Fall Sports Practice to Start on Time

 After last year's fall sports season was delayed by the pandemic,  Monday August 16 will be the opening date for practice in fall sports.  

Football, boys and girls soccer, volleyball, girls tennis, girls swimming and boys and girls cross country will have their first practices.  

Here's the opening games for St. Louis Park's fall sports teams.  

The Oriole football team begins its second campaign under head coach Jason Foster when they travel to Inver Grove Heights to face the Simley Spartans on Friday, September 3 at 7 PM.  Their home opener will be the following Friday, September 10 as the Orioles host the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars, also a 7 PM start.  

The girls tennis team opens their season on Tuesday, August 24 as they head to Plymouth to take on the Providence Academy Lions at 4 PM.  Their home opener is two days later on the 26th againstt the Chanhassen Storm at 4:15 PM.  

A new era begins in girls soccer as new head coach Anne Beaton leads the Orioles in their season opener on Thursday, August 26 as they will host the White Bear Lake Bears at 5 PM.  The boys soccer team, under the veteran leadership of Chato, also opens their season at home on Saturday the 28th, hosting the Wayzata Trojans at 1 PM.  

Also in action on the 26th,  is the girls volleyball team as they open their season under new head coach Sam Hanlon by hosting the Park Center Pirates at 7 PM.  

The girls swimming and diving teams open their season on Tuesday, August 31 at 6 PM against the Chanhassen Storm at the Pioneer Ridge Middle School.  Their home opener is Thursday, September 9 against the the Waconia Wildcats, also a 6 PM start.  

Finally, the boys and girls cross country teams will run in the Rosemount Invitational on Friday September 3.  

This season will also mark the debut of three new Metro West Conference members.  They are the Orono Spartans, the Waconia Wildcats and the New Prague Trojans.  All three came from the Wright County Conference.  

Get outside while the weather's nice and support Oriole athletics as the roads return to the state tournament.