John Carroll Game Selected for Ravens Football Showdown

The John Carroll Patriots are getting extra amped about this week’s football game against the Boys’ Latin Lakers, since the Baltimore Ravens selected the game as its “High School Football Showdown” of the week.

Each week, the team picks a game to spotlight based on responses to an online poll.

Now that the Patriots-Lakers matchup has been selected, Boys’ Latin will have its stadium decked out with Ravens banners and flags for the game, where the Baltimore Ravens cheerleaders and mascot Poe will be in attendance.

Members of both teams will also get special t-shirts that say “Ravens RISE High School Football Showdown.”

The honor comes with a perk for the schools too; the Ravens will award $500 in donations to the athletic departments of both Boys’ Latin and John Carroll.

It’s the second consecutive week that a Bel Air school has been included in the showdown; for week 5, the Ravens entourage showed up at C. Milton Wright for its matchup against Fallston.

The John Carroll Patriots will take on the Boys Latin Lakers at 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9.