2025 Schedule:

Aug. 22 vs. Mason County
Aug. 29 at Cov. Holy Cross
Sept. 25 - BYE
Sept. 12 at Bishop Brossart
Sept. 19 vs. Sayre
Sept. 26 vs. Walton-Verona
Oct. 3 vs. Gallatin County
Oct. 10 at Owen County
Oct. 17 vs. St. Henry
Oct. 24 at Beechwood
Oct. 31 at Paris

I really like Bracken County's non-district schedule this year.  Mason County, Holy Cross, Bishop Brossart, Sayre, and Paris.  They should all be competitive games. 

Good Luck to the Polar Bears 2025. Hoping their success continues. 

Updated Schedule:

Aug. 22 vs. Mason County
Aug. 29 at Cov. Holy Cross
Sept. 5 - BYE
Sept. 12 at Bishop Brossart
Sept. 19 vs. Sayre
Sept. 26 vs. Walton-Verona
Oct. 3 vs. Gallatin County
Oct. 10 at Owen County
Oct. 17 vs. St. Henry
Oct. 24 at Beechwood
Oct. 31 at Pikeville

They had Paris scheduled for their last game, they dropped.  Added Rockcastle, they dropped.  So now they will play at Pikeville. 

2 hours ago, brooksville said:

Updated Schedule:

Aug. 22 vs. Mason County
Aug. 29 at Cov. Holy Cross
Sept. 5 - BYE
Sept. 12 at Bishop Brossart
Sept. 19 vs. Sayre
Sept. 26 vs. Walton-Verona
Oct. 3 vs. Gallatin County
Oct. 10 at Owen County
Oct. 17 vs. St. Henry
Oct. 24 at Beechwood
Oct. 31 at Pikeville

They had Paris scheduled for their last game, they dropped.  Added Rockcastle, they dropped.  So now they will play at Pikeville. 

Wow, kept getting tougher and tougher and finally the toughest. Good on the Polar Bears for playing Pikeville, although back-to-back roadies with Beechwood and Pikeville will certainly be a challenging end of the season.

16 minutes ago, gchs_uk9 said:

Wow, kept getting tougher and tougher and finally the toughest. Good on the Polar Bears for playing Pikeville, although back-to-back roadies with Beechwood and Pikeville will certainly be a challenging end of the season.

Right, they will either be battle tested or limp into the postseason. 

At what point in a program do you quit scheduling for wins and schedule for competition win or lose? I understand the pitfalls of both. Like the late great Bobby Bowden or Ric Flair said “anywhere anytime any place”. 

14 minutes ago, Breds82 said:

At what point in a program do you quit scheduling for wins and schedule for competition win or lose? I understand the pitfalls of both. Like the late great Bobby Bowden or Ric Flair said “anywhere anytime any place”. 

I like what Bracken County has done here. A bid of a hybrid schedule: not a great district, but one great team; a couple of winnable non-district games and a couple that they'll be underdogs; one game against a neighboring school that is bigger and probably better.

The Polar Bears have some guys that are next level athletes. Wishing them a successful season! 

Hearing they have an excellent RB returning this season, and Looking forward to watching him go up against the Pikeville D.

On 3/19/2025 at 8:00 PM, gchs_uk9 said:

I like what Bracken County has done here. A bid of a hybrid schedule: not a great district, but one great team; a couple of winnable non-district games and a couple that they'll be underdogs; one game against a neighboring school that is bigger and probably better.

This will be the first time playing Mason County in school history (since 2003). 

On 3/19/2025 at 8:00 PM, gchs_uk9 said:

I like what Bracken County has done here. A bid of a hybrid schedule: not a great district, but one great team; a couple of winnable non-district games and a couple that they'll be underdogs; one game against a neighboring school that is bigger and probably better.

Which is how I would try to build a schedule. I commend BC for kicking it up a notch. 

Here’s my predictions: 8-2

vs. Mason County (Win by 7)
at Cov. Holy Cross (Win by 35)
BYE
Bishop Brossart (Win by 35)
Sayre (Win by 2)
Walton-Verona (Win by 35)
Gallatin County (Win by 35+)
Owen County (Win by 35+)
St. Henry (Win by 14)
Beechwood (Lose by 14)
Pikeville (Lose by 14)

 

Jackson Whitten (2026) has been the quarterback the last two seasons and split time with Greg Benedict at QB.  Whitten’s size gained the last year has him moving to OL/DL.  His Twitter has him at 6’3, 270 pounds, 340 bench, 465 squat.  On defense last year he had 9.5 sacks, 30 TFL, and 80 tackles.  Division I offers from Butler, Pennsylvania, Morehead State, and Cornell.

Daulton Tarter (2026) has been the running back behind the Polar Bears’ success.  He also plays strong safety.  Last year he had 2,083 rushing yards, 233 carries, 9.3 ypc, 32 touchdowns, five pick sixes.  Per Twitter, he’s 5’9, 193 pounds, 4.5 second 40-yard dash, 500 squat, 350 bench. 

Tarter has flown under the radar and does not have any offers.  With this schedule hopefully he gets opportunities to show what he can do.  He is tough!  

2 hours ago, brooksville said:

Jackson Whitten (2026) has been the quarterback the last two seasons and split time with Greg Benedict at QB.  Whitten’s size gained the last year has him moving to OL/DL.  His Twitter has him at 6’3, 270 pounds, 340 bench, 465 squat.  On defense last year he had 9.5 sacks, 30 TFL, and 80 tackles.  Division I offers from Butler, Pennsylvania, Morehead State, and Cornell.

Daulton Tarter (2026) has been the running back behind the Polar Bears’ success.  He also plays strong safety.  Last year he had 2,083 rushing yards, 233 carries, 9.3 ypc, 32 touchdowns, five pick sixes.  Per Twitter, he’s 5’9, 193 pounds, 4.5 second 40-yard dash, 500 squat, 350 bench. 

Tarter has flown under the radar and does not have any offers.  With this schedule hopefully he gets opportunities to show what he can do.  He is tough!  

Tarter is an absolute stud on the football field. Do you know if that 4.5 forty yard dash is an official time he recorded at a college camp, or an unofficial time he may have ran that was recorded at Bracken? If that time is official, then it is surprising he hasn’t gotten any offers. Unless he hasn’t really been going to camps. As Tyler Fryman of Beechwood for an offer form Louisville on the spot once he ran a 4.5 forty. So I would think Tarter would at least be getting some smaller school offers with a time like that, if he has been out there getting to camps and running that time.