The start of the 2008 high school football season is closer than you think. Practice for this year's Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl will begin July 23 at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden.

New Hampshire won last year's game 23-20 and leads the series against Vermont 39-13-2. The 55th Annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl will be played Aug. 2 at Dartmouth's Memorial Field. Tickets to the game can be purchased by calling (603) 448-1042.
Here are the updated team rosters by school:

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Winnacunnet (2): Sam Auffant, Ryan Cronan.
Exeter (2): Gabe Bourgeois, Brett McAllister.
Concord  (2): Kyle Brown, Marshall Gleason.
Bishop Brady (1): Chas Cornell.
Souhegan (2): Ryan Cray, Sean McLaughlin.
Bishop Guertin (3): Nick Croteau, Jamie Moore, Tim Tuttle.
Spaulding (1): Ian Culling.
Nashua South (2): Billy Ferriter, Mike Lefavor.
Timberlane (1): Mike Furey.
Bow (1): Ian Hanson.
Plymouth (2): Tyler Kuehl, Shawn Sweeney.
Pinkerton Academy (2): Josh Lane, Peter Mazzola.
Laconia (3): Joe Marquis, Robert Moss, John Sands.
Gilford (1): Joshua McCutcheon.
St. Thomas (2): Matt McLaughlin, Greg Molloy.
Trinity (1): Ryan Olsen.
Milford (1): Max Pikcilingis.
Con-Val (1): Lee Powers.
Pelham (1): Mark Roth.
Hanover (1): Skyler Schlenker.
Portsmouth (1): Reed Spiller.
Salem (1): James Stewart.
Londonderry (1): Alex Theodhosi.
Kearsarge (1): Bobby Williams.

VERMONT

Rutland (4): Andrew Baker, Jon Bassett, Chris Kiernan, Justin Stewart.
Burlington (2): Adam Chicoine, Richard Poquette.
Essex (3): Ethan Clark, Andrew Fournier, Gabe Nicasio.
Poultney (2): Michael Crandall, Kurt Hewes.
North Country (1): Brian Cubit.
Mount Anthony (1): Kyle Curran.
Windsor (1): Jeff Danyew.
Middlebury (4): Eric Fifield, Chad Foley, Tyler McNally, Lance Robinson.
Fair Haven (1): Zach Gilligan.
U-32 (4): Philip Hall, Tucker LaClair, Michael Rus, Ethan Sylvain.
Bellows Free Academy (2): Ryan Jacobs, Nick Manning,
Brattleboro (1): Dylan Larabee. 
Hartford (2): Peter Lynch, Sean Stone.
Lyndon Institute (1): Logan Macomber.
Otter Valley (2): Ian McElroy, Nick Pattis.
Colchester (1): Jamie Mumley.
Rice (1): F. Joseph O'Brien.
Spaulding (2): Dante Rossi, Mike Rubalcaba.
Windsor (1): Trevor Varney.