The Honor Group
The Honor Group’s mission is to educate students, coaches, and the community about patriotism while raising money for injured, ill, and wounded veterans. We do this by going into the schools of America with exciting athletic competitions, educational school assemblies, and community outreach events. These events raise pride for our country within our students, coaches, and community regarding the sacrifices of our nation’s active serving and military veterans. We see hearts change, we see people grow with a renewed sense of patriotism, and mostly we see the students and community bond with military veterans. It is beautiful to see and we are honored to be a part of this great mission.
"It's more than just a football game!"
We bring schools together
Educational Experiences
American Pride for our Military
Camp Pendleton Experience
More than just a game
Memories for life!
Events rarely witnessed
We Give Back!
Motivational Memories
Life changing discussions
Recognizing Sacrifice and Respect
Words to remember and live by
2024 Honor Bowl Player Awards
Honor Bowl Athlete Awards are chosen after each game. The Head Coach of each team picks who exemplifies Character, leadership, and a role model! The media choose the Honor Bowl MVP Awards at the event! The Honor Bowl Character Award honors Head Coach Ted ‘Rock’ Knapp, one of the winning High School coaches in America who inspired football fans when he was diagnosed with cancer. Most would call it quits, but Coach Knapp was determined to focus on God’s Grace.
The Honor Bowl MVP award honors a great friend of the event: Pete Saco – CIF Sac Joaquin Section Commissioner who passed after a battle with cancer at the age of 70 in 2023. Thank you Pete for all of your kindness and love for all those who you touched in your life!
2024 Southern California Honor Bowl
Friday, September 6 | Saturday, September 7
5555 Del Mar Heights Road, San Diego, CA
Cathedral Catholic High School San Diego, CA
This will be the seventh time that The Honor Bowl will be hosted at Cathedral Catholic High School. The setting is spectacular in Manchester Stadium. Five games with teams coming in from Arizona and California to play in honor of the men and women who volunteer to protect our freedoms here in America. This will be the first time that The Honor Bowl will also have Ladies Flag Football and the first time that a Ladies team from out of state will also play!
2024 Arizona Honor Bowl
Friday, September 20
Red Mountain High School
7301 E Brown Road, Mesa, Arizona
Saturday, September 21
Liberty High School
9621 W Speckled Gecko Drive, Peoria, AZ
The Honor Bowl will be played in Arizona in two different high school stadiums. That’s right: The Honor Bowl is now in Arizona! Friday night will have the first of two Ladies Flag football games, both Friday and Saturday at 4:00pm. Red Mountain – Mesa will host Friday after experiencing The Honor Bowl in 2022 and 2023 in San Diego. Saturday Night will be at Liberty Lion Stadium in Peoria with a strong Flag Football matchup and a nightcap finale that is one of the Nation’s game of the Week!
Announcing Honor Radio. We plan to offer a weekly PodCast with guests that have a special relationship with The Honor Group and The Honor Bowl. Here will be your chance to listen to great stories, pertinent discussions, and compelling talks. We are pleased to have the opportunity to share this with you. Please share with your friends. We believe this is something special to spread around to have a deeper understanding of why we do what we do.
Mark Soto: Host for Honor Radio
Rick Sutter: Executive Producer Honor Radio
What We Do
The HonorGroup is a group of dedicated, passionate and resourceful people who believe that our communities are enriched with experiences that involve the brave men and women who volunteer to protect our freedoms. The Honor Bowl, our flagship event, is a well-respected national high school football showcase. We do our best to pit the best of the best together that includes an educational element for students, athletes, coaches, and their communities.
Camp Pendleton
Experience
The SoCal Honor Bowl offers a rare behind-the-scenes journey behind the gates of Camp Pendleton, the West Coast’s Premier Expeditionary Training Base. Listen to Marine Command, wounded veterans
Mission Statement
Educate students, coaches, and communities about American patriotism while raising financial resources for injured, ill and wounded veterans.
Purpose Statement
The Three E’s: Educate – Empower – Equip
Educate means that The Honor Group will play an even greater role in introducing American youth to the history of this country and the individuals and groups that give meaning to what it means to be part of America. In addition, educate means that with the foundation of knowing our history, American youth can learn about the future and, particularly, their indispensable role in that future.
Empower means that The Honor Group is committed to the true empowerment of both veterans and youth to play significant and dynamic roles in American society both today and in the future.
Equip means that The Honor Group will not only work with organizations already doing wonderful work on behalf of veterans but will offer other resources in areas that are not provided. Equip also means that American youth will have the backbone and drive to make a life for themselves, offering assistance but making sure that the young men and women do it on their own so that they can truly appreciate the sense of satisfaction and self-worth that comes from earning their way in life.
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