We have the ultimate athletic opportunity for Top-Level Talent in North and South Carolina to be apart of a bigger that there self movement to change the life of youth within the Carolina's. As word spread this certificate program continued to be a success all the way through 2014. In 2015, we decided to discontinue the certificate program which created tremendous momentum to launch the first ever
6th Grade “Battle of the Borders” bowl game. This continued into 2016 with a bigger and better game that took the spotlight in a big way. Facing growth challenges within our current structure we decided to make a forever changing decision that would add the first ever Board of Directors. This only made sense as we officially become a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit. With the addition of professional fire power on the new board, we quickly decided to re-brand the new game and call it the CAROLINA BOWL in 2017. The decision was made to effectively create a new college style bowl game that would allow 6th – 8th graders to experience what it was like to become a college player at the next level. Clearly our message would allow a player not only to participate in a college style game but also to go through the process of a mock application system that would train the families on what it was like to help their athlete become college ready. We knew that in order to have the very best experience for our player’s we needed to make sure they had the very best coaches. The Carolina Bowl decided to invest in the very best coaching in the business that was to build a process that would allow some of the best High School coaching staffs in both NC and SC to be chosen to coach a team from their respective state. Finally, the perfect recipe of success was built to allow players from the state of NC and SC to participate in an invitation only event that would implement a structure of success by choosing players based on academics, character, community service, and finally looking at their athletic ability on a per position basis. This allowed the Carolina Bowl to field players that were working hard to make the steps necessary to become a college ready student athlete. The first ever 6th– 8th grade game become a reality on Saturday, December 16, 2017 streamed live at the University of North Carolina of Chapel Hill Kenan Memorial Stadium.
