GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Taking in the pomp and excitement of a high school football game is a fantastic way to spend a crisp fall evening.
Even better, if you can help turn back a relentless opponent.
The Minnesota Football Coaches Association (MFCA) has released a packed slate of games for its 2023 Tackle Cancer campaign. Over the past 11 years, the effort has raised nearly $3 million, funds raised to support the cancer community through donations to the Randy Shaver Cancer Research & Community Fund.
Each week of the football season participating high school and college teams across the state choose a home game (or multiple games) in September and October and promote them as “Tackle Cancer” games. Donations are collected at the gate before the game or in the stands during halftime. During the fall of 2022 more than $473,000 was collected and designated for the fight against cancer, and this year MFCA has set the bar higher, shooting for a cool $500,000.
For more on the Tackle Cancer campaign, where the funds go or how to get your school involved, check out the MFCA website.
Here are the Tackle Cancer games already scheduled for 2023. The list will be updated in the coming weeks.
Thursday, Aug. 31:
Minnewaska Area (Morris Area)
Minnesota Valley Lutheran (Sibley East)
Two Rivers (Mpls Southwest)
Goodhue (Lewiston-Altura)
Friday, Sept. 1:
Zumbrota-Mazeppa (Caledonia)
Hayfield (Fillmore Central)
Saturday, Sept. 2:
University St. Thomas (Black Hills State)
Thursday, September 7:
MACCRAY (BOLD)
Friday, Sept. 8:
Orono (Big Lake)
Jefferson (St. Cloud Tech)
Barnum (Chisholm)
Detroit Lakes (Perham)
Saturday, September 9:
Gophers (Eastern Michigan)
Bethel (Wartburg)
Thursday, Sept. 14:
Armstrong (Cooper)
Prior Lake (Eden Prairie)
Hastings (Mahtomedi)
South St. Paul (Mpls North)
Friday, Sept. 15:
Bethlehem Academy (Fillmore Central)
Madelia (Renville County West)
Rockford (Howard Lake-Waverly)
Tartan (Jefferson)
Cretin-DH vs St. Thomas Academy @ TCO (JOINT GAME)
Waconia (Mankato West)
Eagan (Rosemount)
Mound Westonka (Big Lake)
Lakeville North (Lakeville South)
Thief River Falls (Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton)
Burnsville (Roseville)
Dawson-Boyd (Lakeview)
Waseca (Marshall)
Lake City (Rochester Lourdes)
SMB (Orono)
Foley (Litchfield)
Milaca (St. Cloud Apollo)
Totino-Grace (Hutchinson)
Fridley (Simley)
Pelican Rapids (Barnesville)
Saturday, September 16:
Northwestern Roseville (UW-River Falls)
St. Scholastica (Crown College)
Bemidji (Moorhead)
Thursday, Sept. 21:
Lakeville South (Eagan)
Rosemount (Rochester Mayo)
Friday, Sept. 22:
St. Michael-Albertville (Centennial)
Fillmore Central (Rushford-Peterson)
Ashby-Brandon-Evansville (Hancock)
Washburn (Mpls. Southwest)
Zimmerman (Princeton)
Marshall (Tri-City United)
Simley (Hill-Murray)
Barnesville (Hawley)
Mahtomedi (St. Thomas Academy)
Dassel-Cokato (Glencoe-Silver Lake)
Eastview (Buffalo)
Watertown-Mayer (Spectrum)
Maple Lake (Holdingford)
Braham (Barnum)
St. Anthony (Fridley)
Saturday, Sept. 23:
Crown College (Austin College)
Thursday September 28:
Hill-Murray (North St. Paul)
Friday, Sept. 29:
Centennial (Osseo)
Randolph (Cleveland)
BOLD (Dawson-Boyd)
White Bear Lake (East Ridge)
Stillwater (Forest Lake)
Cambridge-Isanti (St. Francis) JOINT EFFORT***
