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Turkey-bowl: A quarter-century record
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Matt Burrows drops back to pass while Dana Clemons keeps a defender away during the 25th annual Thanksgiving Turkey Bowl Thursday morning at Woodward Park. - photo by JASON CAMPBELL
When a small church group got together to play a pickup game of flag football on Thanksgiving morning 25 years ago they had no idea they’d be starting a trend. But Jim Todd and a handful of young churchgoers did just that. What would formally be named the “Turkey Bowl” – started as an activity for the youth ministry of Crossroads Grace Community Church – slowly began to gain traction and attract new people every year.