Game Fact Sheet
71st GAME - SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2024 – Castleton University – Castleton, Vermont KICK-OFF: 11:30 AM
1ST GAME HELD ON LABOR DAY IN 1954 IN NASHUA, NH
2020 FOOTBALL SCORE:
COVID 19 Shrine 0
OVERALL SERIES 50-17-2-1 IN FAVOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (2020 cancelled for Covid pandemic)
SPONSORING SHRINE CENTERS: CAIRO – RUTLAND, VT / MT. SINAI – MONTPELIER, VT
ALL NET PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE SHRINERS’ HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN:
- SPRINGFIELD SHRINERS’ HOSPITAL – SPRINGFIELD, MA
- MONTREAL SHRINERS’ HOSPITAL – MONTREAL QUEBEC, CANADA
- BOSTON BURNS INSTITUTE – BOSTON, MA
RAISED $4,800,000 IN THE FIRST 67 YEARS.
THERE ARE 19 ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN AND 3 SHRINE BURNS INSTITUTES. THE CARE RECEIVED IS ABOUT THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND IT IS AT NO COST. ANY CHILD UP TO THE AGE OF 18 IS ADMITTED WITHOUT REGARDS TO RACE, COLOR OR CREED.
1ST GAME HELD ON LABOR DAY IN 1954 IN NASHUA, NH
2020 FOOTBALL SCORE:
COVID 19 Shrine 0
OVERALL SERIES 50-17-2-1 IN FAVOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (2020 cancelled for Covid pandemic)
SPONSORING SHRINE CENTERS: CAIRO – RUTLAND, VT / MT. SINAI – MONTPELIER, VT
ALL NET PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE SHRINERS’ HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN:
- SPRINGFIELD SHRINERS’ HOSPITAL – SPRINGFIELD, MA
- MONTREAL SHRINERS’ HOSPITAL – MONTREAL QUEBEC, CANADA
- BOSTON BURNS INSTITUTE – BOSTON, MA
RAISED $4,800,000 IN THE FIRST 67 YEARS.
THERE ARE 19 ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN AND 3 SHRINE BURNS INSTITUTES. THE CARE RECEIVED IS ABOUT THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND IT IS AT NO COST. ANY CHILD UP TO THE AGE OF 18 IS ADMITTED WITHOUT REGARDS TO RACE, COLOR OR CREED.
TEAMS REPRESENTING NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT,
38 PLAYERS EACH TEAM. PLAYERS ARE 2024 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. TRAINING PERIOD: July 28 - AUGUST 2 WITH BOTH TEAMS TRAINING AT CASTLETON UNIVERSITY. IN EACH STATE, PLAYERS ARE NOMINATED BY THEIR HIGH SCHOOL HEAD COACH AND SCREENING COMMITTEES OF EIGHT COACHES CHAIRED BY THE SHRINE HEAD COACHES SELECT THE TEAMS. NO MORE THAN TWO PLAYERS CAN BE SELECTED FROM THE SAME NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL, AND THERE MUST BE TWELVE FROM EACH DIVISION. NO MORE THAN FOUR PLAYERS CAN BE SELECTED FROM THE SAME VERMONT SCHOOL, WITH 18 FROM DIVISION I, 12 FROM DIVISION II and 6 FROM DIVISION III. EXCEPT FOR ONE PART-TIME OFFICE STAFF, NO ONE IS PAID. COACHES, OFFICIALS AND SHRINERS ALL GIVE THEIR OWN TIME AND SERVICES. |