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        Search your football team
     Ex.      School name    football team

        Add yourself to your football team’s group

        Scan the page get the scoop on all the events!

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        Objective:

    Recruit the most amount of people to join your group

     Friends, family, teachers, it doesn’t matter

       
The Prize:

     1^st place- $250 cash and VIP Hospitality package

     2^nd place- $100 cash and VIP Hospitality package

     3^rd place- $50 cash and VIP Hospitality package

    
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  You are competing with against all 14 schools

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Check out our videos for the Big Day Prep Showdown at youtube-
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=bigdayprepshowdown3&view=videos

Watch videos from our recent School visits!
Meet the Athletic Directors, Coaches and some of the Players

and get ready for us to come visit your school next!

BDPS 2009

DETROIT. (May 13, 2008) – The Detroit Metro Sports Commission (DMSC) announced today the game

match-ups for the Big Day Prep Showdown (BDPS) IV to be held Friday, Aug. 29, at Eastern Michigan

South Lyon and Walled Lake Central. A pair of cross-state games follow with Detroit Martin Luther

King vs. Muskegon at 2 p.m., and Lake Orion taking on Rockford at 5 p.m. The night-cap at 8 p.m. will

feature Washtenaw County-rivals Ann Arbor Pioneer and Saline.

Game Week events including a V.I.P. preview event for coaches, players and sponsors, and team visits to

-more-

Big Day Prep Showdown IV sponsors are: 97.1 FM The Ticket; Beaumont Hospitals; Big Boy

Restaurants; Comcast Television; Community Bowling Centers; Dick's Sporting Goods, and MLive.

For more information on the Big Day Prep Showdown III, visit www.bigdayprepshowdown.com.

Game 1

Warren Cousino: 21

Fraser: 3

Most Outstanding Players

As selected by:

The Detroit News

Fraser: 78 Randy Mathy

Warren Cousino: 7 Anthony Sierra

Game 2

Allen Park: 37

Detroit Finney: 13

Most Outstanding Players

As selected by:

The Detroit Free Press

Allen Park : 22 Bobby Lowry

Detroit Finney: 3 Demonte Dandridge

Game 3

Westland John Glenn: 27

Livonia Franklin: 17

Most Outstanding Players

As selected by:

The Observer & Eccentric

Westland John Glenn: 2 C.J. Woodford

Livonia Franklin: 10 Jesse Carpenter

Saturday, August 25

Game 1

Chelsea: 26

Ypsilanti: 14

Most Outstanding Players as selected by:

The Ann Arbor News

Chelsea : 32 Nick Hill

Ypsilanti : 11 Quetzalcoatl Carrasco

Game 2

Plymouth: 28

Belleville: 6

Most Outstanding Players as selected by:

The View ( Belleville newspaper)

Plymouth : 14 C. J. Gregory

Belleville : 21 Anthony Roberts

Game 3

Toledo Central Catholic: 27

Canton: 7

Most Outstanding Players as selected by:

The Detroit News

Canton : 99 Dakota Dark-Bird

Toledo Central Catholic: 39 Brad Rogers

Game 4

Milford: 10

Walled Lake Central: 7

(OVERTIME)

Most Outstanding Players as selected by:

The Oakland Press

Milford : 47 Todd Schoenle

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AS PART OF EXPANDED BIG DAY PREP SHOWDOWN III

Ypsilanti, Mich. (August 25, 2007) – The  Detroit Metro Sports Commission (DMSC) today awarded $500 scholarship awards to eight local high school students as a part of the Big Day Prep Showdown III  presented by Comcast Local.

The Big Day Prep Showdown scholarship award program is in partnership with the Detroit Lions.  The awards were determined by a blend of academic, civic and extra curricular activity and announced at half-time of each of today's game at ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Eastern Michigan University's Rynearson Stadium.

Today's award recipients are:  

Game 1 – Jeff Adams, Chelsea H.S./Justin Thomas, Ypsilanti H.S.

Game 2 - Andrew Saunders, Plymouth H.S./Warren Eakes, Belleville H.S.

Game 3 - Jordan Raiford, Canton H.S./Tyler Kleeberger, Toledo Central Catholic H.S.

