5 Things You Need to Know Today: Oct. 28

Five Things You Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance.

1. Patch historical fact of the day. On this day, in 1965, St. Louis, Missouri's iconic 630-foot-high Gateway Arch was completed.

2. Think your kid is among the cutest in America? Enter a photo or two of your little one in his or her Halloween costume to Patch's Challenge, and with the help of celebrity judge Heidi Klum, Patch will select 10 winners across our coverage areas.

3. Lady Bulldogs take bite out of St. Thomas. The Bedford High School varsity girls soccer team defeated visiting Saint Thomas Aquinas in the first round of the Division II tournament. The fourth-seeded Lady B's are not scheduled to host No. 12 Goffstown in the D-II quarterfinals this Saturday, Oct. 29.

4. On the schedule (see this week's complete BHS athletics schedule ).

• The Bedford High School varsity football team travels to play another one-loss team, Portsmouth, in a 7 p.m. matchup that will likely determine the top seed in the Division III playoffs.
• The No. 1-seed BHS boys soccer team, after having its first-round playoff game postponed due to yesterdays snow, host Coe-Brown at 4 p.m. today.

5. The weather man says ... The calm between the snow storms. Yes, it's October, and after last night brought Bedford's first snow of the year, a light wintery mix is expected Saturday night. Today, however, sunny skies and temperatures in the mid 40s are expected.