Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats have released their 2016 varsity football schedule, which includes five road games and four home games.
Dexter opens its season on August 19th traveling to Ste. Genevieve. Game time 7:00 p.m.
The Bearcats will host Poplar Bluff as their home opener on August 26, 2016, visits New Madrid County Central on September 2nd, hosts Middle College from Memphis, TN on September 9th, travels to Sikeston on September 16th and Caruthersville on September 23rd then back at Charles Bland Stadium for Homecoming on September 30th against Kennett. Senior night will be on October 7th against Park Hills Central and they end their regular season at Malden on October 14th.
Charleston dropped Dexter leaving an open Friday night. Middle College from Memphis, Tennessee was added to their schedule to fill that spot.
“Middle College is a a second year football program. They are very athletic and made the playoffs in their first year," stated Dexter head football coach Kevin Goltra. “I think mentally and physically we can match up against them. They also graduated a large sum of seniors last year."
Coach Goltra will have the Bearcats on the practice field beginning Monday, August 1st from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. as this week is Sports Dead Week in high school football.
Athletes need to have physicals on file prior to practice. Last year's physicals expire on July 31st so if they did not get one in May at the Free Physicals Day then they need to get one before practice starts on August 1st.
Dexter will host the Football Jamboree on Friday, August 12th at 6:00 p.m.
The Bearcats will also team up with Dexter Parks and Recreation for “A Day with Bearcat” on Saturday, August 27th at Charles Bland Stadium at 9:00 a.m.
The Dexter junior varsity, freshman, and middle school schedules are also set.
The JV Bearcats will play five games away and only one game at home. They travel to Malden on August 22nd, Poplar Bluff on August 29th, New Madrid County Central on September 12th, Sikeston on September 19th, and Caruthersville on September 26th. The last game of the season will be at home on October 3rd.
The Freshman Schedule allows for only two games this season. They will travel to Poplar Bluff on August 29th and Sikeston on September 19th. The Poplar Bluff game begins at 5:00 p.m. and the Sikeston game begins at 4:30 p.m.
The T.S. Hill Middle School will have a combination of 7th grade, 8th grade and 7th/8th grade teams playing away for four games and at home for four games.
The 8th grade football team will play at home against Doniphan on September 1st. They will travel to NMCC on September 6th, Malden on September 8th, and East Prairie on September 13th. They will then play again at home for three games against Sikeston on September 22nd, Caruthersville on September 27th, and Kennett on September 29th. They finish the season traveling to Portageville on October 6th.
The 7th grade football team will start out traveling to NMCC on September 6th, Malden on September 8th, and East Prairie on September 13th. They will then be at home on September 22nd against Sikeston, at home on the 27th against Caruthersville, at home on 29th against Kennett and will end their season on October 6th traveling to Portageville.
