2025 Tulare County Football Schedules: Cowhide, Bell Game set for Halloween

The 2025 Tulare County football season is officially here.

Mission Oak will kick off the Tulare County football season against Sanger West on Aug. 21 at Bob Mathias Stadium in Tulare.

The annual Victory Bell and Cowhide games between Tulare Union and Tulare Western and Mt. Whitney and Redwood, respectively, will be played on Halloween — the final week of the high school football regular season. The Battle for the Saddle, pitting El Diamante and Golden West, will be played on the same night. 

Here are this year's high school and college football schedules for each program (in alphabetical order):

Alpaugh

• Aug. 29: Maricopa, 7 p.m.
• Sept. 4: at East Valley-North Hollywood, 7 p.m.
• Sept. 13: at Cuyama Valley, 6 p.m.
• Sept. 19: San Luis Obispo Classical Academy, 6 p.m.
• Sept. 26: at Mojave, 4 p.m.
• Oct. 3: at Laton, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 10: Kings Christian, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 17: at Riverdale Christian, TBA
• Oct. 24: Legacy Christian Academy-Bakersfield, 7 p.m.

Central Valley Christian

• Aug. 22: Clovis, 7:30 p.m.
• Aug. 30: at Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 5: Bakersfield Christian, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 12: Clovis North, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 26: Mission Prep-San Luis Obispo, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 3: at Kerman, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 10: Kingsburg, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 17: at Immanuel, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 24: Washington Union, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 30: at Reedley, 7:30 p.m.

College of the Sequoias

• Aug. 30: at American River, 1 p.m.
• Sept. 6: San Francisco, 11 a.m.
• Sept. 13: at San Jose, 6 p.m.
• Sept. 20: Redwoods, 11 a.m.
• Sept. 27: Butte, 11 a.m.
• Oct. 11: at Sacramento City, 1 p.m.
• Oct. 18: Monterey Peninsula, 1 p.m.
• Oct. 25: at Reedley, 1 p.m.
• Nov. 1: at Fresno, 1 p.m.
• Nov. 8: Modesto, 1 p.m.

Dinuba

• Aug. 22: at Sanger, 7:30 p.m.
• Aug. 29: Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 5: at Kingsburg, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 12: Selma, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 19: at Washington Union, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 3: Hanford, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 9: at Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 17: at Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 24: Tulare Union, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 31: Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m.

El Diamante

• Aug. 22: at Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m.
• Aug. 29: Tulare Union, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 5: Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 12: at Hanford, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 19: at Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 3: Monache, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 10: Mt. Whitney, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 17: Porterville, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 24: Redwood, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 31: at Golden West (Battle for the Saddle), 7 p.m.

Exeter

• Aug. 22: at Shafter, 7:15 p.m.
• Aug. 29: at Woodlake, 7:15 p.m.
• Sept. 5: at Lindsay, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 12: Strathmore, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 26: Porterville, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 3: Sierra Pacific (homecoming), 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 10: at Washington Union, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 16: at Hanford West, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 24: Selma, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 31: Immanuel, 7:15 p.m.

Farmersville

• Aug. 22: McFarland, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 5: at Tranquility, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 12: Avenal, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 19: Orosi, 7:15 p.m.
• Sept. 26: at Strathmore, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 10: at Lindsay, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 17: at Woodlake, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 24: Orange Cove, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 31: Corcoran, 7:15 p.m.

Golden West

• Aug. 22: Arroyo Grande, 7:30 p.m.
• Aug. 29: at Dinuba, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 5:  Mission Oak 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 12: at North Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 26: Tehachapi 7:30 p.m.
• Oct 3: at Mt. Whitney 7:30 p.m.
• Oct.10: at Porterville, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 17: Redwood, 7:00 p.m. (televised live on KFRE59)
• Oct. 24: at Monache, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 31:  El Diamante (Battle for the Saddle), 7 p.m.

Granite Hills

• Aug. 29: at Parlier, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 5: at McFarland, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 12: Mira Monte-Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 19: Corcoran, 7:15 p.m.
• Sept. 26: Orange Cove, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 3: at Farmersville, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 9: Orosi, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 17: at Strathmore, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 24: at Lindsay, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 30: Woodlake, 7 p.m.

