Monday, October 28, 2013

Milford-Dorchester Football Team Heads To State


As most readers know, this football season marks the first time in more than 60 years that Dorchester High School has not had its own football team due to low numbers of participants.  But the rebuilding process is already underway as DHS this school year started a trial co-operative with Milford High School for both junior high and high school football.  

The Times has learned that the Miford-Dorchester Eagles have qualified for Nebraska's Class C-1 State Playoffs in their first year of existence. The team will play Lincoln Christinan this Thursday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. at Seacrest Field in Lincoln.  

This is a noteworthy accomplishment for the boys from both schools.  The team's future appears quite bright, considering the young talent on the team, as well as the strong numbers coming up through junior high.

The news of the Milford-Dorchester team making it to state reminded us what one DHS parent e-mailed the Times just before the start of the season:  "Dorchester can have a proud football culture once again," he said.  "But we need to take advantage of this merger with Milford to get our kids interested in playing the game, regardless if those kids come from town, the farm, from single-parent households, from low-income homes ... whatever.  We want to rebuild the idea of team and get these boys to work for something bigger than themselves.  Football can teach that but the community must get behind our efforts."

Congratulations to the Milford-Dorchester squad!

4 comments:

  1. Dear Readers:

    For those who appreciate Dorchester history, the 2013 season marked the first time since 1948 that Dorchester had not had its own high school team.

    In 1949, the DHS football program was restarted after years of not playing following a DHS player's death on the gridiron in the early 1930s.

    -Dorchester Times staff

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  2. Lets get our own team back. Six man is still an option

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  3. Here's an honest question:

    Would the football field need to be reconfigured again (goal posts moved, etc.) if DHS returned to 6-man ball, as we played in the 1950s?

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  4. Wouldn't even have enough for 6 man, off to bigger and better things

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