Shrine Bowl Moves to Prime Time
Dartmouth College and the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl Board of Governors have announced that the 60th Annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl will be played on Memorial Field, Saturday, August 3 as an evening game, with kick-off scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
This will be the first time in Bowl Game history that the game has been played at a time other than early afternoon.
Richard Ellis of Lebanon, the President of the Board of Governors, said, “The Board is sincerely grateful to Dartmouth College for not only hosting the 2013 game at its beautiful stadium, but allowing us to play the game as an evening game. This change should certainly help our attendance and the amount of money we’re able to raise for the Shrine Hospitals.”
This will be the first time in Bowl Game history that the game has been played at a time other than early afternoon.
Richard Ellis of Lebanon, the President of the Board of Governors, said, “The Board is sincerely grateful to Dartmouth College for not only hosting the 2013 game at its beautiful stadium, but allowing us to play the game as an evening game. This change should certainly help our attendance and the amount of money we’re able to raise for the Shrine Hospitals.”
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50th Time at Dartmouth in 60 Years
“Dartmouth is extremely proud to be hosting the Shrine Game for the 50th time,” said Dartmouth athletics director Harry Sheehy, “and we hope that the later start will help make it one of the most successful events in its history. It is truly an honor to partner with the Shriners in support of such a great cause.”
Of the 30 Shrine Football games played every year across the country, the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl ranks third in terms of money raised for the Shriners Hospitals. The event is sponsored by the three Shrine Centers of New Hampshire and Vermont — Bektash (Concord, N.H.), Cairo (Rutland, Vt.) and Mt. Sinai (Montpelier, Vt.) and has raised over $4.5 million since it was first played in Nashua in 1954.
Of the 30 Shrine Football games played every year across the country, the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl ranks third in terms of money raised for the Shriners Hospitals. The event is sponsored by the three Shrine Centers of New Hampshire and Vermont — Bektash (Concord, N.H.), Cairo (Rutland, Vt.) and Mt. Sinai (Montpelier, Vt.) and has raised over $4.5 million since it was first played in Nashua in 1954.
Chuck Lenahan Grand Marshal for 60th Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl
Chuck Lenahan, the winningest high school football coach in New Hampshire history, has been named Grand Marshal for the 60th Annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl Pre-Game Parade & Football Game.
This coming June Coach Lenahan will be inducted into the National Federation of State High School Association’s Hall of Fame, just the third New Hampshire person to be so honored.
Rick Ellis, President of the Shrine Bowl, Board of Governors said in announcing the 2013 Grand Marshal, “ It is a great pleasure to be able to honor a person who has dedicated his life and career to the game of football and the young adults he has mentored. His selection to the NFHS Hall of Fame is a tribute to his remarkable success and his presence at our game as the Grand Marshal will be an inspiration to all of us who work on behalf of the Shrine Hospitals.”
In his 42 years as Head Coach at Plymouth, Coach Lenahan has had 63 players participate in the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl, more than any other coach in either New Hampshire or Vermont.
Coach Lenahan has complied a record of 345-64-1; his teams have won 19 state championships including one this past fall; he has had 13 undefeated seasons, including a winning streak of 57 games from 2005-2010. No other coach has come close to those numbers.
This coming June Coach Lenahan will be inducted into the National Federation of State High School Association’s Hall of Fame, just the third New Hampshire person to be so honored.
Rick Ellis, President of the Shrine Bowl, Board of Governors said in announcing the 2013 Grand Marshal, “ It is a great pleasure to be able to honor a person who has dedicated his life and career to the game of football and the young adults he has mentored. His selection to the NFHS Hall of Fame is a tribute to his remarkable success and his presence at our game as the Grand Marshal will be an inspiration to all of us who work on behalf of the Shrine Hospitals.”
In his 42 years as Head Coach at Plymouth, Coach Lenahan has had 63 players participate in the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl, more than any other coach in either New Hampshire or Vermont.
Coach Lenahan has complied a record of 345-64-1; his teams have won 19 state championships including one this past fall; he has had 13 undefeated seasons, including a winning streak of 57 games from 2005-2010. No other coach has come close to those numbers.
Hanover Business Council Partners With Bowl Game
The Hanover Business Council, a committee of the Hanover Chamber of Commerce, is honored to partner with the Shriners this year in combining their Annual Sidewalk Sale with the Shriner’s Parade. The Shriners and their parade participants always bring amazing energy to Hanover and the HBC intends to do the same in providing music, games and special sales along the parade route, on the Dartmouth Green and throughout town before, during and after the parade.
So bring the kids, your pocketbook and enjoy all that Hanover has to offer!
So bring the kids, your pocketbook and enjoy all that Hanover has to offer!
