HHS In Finals For Ravens High School Football Showdown

HAVRE DE GRACE, MD — Havre de Grace is in the running to host the Ravens RISE High School Football Showdown. Each year for the past five years, the Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Sun have sponsored a contest in which the public can vote for their high school to get Ravens players and media coverage at one of their football games.

There were 80 Maryland high schools competing for the honor at the beginning of the contest. Now 10 schools are still in the running during the final round.

Havre de Grace has to beat Elkton to be selected for the Raven RISE High School Football Showdown.

Voting runs from 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, to 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6. The votes are cast on The Baltimore Sun's website and by retweeting this message on Twitter.

Teams that are selected to host a Ravens RISE High School Football Showdown will get the honor of having a current or past Raven deliver a pep talk before the game to each high school and do the coin toss. Adding to the atmosphere, Poe, Ravens cheerleaders and the Marching Ravens will be in attendance. Members of both teams will get special apparel from the Ravens.

The honor comes with a perk for the schools too; the host team will receive a $1,500 donation, while the away teams and runners-up will get a $750 donation from the Ravens.

These are all the teams in the finals:

• Catoctin vs. Francis Scott Key
• Woodlawn vs. Archbishop Curley
• Owings Mills vs. Manchester Valley
• Elkton vs. Havre de Grace
• Northern vs. Glen Burnie

The winners will be revealed Monday, Sept. 9.