Okay so last Tuesday I realized our state high school league’s website is basically useless if you want next year’s basketball schedule like, right now. My kid’s playing varsity this year and I promised to make sure we don’t miss any big games. Especially those killer matchups against West Ridge and Northern Valley.
Starting the Search
First thing I did was grab my laptop and head straight to the official state high school athletics website. You’d think this is the obvious place, right? Clicked all over the “Boys Basketball” section, tried “Schedules,” “2025 Season,” even their dumb news section. Nothing. Just a bunch of stuff about this year’s finals and old results. Totally useless for planning ahead.
The Annoying Workaround
Felt stuck for a minute. Then I remembered how they roll with these outdated PDF documents sometimes. Seriously, who downloads PDFs anymore? But I was desperate. Dug around the site menus and finally found a buried link saying “Future Season Planning” or something vague like that. Clicked it. Loading took forever. Boom! There it was: State_B_Boys_Basketball_2025_Projected_Calendar_*. What a mouthful.
Downloaded that monster file. Opened it up. Typical government-looking document – lots of headers, logos, legalese at the bottom nobody reads. Had to scroll past like three pages of disclaimers until I spotted the actual dates.
Getting the Key Dates
Skimmed through the PDF fast. Needed to grab:
- The season opener
- All the home games
- Games against the top rivals
- District & regional tournament dates
Took a few minutes. They had every team listed alphabetically, with their entire slate week by week. Not exactly user-friendly, but at least the info was there. Jotted down all our district’s important dates – especially November 18th opener, the January 15th grudge match at home against West Ridge, and the district playoff kickoff on February 22nd. Marked those in my phone calendar immediately!
The Big Takeaway
So much for the fancy website. The official “2025 Schedule” probably won’t be up online properly until like September or something. Learned my lesson again: don’t trust the flashy schedules page. For early planning? Dive straight for those “Projected Calendar” PDFs buried in the site, or you’re gonna wait forever. Feels kinda backwards downloading a document just to see game dates you’ll look up on an app later, but hey, it works. Got what I needed, circled the key dates, and my son thinks I’m actually organized now. Mission accomplished!