It's a sign that summer is heading toward the homestretch when high school athletic teams throughout Minnesota open fall sports practice Monday, August 15.
Teams in football, soccer, volleyball, cross country, girls swimming and tennis get ready for competition. Here's when St. Louis Park's teams open up their season.
The first out of the gate is girls tennis as the Orioles host the Hopkins Royals on Tuesday, August 23 at 4:30 PM.
A new era begins in boys soccer on Saturday the 27th as Anson Opara, who takes over the coaching reigns from Chato leads the Orioles in their season opener against a tough nonconference opponent the perennial power Wayzata Trojans at 3 PM.
Also on the 27th, the girls soccer team heads to St. Paul for a noon game against the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders.
Both the boys and girls teams will be in action on Tuesday, August 30 at Hopkins with the boys underway at 5 PM and the girls at 7 PM. There's a home opener doubleheader on Thursday, September 1 with the girls hosting the Minneapolis South Tigers at 5 PM and the boys hosting the Eden Prairie Eagles at 7 PM.
But wait. There's more action on the 27th as the volleyball team heads to Bloomington to face the Kennedy Eagles at noon. They will head up Brooklyn Blvd. to face the Park Center Pirates at 7 PM on the 30th and their home opener will be against the St. Paul Harding Knights on September 1 at 7 PM.
The following night, Friday, September 2, the Oriole football team opens its 2022 campaign as they host the Simley Spartans at 7 PM. Earlier in the day, the cross country teams will run in the Rosemount Invitational.
Moving into the next week, the girls swimming diving teams open their season in Waconia on Thursday, September 8 at 6 PM. A week later on the 15th is their home opener against the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights, also a 6 PM start.
Get ready for plenty of exciting fall sport action.
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