Trojans open with Shepherd

In a little over a month, the Whitehall/Harrison High School football season will take to the road to open their 2017 season.

The Trojans open the season August 25 at Shepherd.

After a bye week, Whitehall will open its home season September 8 against new division foe Red Lodge.

“It’s nice having a non-conference game right off the bat. Shepherd had a good season last year in arguably the toughest conference,” head coach Dan Lacey said. “Red Lodge is going to be pretty young this year but Coach Fitzgerald is coming back to coach again and he will have them ready.”

The Trojans other home games include September 15 against Sweet Grass, October 6 versus Jefferson (Homecoming), and October 20 against Manhattan (Senior Night).

Their road schedule includes September 22 against Three Forks, September 29 versus Broadwater and October 13 against another new division foe Columbus.

“I’m really excited about the 7 game conference schedule. Every game matters and we have a really competitive conference,” Lacey said.

VOLLEYBALL

The Whitehall High School volleyball team will open their home season August 31 against Broadwater. There home schedule also incudes the Windy City Classic on September 16, September 23 against Jefferson, October 5 versus Manhattan, October 10 against Sweet Grass and October 17 versus Three Forks. The Windy City Classic will begin at 9 a.m., and all other home matches are slated to begin with 4. If there are only junior varsity and varsity games scheduled, action is set to begin at 5 p.m.

X-C

The Trojans cross country team does not have a home meet on the schedule, but has most of their competitions within a quick drive. They will open the season August 26 at Jefferson. Their road schedule includes August 29 at Butte Central (Fairmont), September 1 or 2 at Twin Bridges, September 9 at Harrison (Pony), September 16 at Manhattan, September 23 at Butte, September 30 at Missoula, October 7 at Helena and October 14 at Broadwater. The state meet is October 21 at Helena.

The annual Whitehall Booster Club Purple and Gold Scrimmages are set for August 18 at 4 p.m. The barbecue will follow.