The schedule for the Highline High School Pirates football team for the 2024-25 season has been released.

Opening night will be Friday, Sept. 6 against the Mt. Rainier Rams at Highline Memorial Stadium.

This year the Pirates move up to the 3A KingCo District from 2A.

They are currently ranked 48th in the state.

Schedule

DATETIMEOPPONENTLOCATION
Friday, Sept. 67:00 PMMt. Rainier (Des Moines, WA)Highline Memorial Stadium
Saturday, Sept. 141:00 PM@ Kennedy Catholic (Burien, WA)Highline Memorial Stadium
Friday, Sept. 207:00 PM@ Interlake (Bellevue, WA)Interlake HS
Friday, Sept. 277:00 PM@ Issaquah (Issaquah, WA)*Issaquah HS
Thursday, Oct. 36:00 PMNorth Creek (Bothell, WA)*Highline Memorial Stadium
Friday, Oct. 117:00 PMLake Washington (Kirkland, WA)*Highline Memorial Stadium
Friday, Oct. 187:00 PM@ Juanita (Kirkland, WA)*Juanita HS
Friday, Oct. 257:00 PMLiberty (Issaquah, WA)*Highline Memorial Stadium

Games marked with an asterisk (*) are district games.

New Pirates football Coach JT Jackson.

As we previously reported, JT Jackson is the new head football coach for the Pirates. He played football at O’Dea High School, then at Pacific Lutheran University. 

For the last two years he has been an assistant coach for Highline, where he learned from one of the best under Coach Deontae Cooper. 

Jackson lives in the community and his kids go to Highline, so he’s local too.

“I’ve been a part of the Highline football staff the last two seasons and it’s been awesome,” he said. “Making it to the state quarterfinals each of these previous seasons before eventually going up against two great teams in Lynden, then Enumclaw. This year’s team is a lot different than the past two years, whereas at any moment we could have a 1-play touchdown drive. That’s not to say this year’s team isn’t explosive because we still have a lot of explosive big time playmakers, but I believe we’ll see a lot more grind-it-out drives.”

For more information, visit the school’s website or follow Pirate Athletics on Facebook.

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