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LAKEPORT, Calif. – After months of build up, anticipation and hype, the Bass Bowl will take place on Friday, Nov. 4.
The Bass Bowl is the varsity football rivalry game between Kelseyville High School and Clear Lake High School.
The game takes place Friday night, starting shortly after 7:30 p.m., at Clear Lake High School, located at 350 Lange St., in Lakeport.
This year's game features two struggling teams, with Clear Lake High coming in with a 3-5 record, and Kelseyville with an 0-8 record. But if history is any judge, you can throw away the records when these two teams play.
“It's an amazing rivalry between these two schools, dating back over 80 years,” according to Kelseyville head coach Rob Ishihara. “No matter what the team's records might be, or no matter how big one team is the underdog, they are almost always close, and brutally fought games. The kids leave everything they have on the field to win this game.”
Starting last year, the winning team takes possession of the Bass Bowl Trophy, a large wood carved bass created by master carver Mark Colp. This year, Colp's understudy, Ryan Anderson, created a matching totem pole for the trophy to sit on.
Currently, the trophy is in the possession of Kelseyville, winners of last year's game, which came on the heels of a 10-year losing streak.
“It was great to get that monkey off our back, and now that we have the trophy, we don't intend to give it up,” Ishihara said.
The game will preceded by a a tail gate party at the High Street Plaza in Lakeport, hosted by Sicily's Restaurant. The plaza parking lot will also serve as overflow parking for the game, with the school providing regular bus service from the plaza to the gate, and back. The tail gate party will begin at 3 p.m. and go until 6:30 p.m.
Major attempts were made to create a big game atmosphere for the Bass Bowl. A Civil War artillery reenactment team will be on hand to fire a full size cannon after every score.
The US Coast Guard will be diverting a huge C-130 aircraft to perform a fly over of the stadium at 6:25 p.m.
Youth Sports Network will be on hand to film the game and project replays on a giant jumbotron screen. A military color guard will be present during the National Anthem. Additional food vendors will be on hand to handle the increased food needs.
“It will be like no other athletic event ever in Lake County,” according to Bass Bowl executive director Phil Smoley. “Folks should dress warmly as it will get a bit chilly, but this is one game no one should miss. It will be a topic of conversation for months.”
The goal of the Bass Bowl is to raise funds for the schools athletic departments which have been gutted by budget cuts.
A series of fundraisers were created to be a part of the week's festivities. A wrap up follows.
