Eastern Michigan Athletics
Big Day Prep Showdown Returns to Rynearson Stadium
5/11/2009 4:39:42 PM | General
Fifth-year event will have eight games in two days in EMU football facility
YPSILANTI, Mich — The Detroit Metro Sports Commission (DMSC) has announced the game match-ups for the Big Day Prep Showdown (BDPS) V to be held Friday, Aug. 28, and Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009, at Eastern Michigan University's Rynearson Stadium.
Since 2005, the Big Day Prep Showdown has been the premier opening-weekend high school football event in the state of Michigan. A two-day showcase of high school football on the field, the event will also include BDPS V Game Week events including a V.I.P. preview event for coaches, players and sponsors, and team visits to Beaumont Hospitals' pediatric patients.
The BDPS, developed and organized by the DMSC, will kick off at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, with the Macomb County pairing of Madison Heights Lamphere vs. Warren Fitzgerald. A pair of cross-state games follow with Detroit Martin Luther King vs. Muskegon at 5 p.m., and Hudsonville taking on Lake Orion at 8 p.m.
Saturday's match-ups begin with Adrian vs. Monroe at 11 a.m., followed by Belleville vs. Saline at 2 p.m. The evening games will feature Ann Arbor Huron vs. Chelsea at 5 p.m., followed by Ann Arbor Pioneer vs. Inkster in the 8 p.m. night-cap.
“Our goal for the Big Day Prep Showdown has always been to showcase exciting Michigan high school football, and celebrate the school communities in a bowl game-like atmosphere,” said Dave Beachnau, DMSC executive director. “We are proud of the success of the event and believe that the 5th Big Day Prep Showdown will be a great two days of high school football for fans.”
Advance tickets are $7 students and $9 for adults and are available at the participating schools, or by calling 313-202-1982. All tickets are $10 at the gate on the day of the event. Children age five and under are free. All tickets provide admission for all games.
For more information on the Big Day Prep Showdown V, visit www.detroitsports.org.
The Detroit Metro Sports Commission is a subsidiary of the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau that was formed in 2001 to bring regional, national and international amateur sporting events to metro Detroit.
