Lions Club All-Star High School Football Classic
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The Kensington Lions Club All-Star High School Football Classic is a high school football
all-star game
held in the Buffalo metropolitan area. All stars from Western New York are assembled into a "North" team (mostly from Niagara County, New York
) and a "South" team (mostly from Erie County, New York
). The game does not draw players from the Southern Tier
, due to the much less populated school districts in that territory; teams there instead participate in the Don Raabe Big 30 Charities Classic
. Its location varies each year.
The 2011 contest was the 36th in the game's history. The South currently holds a 21-15 overall record; the North won three consecutive games between 2007 and 2009, while the South rebounded to win the 2010 and 2011 contests.
High school football
High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both of these nations....
all-star game
All-star game
An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league, except in the circumstances of professional sports systems in which a democratic voting system is used...
held in the Buffalo metropolitan area. All stars from Western New York are assembled into a "North" team (mostly from Niagara County, New York
Niagara County, New York
Niagara County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 216,469. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word Onguiaahra; meaning the strait or thunder of waters. It is the location of Niagara Falls and Fort Niagara, and...
) and a "South" team (mostly from Erie County, New York
Erie County, New York
Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 919,040. The county seat is Buffalo. The county's name comes from Lake Erie, which in turn comes from the Erie tribe of American Indians who lived south and east of the lake before 1654.Erie...
). The game does not draw players from the Southern Tier
Southern Tier
The Southern Tier is a geographical term that refers to the counties of New York State west of the Catskill Mountains along the northern border of Pennsylvania. It is a loosely defined term that generally includes the counties that border Pennsylvania west of Delaware County inclusive...
, due to the much less populated school districts in that territory; teams there instead participate in the Don Raabe Big 30 Charities Classic
Don Raabe Big 30 Charities Classic
The Don Raabe Big 30 Charities Classic is a high school football all-star game held in the Twin Tiers region of Western New York and northern Pennsylvania...
. Its location varies each year.
The 2011 contest was the 36th in the game's history. The South currently holds a 21-15 overall record; the North won three consecutive games between 2007 and 2009, while the South rebounded to win the 2010 and 2011 contests.