Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Super Bowl at The Blade

This is a post I owe from the first week in December. DHS took its undefeated season and #5 state ranking into Gillette against last years Champion, Gloucester. I have to start with a huge Thank You to Bob Kraft. Having the MA High School Super Bowls at Gillette Stadium is the best thing to happen to the sport in a very long time. What a great experience all the way around. The teams got to use the actual team locker rooms. They got to do walk throughs the day before, where the local TV's got to interview the kids. All teams warmed up in the Bubble (the Dana Farber Field House, where the Patriots have practice.
For the spectators, it was just a great family event. Parking was a breeze. It is probably the only time that I will be allowed in the Club Seat Parking. Signs pointed the towns to their side of the field. The boys and I got to sit about 10 rows off the field. The Jumbotron was going. You could see Tanguay and Zolak broadcasting behind us. The boys got souvenir mugs with the hot chocolates. Yes, it was a brilliant marketing move for the Krafts. It was a 2006 season mug, so they were depleting the overstock. And it was Christmas shopping season, so most spectators had to pass the new stores and restaurants at Patriot Place. But it is really nice of Mr. Kraft to let the MIAA hold the Bowls there. We had such a great day. And the Dragons won to top it all off.

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