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The rosters for the 2024 Wyoming Shrine Bowl all-star football game were announced Sunday night by the game’s executive director, Frank Selby.

In all, 72 players — 36 each for both the North and South teams — were selected for the 51st edition of the game, which will be played June 8 at Natrona County High School in Casper.

Players selected by the respecting coaching staffs for each team include:

NORTH
Big Horn: Kiefer Dunham, Drew Heermann, Gavin Stafford.
Buffalo: Will Hammond, Eli Patterson, Lance Rabel.
Campbell County: Aidan Dorr, Wyatt Herther, Levi Palmer.
Cody: Zach Barton, Logan Class, Conner Moss.
Dubois: Wyatt Trembly.
Hulett: Christian Reilly.
Kelly Walsh: Kadon Boyce, Caleb Ortberg.
Lovell: Adnan Khan, Jared Mangus.
Natrona: Timothy Edmondson, Beau Russell, Josef Sanchez, Noah Sides.
Powell: Trey Stenerson.
Riverton: Darrick DeVries, Nick McIntosh, Ty Sheets.
Sheridan: Dominick Berrettini, DJ Elchlinger, Alex Haswell, Dane Steel.
Thunder Basin: Peyton Brown, PJ Hatzenbuhler, Kavontae Montgomery, Landon Scalise.
Tongue River: Caleb Kilbride.
Wind River: Cooper Frederick.
Student trainers: Nadeen Dunham, Buffalo; Carsyn Thompson, Big Horn.

SOUTH
Big Piney: Zackery Murphy, Reuben Stoutenburg.
Cheyenne Central: Mason Counter, Tyler Gaer, Miles Porwoll.
Cheyenne East: Kolbe Dierks, Camden Hayes, Drew Jackson, Nathan Mirich, Colby Olson.
Cokeville: Jack Dayton, Micah Petersen.
Douglas: Malachy Lehnen, Trey Rinn, Tegen Seeds.
Encampment: Quade Jordan.
Evanston: Kai Barker, Cohen Morrow, Brady Roberts.
Green River: Axel Mackinnon.
Mountain View: Fletcher Black, Carson Eardley, Coby Jones.
Rock Springs: Kael Anderson, Michael Faigl, Goodness Okere.
Snake River: Seth Maxson.
Southeast: Tiegen Thompson.
Star Valley: Jayden Crook, Simon Gaskell, Jesse Leavitt, Clay Merritt.
Torrington: Ty Bennick, Brayden Frazier, Bryce Hager, Trey Parriott.
Student trainers: Destyni German, Green River; Sophie LaMunyon, Star Valley.

Officials for the game will be from the Casper officials’ association.

The North leads the all-time series 26-20-3. Last year, the South won 27-24.

–patrick

The assistant coaches for the 2024 Wyoming Shrine Bowl all-star football game were released Friday.

Shrine Bowl Executive Director Frank Selby announced via email that both squads would have six assistant coaches.

For the North, joining head coach Rob Hammond of Buffalo are David Trembly of Dubois, Henry Glacking and Ross Walker of Buffalo, Nicc Crosby of Lovell, Rod Frederick of Wind River and Trent Pikula of Thunder Basin.

The South will have Torrington’s Russell Stienmetz as head coach and assistants Scott Hayes of Cheyenne East, Blaine Christensen of Green River, Robb Nicolay and Ryan Workman of Torrington, Brandon Gifford of Lingle and Hart Jordan of Encampment.

Trainers will be Tanner Gillette of Buffalo (North) and Emily Yorges of Torrington (South).

Selby said players will be announced soon.

The game will be June 8 at Natrona County High School in Casper.

–patrick

The head coaches for the 51st Wyoming Shrine Bowl all-star football game have been selected for this summer’s game in Casper.

Russell Stienmetz of Class 2A champion Torrington will be the head coach for the South, while Rob Hammond of Class 3A Buffalo will lead the North.

Assistant coaches will be selected next, with player selections to follow. The game will be June 8 in Casper.

