PORTSMOUTH — Fall high school sports got a jump on the start of the academic year, as the Portsmouth High girls’ volleyball, boys’ and girls’ soccer, and cross-country teams all faced competition prior to the first day of classes on Wednesday.

If you’d like to root on the home team, here’s a list of PHS and Portsmouth Middle School home games scheduled for September:

Thursday, Sept. 4

6:30 p.m.: PHS varsity football team hosts Rogers (Injury Fund game)

Saturday, Sept. 7

• 1 p.m.: PHS varsity boys’ soccer team hosts Central Falls (JV game at 11 a.m.)

• 3:30 p.m.: Middle school boys’ soccer team plays at the PHS turf field

Monday, Sept. 9

• 4:30 p.m.: PHS girls’ and boys’ varsity cross-country teams host multiple schools at Glen Park/polo grounds

• 6 p.m.: PHS girls’ varsity volleyball team hosts East Providence in the field house (JV game at 4:30 p.m.)

Thursday, Sept. 12

7 p.m.: PHS varsity football team hosts South Kingstown (freshman game hosts Cranston High School West at 4 p.m.)

Friday, Sept. 13

• 4 p.m.: Middle school girls’ soccer team hosts St. Mary Academy Bay View Middle School

• 6 p.m.: PHS girls’ varsity soccer team hosts Chariho High (JV game at 4 p.m.)

• 6 p.m.: PHS girls’ varsity volleyball team hosts South Kingstown (JV game against South Kingstown at 4:30 p.m., freshman match against Classical at 4:45 p.m.)

Saturday, Sept. 14

• 10 a.m.: PHS JV football team hosts South Kingstown

• 6 p.m.: PHS boys’ varsity soccer team hosts Bishop Hendricken (JV game at 4 p.m.)

Tuesday, Sept. 17

6 p.m.: PHS girls’ varsity soccer team hosts Moses Brown (JV game at 4 p.m.)

Thursday, Sept. 19

• 4:30 p.m.: PHS girls’ varsity tennis team hosts Ponaganset

• PHS girls’ varsity volleyball team hosts East Greenwich (JV game at 4:30 p.m.)

Saturday, Sept. 21

• 10 a.m.: PHS JV football team hosts Cranston West

• 1 p.m.: PHS girls’ varsity soccer team hosts Dartmouth

Monday, Sept. 23

• 4 p.m.: PHS girls’ varsity tennis team hosts Barrington

• 4:30 p.m.: PHS girls’ cross-country team hosts multiple schools at Glen Park/polo grounds

• 4:30 p.m.: PHS boys’ cross-country team hosts Moses Brown at Glen Park/polo grounds

• 6 p.m.: PHS girls’ varsity soccer team hosts Pilgrim

• 6 p.m.: PHS girls’ varsity volleyball team hosts La Salle Academy (JV game at 4:30 p.m.)

Tuesday, Sept. 24

• TBD: Middle school girls’ and boys’ cross-country teams host multiple schools

• 6 p.m.: PHS boys’ varsity soccer team hosts Tolman (JV game at 4 p.m.)

Wednesday, Sept. 25

• 4 p.m.: Middle school boys’ soccer team hosts Kickemuit Middle School

• 4 p.m.: PHS girls’ varsity tennis team hosts Moses Brown

Friday, Sept. 27

• 4 p.m.: PHS girls’ tennis team hosts Rogers

• 4:15 p.m.: Middle school boys’ soccer team hosts Riverside

• 4:45 p.m.: PHS girls’ freshman volleyball team hosts North Smithfield

Saturday, Sept. 28

10 a.m.: PHS JV football team hosts Westerly