Trinity won’t play in the Bishop’s Bowl

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MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester has announced that the 2021 Bishop’s Bowl has been cancelled.

Founded in 2019, the contest between Trinity and St. Thomas Aquinas of Dover was intended to create a new Thanksgiving weekend football tradition between the two New Hampshire-based Catholic high schools.

However, the game was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year the game was cancelled due to the two teams’ playoff runs and lingering injuries, with Trinity reaching the NHIAA Division III Final and St. Thomas Aquinas reaching the NHIAA Division II Semifinals.

“Short rosters could put students at greater risk of injury. The Superintendent agrees with the schools’ decision that it is in the interest of the student athletes not to play this year,” said the Diocese in a statement on Thursday.

 

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Born and raised in the Granite State, Andrew Sylvia has written approximately 10,000 pieces over his career for outlets across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. On top of that, he's a licensed notary and licensed to sell property, casualty and life insurance, he's been a USSF trained youth soccer and futsal referee for the past six years and he can name over 60 national flags in under 60 seconds according to that flag game app he has on his phone, which makes sense because he also has a bachelor's degree in geography (like Michael Jordan). He can also type over 100 words a minute on a good day.