Start of Louisiana’s high school football season delayed until Oct. 8-10

Prep football kicks off Labor Day weekend right now.
Prep football kicks off Labor Day weekend right now.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 9:17 PM CDT
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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The LHSAA football regular season is tentatively set to kick off on Oct. 8-10 a source tells FOX 8 Sports.

The LHSAA is planning for an eight-game regular season. The worst-case scenario for the LHSAA is a six-game regular season. The playoffs will be extended possibly until late December.

The season was originally scheduled to start the week of Sept. 3-5.

The LHSAA needs to get to Phase 3 in order to start the prep football season. Governor John Bel Edwards said the state will continue with Phase 2 until at least Aug. 28.

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