Sports Report: Football, Soccer Teams Head to Postseason

This week should be an interesting one for St. Charles area high school sports, following a busy weekend.

Duchesne's volleyball team completed it's season with a loss in the Class 3 Quarterfinals on Saturday against Villa Duchesne. Duchesne won the first game 18-25, but fell behind and lost the next two. 25-14, 25-19.

Most boys soccer playoffs start Monday, football playoffs start Wednesday and, to top it all off, practice can offically begin for wrestling and basketball on Monday. 

It's going to be a busy week full of big games. Let's take a look what's on tap, starting with the soccer pitch.

Soccer

The Class 3, District 5 Tournament at Fort Zumwalt South High School will pit five local teams against each other.  is the top seed for the tourney and has a first round bye. The Bulldogs will face the winner of the tourney opener—either or . The two Norths will battle at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31. 

The other teams in the tournament are Francis Howell Central and . The championship of the tournament will take place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3. 

The Class 2, District 7 Tournament started on Saturday with  taking on Warrenton. The Pirates handed the Warrenton . The Pirates will now take on  at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday at St. Charles West. 

The winner of that game will face the winner of the  vs.  game. The Warriors and Pioneers will square off at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The championship will be at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. 

Football

Fort Zumwalt West, Holt, Fort Zumwalt East, St. Charles West, Duchesne, Orchard Farm and Christian are among the local teams going to the State football playoffs.

The Class 4 tourney will have both St. Charles West and Duchesne. If both win their playoff openers, the will face each other in the second round of action. But first, St. Charles West has to beat Jennings. Duchesne will be taking on 10-0 St. Francis Borgia. Both games will start at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. 

Orchard Farm (5-5) will take on North Callaway (6-4) in the Class 3 playoffs. The game will start at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.