Kasson-Mantorville (Winona)
Chisago Lakes (Zimmerman)
St. Louis Park (Jefferson)
Chatfield (Zumbrota-Mazeppa)
Brainerd (Alexandria)
Kimball (Maple Lake)
Columbia Heights (Academy Force)
Holy Family (Byron)
Grand Rapids (Duluth East)
Blaine (Maple Grove)
Kelliher/Northome (MIB)
Hawley (Park Rapids)
Shakopee (Minnetonka)
Owatonna (Rochester Century)
Rochester Mayo (Lakeville South)
Waterville-EM (United South Central)
Deer River (Chisholm)
DeLaSalle (St. Anthony)
Saturday, September 30:
Northfield (Chaska)
St. Paul Central (Harding/Humboldt)
Concordia-St. Paul (University of Mary)
Friday October 6:
Edina (Shakopee)
Sauk Rapids-Rice (Cambridge-Isanti)
Farmington (Eagan)
Becker (Rocori)
Underwood (Hancock) *Joint Game*
GFW (Randolph)
Forest Lake (Woodbury)
Spring Lake Park (Irondale)
St. Cloud Apollo (Annandale)
New Ulm (St. Peter)
Pine Island (Rochester Lourdes)
New Prague (Northfield)
Wayzata (Prior Lake)
Park (Mounds View) *Joint Game*
Rogers (Elk River)
Maple Grove (Coon Rapids)
Mora (Pequot Lakes)
Grand Meadow (Mabel-Canton)
Delano (Mound Westonka)
North Branch (Grand Rapids)
St. Cloud Tech (Brainerd)
Springfield (St. James)
Rocori (Willmar)
Nicollet (New Ulm Cathedral)
Glencoe-Silver Lake (New London-Spicer)
Fergus Falls (Little Falls)
Concordia Academy (St. Croix Lutheran) *Joint Game*
Osseo (St. Michael-Albertville)
Mesabi East (Rush City)
Mpls Southwest (St. Paul Central)
Two Harbors (Rock Ridge)
Saturday October 7:
Carleton (St. Olaf )
Macalester (Bethel)
Mpls South (Henry)
Thursday October 12:
Norwood-Young America (Mayer Lutheran)
Coon Rapids (Blaine)
Champlin Park (Centennial)
Holy Angels (Rocori)
Lakeview (BOLD)
Friday October 13:
Chanhassen (Chaska) Joint Game*
Richfield (Hill-Murray)
Hutchinson (Princeton)
Minnetonka (Buffalo)
Pillager (Parkers Prairie)
Annandale (Foley)
KMS (ACGC)
Redwood Valley (Mn Valley Lutheran)
Mankato East (Mankato West) Joint Game*
Albert Lea (Waseca)
East Ridge (Lakeville North)
Litchfield (Glencoe-Silver Lake)
Eden Prairie (Rochester Mayo)
Melrose (Rockford)
St. Cloud Cathedral (Maple Lake)
St. James (TMB)
Roseville (White Bear Lake)
Mounds View (Park)
Elk River (Cambridge-Isanti)
Morris Area (Perham)
New London-Spicer (St. Cloud Apollo)
Benilde-St. Margaret’s (Delano)
Albany (Minnewaska Area)
Irondale (St. Francis)
Moorhead (Alexandria)
Hopkins (Wayzata)
Blue Earth Area (Le Sueur-Henderson)
Big Lake (Becker)
Wheaton (Otter Tail Central)
Pequot Lakes (Proctor)
Triton (LaCrescent)
St. Paul Central (Two Rivers)
Benson (Upsala/Swanville)
Prescott, Wisconsin (Rice Lake)
Saturday October 14:
St. John’s (Carleton)
Concordia College (hamline)
Martin Luther (Greenville)
Wednesday October 18:
Breck (Watertown-Mayer)
Fairmont (New Ulm)
Sartell (Park Center)
Stewartville (Rochester Lourdes)
Staples-Motley (Wadena-Deer Creek)
NRHEG (United South Central)
Pierz (Montevideo)
Crosby-Ironton (International Falls)
Belle Plaine (Albert Lea)
Rochester JM (Jefferson)
Mahnomen/Waubun (Menahga)
Glencoe-Silver Lake (Faribault)
Sibley East (Blue Earth)
Thursday October 19:
Buffalo (Prior Lake)
Saturday October 21:
SW Minnesota State (Minnesota State-Moorhead)
Bemidji State (Concordia St. Paul)
Friday October 27:
Woodbury (TBD)
Saturday October 28:
UMD (Bemidji State)
UM Morris (Crown)
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