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Football Schedule 2022: See Who The Oak Forest Bengals Face This Fall

The 2022 fall football schedule is out for Oak Forest High School with Week 1 set to kick off on Friday, Aug. 26.

OAK FOREST, IL β€” High school football is back in Illinois this fall. Following a season that was postponed in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and moved to the spring of 2021, the Illinois High School Association, in partnership with Max Preps, recently announced schedules for the varsity teams.

The regular season begins Friday, Aug. 26, with the IHSA state championship games (1A, 2A, 3A and 4A) scheduled for Friday, Nov. 25, at University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. For 5A, 6A, 7A and 8A, championship games will be held Saturday, Nov. 26, at University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.

Locally, Oak Forest High School's season begins at home Friday, Aug. 26, when the Oak Forest Bengals face off against the non-conference Chicago Westinghouse Warriors. Kickoff is at 7 p.m.

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See the full OFHS football schedule below:

  • Aug. 26: 7 p.m., OFHS vs. Chicago Westinghouse (non-conference), home
  • Sept. 2: 7 p.m., OFHS vs. Sycamore H.S. (non-conference), away
  • Sept. 9: 7 p.m. OFHS vs. Lemont H.S., away
  • Sept. 16: 6 p.m. OFHS vs. Thornton-Fractional South, home
  • Sept. 23: 7 p.m. OFHS vs. Eisenhower, home
  • Sept. 30: 6 p.m. OFHS vs. Tinley Park H.S., away
  • Oct. 7: 7 p.m. OFHS vs. Thornton-Fractional North, away
  • Oct. 14: 6 p.m. OFHS vs. Bremen, home
  • Oct. 20: 6 p.m. OFHS vs. Hillcrest, home

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