The opening week of the 2021 high school football season is here and it's time for you to place your bets.
This year, we're going to give fans the opportunity to pick who they think will win games each week with a twist. We're going to put "Vegas lines" on each matchup. Note that we are not actually encouraging you to bet money on these kids.
Our Vegas lines were decided within the News-Leader newsroom. For this week, we considered each team's success in 2020; who each team has back; home-field advantage; and, when necessary, the head-to-head matchups that took place a season ago.