King Logan Reed
The real meaning of Shrine Football has always been found in the smile of a small child, a patient in one of the Shrine Hospitals. When the 60th Annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl is played on August 3, the children in the Shrine hospitals will be represented by a “King and Queen”, just as they have been every year since 1954.
Their majesties this year will be Logan Reed of Alton, NH and Taylor Honeycutt of Westmoreland, NH.
Logan was born September 13, 2006, in Manchester, NH. He is currently in the first grade at Alton Central School. He has lived his entire life in Alton, NH with his family that includes his parents Lance and Amanda and older brother Nickolas (8).
On Logan's first day of life he was diagnosed with a sub-mucus cleft palate. When he was 9 days old he was also diagnosed as having Moebius Syndrome, which is a facial paralysis. Because of the facial paralysis, he is unable to smile, move his eyes side to side and speech is very difficult due to the inability to move his tongue.
Logan was introduced to Shriners, by his speech teacher at Alton Central School, for his Moebius Syndrome. A year and half ago he traveled to Montreal to visit the Shrine Hospital where he met with a team of doctors, who valuated him for smile surgery. It’s been determined that he is a candidate and the doctors hope to proceed with the surgery once he gets a little older.
Logan's hobbies include skiing, riding his bike, t-ball, playing with his friends; he also loves to listen to music and tries to play his guitar. Logan is a very energetic boy whose smile comes from the heart.
Their majesties this year will be Logan Reed of Alton, NH and Taylor Honeycutt of Westmoreland, NH.
Logan was born September 13, 2006, in Manchester, NH. He is currently in the first grade at Alton Central School. He has lived his entire life in Alton, NH with his family that includes his parents Lance and Amanda and older brother Nickolas (8).
On Logan's first day of life he was diagnosed with a sub-mucus cleft palate. When he was 9 days old he was also diagnosed as having Moebius Syndrome, which is a facial paralysis. Because of the facial paralysis, he is unable to smile, move his eyes side to side and speech is very difficult due to the inability to move his tongue.
Logan was introduced to Shriners, by his speech teacher at Alton Central School, for his Moebius Syndrome. A year and half ago he traveled to Montreal to visit the Shrine Hospital where he met with a team of doctors, who valuated him for smile surgery. It’s been determined that he is a candidate and the doctors hope to proceed with the surgery once he gets a little older.
Logan's hobbies include skiing, riding his bike, t-ball, playing with his friends; he also loves to listen to music and tries to play his guitar. Logan is a very energetic boy whose smile comes from the heart.
Queen Taylor Honeycutt
Taylor was born September 24, 2008 at Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont, NH. She is the daughter of Jeremy and Nina Honeycutt and after living near Derby Line, VT, she now lives in Westmoreland, NH along with her sister Ashtyn.
Taylor was born like most other babies, a healthy little girl on September 24, 2008 at Valley Regional in Claremont, NH. The one thing that made her birth out of the ordinary, she was born with one hand. Since her birth, she has been a patient at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Springfield, where she receives prosthetics and participates in upper extremity clinics. She is currently in her 5th prosthetic arm, which she calls, “Armie.”
She has been able to do almost everything she wants with just her one available hand, but as most of us know some tasks are easier with two. She loves to dress up and be a princess. She loves to sing, dance, make things with beads, do gymnastics, swim, ride her bike. She is funny, goofy, and a class clown in training. And most of all, she loves her hospital (Springfield Shriners facility).
Taylor was born like most other babies, a healthy little girl on September 24, 2008 at Valley Regional in Claremont, NH. The one thing that made her birth out of the ordinary, she was born with one hand. Since her birth, she has been a patient at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Springfield, where she receives prosthetics and participates in upper extremity clinics. She is currently in her 5th prosthetic arm, which she calls, “Armie.”
She has been able to do almost everything she wants with just her one available hand, but as most of us know some tasks are easier with two. She loves to dress up and be a princess. She loves to sing, dance, make things with beads, do gymnastics, swim, ride her bike. She is funny, goofy, and a class clown in training. And most of all, she loves her hospital (Springfield Shriners facility).
Shrine Parade at 12 Noon
The Shriners Hospitals provide care to children up to the age of 18 with special health care needs, and conduct research to discover new knowledge that improves the quality of care and quality of life of the children and their families.
Vermont and New Hampshire, the latter of which leads the all-time series 44-13-2, each select 36 of the top graduated high school senior football players from their respective states to square off on the gridiron every year since the game’s inception. More than 4,000 players have participated in the event, of which about two-thirds still live in the Twin States.
Vermont and New Hampshire, the latter of which leads the all-time series 44-13-2, each select 36 of the top graduated high school senior football players from their respective states to square off on the gridiron every year since the game’s inception. More than 4,000 players have participated in the event, of which about two-thirds still live in the Twin States.