17 August 2010

Fall sports season off and running

Monday, Aug. 16, marked the official opening of the 2010 fall sports season at Farmington High School with nine varsity sports - cheerleading, boys' cross country, girls' cross country, football, girls swimming, girls' tennis, boys soccer, girls' soccer and volleyball--beginning pre-season practices.

Teams don't have much time to prepare for their respective competitive seasons with five teams opening interscholastic play the week of Aug. 23-27.

Girls' tennis kicks off the fall season with a trip to the annual Mounds Doubles Invitational on Monday, Aug. 23.

Thursday, Aug. 26, three more Tiger teams open play. Girls' swimming entertains Apple Valley in a dual meet at Dodge Middle School and boys and girls' soccer travel to Faribault.

The volleyball girls open defense of their Section 1AAA championship Friday night, Aug. 27 at Hastings.

The boys and girls cross country teams begin their season Friday, Sept. 3, with an appearance at the Dakota County Championships in Eagan. That night the Tiger football team and cheerleaders swing into action in a non-conference contest against Hudson, Wisconsin at Tiger Stadium.
Complete schedules for all Tiger teams are available on this web page.