Hurricanes to play Don Bosco Prep

By JOHN LEMBO
jlembo@bradenton.com
BRADENTON — The Manatee Hurricanes are headed to New Jersey.
Assistant coach Chris Conboy the team has reached an agreement to play Don Bosco Prep, the top-ranked prep football team in the country based out of Ramsey, N.J., Friday Sept. 24 in Ramsey.
The Don Bosco game is “99.9 percent” a go, said Conboy, adding the contract could be signed either later this week or early next week.
“I don’t like saying 100 percent until the contract is signed,” he said.
Manatee will arrive in New Jersey on Thursday, play the game Friday and head back to Bradenton on Saturday afternoon. Ramsey is located 31 miles from New York City, and Conboy said trips to spots such as the Statue of Liberty and Ground Zero are part of the itinerary.
“When we played in the state championship game (at the Citrus Bowl), a lot of our kids ran out of the tunnel and were in awe,” Conboy said. “Some of our kids have never taken a trip, have never flown on a plane, and won’t fly on a plane until their first recruiting trip. This is an horizon-broadening thing for them.”
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