Hammond was the head coach for the North in 2019, a 29-19 victory for the North team.

The North leads the all-time series 26-20-3, but the South won last year’s game 27-24.

–patrick

The North team had few troubles wrapping up a Shrine Bowl victory Saturday, jumping out to a 27-0 lead on its way to a 37-3 victory in the 49th edition of the annual all-star football game at Cheney Alumni Field in Casper.

Jackson’s Sadler Smith, the offensive MVP of the game, ran for the first touchdown of the game and also threw a touchdown for the North, which leads the all-time series 26-19-3.

Kelly Walsh’s Cam Burkett ran for two touchdowns, and Sheridan’s Carter McComb and Shoshoni’s Nathon Cousineau both had touchdown catches.

Worland’s Jorey Anderson capped the scoring for the North with a 25-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.

The South’s only points came off the foot of Torrington’s Chase Miller, who notched a 25-yard field goal of his own in the third quarter. By then, the South team trailed 27-3.

Smith threw for a game-high 105 yards and also topped all rushers with 54 yards as the North out-gained the South 411-213.

The South had three turnovers, but two were on strip-sacks late in the fourth quarter, each one by Campbell County’s Logan Dymond. Natrona’s Billy Brenton also had the game’s only interception.

Five South players completed passes as they gained 195 yards through the air. However, the South was limited to 18 rushing yards after sacks and a couple poor snaps hurt their totals.

Cody’s Daniel Gorman won defensive MVP honors.

Thunder Basin’s Trent Pikula picked up his first Shrine Bowl victory as a head coach.

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The game’s unofficial scoring summary and box score are below:

SOUTH	0	0	3	0 – 3
NORTH	7	14	13	3 – 37

First Quarter
North: Sadler Smith 1 run (Jorey Anderson kick), 1:31
Second Quarter
North: Cam Burkett 1 run (Anderson kick), 13:23
North: Carter McComb 9 pass from Ryan Baker (Anderson kick), 8:55
Third Quarter
North: Nathon Cousineau 38 pass from Smith (kick failed), 5:37
South: Chase Miller 25 FG, 1:44
North: Burkett 7 run (Anderson kick), 0:02
Fourth Quarter
North: Anderson 25 FG, 9:16

North
Passing: Smith 9-15-0-105, Baker 8-14-0-87.
Rushing: Smith 17-54, Burkett 9-50, Amos Monterde 6-45, Ben Camino 8-36, Baker 5-19, McComb 4-14, Drew Trotter 1-1.
Receiving: Trotter 6-85, Cousineau 2-54, Chaz Cowie 2-19, McComb 2-17, Burkett 3-8, Monterde 1-5, Dace Bennett 1-4.

South
Passing: Beau Bivens 7-17-0-67, Brock Bider 6-14-1-56, Kade Preuit 2-2-0-49, Keltan Ewing 1-1-0-22, Isaac Schoenfeld 1-1-0-1.
Rushing: Bider 4-28, Schoenfeld 4-16, Chevy Fackrell 3-4, Cade Pugh 1-1, Ewing 5-(-1), Talon Luckie 1-(-6), Bivens 8-(-24).
Receiving: Rylan Wehr 3-50, Schoenfeld 4-44, Andrew Skorcz 3-25, Bider 1-31, Winston Green 2-11, Pugh 1-6, Dylan Taylor 1-5, Koye Gilbert 1-1.

	North	South
First downs	23	11
Rushes-yards	50-219	26-18
Passing A-C-I	17-29-0	17-35-1
Pass Yards	192	195
Fumbles lost	0	2
Penalties-yards	7-66	6-45

A replay of the game is available here:

–patrick

The 49th annual Shrine Bowl all-star football game will be Saturday in Casper.

The game will start at 2 p.m. at Cheney Alumni Field, with pregame festivities starting at 1:15 p.m.

A total of 72 players — 36 for each team — represent the North and South teams. The game is a fundraiser for the Shriners Hospital for Children in Salt Lake City, Utah. The teams visited the hospital during the week leading up to the game.

