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It’s official — fall sports’ season has begun in Baldwin City. Four of the five Baldwin High School sports kicked off their seasons this morning with the inaugural practice. Those teams were football, cross country, volleyball and soccer. The BHS girls’ tennis squad will start this afternoon. Reports on the first days of practice will come soon, but for this first blog let’s start with some key information for this fall. Here are the schedules for the varsity teams at BHS.

Football — Sept. 3 — at Paola, 7 p.m.; Sept. 10 — vs. Spring Hill, 7 p.m. (Bulldog Bash); Sept. 17 — at De Soto, 7 p.m.; Sept. 24 — at El Dorado, 7 p.m.; Oct. 1 — vs. St. James Academy, 7 p.m.; Oct. 8 — at Louisburg, 7 p.m.; Oct. 15 — vs. Ottawa, 7 p.m. (District game); Oct. 22 — vs. Santa Fe Trail, 7 p.m. (District game); Oct. 28 — at Eudora, 7 p.m. (District game)

Cross Country — Sept. 2 — at Anderson County, 4 p.m. ; Sept. 11 — at Wamego, 9 a.m. ; Sept. 18 — Baldwin Invitational, home 9 a.m.; Sept. 25 — at Kansas University Invitational, 9 a.m.; Oct. 2 — Community America Invitational, home, 8:30 a.m.; Oct. 7 — at Sabetha Invitational, 4 p.m. ; Oct. 14 — at Frontier League Meet, 4 p.m.; Oct. 23 — Class 4A Regional Meet, TBA; Oct. 30 — Class 4A State Championship, TBA

Volleyball — Aug. 31 — Baldwin Quad, 5 p.m.; Sept. 7 — at Spring Hill, 6:30 p.m.; Sept. 9 — at Tonganoxie, 7 p.m.; Sept. 11 — Baldwin Invitational Tournament, 8 a.m.; Sept. 14 — vs. Paola, 6:30 p.m.; Sept. 21 — vs. Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.; Sept. 28 — vs. Louisburg, 6:30 p.m.; Oct. 2 — at Wellsville Tournament, 9 a.m.; Oct. 5 — at Eudora, 6:30 p.m.; Oct. 7 — Baldwin Triangular, 5 p.m.; Oct. 9 — at De Soto Spikefest, 8 a.m.; Oct. 12 — at De Soto, 6:30 p.m.; Oct. 14 — at Tonganoxie Triangular, 5 p.m. ; Oct. 16 — at Frontier League Tournament, 8 a.m.; Oct. 19 — at West Franklin Triangular, 5 p.m.; Oct. 23 — Class 4A Sub-State, TBA ; Oct. 29-30 — State Tournament, TBA

Soccer — Aug. 27 — vs. Tonganoxie, 4 p.m.; Aug. 31 — at Paola, 4 p.m.; Sept. 2 — at Spring Hill, 6 p.m.; Sept. 7 — at De Soto, 6 p.m.; Sept. 14 — vs. Eudora, 4 p.m.; Sept. 16 — at Louisburg, 6 p.m.; Sept. 21 — at Ottawa, 4 p.m.; Sept. 23 — vs. Paola, 4 p.m.; Sept. 28 — vs. Spring Hill, 4 p.m.; Sept. 30 — at Basehor-Linwood, 6 p.m.; Oct. 5 — at Perry-Lecompton, 6 p.m.; Oct. 7 — at Eudora, 4 p.m.; Oct. 12 — vs. Louisburg, 4 p.m.; Oct. 14 — Ottawa, 6 p.m.; Oct. 18 — at Maranatha Academy, 4 p.m. ; Oct. 19 — vs. De Soto, 4 p.m.; Oct. 25-29 — Class 1A-4A Regional Tournament, TBA

Girls’ Tennis — Sept. 2 — at Topeka Hayden Quad, 3 p.m.; Sept. 7 — at Spring Hill Quad, 3 p.m.; Sept. 15 — Baldwin Invitational, 8:30 a.m.; Sept. 18 — at Smoky Valley Invitational, 9 a.m.; Sept. 25 — Bulldog Round Robin, 9 a.m.; Sept. 27 — at Spring Hill, 3:30 p.m.; Sept. 28 — at Topeka Hayden, 3 p.m.; Sept. 30 — at Bonner Springs Invitational, 8:30 a.m.; Oct. 5 — at Blazer Quad, Gardner, 3:15 p.m.; Oct. 8-9 — at Class 4A Regional Tournament, TBA ; Oct. 15-16 — at Class 4A State Tournament, TBA