The 2012 high school football season “unofficially” kicks-off tonight with area teams taking part in controlled scrimmages.

Warsaw travels to South Bend Clay, while Wawasee plays at Mishawaka Marian. Tippecanoe Valley is on the road at Winamac, Whitko travels to Garrett and Triton entertains Manchester.

The regular season begins Aug. 17.  Area games on the docket for week one include Warsaw at Columbia City (7:00), Wawasee at Whitko (7:30),  Culver Academy at Tippecanoe Valley (7:30) and Triton at Caston (7:00).

Following is a list of area scrimmages tonight (Friday) and their starting times.

Warsaw at South Bend Clay, 7:00
Wawasee at Mishawaka Marian, 7:00
Tippecanoe Valley at Winamac, 7:00
Whitko at Garrett, 7:00
Manchester at Triton, 6:00
NorthWood at South Bend Washington (at School Field), 7:30
Mishawaka at Concord, 7:30
Culver Academy at South Bend Riley (at Jackson Field), 6:00
South Bend St. Joseph’s at Elkhart Memorial, 7:30
Plymouth at Penn, 6:30
Goshen at Columbia City, 7:00
Rochester at Jimtown, 7:30
Lakeland at Northridge, 7:30
Fairfield at Bremen, 7:30