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Miss America Betty Cantrell to sing national anthem before Mercer football game

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Betty Cantrell embraces Warner Robins Mayor Randy Toms after he presented her -- and councilmen simultaneously -- with a proposal to name a city street in honor of the new Miss America after her homecoming motorcade passed down Watson Boulevard Nov. 14, 2015.
Betty Cantrell embraces Warner Robins Mayor Randy Toms after he presented her -- and councilmen simultaneously -- with a proposal to name a city street in honor of the new Miss America after her homecoming motorcade passed down Watson Boulevard Nov. 14, 2015. BEAU CABELL bcabell@macon.com

Miss America Betty Cantrell will sing the national anthem at Mercer University's football game against Samford on Saturday.

Cantrell, who is from Warner Robins, pursued a degree in voice in Mercer's Townsend School of Music before putting her studies on hold to focus on the Miss Georgia and Miss America competitions, according to a news release.

She will perform shortly before the Bears' 3 p.m. kickoff at Five Star Stadium in Macon.

Tickets for the football game may be purchased online at http://tickets.mercer.edu.

This story was originally published November 19, 2015 at 11:47 AM with the headline "Miss America Betty Cantrell to sing national anthem before Mercer football game ."

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