Katy ISD has one of the toughest football districts in the state.

And it’s about to get even tougher.

Katy ISD released the school district’s full football schedule last week, signifying a new era, as it will jump from a seven team district to a nine team district.

Joining the district will be Paetow, the reigning Class 5A, Division I state champion, and Jordan, which will be competing in district play for the first time.

There will be a number of fun and intriguing matchup for fans, both in non-district play and in district play, as rivalries are renewed and new matchups are played.

Katy, the reigning Class 6A, Division II Region III champs, will start the season by traveling to Challenger Stadium in Webster to take on Clear Springs on Aug. 26. Clear Springs advanced to the area round last season and Katy won last year’s matchup between the teams 40-7.

The Tigers will then host Atascocita in the second week of the season, in an matchup that will show how two of the top teams in Region III are faring early in the season and be a good gauge for what each team will see deep in the playoffs.

Other big non-district matchups include when Tompkins faces Bridgeland on Sept 2., with two of the top teams from last years Class 6A, Division I playoffs face off. Tompkins will also open the season by traveling to face Cy-Ranch.

The reigning state champs, Paetow, will open the season at Legacy Stadium on Aug. 25, when they face a Conroe team that comes off a bi-district appearance last season, before facing Cy-Ranch on the road. Jordan will start the year by traveling to take on Aldine Davis at Legacy and traveling to face Kingwood.

Cinco will play two non-district games on the road to start, traveling to face College Park and Klein Oak. Mayde Creek will do the same, as they face off against Westside and Waller the first two weeks of the season.

Taylor will face Cy-Woods at home the first week of the season before traveling to take on George Ranch. Morton Ranch will take on Eisenhower at Legacy and Kingwood Park at Legacy in non-district play and Seven Lakes will start on the road against Memorial before facing Klein at Rhodes the second week of the season.

Moving to district matchups, a under the radar but big one will come in the first week of the district season on Sept. 9 when Mayde Creek and Jordan face off. It will be Jordan’s first ever district game, and will also be the first District 19-6A win at their respective schools for either Mayde Creek head coach J Jensen or Jordan head coach Mike Rabe. It will also be the first time Mayde Creek has played against a Rabe coached team since Rabe became the Jordan head coach after being the head coach of Mayde Creek.

Paetow will open its district schedule against Morton Ranch, the two teams faced off last year, with the Panthers coming out 43-14 winners so it will be interesting to see how the two teams district matchup goes.

The first week of the district season is littered with big matchups and it doesn’t stop there. Katy and Tompkins will face off as the district two most successful teams in recent years go head to head to kick off district play.

Tompkins will then play Cinco Ranch in the second week of district play, as the Falcons face what is expected to be two of its toughest district competitors back to back.

For a printable schedule, go to www.katyisd.org/dept/athletics/Documents/Katy_ISD_Football_Schedule_2022.pdf
Following is the full 2022 Katy ISD football schedule

* denotes District 19-6A game

WEEK 1

Aug. 25

Seven Lakes vs. Memorial, 6:30 p.m., Tully Stadium

Tompkins vs. Cypress Ranch, 6:30 p.m., Cy-Fair FCU Stadium

Mayde Creek vs. Westside, 7 p.m., Delmar Stadium

Cinco Ranch vs. College Park, 7 p.m., Woodforest Bank Stadium

Aug. 26

Paetow vs. Conroe, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium

Taylor vs. Cypress Woods, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium

Katy vs. Clear Springs, 7 p.m., Challenger-Columbia Stadium

Aug. 27

Morton Ranch vs. Eisenhower, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium

Jordan vs. Davis, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium

WEEK 2

Sept. 1

Taylor vs. George Ranch, 7 p.m., Traylor Stadium

Sept. 2

Katy vs. Atascocita, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium

Tompkins vs. Bridgeland, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium

Mayde Creek vs. Waller, 7 p.m., Bulldog Stadium

Sept. 3

Morton Ranch vs. Kingwood Park, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium

Cinco Ranch vs. Klein Oak, 6 p.m., Klein Memorial Stadium

Paetow vs. Cypress Ranch, 6 p.m., Cy-Fair FCU Stadium

Jordan vs. Kingwood, 6 p.m., Turner Stadium

Seven Lakes vs. Klein, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium

WEEK 3

Sept. 9

Mayde Creek vs. Jordan, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Morton Ranch vs. Paetow, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*

Sept. 10

Tompkins vs. Katy, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Taylor vs. Cinco Ranch, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*

WEEK 4

Sept. 15

Paetow vs. Mayde Creek, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Sept. 16

Katy vs. Morton Ranch, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Cinco Ranch vs. Tompkins, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*

Sept. 17

Seven Lakes vs. Taylor, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

WEEK 5

Sept. 22

Morton Ranch vs. Cinco Ranch, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Mayde Creek vs. Katy, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*

Sept. 23

Tompkins vs. Seven Lakes, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Jordan vs. Paetow, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*

WEEK 6

Sept. 29

Taylor vs. Tompkins, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Katy vs. Jordan, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*

Sept. 30

Cinco Ranch vs. Mayde Creek, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Seven Lakes vs. Morton Ranch, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*

WEEK 7

Oct. 6

Paetow vs. Katy, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Jordan vs. Cinco Ranch, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*

Oct. 7

Taylor vs. Morton Ranch, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Mayde Creek vs. Seven Lakes, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*

WEEK 8

Oct. 13

Taylor vs. Mayde Creek, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Tompkins vs. Morton Ranch, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*

Oct. 14

Seven Lakes vs. Jordan, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Cinco Ranch vs. Paetow, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*

WEEK 9

Oct. 20

Paetow vs. Seven Lakes, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Mayde Creek vs. Tompkins, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*

Oct. 21

Jordan vs. Taylor, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Katy vs. Cinco Ranch, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*

WEEK 10

Oct. 27

Taylor vs. Paetow, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Seven Lakes vs. Katy, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*

Oct. 28

Morton Ranch vs. Mayde Creek, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Tompkins vs. Jordan, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*

WEEK 11

Nov. 3

Cinco Ranch vs. Seven Lakes, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Jordan vs. Morton Ranch, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*

Nov. 4

Katy vs. Taylor, 6 p.m., Legacy Stadium*

Paetow vs. Tompkins, 7 p.m., Rhodes Stadium*