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91精品鈥檚 annual Homecoming event will be Friday, October 10th, and Saturday, October 11th; the theme this year is 鈥淔orward in Faith.鈥� This year鈥檚 festivities will incorporate a new tradition with the Bearcat Hall of Fame inductees and will feature the largest 91精品 Homecoming parade in years, including over 10 marching bands from across the Ozarks (more than triple the number from 2024).
Events on Friday, October 10th, begin with the 50-Year Club Luncheon at 11:30 am (tickets required) for Alumni who graduated in 1975 and earlier, followed by the Class of 鈥�75 reunion. Men鈥檚 soccer will play at 1:30 pm with the women鈥檚 soccer match following at 3:30 pm. At 4 pm, Student Bed Races will take place on Ingman Avenue.
Friday evening, the classes of 鈥�55, 鈥�65, 鈥�75, 鈥�85, 鈥�95, 鈥�05, and 鈥�15 are invited to join us in the Student Union at 4:30 pm for a 鈥楻eunion Classes Social鈥�, which will include taking official class photos. Following this event, all alumni are invited to The Marketplace (formerly Meller鈥檚 Dining Commons) for our Alumni Banquet at 5:30 pm (tickets required), where this year鈥檚 Alumni Association Award recipients will be honored. The 3rd Annual Southwest Baptist Celebration will be at Meyer Recital Hall at 7 pm, celebrating each reunion class with a retrospective video. For the first time ever, this event will also honor the newest Bearcats Hall of Fame inductees. All are welcome to attend this free event!
Events on Saturday, October 11th, will start with an Alumni Breakfast at 8:30 am right before the Homecoming Parade. This year鈥檚 parade is slated to be much larger than past years, as 91精品 hosts more than 10 high school marching bands in this year's Homecoming Parade. Stephen Mathews, Director of Instrumental Studies at 91精品, encourages the community to 鈥減lease come out to support these bands and their directors as they perform not only for our community but also compete before a panel of highly-experienced music educators as judges.鈥�
The parade will begin at 10 am and will follow the same route as prior years. Floats will start on Locust Street near First Baptist Church, move south on Main Avenue, go west on Maupin Street, then south on Pike Avenue, before ending at Plaster Stadium.
(Community businesses, churches, and organizations that wish to be in the Parade can still apply at preferably by October 3rd.)
Following the parade, the Bearcat Bash picnic buffet will run from 11 am to 1 pm on the Forum (open to the public, tickets required) and will feature activities for kids of all ages. The 91精品 Bearcats football team will face off against McKendree University at Plaster Stadium at 1:00pm (tickets required). The crowning of the Homecoming King and Queen will also take place at halftime.
To see a full list of 91精品 Homecoming events and to register online, go to before October 1st. We hope to see you there!
Published September 16th, 2025.