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Kraft to cover costs of High School championships
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http://www.boston.com/sports/school.../30/csn_ch_38_to_air_high_school_super_bowls/
SPORTS MEDIA
CSN, Ch. 38 to air high school Super Bowls
By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff | November 30, 2007
No matter how many championships the Patriots win, it's highly unlikely there will ever be a Super Bowl staged at Gillette Stadium. So owner Robert Kraft decided to stage his version to reward the best high school football teams in Eastern Massachusetts.
Tomorrow, six of the seven EMass Super Bowls will be played on the Patriots' home field in Foxborough, and games will be televised. Three contests will be on Comcast SportsNet and three others will be on Channel 38. Mike Lynch, Gary Tanguay, and Scott Zolak will call the games on both stations.
"High school Super Bowl championships are once-in-a-lifetime events for the players, their parents, and the communities the schools represent," said Kraft, whose family will cover the costs for the event and produce the broadcasts. "We want to do our part to make the games even more memorable and we have the facility and resources to do that."
Coverage on CSN begins at 9:30 a.m. and will feature Division 3 (Swampscott-Medfield); Division 3A (Greater Lawrence-East Boston); and Division 2A (Gloucester-Hingham). Channel 38, which starts its coverage at 3:30 p.m., will have Division 1A (Chelmsford-Marshfield); Division 1 (Everett-Dartmouth); and Division 2 (Bishop Feehan-Walpole). The Division 4 Super Bowl between Brighton and West Bridgewater is at Stonehill College and will not be televised. The Kraft family's agreement with the MIAA, which runs through 2009, will have one division rotating out of Gillette Stadium annually.
The Gillette lots open at 8 a.m. Parking is free and concession stands will be open throughout the day. Tickets are $13 for adults and $10 for students, children, and seniors.
Tanguay, who will be the sideline reporter, expects it to be a special event.
"I think it's awesome," said Tanguay, who anchors CSN's Celtics' pre- and postgame shows and hosts Patriots' pre- and postgame shows on WBCN. "I think the Krafts have done a great job with this and the MIAA, and coming together and to be on television. You know every kid at home is going to have a tape or burn a DVD of this. It raises the level. There's the stadium, the big board [with the video screens], they'll have their names announced, they'll be playing on the same field as the Patriots. It's very cool. It's a memory."
For Tanguay, it's a step back to his roots when he was covering high school games after graduating from the University of Maine.
"You just want to make sure you get it right," he said. "The one thing I learned is you want to make sure you pronounce every mother's son's name correctly. You want to have your act together there."
Pretty cool.
http://www.boston.com/sports/school.../30/csn_ch_38_to_air_high_school_super_bowls/
SPORTS MEDIA
CSN, Ch. 38 to air high school Super Bowls
By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff | November 30, 2007
No matter how many championships the Patriots win, it's highly unlikely there will ever be a Super Bowl staged at Gillette Stadium. So owner Robert Kraft decided to stage his version to reward the best high school football teams in Eastern Massachusetts.
Tomorrow, six of the seven EMass Super Bowls will be played on the Patriots' home field in Foxborough, and games will be televised. Three contests will be on Comcast SportsNet and three others will be on Channel 38. Mike Lynch, Gary Tanguay, and Scott Zolak will call the games on both stations.
"High school Super Bowl championships are once-in-a-lifetime events for the players, their parents, and the communities the schools represent," said Kraft, whose family will cover the costs for the event and produce the broadcasts. "We want to do our part to make the games even more memorable and we have the facility and resources to do that."
Coverage on CSN begins at 9:30 a.m. and will feature Division 3 (Swampscott-Medfield); Division 3A (Greater Lawrence-East Boston); and Division 2A (Gloucester-Hingham). Channel 38, which starts its coverage at 3:30 p.m., will have Division 1A (Chelmsford-Marshfield); Division 1 (Everett-Dartmouth); and Division 2 (Bishop Feehan-Walpole). The Division 4 Super Bowl between Brighton and West Bridgewater is at Stonehill College and will not be televised. The Kraft family's agreement with the MIAA, which runs through 2009, will have one division rotating out of Gillette Stadium annually.
The Gillette lots open at 8 a.m. Parking is free and concession stands will be open throughout the day. Tickets are $13 for adults and $10 for students, children, and seniors.
Tanguay, who will be the sideline reporter, expects it to be a special event.
"I think it's awesome," said Tanguay, who anchors CSN's Celtics' pre- and postgame shows and hosts Patriots' pre- and postgame shows on WBCN. "I think the Krafts have done a great job with this and the MIAA, and coming together and to be on television. You know every kid at home is going to have a tape or burn a DVD of this. It raises the level. There's the stadium, the big board [with the video screens], they'll have their names announced, they'll be playing on the same field as the Patriots. It's very cool. It's a memory."
For Tanguay, it's a step back to his roots when he was covering high school games after graduating from the University of Maine.
"You just want to make sure you get it right," he said. "The one thing I learned is you want to make sure you pronounce every mother's son's name correctly. You want to have your act together there."
