By Jodie Wagner Palm Beach Post
November 28th, 2011
The West Boca Tackle Football League hosted the inaugural Boca Bowl Nov. 12 at West Boca High School. The event featured games between West Boca and East Boca.
Results were: 7U – Pee Wee Dragons, 28, East Boca Superstars 14; 9U – Silver Dragons 26, East Boca Bears 0; 11U – East Boca Falcons 6, Teal Dragons 0; 13U – Gold Dragons 28, East Boca Falcons 8.
By Rebekah Monson, Sun Sentinel
7:49 p.m. EST, November 11, 2011
Saturday should have been the biggest game of their lives, but some youth tackle football players already feel defeated after Florida Atlantic University suddenly shut down a cross-town championship series scheduled in the new stadium.
“They bailed on us, and everyone is so disappointed,” said Austin Wells, an 11-year-old lineman on the East Boca Falcons team. “We worked so hard all year to get the chance to play there, and when they told us we weren’t going to play, everyone was so upset.”
The champions from the East Boca and West Boca youth football leagues were scheduled to play in the stadium on Saturday for the first Boca Bowl, but FAU shut down the game on Thursday to allow the sod to recover from the wear-and-tear of the Owls’ three home games, Katrina McCormack, FAU’s assistant athletic director for media relations, said in an emailed statement.
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“It is unfortunate that the University was unable to move forward with this event,” she said. “It is our hope that the new, on-campus stadium may host this type of community event in the future.”
But future assurances aren’t enough for Mark Wells, Austin’s father and head coach of the East Boca 11-and-under team, who said he would no longer encourage his company to purchase FAU’s box-level seats.
“All year both leagues have been promoting this and promoting FAU,” he said. “I just think it’s the absolute wrong message to send to kids.”
The Boca Bowl will go on despite FAU pulling the plug. West Boca High School stepped up to provide a field, said Glenn Remler, founder and vice president of West Boca Tackle Football.
“It was going to be a real memorable moment for everybody that was involved. It was really taken out from underneath them,” he said. “We’ll still have a victory and a trophy, but it’s really disappointing.”
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Boca Bowl
Games start at 9 and 11 a.m. and 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday at West Boca High School, 12811 Glades Road.
Read moreFAU Stadium no longer to host Boca Bowl on Saturday, Nov. 12
November 11, 2011
By Rolando Rosa
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FAU stadium was built for the 2011 season and can hold up to 30,000 people. The inaugural Boca Bowl has been moved from the on-campus stadium to West Boca High School. Photo by Todd Roller.
The inaugural Boca Bowl, a game between youth league rivals West Boca Tackle Football and East Boca Tackle Football, has changed venues.
Originally set to take place Nov. 12 at the new FAU Stadium, the game will now be held at West Boca High School instead, though the reason why is unknown, according to West Boca Tackle’s website. As of press time, FAU athletic director Craig Angelos had not responded to a call or voicemail.
Four age groups ranging from ages eight to 13 (pee-wee, freshmen, junior and varsity) would have participated in the first ever Boca Bowl. The West Boca Tackle Football League is in its fifth year of existence, while the East Boca Tackle Football League began three years ago.
FAU football is a featured sponsor of the West Boca league, and a link to fausports.com is on the league’s website.
FAU Stadium will host non-football events as well. According to the Palm Beach Post, the Martin F. and Jane Greenberg Foundation Tower will be used for banquets and wedding receptions.
The amount of money the university would have gained by hosting the Boca Bowl is currently unknown, but the $500,000 FAU raised during its “50 on the 50” gala at the stadium’s press box tower yesterday could be viewed as a success, despite the cancellation of the game.
For more information on the Boca Bowl go to westbocatacklefootball.com
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