Fall sports practices begin Monday for local schools

As the summer winds down, the fall sports practices for football, volleyball and cross country will begin on Monday, Aug. 18, for Lovell High School and Rocky Mountain High School athletes.

Golf practices began this week due to the teams competing in the Powell Invite this Thursday and Friday.

All coaches would like to remind players and parents that sports physicals must be turned in to the school offices prior to the first practice.

FOOTBALL

Practice starts for the Lovell Bulldogs football team on August 18 with two sessions: 5:45-7:45 a.m. and 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Lovell High School practice field. Practice will be held at the same time in the morning on Tuesday, with time changing to 6-8 p.m. in the evening. 

On Wednesday through Friday, the times will be 3:45-5:15 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.

The Rocky Mountain Grizz will start practice on Monday at 6 a.m. and will practice that afternoon at 6 p.m. Because school starts for Rocky Mountain on Tuesday, there will be no morning practice that day.

The remainder of the week, the Grizz will practice at 6 a.m. and after school at 3:45 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL

The Lady Bulldogs will get underway with practices from 6 to 7 a.m. all next week. On Monday afternoon, practice will be from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m., and Tuesday practice will be from 3:45 to 5:45 p.m. There will be no practice on Wednesday afternoon.

On Thursday and Friday, the afternoon session will be from 4 to 5:30 p.m., and the Lady Bulldogs will wrap up the week with practice on Saturday morning from 8-11 a.m.

Head coach Tera Kostelecky is hosting a mandatory player and parent meeting for high school volleyball athletes tonight (Thursday) at 6 p.m. in the high school gym to discuss team expectations and policies.

The Lady Grizzlies will have a combined practice on Monday morning from 6 to 10 a.m.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the team will practice after school from 3:45 to 6:45 p.m. and on Thursday practice will run from 3:45 to 5:45 p.m. with a parent meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday’s practice will be in the gym,  1-4 p.m.

CROSS COUNTRY

Both cross country teams will hold their practices at 4 p.m. at each location with the Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs meeting in the gym lobby and the Grizz and Lady Grizzlies gathering inside the school building.