Boys' Bowl
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Boys' Bowl, is a yearly highschool match between Detroit Catholic Central High School and another Catholic school under the archdiocese of Detriot. It is usually the most hyped football event for Catholic Central(though not necessarily the most important), and referred to as the "Homecoming" for the Varsity football team. CC also has its annual Boys Bowl mass and breakfast that weekend as well, which is hosted by the CC Alumni Association Committees.
[edit] History
Boys' Bowl began October 22, 1944. Alex Chesney coached the Shamrocks that year, and CC was considered the best football team in the state. Father James Martin, CSB, Athletic Director of CC at that time, came up with an idea of having the best team in Michigan play against the best team in America,Boys Town, Nebraska, and met with Edward J. Flanagan of Boys' Town. The game was played at Briggs Stadium. Boys Town, whose coach had gone undefeated for an indefinite amount of time, came in wearing blue. CC donned, contrary to the usual royal blue and white, jerseys of blue and gold. That game resulted in a tie between the two teams, but it started a long-standing tradition which would last from that time to the present day Boys Bowl.
Due to rising costs of moving a team across the country, the games soon ended, but have now since been replaced with CC games against the De La Salle Collegiate High School Pilots, Brother Rice High School, and many other Catholic schools under the archdiocese of Detroit.
It continues to be one of Michigan's most anticipated and highest attended high school athletic events every year.
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