It’s time for Homecoming at BEA

It may be hard to believe but Blue Earth Area is already celebrating Homecoming.

This year, Homecoming week will be celebrated Sept. 14-18.

This year’s Homecoming King and Queen candidates have already been announced. The king candidates are Layden Bassett, Sully Dahlberg, Wyatt Jones, Caden Juba, Dylan Preuss and Traven Zierke. The BEA queen candidates are Sidney Eitzmann, April Garcia, Sammy Meyers, Abbey Lorenz, Ayla Warmka and Khloe Zabel.

The king and queen escorts have also been revealed.

The king escorts are Madeline Hallberg, Kennadi Hubly, Laila Little, Taryn Oswald, Aubrey Skaden and Aubrey Woodwick.

Escorting the queen candidates will be Oliver Ankeny, David Bautista, Cole Becker, Brody Haugh, Myles Moore and Will Weerts.

This year’s king and queen will be crowned at the Homecoming Coronation which will be held on Monday, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m at the BEA High School. Once crowned, the new king and queen will begin their reign, taking over from last year’s king and queen, Ava Peterson and Omar Gomez.

The Homecoming Pepfest and Homecoming Parade will both take place on Friday Sept. 18. The pepfest is scheduled to begin at 1:15 p.m. with the parade taking place following the pepfest and beginning at approximately 2:20 p.m.

Homecoming week will also feature dress up days at Blue Earth Area.

Adam Sandler Day is on Monday, Sept, 14. Tuesday is Dress As Your Favorite Holiday Day. Wednesday is Soccer Mom vs. Barbecue Dad Day.

Thursday, Sept. 17 is being called Generations Day. Eighth graders are supposed to dress as elementary schoolers. Freshmen are to dress as tweens, sophomores as millennials, juniors as Gen Xers, seniors as boomers while staff gets to make their own choice.

The final dress-up day is a chance for everyone to dress in Buc colors for Buc Pride Day.

Masks and face coverings are not allowed for dress-up days. Hats are allowed if they pertain to the theme. If not, they will be confiscated and taken to the office.

Homecoming week comes to an end with the football game on Friday night when the Buccaneers host the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Bulldogs at Wilson Field beginning at 7 p.m.

It’s time for Homecoming at BEA

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