Tickets On Sale Monday for Orchard Lake St. Mary's Prep Kickoff Classic Game

The Detroit Sports Commission (DSC) will visit Orchard Lake St. Mary's Preparatory School Monday during lunch hours, to help build excitement for the school's first game of the 2013 football season.

The Eaglets will face Oak Park on Aug. 30 at 4 p.m. during the Detroit Sports Commission Prep Kickoff Classic, held at Tom Adams Field on the campus of Wayne State University August 29-31. Advance tickets are $8 and will only be available at St. Mary’s starting Monday. A percentage of the advance ticket sales proceeds benefit the school. Game-day tickets at the gate are $10. 

Known since 2005 as the Big Day Prep Showdown, the event is organized and promoted by the DSC, the subsidiary of the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau. In the past, the event has featured some of the state’s top players.

Here's the complete schedule: 

Thursday, Aug. 29:

4 p.m. - Dearborn vs. Chippewa Valley

7 p.m. - Dearborn Fordson vs. Macomb Dakota

Friday, Aug. 30:

4 p.m. - Orchard Lake St. Mary’s vs. Oak Park

7 p.m. - Detroit Cass Tech vs. Southfield

Saturday, Aug. 31:

1:30 p.m. - Birmingham Brother Rice vs. Cleveland St. Ignatius

5 p.m. - Warren De La Salle vs. Toledo Central Catholic

For more information on the event and sponsorship opportunities, visit detroitsports.org. You can also follow the Prep Kickoff Classic on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Source: Detroit Sports Commission press release

Correction: The ticket prices were incorrectly reported in the original version of this article, due to incorrect information provided.