2024 Football Schedule Released For Richards High School

OAK LAWN, IL — High school football players will be taking to the gridiron as practices can officially start on Aug. 12.

A nine-game regular season, released Thursday, runs through the end of October, before culminating with the Illinois High School Association Football State Finals (November 29 to 30) at Hancock Stadium on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal. The IHSA will be celebrating its 50th state championship games.

The Illinois High School Association, in partnership with Max Preps, recently announced schedules for the varsity teams. In Oak Lawn, fans will especially be keeping tabs on the local teams at Richards and Oak Lawn Community high schools, as well as the area Catholic high schools.

This fall, Richards High School will be joined in the South Suburban Conference Red by OLCHS, Evergreen Park, Shepard (Palos Heights), Reavis (Burbank), Argo (Summit) and Eisenhower (Blue Island).

Tony Sheehan returns as the head coach of the varsity Richards football team, which finished the 2023 season with a 8-3 overall record in the South Suburban Red Conference.

Locally, Richards regular season begins on the road Aug. 30 when the Bulldogs face Crete-Monee Warriors. Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m.

Here is a look at the 2024 schedule for the Spartans, courtesy of MaxPreps.com.

Aug. 30: Friday, 6:30 p.m., Richards @ Crete-Monee, non-conference (away)
Sept. 6: Friday, 7 p.m., Richards v. Libertyville, non-conference (home)
Sept. 13: Friday, 6:30 p.m., Richards @ Eisenhower, conference (home)
Sept. 20: Friday, 6:30 p.m., Richards v. Oak Lawn, conference (home)
Sept. 27: Friday, 6 p.m., Richards @ Argo, conference (away)
Oct. 4: Friday, 7 p.m., Richards @ Shepard, conference (home)
Oct. 11: Friday, 7 p.m., Richards @ Lemont, non-conference (away)
Oct. 18: Friday, 6:30 p.m., Richards v. Evergreen Park, conference (home)
Oct. 25: Friday, 5 p.m., Richards v. Reavis, conference (home)