Game 4 - Dan Abel, Milford H.S./Jack Kennedy, Walled Lake Central H.S.

 "Our goal for the Big Day Prep Showdown has always been to expand the event to a blend of not only exciting high school football, but also a celebration of the school communities," said Dave Beachnau, DMSC executive director.  The new scholarship program continues the evolution to our long-range vision for the event." 

"This student scholarship program is an exciting addition to the 2007 Big Day Prep Showdown," said DMSC Chairman Robert Porcher.  "The vision for the event is to celebrate not only football, but to acknowledge the tremendous academic and civic accomplishments of students from the participating schools who excel in their own pursuits."

In addition to the scholarship award program, Big Day Prep Showdown Game Week activities also included: a V.I.P. preview for coaches, players and sponsors on Monday, Aug. 20, at Comcast Local's studio in Southfield; coach and player visits from several Big Day Prep Showdown teams to four Beaumont Hospitals' pediatric care units on Tuesday, Aug, 21; and the selection of the Comcast Local Sideline Reporter Challenge contest winner - Matt Pocket , a senior from Warren Cousino H.S.  Pocket delivered sideline reports for the broadcast of the Aug. 24, Cousino v. Fraser game of the Big Day Prep Showdown III.

Big Day Prep Showdown III sponsors are Big Boy; Comcast Local; Comcast; 1270 'XYT The Sports Station; Beaumont Hospitals; Community Bowling Centers; Sportsland of Trenton and the U.S. Army.

The Detroit Metro Sports Commission is a subsidiary of the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau that was formed in 2001 to bring regional, national and international amateur sporting events to metro Detroit. 

SIX LOCAL STUDENTS AWARDED $500 SCHOLARSHIPS

AS PART OF EXPANDED BIG DAY PREP SHOWDOWN III

Ypsilanti, Mich. (August 24, 2007) – The  Detroit Metro Sports Commission (DMSC) today awarded $500 scholarship awards to six local high school students as a part of the Big Day Prep Showdown III  presented by Comcast Local.

The Big Day Prep Showdown scholarship award program is in partnership with the Detroit Lions.  The awards were determined by a blend of academic, civic and extra curricular activity and announced at half-time of each of today's games at Eastern Michigan University's Rynearson Stadium.

Today's award recipients are:

Game 1 - Joshua Culver, Fraser H.S./Richard Powell, Warren Cousino H.S.

Game 2 - Brittany Barnette, Allen Park H.S./Demonte Dandridge, Detroit Finney H.S.

Game 3- Sarah Woods, Livonia Franklin H.S./Ryan Lopez, Westland John Glenn H.S.

"Our goal for the Big Day Prep Showdown has always been to expand the event to a blend of not only exciting high school football, but also a celebration of the school communities," said Dave Beachnau, DMSC executive director.  "The new scholarship program continues the evolution to our long-range vision for the event." 

"This student scholarship program is an exciting addition to the 2007 Big Day Prep Showdown," said DMSC Chairman Robert Porcher.  "The vision for the event is to celebrate not only football, but to acknowledge the tremendous academic and civic accomplishments of students from the participating schools who excel in their own pursuits."

In addition to the scholarship award program, Big Day Prep Showdown III Game Week activities also included: a V.I.P. preview for coaches, players and sponsors on Monday, Aug. 20, at Comcast Local's studio in Southfield; coach and player visits from several Big Day Prep Showdown teams to four Beaumont Hospitals' pediatric care units on Tuesday, Aug, 21; and the selection of the Comcast Local Sideline Reporter Challenge contest winner Matt Pocket, a senior from Warren Cousino H.S.  Pocket will deliver sideline reports for the broadcast of today's Cousino v. Fraser game at 2:30 p.m.

Big Day Prep Showdown III sponsors are Big Boy; Comcast Local; Comcast; 1270 'XYT The Sports Station; Beaumont Hospitals; Community Bowling Centers; Sportsland of Trenton and the U.S. Army.

The Detroit Metro Sports Commission is a subsidiary of the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau that was formed in 2001 to bring regional, national and international amateur sporting events to metro Detroit.