 2019.

2020 KATY ISD FOOTBALL (district games in italics)

KATY

Week 1

Friday, Aug. 28: at Clear Springs, at Challenger Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 2

Saturday, Sept. 5: at Cypress Woods, at Cy-Fair FCU Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 3

Friday, Sept. 11: vs. Dickinson, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m. (Homecoming)

Week 4

Friday, Sept. 18: at The Woodlands, at Woodforest Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 5

Friday, Sept. 25: vs. Seven Lakes, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m. (Parent Night)

Week 6

Thursday, Oct. 1: at Tompkins, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 7

Thursday, Oct. 8: vs. Mayde Creek, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 8

Saturday, Oct. 17: at Cinco Ranch, at Rhodes Stadium, noon

Week 9

OPEN

Week 10

Thursday, Oct. 29: vs. Taylor, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 11

Friday, Nov. 6: at Morton Ranch, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m.

TAYLOR

Week 1

Thursday, Aug. 27: vs. Cypress Springs, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 2

Thursday, Sept. 3: at George Ranch, at Traylor Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 3

Friday, Sept. 11: vs. Cy-Fair, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m. (Homecoming)

Week 4

Friday, Sept. 18: at Klein Cain, at Klein Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 5

Saturday, Sept. 26: vs. Morton Ranch, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 6

Friday, Oct. 2: at Seven Lakes, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m.

Week 7

Friday, Oct. 9: vs. Tompkins, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

Week 8

Saturday, Oct. 17: at Mayde Creek, at Legacy Stadium, 11 a.m.

Week 9

Friday, Oct. 23: vs. Cinco Ranch, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m.

Week 10

Thursday, Oct. 29: at Katy, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 11

OPEN

MAYDE CREEK

Week 1

Friday, Aug. 28: vs. Conroe, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

Week 2

Saturday, Sept. 5: vs. Cypress Lakes, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 3

Saturday, Sept. 12: vs. Aldine Nimitz, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 4

OPEN

Week 5

Friday, Sept. 25: at College Park, Woodforest Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 6

Friday, Oct. 2: vs. Cinco Ranch, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m. (Homecoming)

Week 7

Thursday, Oct. 8: at Katy, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 8

Saturday, Oct. 17: vs. Taylor, at Legacy Stadium, 11 a.m.

Week 9

Friday, Oct. 23: at Morton Ranch, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

Week 10

Friday, Oct. 30: vs. Seven Lakes, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

Week 11

Thursday, Nov. 5: at Tompkins, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m.

CINCO RANCH

Week 1

Friday, Aug. 28: vs. College Park, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m.

Week 2

Thursday, Sept. 3: at Aldine Davis, at Thorn Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 3

Friday, Sept. 11: at Brazoswood, at Hopper Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 4

Friday, Sept. 18: vs. Clear Falls, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m. (Homecoming)

Week 5

Friday, Sept. 25: vs. Tompkins, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

Week 6

Friday, Oct. 2: at Mayde Creek, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

Week 7

OPEN

Week 8

Saturday, Oct. 17: vs. Katy, at Rhodes Stadium, noon

Week 9

Friday, Oct. 23: at Taylor, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m.

Week 10

Friday, Oct. 30: vs. Morton Ranch, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m.

Week 11

Friday, Nov. 6: at Seven Lakes, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

MORTON RANCH

Week 1

Friday, Aug. 28: at Cypress Lakes, at Cy-Fair FCU Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 2

Friday, Sept. 4: vs. Paetow, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m.

Week 3

Thursday, Sept. 10: at Hastings, at Crump Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 4

Saturday, Sept. 19: at Lake Creek, at MISD Athletic Complex, 7:30 p.m.

Week 5

Saturday, Sept. 26: at Taylor, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 6

OPEN

Week 7

Friday, Oct. 9: vs. Seven Lakes, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m. (Homecoming)

Week 8

Friday, Oct. 16: at Tompkins, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m.

Week 9

Friday, Oct. 23: vs. Mayde Creek, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

Week 10

Friday, Oct. 30: at Cinco Ranch, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m.

Week 11

Friday, Nov. 6: vs. Katy, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m. (Parent Night)

SEVEN LAKES

Week 1

Thursday, Aug. 27: at Memorial, at Tully Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 2

Saturday, Sept. 5: vs. Klein, at Rhodes Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 3

Saturday, Sept. 12: vs. Aldine Davis, at Rhodes Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 4

Friday, Sept. 18: vs. Houston Heights, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

Week 5

Friday, Sept. 25: at Katy, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m.

Week 6

Friday, Oct. 2: vs. Taylor, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m. (Homecoming)

Week 7

Friday, Oct. 9: at Morton Ranch, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m.

Week 8

OPEN

Week 9

Thursday, Oct. 22: vs. Tompkins, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 10

Friday, Oct. 30: at Mayde Creek, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m. (Parent Night)

Week 11

Friday, Nov. 6: vs. Cinco Ranch, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

TOMPKINS

Week 1

Friday, Aug. 28: at Magnolia, at Magnolia High, 7 p.m.

Week 2

Friday, Sept. 4: vs. Clear Springs, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

Week 3

Thursday, Sept. 10: vs. Klein Collins, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 4

Friday, Sept. 18: at Clear Creek, at Veterans Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 5

Friday, Sept. 25: at Cinco Ranch, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

Week 6

Thursday, Oct. 1: vs. Katy, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 7

Friday, Oct. 9: at Taylor, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

Week 8

Friday, Oct. 16: vs. Morton Ranch, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m. (Homecoming)

Week 9

Thursday, Oct. 22: at Seven Lakes, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 10

OPEN

Week 11

Thursday, Nov. 5: vs. Mayde Creek, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m. (Parent Night)

PAETOW

Week 1

Saturday, Aug. 29: vs. Barbers Hill, at Legacy Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 2

Friday, Sept. 4: at Morton Ranch, at Legacy Stadium, 6:30 p.m.

Week 3

Thursday, Sept. 10: vs. Foster, at Rhodes Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 4

Friday, Sept. 18: at Kempner, at Mercer Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 5

OPEN

Week 6

Thursday, Oct. 1: vs. Milby, at Rhodes Stadium, 7 p.m. (Homecoming)

Week 7

Saturday, Oct. 10: at Wisdom, at Butler Stadium, 6 p.m.

Week 8

Friday, Oct. 16: vs. Terry, at Rhodes Stadium, 7:30 p.m. (Parent Night)

Week 9

Thursday, Oct. 22: at Hightower, at Hall Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 10

Thursday, Oct. 29: vs. Manvel, at Rhodes Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 11

Friday, Nov. 6: at Angleton, at AHS Stadium, 7 p.m.

JORDAN

Week 1

Saturday, Aug. 29: at Austin LASA (Liberal Arts and Science Academy), at Nelson Field, 11 a.m.

Week 2

Saturday, Sept. 5: vs. Corpus Christi London, at Jordan High, 7 p.m.

Week 3

Friday, Sept. 11: at Little Cypress-Mauriceville High, at Bear Stadium, 7 p.m.

Week 4

Saturday, Sept. 19: at Davenport-Comal, at Smithville, 2 p.m.

Week 5

Friday, Sept. 25: vs. Lake Belton, at College Station, 7:30 p.m.

Week 6

Friday, Oct. 2: at Hitchcock, at Hitchcock, 7:30 p.m.

Week 7

OPEN

Week 9

Friday, Oct. 23: at Lake Belton, at Bryan, 7:30 p.m.

Week 11

Saturday, Nov. 7: vs. Davenport, at Columbus High, 2 p.m.