CCSD Senior Bowl Set For Thursday

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More than 400 Cherokee County School District seniors will participate in the Second Annual CCSD Senior Bowl, which will be held on Thursday at Cherokee High School.

Varsity Brands is the title sponsor for the event. Gates will open at 6:30 p.m., and pre-game festivities will begin at 7 p.m. Kickoff will be at 7:30 p.m.

Admission is $5 at the gate.

The evening is designed to give football players, cheerleaders, band members and JROTC one last chance to take part in a high school game before they graduate.

Students to be featured include:

• 93 JROTC members
• 62 cheerleaders
• 149 band members
• 98 football players

Another special treat for the game: country music star Kurt Thomas is also scheduled to sing the National Anthem at the game.

Thomas, who hails from Dahlonega, has opened for some of the biggest names in country music, including Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn, LeAnn Rimes, Gary Alan, Darius Rucker and the Zac Brown Band.

The school district and Varsity Brands have partnered for a very special fundraiser in support of St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

Each school in the district conducted a fundraiser to support St. Jude Charities. Rika Cuff from Varsity Brands, Deputy Superintendent Dr. Brian Hightower, School Board Chair Kyla Cromer and zone principal leaders will make a check presentation to St. Jude as part of the pre-game festivities.

Cherokee High School has graciously agreed to give all gate receipts to the St. Jude fundraiser. Additional sponsors include:

• Gold level: Chick-fil-A, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Ed Voyles Dodge Jeep Chrysler
• Silver: Cherokee Grid-Iron Club, Cherokee Sports Hall of Fame, Credit Union of Georgia, Georgia Football Officials Association, J & H Sales, JD’s Bar-B-Q, Protech Printing;
• Bronze: Cherokee Youth Football and Creative Awards

A team breakfast and draft was held Saturday at River Ridge High School for the players to find out which jersey they would be wearing — red under Woodstock High School coach Brent Budde or white under Sequoyah High School coach James Teter.

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Photo 1: Coach Budde and Coach Teter share a laugh during the draft.
Photo 2: Coach Budde hands off a jersey to Etowah High’s Patrick Oliver, who will play tight end for his team’s rival coach on Thursday.
Photo 3: James Teter, left, and Brent Budde talk about their teams as they hand out jerseys during the draft.
Photo 4: Coach Teter delivers a jersey to Anthony Vosilla, an offensive lineman from Woodstock HS. Anthony will get to play against his high school coach on Thursday night.
Photo 5: Lu Nunnally with Varsity Brands addresses the athletes, parents and coaches at the draft day breakfast.
Photo 6: Group photo of the players.
Photo 7: Director of School Operations Debra Murdock, right, introduces the coaches for the 2015 Senior Bowl, James Teter and Brent Budde, at the draft day breakfast December 12.