Okay, so my cousin’s kid just joined the Perry High football team this year, and I promised I’d catch some games. Problem is, I kept forgetting when they played. Tried hunting down the schedule online last week and whew, what a mess.
The Wild Goose Chase
First thing I did was Google “Perry High football 2024 schedule.” Got flooded with pages screaming “FINAL SCORES!” or news about last season’s playoffs. Zero official schedule anywhere. Clicked through like twenty links—nothing. Felt like chasing my own tail.
Then I figured, maybe the school website has it. Big mistake. Their site’s got more layers than my grandma’s lasagna. Clicked “Athletics” → “Sports” → “Football” → found a “Calendar” tab. Opened it… and it showed last December’s basketball practice times. Are you kidding me?
The Phone Call Fiasco
Next morning, I called Perry High’s main office. Lady who answered sounded exhausted. Here’s how that went:
- Me: “Hi, when’s the first home football game?”
- Her: “They post updates on the bulletin board outside the gym.”
- Me: “I live 30 minutes away—any digital version?”
- Her: sigh “Try athletics@perryschools.”
Emailed them. Got an auto-reply about “response in 5-7 business days.” Yeah, no. Season’s halfway done by then.
The Social Media Hack
Remembered my niece follows Perry High’s team account on that blue bird app (not naming names, rules say no links). Pulled it up. Their feed was all hype videos and injury updates. Scrolled forever until—bingo!—a post from May 3rd with a crumpled paper schedule photo. Could barely read the dates, but I zoomed in. Finally saw it: full 2024 lineup.
Here’s the life-saver: Someone in the comments asked, “Any chance this is in a Google Sheet?” Coach replied: “DM me.” Shot him a message. He sent me a freakin’ PDF schedule in 10 minutes flat. Saved it straight to my phone’s home screen. No apps, no accounts, just a PDF.
Why This Grinds My Gears
Why’s it gotta be this hard? School spends thousands on uniforms but can’t slap a schedule on their homepage. Office staff’s swamped, coaches are busy, parents are clueless. That PDF should’ve been everywhere from day one.
Anyway, lesson learned: Skip the website. Skip the phone tag. Find whoever runs the team’s socials and slide into those DMs. Saved my sanity. Now I just gotta remember to show up…