Foxcroft Academy to host next year’s Lobster Bowl training camps

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy has been selected as the destination for the 2015 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic training camps. More than 110 student-athletes and coaches from both the East and West teams will be housed in three dormitories on the Foxcroft Academy campus from July 12-18 and will hold extended practice sessions each day as they prepare for Lobster Bowl XXVI, which will be played at Waterhouse Field in Biddeford on July 18 at a time to be determined.

    “It’s a great honor to work with the Maine Shriners, who work tirelessly in supporting essential medical services for young people,” said Head of School Arnold Shorey, who took over at Foxcroft Academy in the fall of 2010. “The Lobster Bowl is a great Maine football tradition, and I want to thank Head Coach Dan White for all of his persistence in creating this amazing opportunity for our community.”
    The Lobster Bowl is sponsored by the Maine Shriners, with 100 percent of the net proceeds from the game benefiting the 22 Shrine Hospitals for Children across the US, Canada, and Mexico. The Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Game, which operates under the motto, “Strong legs run … so that weak legs may walk,” was created to raise money and to help raise awareness for the expert orthopedic and burn care facilities available to children who desperately need this specialized care, regardless of their family’s ability to pay.
    Rosters are composed of high school seniors nominated by their coaches and then selected by the coaches from each Lobster Bowl side. The West won the first nine Lobster Bowls and 17 of 25 overall, but the East has won the last two, including a 32-13 victory in July.
    Established in 1823, Foxcroft Academy has won eight football state championships with the most recent coming under White in 2012.