FALLS VILLAGE — Housatonic Valley Regional High School athletics resume as the fall semester gets underway.
The Mountaineers are set to put forth teams in five sports this fall: football, volleyball, soccer, cross country and golf.
Boys golf will be the first HVRHS team to play this season. The golf team travels to Lakeview High School, the new Region 20 high school in Litchfield, for the opening match at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28.
Cross country runners will get the season started with a multi-school meet at Thomaston High School Thursday, Aug. 29. Both boys and girls teams will compete in the opener, set to start at 4 p.m.
Girls soccer will begin with a scrimmage against Monument Mountain Regional High School Friday, Aug. 30. The non-league match will be played in Great Barrington at 4 p.m.
Gilbert/Northwestern/Housatonic co-op football starts the season with two away scrimmages. The first will be played at Avon High School on Saturday, Aug. 31, with a 3:15 p.m. kick off. HVRHS will host one GNH football game this season on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 1 p.m. against Woodland Regional High School.
Boys soccer begins Wednesday, Sept. 4, at home against Gilbert High School. Start time will be 3:45 p.m. on the field behind HVRHS.
Girls volleyball gets going on Thursday, Sept. 5, with a scrimmage against East Granby High School. The away match will start at 5:45 p.m.
Complete schedules for all athletic teams can be found at ciac.fpsports.org
