BOWLING GREEN, Mo.– Homecoming is this week for the Bowling Green Bobcats. Students will participate in spirit days, athletic teams will compete in conference matchups throughout the week, and the week will round with a parade, as well as a home football game under the Friday Night Lights.

Despite it being homecoming week, the Lady Cats softball team has no scheduled home games. Instead, the team will travel to Silex to take on the Owls, Capital City to battle the Lady Cavaliers, and Van-Far to take on the Lady Indians. The Lady Cats currently sit at 8-6 on the season.

The Lady Cats Volleyball team has 3 games this week, the first being against Father Tolton Regional Catholic on Monday. The Lady Cats will travel to Columbia for the match with JV set to play first, followed by the varsity squad. The second contest of the week will be played at home on Tuesday as the team hosts the Centralia Lady Panthers. In the final game of the week, the team will go on a road trip once again as they travel to Mexico on Thursday to take on the Lady Bulldogs.

The Cross-Country team will compete in the Gans Creek Classic on Saturday. Varsity boys and girls are slated to run at 8:00 A.M.

The main event however is on Friday, the big homecoming football game. The Bobcats will take on the Wildcats from Montgomery County as they look to continue their impressive season. The Wildcats are currently 0-4 on the season while the Bobcats are 4-0. Bowling Green has shown that their offense can get the job done as they are averaging 68 points scored per game, while Montgomery County is only averaging 14 points scored per game. This will for sure be an exciting matchup to watch.

A homecoming tradition for the school of Bowling Green is of course, dress up days.

Monday is Pajama Day, Tuesday is “Little Miss Day,” Wednesday is “Dress Like a Dad Day,” Thursday is “Hawaiian Day,” and Friday is the always classic “Red and Black Day”. Freshman and Juniors will wear red, and Sophomores and Seniors will wear black.

There are a few special events that will be taking place during homecoming week. Monday there will be a game night at the school, board games and card games will be played. Wednesday, is the annual Cornhole Tournament on the football field, an event many students enjoy participating in. On Friday, there will be a class competition during the pep assembly. This competition includes a variety of games between the high school classes to determine who has the most homecoming spirit.

Before the game on Friday, the annual homecoming day parade will take place a little after school gets out for the day. The parade will begin around 4:00 P.M. with floats celebrating the Fall athletic teams, clubs, organizations, and classes.

Homecoming King, and Queen candidates for 2022 include: Devin Rue, Gunner Bryant, Dylan Dalton, Andrea Korte, Megan Niemeyer, and Maddie Branstetter. All Homecoming King candidates are members of the Bowling Green Bobcats Football team, and all Homecoming Queen candidates are members of the Lady Cats Volleyball team.

Homecoming is an exciting week for any school, especially for Bowling Green High School. It may be a lot of work for the staff, but they know the students will enjoy the festivities.