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Windsor, VT – It’s eight months before strong legs run so that weak legs may someday walk, but already plans for the 58th Annual Shrine Maple Sugar are well underway with the announcement of the Head Coaches for the two Shrine Teams. Chris Childs from Lebanon High School will serve as Head Coach for New Hampshire while Jim Provost from Champlain Valley Union will lead the Vermont Shrine eleven.
The summer classic, which brings together the finest high school football players in New Hampshire and Vermont, is a game though where the real winners are the children in the Shrine Hospitals. This year’s game will be played Saturday, August 6 at Windsor High School in Windsor, Vermont.
In announcing the Head Coaches, Wayne Shepard, the game’s General Chairman said "We welcome both Coach Childs and Provost to our elite team. The Board of Governors appreciates the selfless time and commitment that this position requires as they prepare their teams for another challenging game."
Coach Childs’ Lebanon Raiders were 11-0 and NH Division IV State Champions this past fall. Childs played in the 1995 Game following a stellar career at Lebanon in which he was a two-time all state selection in football. He began his coaching career as an assistant at Windsor High School in 1999 and then served as an assistant at Stevens High in Claremont. He was named Head Coach at Lebanon in 2006.
On the Vermont side, Coach Provost is no stranger to the Shrine Bowl either, having served as Head Coach for Vermont in 1990. He is a graduate of Rice Memorial High School in Burlington and UVM. He was Head Coach at Rice Memorial for 14 years before taking over the coaching reigns at Champlain Valley four years ago. His Redhawks were runner-ups for the Division II state title in 2009 and reached the semi-finals this year. He was named Vermont State Coach of the Year in 2009.
Over 200 players from Vermont and New Hampshire, all graduating high school seniors, have been nominated by their respective head coaches, and screening committees, chaired by the two head coaches, will select the two 36-man teams. The two teams will be announced in late January.
The two Shrine teams will again practice at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, NH for eight days leading up to the annual summer classic on August 6.
The Shrine Game has raised over 4.5 million for the Shrine Hospitals in 57 years. The hospitals which benefit from the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl, are the Shrine Children’s Hospitals in Springfield, Mass. and Montreal, Que. and the Shrine Burns Institute in Boston.
The game is sponsored by Bektash Shrine Center of Concord, Cairo Shrine Center of Rutland and Mt. Sinai Center of Montpelier.
2011 NEW HAMPSHIRE SHRINE TEAM
Jersey # last name first
name School School
State Hgt Wgt
Future Plans
2 Behan Kyle
Laconia High School NH
5'9 160 Plymouth State
University
4 Cannone Matt
Salem High School NH
6'2 210 Bates College
5 Cronan Stephen
Winnacunnet High School NH
6'3 200 Bridgton Academy
6 Sullivan Matt
Winnacunnet High School NH
6'2 185 Phillips Exeter
Academy
7 Roth Jonathan
Lebanon High School NH
5'10 180 Cornell
8 Corbett Nick
Dover High School NH
6'1 190 Great Bay Community
College
9 Carney Sam
Hanover High School NH
5'9 170 Ithaca College
10 Stout Josh
Newport Middle HS NH
5'6 155 College
11 Gregory Doug
Kearsarge Regional High School NH
6'0 185 Plymouth State
University
12 Woods Chad
Concord High School NH
6'4 180 Plymouth State College
14 McClain Sam
Bedford High School NH
6'1 200 Washington & Lee
15 Somers Luke
Pinkerton Academy NH
6'0 185 Endicott College
20 Patch Cody
Lebanon High School NH
5'10 185 Dartmouth
21 Kelly Mike
Bishop Guertin NH
5'9 175 UNH
22 Jacques Max
Salem High School NH
5'6 160
24 Lawrence Nickolas
Timberlane High School NH
5'11 175 Edinboro University
25 Mazzola Mike
Pinkerton Academy NH
6'2 185
27 Morton Micah
Lebanon High School NH
6'1 165 University of Richmond
34 Liamos Brian
Brookline-Hollis High School NH
6'2 203 Mass Maritime Academy
42 Logsdon John Doran
Laconia High School NH
6'0 212 Endicott College
44 Wilson Kyle
Dover High School NH
6'3 235 Plymouth State
University
52 DiPalma Joe
Salem High School NH
5'10 210 Bates
53 Russell Taylor
Keene High School NH
6'4 275 Stonehill College
55 Knight Zachary
Stevens High School NH
5'10 190 Navy
60 Ammann Matthew
Keene High School NH
5'11 220 College
62 Baxter Thomas
St. Thomas High School NH
6'1 220 College
65 Murphy James
Nashua North NH
6'4 270 St. Anselm College
66 Demo Brendan
Gilford High School NH
6'2 220 Plymouth State
67 Ford Jacob
Franklin High School NH
6'0 275 Plymouth State
University
70 Hunnewell Zachary
Nashua North High School NH
6'4 255 Utica College
74 Baulier Tyler
Merrimack High School NH
6'3 240 Norwich University
75 Gratiano Jeff
Trinity High School NH
6'2 280 Merrimack College
79 Parsons Ian
Nashua South NH
6'7 315 Stonehill College
84 Hession Nicholas
Souhegan High School NH
6'2 215 Bentley
86 McKenna Brendan
Souhegan High School NH
6'4 220 Endicott College
87 Ramirez Robert
Kearsarge Regional High School NH
6'3 210 Gannon University
Head Coach:
Chris Childs
Asst. Coaches: Todd Bircher, David Boisvert, Brandon Lahaye, Al Michalonic,Gary Mayo