With high temperatures reaching into the 100s, school districts across the Sacramento area stepped in to help athletes, staff and parents beat the heat.

Friday marks the start of high school football season for many schools. But high heat lingered into the evening late enough to impact the games.

To help with those heat impacts, several schools pushed back start times to their games.

River City High School in West Sacramento pushed back the kickoff of their junior varsity game to 6 p.m., with varsity kickoff at 8 p.m. Schools from Placer down to San Joaquin County also pushed back their start times.

"It's very hot, humid, but not too bad. The sun is going to go down so it'll get cooler through the night," said student Ariana Bedoya at the River City game Friday night.

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