Check out the Shenandoah District football schedules for 2026

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High school football's opening night is at the end of August. The Virginia High School League has released the master schedule for this season.

Can Wilson Memorial repeat as Shenandoah District champions? Will Buffalo Gap repeat as regional champions or will Riverheads reclaim its dominance? Can Waynesboro continue to build its program after finding some success a year ago? Is there a Shenandoah District team that can end up playing on the final Saturday of the season this year?

All of those questions, and others, will be answered over the next five months or so.

Practice begins July 30 for some teams, followed by scrimmages and finally the regular season, which opens Aug. 28 for seven of the nine Shenandoah District teams. The other two — Wilson Memorial and Alleghany — open Sept. 4.

Shenandoah District 2026 football schedules​

(All games scheduled to start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted)

ALLEGHANY

• Aug. 28 Open
• Sept. 4 at Brookville
• Sept. 11 Greenbrier East
• Sept. 18 at Staunton
• Sept. 25 Waynesboro
• Oct. 2 at Stuarts Draft
• Oct. 9 Buffalo Gap
• Oct. 16 at Wilson Memorial
• Oct. 23 Riverheads
• Oct. 39 at Fort Defiance
• Nov. 6 Rockbridge County

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BUFFALO GAP

• Aug. 28 Broadway
• Sept. 4 at Bath County
• Sept. 11 at Wilson Memorial
• Sept. 18 Riverheads
• Sept. 25 at Fort Defiance
• Oct. 2 Rockbridge County
• Oct. 9 at Alleghany
• Oct. 16 Staunton
• Oct. 23 at Waynesboro
• Oct. 30 Stuarts Draft
• Nov. 6 Open

FORT DEFIANCE

• Aug. 28 at Turner Ashby
• Sept. 4 Clarke County
• Sept. 11 Waynesboro
• Sept. 18 at Stuarts Draft
• Sept. 25 Buffalo Gap
• Oct. 2 at Wilson Memorial
• Oct. 9 Riverheads
• Oct. 16 Open
• Oct. 23 at Rockbridge County
• Oct. 30 Alleghany
• Nov. 6 at Staunton

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RIVERHEADS

• Aug. 28 at Smith Mountain Lake
• Sept. 4 Altavista
• Sept. 11 Stuarts Draft
• Sept. 18 at Buffalo Gap
• Sept. 25 Wilson Memorial
• Oct. 2 Open
• Oct. 9 at Fort Defiance
• Oct. 16 Rockbridge County
• Oct. 23 at Alleghany
• Oct. 30 Staunton
• Nov. 6 at Waynesboro

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ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY

• Aug. 28 Parry McCluer
• Sept. 4 at Turner Ashby
• Sept. 11 Staunton
• Sept. 18 at Waynesboro
• Sept. 25 Stuarts Draft
• Oct. 2 at Buffalo Gap
• Oct. 9 Wilson Memorial
• Oct. 16 at Riverheads
• Oct. 23 Fort Defiance
• Oct. 30 Open
• Nov. 6 at Alleghany

STAUNTON

• Aug. 28 at Harrisonburg
• Sept. 4 Rocktown
• Sept. 11 at Rockbridge County
• Sept. 18 Alleghany
• Sept. 25 Open
• Oct. 2 at Waynesboro
• Oct. 9 Stuarts Draft
• Oct. 16 at Buffalo Gap
• Oct. 23 Wilson Memorial
• Oct. 30 at Riverheads
• Nov. 6 Fort Defiance

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STUARTS DRAFT

• Aug. 28 Central Woodstock
• Sept. 4 at Luray
• Sept. 11 at Riverheads
• Sept. 18 Fort Defiance
• Sept. 25 at Rockbridge County
• Oct. 2 Alleghany
• Oct. 9 at Staunton
• Oct. 16 Waynesboro
• Oct. 23 Open
• Oct. 30 at Buffalo Gap
• Nov. 6 Wilson Memorial

WAYNESBORO

• Aug. 28 Spotswood
• Sept. 4 at Monticello
• Sept. 11 at Fort Defiance
• Sept. 18 Rockbridge County
• Sept. 25 at Alleghany
• Oct. 2 Staunton
• Oct. 9 Open
• Oct. 16 at Stuarts Draft
• Oct. 23 Buffalo Gap
• Oct. 30 at Wilson Memorial
• Nov. 6 Riverheads

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WILSON MEMORIAL

• Aug. 28 Open
• Sept. 4 at Spotswood
• Sept. 11 Buffalo Gap
• Sept. 18 Turner Ashby
• Sept. 25 at Riverheads
• Oct. 2 Fort Defiance
• Oct. 9 at Rockbridge County
• Oct. 16 Alleghany
• Oct. 23 at Staunton
• Oct. 30 Waynesboro
• Nov. 6 at Stuarts Draft

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