The official Trojan Tailgater is a sports fan experience sponsored by local businesses in Center Grove with a goal of providing a welcoming atmosphere to fans from home and away.
JOHNSON COUNTY — A sea of red and white covers the parking lot just southwest of Ray Skillman Stadium on the campus of Center Grove."This is our tribe and it's a sense of community and it really just feels good," Stiles said. He mans the grill adding cheese to a handful of sizzling burgers for hungry football fans.
Stiles and several other local business owners in the Center Grove community came together last year to create the official Trojan Tailgater, complete with a Facebook page, mobile trailer, hot dog roller, grills and tents. The Trojan Tailgater travels to far away games like when the Trojans faced St. Edward in Canton, Ohio for Game 1. The fans set up shop in the hotel parking lot.
Stiles leads Team Stiles with Coldwell Banker Stiles, serving the community in the real estate world. Other local business sponsors for the tailgate include Rees Restoration, Sauer Dentistry, Barn at Bayhorse Inn and Grant Excavating. It's about bringing that next-level fan experience to Friday night lights. The amount of families and fans tailgating with campers and tents in the old Maple Grove school building parking lot looks more like a small college campus than a high school game.
At the Trojan Tailgater festivities on Bantam night, crowds of young players and cheerleaders with their families crowd the practice filed before younger students got recognized at the game. For the Trojan fans, traditions like honoring younger student athletes and athletes from other sports, as well as marching band performances involve more students and makes the night about more than just a football game.
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