All Star High School Football Game in Phoenix Arizona 2012
JuniorRank, a national football training company for young athletes, is partnering with the U.S. Marine Corps to hold an annual high school All-America game at Chase Field every January, JuniorRank Founder and CEO Shaon Berry told The Republic on Wednesday.
The U.S. Marine Corps All-American Bowl plans to hold an event to the scale of and in direct competition with the two established national prep All-America bowls - U.S. Army All-American Bowl, which is held in San Antonio, and the Under Armour All-American Bowl, which has been held in Orlando and St. Petersburg, Fla.
"Those other two games now have history, but our goal is to create something different, and in some people's minds, something better," Berry said. "Our partnership with the Marine Corps is fantastic. They're all about character, all about discipline.
"Our (player) selection committee will identify the top 100 or so players in the nation to participate in the game. But we'll only invite 'the few and the proud.' We're more than just looking for players with great ability to score touchdowns, but also those with great character stories and those who are great students and great in the community."
Like the U.S. Army and Under Armour Bowl games, the U.S. Marine Corps Bowl also will have a national selection tour. Its selection committee will be headed by Tom Lemming, who runs a high school football recruiting service and previously has helped the U.S. Army All-American Bowl select players.
Berry said negotiations with a TV network to televise the game is ongoing. He hopes to announce a deal within the next two weeks.
JuniorRank also plans to host a national prep showcase combine at Chase Field the day before the bowl game as well as All-America games for middle school-age players at another Valley venue.
Berry said his company picked Phoenix for a variety of reasons.
"There's so much going on in Phoenix at that time (January); there's the Insight Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl and all the great activities that surround it as well as the weather at that time of year," he said. "There's so much you can do and so much available in and around the games. We wanted families (who come for the All-America game) to have a great time."
Quarterback Guru Todd Krueger will be one of our elite football coaches working the game.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/sports/articles/2011/04/10/20110410high-school-football-us-marine-corps-all-american-bowl.html#ixzz1JJlcJg2N
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