AURORA | A breakdown of the 2022 season schedule for the Gateway football team:
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GATEWAY: Rico McCoy has taken over as coach of the Olys, who are coming off a winless 2021 fall campaign following a quick turnaround from playing in the spring as well due to the coronavirus pandemic. Gateway has nearly an entirely new set of opponents for 2022 with only Denver South and Centaurus as holdovers from last season though they will be non-league foes. The majority of the Olys’ schedule is made up of league competition, as six of its 10 contests will come against other teams in the 4A League 8. Gateway opens with a non-league contest, however, as it plays at home against Northridge on Aug. 25 as one of the first contests of Week 1. Three of the Olys’ first four games come at home with a Sept. 2 contest against Northglenn and Sept. 17 tilt with Liberty both set for Aurora Public Schools Stadium. A rematch with a nine-win Denver South team is set for Oct. 7. Last season: Gateway’s 2022 opponents had a combined record of 37-65 in 2021.
Gateway schedule — Home games in all caps (played at Aurora Public Schools Stadium unless otherwise noted): Thursday, Aug. 25 — NORTHRIDGE, 6:30 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 2 — NORTHGLENN, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 10 — at FNE Warriors, 1 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 17 — LIBERTY, 2 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 23 — at Thornton, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 1 — WIDEFIELD, noon; Friday, Oct. 7 — at Denver South, 4 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 14 — vs. Hinkley at Aurora Public Schools Stadium, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 22 — PALMER, 2 p.m.; Thursday, Oct. 27 — at Centaurus, 7 p.m.
