There were mixed results on the field for SCISA teams WW King Academy and Northside Christian in its respective season openers.

WW King Academy won its “Battle of the Knights” matchup with Faith Christian Academy. John Roy scored 2 touchdowns, had both 2-point conversions and finished with 130 yards in the 16-8 victory.

Defensively, Clayton Turner had 22 tackles, 16 solo, and Drake Amick had the gameclinching 4th down tackle.

It was the 1st season-opening win for WW King Academy, the year it reached the SCISA 8-man title game.

Up next for the Knights is a trip to Estill to face Patrick Henry. Head coach Zach Matthews believes his team is prepared for the rigors of a road game.

“They’re really focused and I see it every day at practice, so they can turn that over into the game,” he said.

Meanwhile, the current 8-man champions visited Palmetto State Armory Field to face the Crusaders. Andrew Jackson Academy jumped out to a 18-0 lead, only to have Northside Christian answer back with 16 unanswered points before halftime.

Max McKenna found Charlie Compton for a 61-yard touchdown pass and 2-point conversion.

Luke Cochran then returned a botched punt 78 yards for a score and caught the 2-point conversion pass from McKenna.

The Warriors outscored the Northside Christian 30-0 in the 2nd half for the 48-16 victory.

McKenna finished 10-19 passing for 124 yards and 9 tackles and cornerback Jake Daniels had a teamhigh 13 tackles.

Northside Christian will have to wait 2 weeks to return to action. With Newberry Academy not fielding a team this year, Friday’s road game is cancelled.

It will face Conway Christian Sept. 11 in Conway, then return for

2 straight home games.

Rules set by SCISA, SC High School League

Both the public and private schools have set plans in place for conducting football this season.

Each will abide by SC Gov. Henry McMaster’s order limiting seating to a maximum of 250 people or 50 percent occupancy pending an exemption from the Department of Commerce. Both leagues will also require face

Both leagues will also require face covering for coaches and sideline workers and as well as encourage social distancing among fans.

Both SCHSL and SCISA also said there will be no post-game hand shakes following games.

SCISA fans were encouraged to bring lawn chairs for seating and masks must be work while enterin exiting and moving around the stadium.

The SCHSL will officially start football practice Monday.

Teams will play a 6-7 game regular season schedule starting Sept. 25 with only the top 2 teams in each region making the playoffs.

Teams will be allowed to hold as many as 2 scrimmages before the Sept. 25 season-opener. The Lake Murray Kickoff Classic is set for Sept. 18 at Cecil Woolbright Field on Chapin High School.

However, the Joe Turbeville Jamboree at Irmo for the same night was cancelled. Instead, Irmo will scrimmage Fairfield-Central.