After almost a week of practice the boys put their helmets and pads on last Friday for the first time since last fall. With most of the 2018 starters graduated, this year’s team will be young. Still, there are 22 kids out for football, and some of those younger kids displayed quite a bit of talent when they got in games last year, so don’t expect to see too great of a drop-off this season from the two-loss Vikings of last year. Staff photo/Brian Larsen
I.S.D. 166 kicks off its fall high school sports with the girls’ Vikings volleyball team playing at home on Tuesday, August 27 at 6:30 p.m. against Floodwood High School.
The boys’ varsity football team travels to Ogilvie on Thursday, August 29 for its first game and then plays at home on Friday, September 6 at 7 p.m. against Carlton.
Boys and girls cross country runners compete at the Cook County Invite held on the rugged Pincushion trails on Thursday, August 29 with the first races starting at 1 p.m.
Football: All of the games except the last one are played at 7 p.m. and they are played on Friday nights.
The Vikings’ third game will be played on Friday, Sept. 13 away at Cherry; Ely comes to town on Sept. 20 followed by South Ridge at home on Sept. 27. The Vikings travel to Silver Bay on Oct. 4 with Northeast Range traveling to Grand Marais on Oct. 11. In a first meeting ever, the Vikings travel to Cromwell on Wednesday, Oct. 16 to face the always-tough Cromwell Cardinals.
Volleyball: Unless noted, all games have a 6:30 p.m. start. The Vikings have an away game against Esko on Thursday, Aug. 29, and then play at home against Silver Bay on Friday, Aug. 30, and against Cromwell on Tuesday, Sept. 3.
Two away games follow, one at Moose Lake/Willow River on Thursday, Sept. 5, played at 5:45 p.m., and one against South Ridge, Thursday, Sept. 12. Two Harbors comes to Grand Marais on Thursday, Sept. 19 and then the Vikings face three opponents on the road: Proctor, Monday, Sept. 23; Barnum, Thursday, Sept. 26, and Two Harbors, for a tournament on Saturday, Sept. 28, with an 8:30 a.m. start to the games.
On Monday, Sept. 30, the Vikings play Northwoods at home at 7 p.m. and then travel to play Silver Bay on Oct. 1. The Vikings play Carlton at home on Thursday, Oct. 3, and Mountain Iron at home on Monday, Oct. 7.
The kids travel to face Wrenshall on Thursday, Oct. 8, and then wrap up the regular season against Lakeview Christian on Thursday, Oct. 10.
Cross Country: The combined Cook County and Two Harbors boys’ and girls’ squads compete together in the following meets: On Thursday, Sept. 12 the team travels to Eveleth with the first race starting at 11:30 a.m. On Saturday, Sept. 21 the team travels to Milaca, the largest high school cross country meet in the nation with the varsity running at 10 a.m.
On Thursday, Sept. 26 the team goes to Hibbing, with the varsity toeing the line at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, the Swain meet beckons, its breath-catching large hill challenging varsity runners three times. The races start at 10 a.m.
The Polar League Conference meet will once again be held on the Pincushion trails. The meet will be held Thursday, October 10 with the first run starting at 1 p.m.
On Tuesday, October 15, the North Shore Striders travel to Proctor to race on the Proctor Golf course, with the start time at 4 p.m.
Section 7A will be held Thursday, October 24 at Cloquet with a start time of 11 a.m.
The state cross country meet will take place Saturday, Nov. 2 with the location to be named later.
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