It looks as if 2022 will be the year of conference consistency when it comes to Hamilton County football schedules.
All eight of the county’s football-playing schools have their schedules up and ready to go on the venerable John Harrell’s Indiana High School Football website. While there are a few changes in the schedules of five of the schools, none of them involve conference opponents.
The four Hoosier Crossroads Conference schools have the same league schedule as last season, as does Hamilton Heights in the Hoosier Conference East Division. Guerin Catholic’s schedule in the Circle City Conference is the same, as is Sheridan’s in the Hoosier Heartland Conference.
Carmel is no longer playing in the Metropolitan Conference, but it is still playing each of the six remaining MIC teams this season, and at the same spots on the schedule as the previous season. The Greyhounds still have the other former MIC team, Center Grove on their schedule, but their game with the Trojans has been moved up to Week 2 from Week 3.
Center Grove replaces Detroit King, who Carmel played in Week 2 last year. The Greyhounds host another Detroit school, Cass Tech, in Week 3 this season. Carmel opens its season by hosting another out-of-state team, Louisville Trinity.
OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE
Four other county schools have schedule changes, but they all involve non-league games. Hamilton Heights and Westfield have made the most adjustments, replacing two non-conference games during the first two weeks of the season.
The Huskies will play both of their first two games on the road, traveling to Lapel for Week 1 and to North Montgomery for Week 2. Those contests respectively replace Monroe Central and Bluffton.
Meanwhile, the Shamrocks travel to New Palestine for their opener, then welcome Lawrence Central to Riverview Health Stadium for Week 2. Those games replace Cathedral and Harrison.
Noblesville will have new Week 2 opponent. The Millers have replaced Terre Haute North with a road game at Benet Academy in Lisle, Ill., which is located in the western Chicago suburbs.
Sheridan also has a long road trip to face a new opponent, this time in Week 7. The Blackhawks replaced Seeger with North Central Farmersburg, which is south of Terre Haute.
Fishers, Guerin Catholic and Hamilton Southeastern will have the same schedules as last season.
A list of schedules now follows.
CARMEL
Aug. 19: Louisville Trinity
Aug. 26: at Center Grove
Sept. 2: Detroit Cass Tech
Sept. 9: Pike
Sept. 16: at Lawrence North
Sept. 23: at North Central
Sept. 30: Ben Davis
Oct. 7: at Warren Central
Oct. 14: Lawrence Central
FISHERS
Aug. 19: at North Central
Aug. 26: Pike
Sept. 2: Noblesville
Sept. 9: at Hamilton Southeastern
Sept. 16: Brownsburg
Sept. 23: at Avon
Sept. 30: at Franklin Central
Oct. 7: Westfield
Oct. 14: at Zionsville
GUERIN CATHOLIC
Aug. 19: McCutcheon
Aug. 26: at Lafayette Central Catholic
Sept. 2: Heritage Christian
Sept. 9: Brebeuf Jesuit
Sept. 16: at Roncalli
Sept. 23: at Bishop Chatard
Sept. 30: Northview, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 7: at East Central
Oct. 14: Culver Academies
HAMILTON HEIGHTS
Aug. 19: at Lapel
Aug. 26: at North Montgomery
Sept. 2: Rensselaer Central, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 9: at Northwestern
Sept. 16: Western
Sept. 23: at Twin Lakes, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 30: Tipton
Oct. 7: at Lewis Cass
Oct. 14: Hoosier Conference playoff game
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
Aug. 19: at Lawrence Central
Aug. 26: North Central
Sept. 2: at Avon
Sept. 9: Fishers
Sept. 16: at Westfield
Sept. 23: Zionsville
Sept. 30: at Noblesville
Oct. 7: at Franklin Central
Oct. 14: Brownsburg
NOBLESVILLE
Aug. 19: Mount Vernon
Aug. 26: at Benet Academy (Ill.)
Sept. 2: at Fishers
Sept. 9: Westfield
Sept. 16: at Zionsville
Sept. 23: Franklin Central
Sept. 30: Hamilton Southeastern
Oct. 7: at Brownsburg
Oct. 14: Avon
SHERIDAN
Aug. 19: Western Boone
Aug. 26: at Clinton Central
Sept. 2: Tri-Central
Sept. 9: at Delphi
Sept. 16: at Clinton Prairie
Sept. 23: Taylor
Sept. 30: at North Central Farmersburg, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 7: Eastern
Oct. 14: at Carroll
WESTFIELD
Aug. 19: at New Palestine
Aug. 26: Lawrence Central
Sept. 2: Zionsville
Sept. 9: at Noblesville
Sept. 16: Hamilton Southeastern
Sept. 23: at Brownsburg
Sept. 30: Avon
Oct. 7: at Fishers
Oct. 14: Franklin Central