Though the first day of class for Highland Park High School does not begin until next week, the Scots varsity football team will be participating in a scrimmage on Friday before the regular season kicks off with the Tom Landry Classic on Aug. 31 at Southern Methodist University.

Beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 24, Highland Park's varsity squad will be playing Plano West on the road in a preseason scrimmage, which will help prepare the team for the regular-season grind.

Here is the official 2012 varsity football schedule for Highland Park:

• at Plano West (Scrimmage) at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 24
• vs. Aledo (Tom Landry Classic) at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 31 at SMU
• vs. Monterrey Tech at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7
• at Sherman at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14
• OPEN
• vs. Forney* (Homecoming) at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28
• at Forney North* at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4
• at Poteet* at 7 p.m. Oct. 11 (Memorial Stadium)
• vs. West Mesquite* at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19
• at Creekview* at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26
• vs. Newman Smith* at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2
• vs. Terrell* (Blue Out) at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9
  (*District game)

Last season, the Scots made it to the semifinals round of the playoffs, losing in a heartbreaker to Tyler John Tyler by a score of 42-39 in Waco.