The bell game

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The bell game is a longstanding rivalry football game that has been played between the high school teams Brookfield Bulldogs and the Marceline Tigers since 1922 in North Central Missouri. The winner of the game receives a brass fire bell, donated in 1937 by the Brookfield Fire Department.

The Bell Game is woven into the fabric of Brookfield and Marceline, two towns that are less than ten miles apart. Brookfield has a population of 4,679, while Marceline has 2,258 people.

Each year the game alternates locations between the two towns. Going into the 2007 game, the series is 35-34-1 and will be played at Burlington Field in Brookfield. Brookfield has won the last seven Bell Games.