The North leads the all-time series 25-19-3. Rosters include:

SOUTH
Burns: Cody Winslow.
Cheyenne Central: Eli Castillo.
Cheyenne East: Gavyn Aumiller; Cade Pugh; Kaleb Romero.
Cheyenne South: Braeden Hughes.
Cokeville: Treyson Dayton.
Douglas: Keltan Ewing; Kyle Logar; Jacob Russell; Rylan Wehr.
Encampment: Koye Gilbert.
Evanston: Jaxin Moore; Kody Rex.
Green River: Dylan Taylor.
Laramie: Jackson Devine; Talon Luckie.
Lusk: Dylan Molzahn.
Lyman: Chevy Fackrell; Rho Mecham.
Mountain View: Tanner Case.
Rock Springs: Brock Bider; Colton Carlsen; Isaac Schoenfeld; Cadon Shaklee; Andrew Skorcz.
Snake River: Zander Risner.
Star Valley: Lucas Chappell; Winston Green; Mason Hutchison.
Torrington: Beau Bivens; Deagan Keith; Chase Miller.
Wheatland: Ora Borton; Jake Hicks; Kade Preuit.
Coaches: Head coach Mark Lenhardt (Rock Springs), assistants Blaine Christensen (Rock Springs), Jay Rhoades (Douglas), Robb Nicolay (Torrington), Brandon Gifford (Lingle), Kegan Willford (Encampment).
Student trainers: Kim Choma, Star Valley; Kynzee Jassman, Rock Springs.
Adult athletic trainer: Garrett Havig, Laramie.

NORTH
Big Horn: Josh Thompson.
Buffalo: Ben Camino.
Campbell County: Logan Dymond; Will Miller.
Cody: Chaz Cowie; Daniel Gorman; Drew Trotter; Jonathan Williams.
Hulett: Bryce Ackerman.
Jackson: Colter Dawson; Sadler Smith.
Kelly Walsh: Cam Burkett.
Lander: Ernesto Cabriales; Robert Koivupalo.
Lovell: Sam Cornia; Quinn Lindsay.
Meeteetse: Dace Bennett.
Natrona: Billy Brenton; Brendyn Nelson; Jake Sides.
Powell: Toran Graham; Zach Ratcliff; Lane Shramek.
Sheridan: Ezra Ecklund; Matt Ingalls; Chris Larson; Carter McComb.
Shoshoni: Nathon Cousineau.
Thunder Basin: Cade Ayers; Ryan Baker; Ryan Jordan; Caden Randall.
Upton-Sundance: Reece Barritt.
Worland: Jorey Anderson; Aaron Carver.
Wright: Charlee Thompson.
Coaches: Head coach Trent Pikula (Thunder Basin), assistants Jason Gill (Thunder Basin), Rob Hammond (Buffalo), Kirk McLaughlin (Big Horn), Richard Despain (Rocky Mountain), Boz Backen (Hulett).
Student trainers: Mia Fishman, Jackson; Emma Larson, Sheridan.
Adult athletic trainer: Paige Nolan, Lander.

–patrick

Rock Springs’ Mark Lenhardt and Thunder Basin’s Trent Pikula will be the head coaches for the 2022 Wyoming Shrine Bowl.

Frank Selby, Wyoming Shrine Bowl executive director, made the announcement of the head coaches on Monday.

Lenhardt, who led the Tigers to a Class 4A runner-up finish, will lead the South team during the annual all-star football game. Pikula, whose ‘Bolts reached the 4A quarterfinals, will be the head coach for the North.

Lenhardt was previously the South head coach for the 2016 Shrine Bowl while he was the head coach at Torrington. Pikula will be a Shrine Bowl head coach for the first time.

Assistant coaches will be selected from each classification in the coming weeks, with player selections to follow.

The game will be June 11, 2022, in Casper. Money raised at the game goes to the Shriners Hospital for Children in Salt Lake City.

–patrick