Prep Bowl
Prep Bowl may refer to the following competitions: * Chicago Prep Bowl * Oahu Prep Bowl The Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) State Football Championship consists of the two games that are played annually to crown the Division 1 and Division 2 state football champions in Hawaii. Before 1999, when the State Football Ch ...

Chicago Prep Bowl
The Chicago Prep Bowl is an annual contest played between American football teams representing the Chicago Catholic League and the Chicago Public League. For most of its history, it was played at Chicago's Soldier Field. History The game was first played in 1927. After a forfeit in 1928, it was not played again until 1933. It was the premier high school football event in Illinois until the IHSA formed the state championship football playoffs in 1974. The 1927 game between Mt. Carmel and Carl Schurz High School drew an estimated 50,000 fans; the largest crowd to see a prep football contest in American history up to that time. In subsequent years, larger crowds were drawn to the annual game. General admission tickets to the charity game were sold at all of the city's fire stations, and the city's firemen were encouraged to push the sales of tickets to the game (the proceeds of which went entirely to charity), and did so with great success. The 1937 game attracted a high school footb ...
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