It will be more than just an opening day of the football season when Mount St. Joseph High hosts Good Counsel at 1 p.m. on Sept. 3.
Earlier on Saturday, eight former standout athletes and one coach will be inducted into the Mount St. Joseph Hall of Fame.
The honorees include longtime ice hockey coach Erv Terwilliger Sr. and athletes including: Erick Baxter, Jason Schaufele, Steve Clevenger, Mack Lewnes, Ryan Shea, Henry Sims, Eric Atkins and Kyle Fuller.
Here's a look at some of their past achievements on the Irvington campus.
Erick Baxter, track and field, cross country
The 1985 graduate left as one of the most decorated middle distance runners ever at Mount St. Joe.
The Catonsville native never lost an individual race during his outdoor track senior season in the 800 and 1,500 meters or on the 2-mile relay team.
In 1985, he ran 4:06.3 in the 1,500 meters and broke the school record of 4:11 previously set in 1979 by Mike Miller.
In the summer of '85 he lowered that mark to 4:02 in the 1,500.
Baxter was the team captain for the cross country and track and field teams and was named the 1985 Most Valuable Track Athlete for the Maryland Scholastic Association [MSA] champion Gaels.
The MSA became the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association [MIAA] in 1994.
The National Honor Society member went on to have a standout career at Towson University.
There, he qualified for the prestigious Penn Relays track meet all four years and served as team captain in 1988 and 1989, winning team Most Valuable Player honors in 1989.
Baxter, who lives and works in Dallas is anticipating his return to the Irvington campus.
"It's an honor to be up there with guys who were outstanding athletes at Mount St. Joe and then went on to even greater things after they graduated," Baxter said. "One is a pro baseball player [Clevenger], another plays pro football [Fuller] and one played in the NBA [Sims]."
Jason Schaufele, wrestling
The 1986 graduate was the youngest of three brothers.
He won MSA tournament titles in 1983 and 1985 and five other tournament titles, including one in the National Prep Tournament in 1986.
The National Honor Society student had a career record of 129-32 and was the varsity team captain during his junior and senior seasons when the Gaels were in the midst of winning 22 straight MSA tournament championships.
He continued his wrestling career at the University of Maryland.
Steve Clevenger, baseball
Clevenger started for four seasons at shortstop and was selected as All-Metro Player of the Year during his senior year of 2004.
The Gaels won the MIAA title in 2004 and Clevenger was named to the MIAA A Conference and all-state teams.
He later played at Southeastern Louisiana College and Chipola Junior College, where he led the team with a .395 average.
He was chosen in the seventh round of the 2006 Major League draft by the Chicago Cubs and played with the Baltimore Orioles from 2013 to 2015 before being traded to the Seattle Mariners, where he is currently on the disabled list with a broken bone in his hand.
Mack Lewnes, wrestling
Lewnes boasted a career record of 187-13 and won four Maryland Independent Schools state titles and two National Prep crowns and four MIAA tournament championships.
Lewnes graduated at the top of the 2006 senior class with a perfect grade point average.
At Cornell University, he was a three-time All-American and NCAA runner-up in 2010.
In 2012, he qualified for the Olympic Trials, but didn't make the U.S. Olympic team.
Ryan Shea, swimming, water polo
Shea, a 2008 graduate, was unbeaten in the 200-meter freestyle during the last three of his four seasons on the varsity and was a two-time All-American and two-time National Catholic Champion.
In the 100 meters, he was undefeated for two seasons and set the National Catholic record in that event.
He held three individual records and two relay records at St. Joe.
In 2007, he was named the Outstanding Male Swimmer in the National Catholic Swimming championship meet.
He broke 2000 Olympic gold medalist and Mount St. Joe Hall of Famer Tommy Hannon's freestyle record and attended the University of Washington where Hannon was an assistant coach.
Henry Sims, basketball
The 2008 graduate was a sophomore on the 2006 basketball team that went 38-1 and holds the record for most wins in school history, but it was his senior year when Sims was most dominant.
He was the 2008 Baltimore Catholic League Player of the Year, made the Charm City all stars and was a Parade All-American fourth team selection.
The Gaels won the MIAA A Conference and Baltimore Catholic League regular-season titles in 2008.
Sims played collegiately at Georgetown University and spent five seasons playing in the National Basketball Association for five teams, most recently playing the final 14 games in 2016 with the Brooklyn Nets.
In 2012, the 6-foot-10-inch center was named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference third team and in 2013 Sims was an NBA Development League all-star.
Eric Atkins, basketball
Atkins started at point guard for four seasons on the varsity basketball team and the 2010 graduate was the 2009 and 2010 Baltimore Catholic League Player of the Year.
Atkins averaged 15 points, four assists, four rebounds and two steals per game his senior year and he helped lead the Gaels to a third straight Baltimore Catholic League regular-season title.
He played collegiately at Notre Dame and was a 2014 All-ACC third team selection.
The point guard also played professionally in Hungary and Greece. Last season he played in the NBA Development League for the Erie BayHawks, the Orlando Magic's affiliate.
Kyle Fuller, football, track and field
After graduating from Mount St. Joe in 2010, Fuller played at Virginia Tech. He was selected in the first round of the 2014 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears.
He is beginning his third season for the Bears at defensive back after starting all 16 games last season and registering 55 combined tackles and two interceptions.
On the gridiron at St. Joe, Fuller was an All-MIAA first team all-star during his junior year when the Gaels went 7-2.
That same year, he was on the champion MIAA indoor track squad and ran with the first-place 800 relay quartet.
Surgery on his hand ended his senior season on the football field, but he still earned the scholarship to Virginia Tech and helped lead the indoor track team to another MIAA title.
Erv Terwilliger, ice hockey coach
Terwilliger became head coach in 1994 after three seasons as an assistant and he led the team to an unbeaten (12-0) championship season in the Maryland Scholastic Hockey League during his inaugural year. He added four more MSHL titles between 1995 and 2003.
From 1999 through 2007, he guided the Gaels to nine straight MIAA championships.
He stepped down as head coach in 2009 but remained as an assistant through the 2012 season.
Terwilliger finished with 248 career wins combined as an assistant and head coach from 1991 through 2012.