Mark your calendar for weekend full of sports

Are you ready for some football? If not, how about soccer or volleyball? Local sports action is heating up with a variety of contests.

Crisp evening fall air makes watching football and soccer in local stadiums enjoyable and next weekend’s match-ups should produce some good contests.

Lake City High School Timberwolves travel to Post Falls Friday to meet the Trojans for a 7 p.m. kickoff. With a season record of eight wins and three losses, reaching the state playoffs last year and a number of returning starters, the formidable Timberwolves face a strong defense and talented quarterback from their opponents.

Also in Post Falls, Falls Christian hosts the Harrison Kootenai Warriors at 7 p.m. Friday in a duel of eight-man football.

In Rathdrum, the always-tough Lakeland Hawks host the Colville Indians at 7 p.m. Friday.

Girls soccer comes home next week as well, with Lake City hosting Eisenhower Friday at 5 p.m. and Kennewick playing at noon Saturday on the Lake City High School field.

Admission to high school football and soccer games is $5 for adults and high school students, $3 for middle school students, $2 for elementary students and free for seniors (60 and older). Discounts apply for holders of student body cards.

On the North Idaho Campus, NIC women’s and men’s soccer teams play Friday and Saturday. Edmonds Community College visits Friday, with the women playing at 3 p.m. and the men at 5. Saturday, NIC hosts Spokane Community College, with the women at noon and men at 2 p.m. Admission is free.

If the weather turns nasty, think volleyball. The NIC women, with such notables as former Lakeland High star Kara Kiefer and 6-foot-2 freshman Melissa Merchant take on Utah’s Snow College in Christianson Gymnasium Saturday. The first serve is 3 p.m. and admission is $2.