Vt., N.H. battle in 'Shrine Bowl'

A parade on Saturday through downtown Hanover featured pint-sized cars and men garbed in red fezzes, but it was only a prelude to the heated Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl that followed -- the annual football game between Vermont and New Hampshire high school students held at the College. Fans from all over the two states flooded downtown and eventually Dartmouth's Memorial Field, where the charity bowl attracted a large crowd. During the parade, the Shrine Masons, commonly known as Shriners, donned their the extravagant Middle-East-type costumes and played bagpipe music to provide a circus-like atmosphere around the Green. In the afternoon, the football game pitted a team of top-notch Vermont high school football players against another competitive New Hampshire team.