Freedom Bowl players shine light at Shriners visit

By Paul Valencia, Columbian High School Sports Reporter

Published: July 7, 2016, 3:22pm

Stone Sabourin of Hudson's Bay High School, left, and Dalton Morgan of La Center High School, sign the cast of Shriner patient Julia Willis at Shriners Hospital in Portland.

The 2016 Freedom Bowl Classic, an all-star game of recently graduated high school football players, will be played Saturday at McKenzie Stadium.

But players took a break Wednesday from their weeklong preparation to visit patients at Shriners Hospital in Portland. Proceeds from the game will benefit local Shiners charities.

The Freedom Bowl Classic will kick off at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and will be preceded at McKenzie Stadium by Clark County Youth Football games at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Tickets are $10.

Several players from the Freedom Bowl Classic visit patient Julian Lucas. Photo

Shriners' patient, Max Freiboth, left, compares hand size with Prairie High School football player, Caleb Smith, while Dalton Morgan and Stone Sabourin stand nearby, at Shriners Hospital in Portland Wednesday, July 6, 2016. The Freedom Bowl Classic football players from Vancouver high schools visited patients at Shriners Wednesday as part of a fundraiser for the hospital. (Ariane Kunze/The Columbian) Photo

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