Lindsay

• Aug. 22: at Arvin, 7:30 p.m.
• Aug. 29: at Morro Bay, 7 p.m.
• Sept. 5: Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 19: at Woodlake, 7:15 p.m.
• Sept. 26: at Orosi, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct 3: Corcoran, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct.10: Farmersville, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 17: at Orange Cove, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 24: Granite Hills, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 31: Strathmore, 7:15 p.m.

Mission Oak

• Aug. 21: Sanger West, 7:30 p.m.
• Aug. 20: at San Luis Obispo, 7 p.m.
• Sept. 5: at Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 12: Mt. Whitney, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 19: El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct 3: at Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 9: at Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 17: Tulare Union, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 24: Hanford, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 31: at Dinuba, 7:30 p.m.

Monache

• Aug. 22: Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.
• Aug. 29: Templeton, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 5: Chavez-Delano, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 12: at West Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 19: at Hanford West, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 3: at El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 10: at Redwood, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 17: at Mt. Whitney, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 24: Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 31: Porterville (Granite Bowl), 6 p.m.

Mt. Whitney

• Aug. 22: San Luis Obispo, 7:30 p.m.
• Aug. 28: at Justin Garza, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 5: Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 12: at Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 26: at Reedley, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 3: Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 10: at El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 17: Monache, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 24: Porterville, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 31: Redwood (Cowhide), 6:30 p.m.

Orosi

• Aug. 22: at Madera South, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 5: at Reedley, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 12: Immanuel, 7:15 p.m..
• Sept. 19: at Farmersville, 7:15 p.m.
• Sept. 26: Lindsay, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 3: Strathmore, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 10: at Granite Hills, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 17: at Corcoran, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 24: Woodlake, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 31: Orange Cove, 7:15 p.m.

Porterville

• Aug. 22: at Wasco, 7:30 p.m.
• Aug. 29: at Chavez, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 5: at Selma, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 18: Highland-Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 26: at Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 3: Redwood, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 10: Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 17: El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 24: at Mt. Whitney, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 31: at Monache (Granite Bowl), 6:30 p.m.

Redwood

• Aug. 22: at Centennial, 7:30 p.m.
• Aug. 29: Clovis North, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 5: at Tulare Union, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 12: Tulare Western, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 19: Hanford, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 3: at Porterville, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 10: Monache, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 17: at Golden West, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 23: at El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 31: Mt. Whitney (Cowhide), 6:30 p.m.

Strathmore

• Aug. 22: at Liberty-Madera Ranchos, 7:30 p.m.
• Aug. 29: Avenal, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 12: at Exeter, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 19: Orange Cove, 7:15 p.m.
• Sept. 26: Farmersville, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 3: at Orosi, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 10: at Woodlake, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 17: Granite Hills, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 24: Corcoran, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 31: at Lindsay, 7:15 p.m.

Tulare Union

• Aug. 22: at St. Joseph-Santa Maria, 7 p.m.
• Aug. 29: at El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 5: Redwood, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 19: at Ridgeview-Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 26: Bakersfield Christian, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 2: Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 10: Hanford, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 17: at Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 24: at Dinuba, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 31: at Tulare Western (Bell Game), 6:30 p.m.

Tulare Western

• Aug. 22: El Diamante, 7:30 p.m.
• Aug. 29: Central Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 5: at Mt. Whitney, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 12: at Redwood, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 26: at Wasco, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 3: Mission Oak, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 9: Dinuba, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 17: at Hanford, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 24: at Lemoore, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct 31: Tulare Union (Bell Game), 6:30 p.m.

Woodlake

• Aug. 22: Sierra Pacific, 7:15 p.m.
• Aug. 29: Exeter, 7:15 p.m.
• Sept. 5: Hanford West, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 19: Lindsay, 7:15 p.m.
• Sept. 26: at Corcoran, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 3: at Orange Cove, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 10: Strathmore, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 17: Farmersville, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 24: at Orosi, 7:15 p.m.
• Oct. 30: at Granite Hills, 7 p.m.

This article originally appeared on Visalia Times-Delta: Tulare County Football Schedules for the 2025 season