Taking on Homecoming week, Football is playing the last home game of the season while also competing for the Battle of the Bridge against Highland High School. George Dovellos, senior, voices his opinion on only having four home games his senior season.

  “It’s unfortunate, but it makes those home games just more special when we have them,” Dovellos said.

  The team’s previous home games have been more important than the other, non-home, games. The game on Sept. 8 was dedicated to the team’s previous coach, Tom Largus, who passed away in early 2023. The game on Sept. 22 was the team’s senior night, another important milestone. With a 2-4 record, football season has begun.

  “We’ve had a couple of losses, but we have a bunch of upcoming games we’re excited for and we think we can really pull it together and have a good rest of the season,” Dovellos said.

  The team is looking forward to the Homecoming game and has put in a lot of hard work hoping for a good outcome in order to regain the bridge.

  The Battle of the Bridge is a long standing Munster-Highland football tradition. Since 1966, the two teams have battled it out on the football field, hoping to claim or regain the bridge holding title. After the game is over the team who wins can paint the bridge on Ridge Road, joining the two cities, in their school color.

  “With the Battle of the Bridge and playing in front of a packed crowd it’ll be fun, especially because it’s our last home game,” DJ Certa, junior said. The team has spent time preparing with team bonding as well as practicing together constantly in order to do so.

  “We’ve been playing a lot of seasons together, so you really get to know the team and each other,” Dovellos said.

  “The summer really brought us together,” Certa said. “We went to camp over the summer and we also have prep nights before every game.”