METROPLEX-AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STANDOUTS AND ALL OF U.S. UNDER-19 NATIONAL TEAM VISIT GREEN OAKS SCHOOL IN ARLINGTON

ARLINGTON, TEXAS – Competing in International Bowl X, presented by USA Football, the U.S. Under-19 National Team in football will visit Green Oaks School in Arlington from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 17. The team will lead football drills and activities and provide the students with tickets to International Bowl X games this Friday at AT&T Stadium. Green Oaks is a Christian school and an adult program for students with intellectual disabilities in the North Texas area.

The day after visiting Green Oaks students, the U.S. Under-19 National Team will face Team Tamaulipas, comprised of top players from across the northeastern Mexican state of 3.5 million residents. The game’s 8 p.m. kickoff at AT&T Stadium will cap the eight-game 2019 International Bowl series, featuring top high school-aged football players from Canada, Japan, Mexico, Panama and the United States. The event is the world’s largest annual global football competition.

All International Bowl games are broadcast live to a global audience on ESPN3.

WHO:

Green Oaks School students and the 2019 U.S. Under-19 National Team in football, including the following Metroplex-area high school football standouts:

• DL Kane Bradford, Dallas Skyline H.S.; scholarship accepted from the University of Arizona
• LB Kamryn Farrar, Dallas Skyline H.S.; scholarship accepted from Oklahoma State University
• WR Nolan Matthews, Frisco Reedy H.S.; scholarship accepted from Arizona State University
• WR Donovan Ollie, Wylie H.S.; scholarship accepted from Washington State
• RB Darrin Smith, Frisco Lone Star H.S.; uncommitted
• OL Preston Wilson, Argyle H.S.; scholarship accepted from Oklahoma State

 

WHAT:

In-school visit and fun football skills drills for Green Oaks School students, led by the 2019 U.S. Under-19 National Team in football

WHEN:

Thursday, Jan. 17; 9:30-11:30 a.m.

WHERE:

Green Oaks School

500 Houston Street

Arlington 76011

 

Contacts:               

Gehrig Parker, USA Football, C: 847-977-3400; gparker@usafootball.com

Liz Hammond, Green Oaks School, P: 817-861-5000; lizhammond@greenoaksschool.org

 

About USA Football:  USA Football designs and delivers premier educational, developmental and competitive programs to advance and grow the sport. As the sport’s national governing body, member of the U.S. Olympic Committee and organizer of the U.S. National Team for international competition, USA Football partners with leaders in medicine, child advocacy and athletics to support positive football experiences for