The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority is ready to welcome the teams and fans from Truman State University and Ohio Dominican to northwest Indiana for the first America’s Crossroads Bowl on Saturday. The teams will have a welcome dinner when they arrive Thursday night. John Lynk, Manager of Sports Development for the local tourism group says Bulldog and Panther players and coaches will have plenty of opportunity to interact with the people of Hobart on Friday….

Lynk says it is special to have the bowl game on Pearl Harbor Day….

Truman State coach Gregg Nesbit loves all that comes with playing in the America’s Crossroads Bowl but is reminding his team that the focus is on the 1:07 kickoff….

Ohio Dominican coach Kelly Cummings says this is a great opportunity for his team….

Ohio Dominican is located in Columbus, Ohio. The America’s Crossroads Bowl is also a partnership between the Great Lakes Valley Conference and Great Midwest Athletic Conference. The highest finishing teams not in the national playoffs receive the invitation. This is the fifth bowl game in NCAA Divison II. Our coverage from Hobart, Indiana on Saturday will begin with the Truman Tailgate at 12:15 on Superstation KRES and centralmoinfo.com.

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