Some high school football teams will begin their season on Thursday— a month before larger schools. 

UIL Deputy Director Jamey Harrison said half or more of the schools in the 4A to 6A conference were impacted by local county orders

“When we got to 4A and below, while there were no conferences that were completely impacted by county orders, the vast majority of the schools in each of those conferences were able to start and participate,” Harrison said.

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