Alright, so today I wanted to actually figure out the latest football schedule for Highland Local Schools. Sounds simple, right? Well, buckle up.
First thing I did, like always, was grab my phone. Hopped onto Google and typed in “Highland Local Schools football schedule”. Clicked the top result that looked official. Bam, website loads… and it’s showing last year’s schedule. Like, seriously? Scores from 2023 season, right there taunting me. Useless.
Not giving up, I scrolled around the athletic section. Found a “schedules” link, clicked that. Got hit with a dropdown menu longer than my grocery list. Picked “Varsity Football”. Nothing. Just a spinning circle, then… error message. Something about the server. Tried again. Same thing. Felt like banging my head on the table.
Okay, Plan B. I remembered the district sometimes puts stuff on social media. Fired up Twitter/X. Searched for “Highland Local Athletics”. Found their account. Scrolled… and scrolled… Mostly basketball photos and reminders about ticket sales. Dug into the posts from early August. Finally found one mentioning football practices starting. But a full schedule? Nada. Just a “Stay tuned for schedule updates!” promise. Helpful.
Getting kinda frustrated now. Decided to go old school. Pulled up my email. Searched for anything from the school district involving “athletics” or “football”. Scrolled back weeks. Found a newsletter. Opened it… full of PTA stuff, bus route updates, cafeteria menus buried at the bottom. One tiny paragraph mentioned fall sports registration opening soon. Not a single date or opponent listed. Total dead end.
Gave up on the digital world for a minute. Thought maybe the actual high school office would know. Called the main number. Ring… ring… went to voicemail. Left a super polite message asking about the schedule. Hung up. Checked the clock. Realized I spent a whole hour chasing nothing.
Then, finally… while making lunch, my phone buzzes. It’s a buddy whose kid plays JV. Sent me a picture. A screenshot from the coach’s group chat. Looks like it was forwarded seven times. Blurry, but readable. He’s like, “Heard u were looking, this is what they sent us yesterday.” Dates. Opponents. Locations. Finally!
So my grand process for getting the official, updated Highland Local Schools football schedule involved:
- Annoying website errors
- Dead-end social media
- Ignored emails
- An unanswered phone call
- And… a blurry screenshot via text from a friend.
Shiny modern tech systems they got there. All that effort, and the news came down through the parent gossip line anyway. Might as well just ask Bob at the grocery store next time. Seems way more efficient. Lesson learned? The harder something is to find online, the faster it spreads offline. Wild.