November 2015 Goal Post - Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas

THE GOALPOST A Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas Publication
Volume VII Issue 8 November 2015
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Editor: French Harvey, [email protected]
The Electronic Newsletter of
Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas
www.shrine-bowl.com
Sarah Creech is Shrine Bowl Queen
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Coach Antonio King Receives His Shrine Bowl Blazer
Coach Antonio King's is presented his Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas blazer by Illustrious Sir Charles
Britt, Amran Shrine Potentate, at Hillside High School. In Durham, NC.
SHRINE BOWL GAME COMMITTEE STAFF
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Administrator
Office Manager
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Chris Norman
Ron Long
Jimmy Owen
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Shrine Bowl Silent Auction
The Shrine Bowl is looking for donations for the upcoming Shrine Bowl Silent Auction fundraiser to be held during game week, ending on Friday December 18th, the night prior to the
kickoff Shrine Bowl Game. Last year, thanks to our contributors, the auction raised
$3125.00. As an IRS-approved (501)(c)(3) nonprofit organization, if you provide an item
for the auction, a letter will be mailed to you as documentation of your contribution. Any
item is welcome including gift baskets, sports memorabilia, and Christmas items.
Please send any memorabilia to:
The Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas
Attn: Silent Auction
377 Rubin Center Drive, Suite 106
Fort Mill, SC 29708
This year’s game will be broadcast live on
ESPN3 with replay airings on ESPNU on December 26, 2015 at 4pmE, December 27 and
2015 at 10amE. A January broadcast will be
announced later.
Mary McFadden, Shrine
Bowl Office Manager, is
ready to receive your game
ticket orders, banquet reservations and your game program book advertisements.
All major credit cards and
checks will be accepted. Order forms are available at
www.shrine-bowl.com. She
also said that game tickets
can also be ordered online at
the website.
Shrine Bowl Game Tickets will be available at Academy Sports Outdoors’ stores
in North and South Carolina. Beginning
in November.
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Alumni News
We are sad to report that the legendary voice of Doug Mayes of Denver, NC has fallen silent. He
passed away on October 18th at his home. Noble Doug, 93 years young, was Past Potentate of Oasis
Shiners’ in Charlotte, former Esso Reporter on WBT and served for many years as News Anchor for
WBT-TV Channel 3 and WSOC Channel 9 in Charlotte.
For many years, Doug Mayes was the stadium voice of the Shrine Bowl at Veterans Stadium in Charlotte. Among the many awards that he received for his life time accomplishments was being inducted
into the Shrine Bowl Hall of Fame in the Class of 2010.
At the 75th Annual Shrine Bowl Game in Spartanburg, SC in
2011 Illustrious Sir Doug rejoined the stadium broadcast team and
assisted stadium announcer, Joe Sessoms, They remanenced
about the many games Doug worked as stadium announcer in
Charlotte.
Goal Post Editor French Harvey and
Illustrious Sir Doug Mayes in the Press
Harding High School in Charlotte renamed its football field for former coach Dave
Harris during a ceremony on Sept. 11. Harris, who died in 2010 at age 86, worked
in Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools for more than four decades, including a long
stint as system wide athletic director. He coached at Harding from 1948-66, won
two state titles and sent 73 players to college on scholarship. He was twice state
coach of the year and was later named national athletic director of the year. He was
CMS director of athletics from 1967-91. Born in 1924, Trap Hill, he attended
Statesville High School and Wake Forest University. Coach Harris was an assistant
coach for the NC team in the 1952 Shrine Bowl and the North Carolina Head Coach
for the 1956 Shrine Bowl. He was recently named to the North Carolina High
School Sports Hall of Fame.
Welcome to New Shrine Bowl
Alumni Club Members in 2015
Jeff Beaver
Ray Farris
Stan Doolittle
Mike Doolittle
John Swoffor
Gimel President
1962/NC
Charlotte, NC
1957//NC
Charlotte, NC
2005/SC
Cornelius, NC
2005/Coach/SC Ninety Six, SC
1966/NC
Greensboro, NC
2011/SC
Charleston, SC
All Alumni Club Members get 1 free game ticket.
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Woodmen of the World Donates Flags to SBOC
Charles Davis, Representative from Woodmen of the World, Lodge #1319, Goldsboro, NC with members pictured above presented 50 US flags to Nobles’
Tony Edwards and Jeff Taylor, members of the Board of Directors, Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas. The
flags will be raised on individual flag poles situated around the Wolford College Stadium at the 2015
Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas on December 20, 2015. The presentation of the donated flags was made
at the June 2015 Wayne Shrine Club general membership meeting. The box in the foreground contains the flags.
Important Dates:
November 7
Shrine Bowl Game Committee meeting at Oasis Shrine Center, Charlotte, NC
December 11-19 Shrine Bowl Game Week in Spartanburg, SC
December 12
Players report for Game Week at Marriott Renaissance Park Hotel in Spartanburg,
SC
December 18
Shrine Bowl Board of Governors meeting Marriott Renaissance Park Hotel in
Spartanburg, SC
December 18
Players and Coaches Award Banquet at Marriott Renaissance Park Hotel in Spartanburg, SC
December 19
79th Shrine Bowl Game at Gibbs Stadium, Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC
February 27
Shrine Bowl Board of Governors Annual Meeting and Election of officers and
Volunteers Award Banquet
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Game DVDs and Photos
DVD’s of the ESPNU broadcast of the 2013 and 2014 Shrine Bowl Games are available
for sale. To order; send a check for $15.00 , made payable to the Shrine Bowl of the
Carolinas and send to 377 Rubin Center Dr. Suite 106, Ft. Mill, SC 29708. Game Programs are also available—$5.00. There are also a limited number of pre-2013 game videos available. Call or email the office for information.
The player portraits and game photos are also available by contacting Carolina Sports,
Inc. at sportsbanner.com or 800-951-3686, ext. 4.
The office is also looking for a VHS copy of the 1999 game.
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SHRINE HOSPITAL NEWS
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Are you a former
player, coach, student assistant or official in a Shrine
Bowl?
Why Not Join us!
Send an email to
[email protected] for
more information.
Looking for Old Game Programs
The Shrine Bowl Office is looking for old game programs to add to our collection of
game memorabilia. If any one has any programs from the games listed below and would
like to donate them to the office, it would be appreciated. Just mail them to the Shrine
Bowl Office, 377 Rubin Center Drive Suite 106, Fort, Mill. SC 29708.
Looking for game programs from 1937 to 1955 and from 1957, 1961, 1962, 1966, and
1986 .
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THANK YOU OUR GREAT SPORTS MEDICAL STAFF AND
VOLUNTEERS!
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