“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it's time to turn on the Green Machine!”
What? On Friday, Aug. 23, you say? That's a week early! The boys need more time to get ready. . .
Well, scrimmages against eastern Iowa power program Pleasant Valley may help Geneseo do just that.
Gates at Bob Reade Field will open at 4:15 p.m. Friday, for an event that will start at 5.
Admission will be a freewill donation to benefit the GHS athletic department.
All levels of the PV and Geneseo programs will be involved. And, these scrimmages will replace the traditional Green-White scrimmage game, at least for this year.
“It's a new format that I think will benefit our football program,” said Geneseo Athletic Director Joe Nichols in a press release. “We'll see our first-team players go against Pleasant Valley's starters, and the same with our second stringers.”
“It will be a nice challenge for our student-athletes and provide a little bit of a measuring stick as we preparre for the season-opener on Aug. 30,” he said.
Here's the schedule for the night:
5 p.m. - Frosh-soph scrimmage, with 48 total plays.
6:10 p.m. - Junior varsity, with 32 total plays.
6:35 p.m. - Varsity teams, with 40 total plays over four 10-play segments.
After the scrimmages, cheerleaders are to be introduced and there will be an autograph night.
The Green Machine hosts Chicago Comer in the opener on Aug. 30, visits Clinton, Wis., the next week, and then comes back home for the Western Big Six opener against Moline.
