Loyola Academy to Play in Ireland

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Courtesy: MG Helmets

Loyola Academy will play quite a road game this year when it hops on a plane to play in Dublin, Ireland.

The Ramblers will play Dallas Jesuit from Texas in the Global Ireland Football Tournament (GIFT 2012) on August 31st.

Last season, Loyola lost to Bolingbrook in the Class 8A championship game after a perfect regular season.  Dallas Jesuit finished 8-3 with a first round loss in the Texas Class 5A Division II playoffs.

In addition to the Loyola/Jesuit match-up, Hamilton (Arizona) will face Notre Dame (California) and Father Judge (Pennsylvania) squares off with Notre Dame Prep (Arizona).  Kent School (Connecticut) will play a game against a team of British All-Stars.

The games will be played the same weekend that Notre Dame will play Navy in Dublin.

To learn more about GIFT 2012, click here to listen to my interview with Global Football founder Patrick Steenberge, a former Notre Dame quarterback, who came-up with the idea of American high school football teams playing the first-ever regular season games overseas.