Minnesota's high school football season begins next week, but it's not as simple as that.
For St. Anthony and Breck, it begins Friday.
Those two Twin Cities schools are involved in the only Zero Week game on the schedule. Zero Week is a method put in place by the Minnesota State High School League that allows teams to start a week early in order to overcome scheduling problems and get to a full eight-week regular season.
The details on the state's first game of 2024 and only game of Friday:
Site: As the lone game of the day, it gets a special venue, TCO Performance Center, the Vikings' practice facility in Eagan.
Time: Kickoff is 7 p.m.
About St. Anthony: The Huskies went 4-7 last season, but three of those victories came in the last four games of the season. The run ended when they lost to Totino-Grace in the Class 4A Section 4 championship game.
About Breck: The Mustangs went 4-6 and similarly had a late burst of success, winning two in a row before Minneapolis North ended their season in the Class 3A Section 4 semifinal.
Reusse: Current Twins give us flashbacks to Jamie Quirk, Ron Davis and the collapse of 1984
Wild hit the ice with Kaprizov, Zuccarello reunited
Vikings' Jefferson says he plans to play Sunday vs. Texans
No Caitlin Clark, but Big Ten schedule has new challenges for Gophers
