The Wyoming and Nebraska rosters for the first “Six-man Shootout” all-star football game have been set.
The first game is scheduled for June 30 in Arthur, Neb., Wyoming coach Michael Bates of Snake River said.
The roster from Wyoming includes 20 total players, including four players from Snake River (Daniel Wille, Rex Stanley, Miles Engelhart, O.B. Ready), four from Kaycee (Jordan Largent, Chase Gosney, Lane Robinson, Cody Wells), three from Midwest (Adam VanNorman, Chad Rinker, Ty Fenster), two from Ten Sleep (Kolter Hughes, Skyler Stephenson), two from Dubois (Mitchell Baker, Tyrell Finley), two from Guernsey (Taylor Girard, Chris Orr), two from Hulett (Austin Snook, Cooper Letellier) and one from Hanna (Wyatt Houston).
Bates will be Wyoming’s head coach; the offensive coordinator is Kaycee coach Dustin Sipe and the defensive coordinator is Midwest’s Ken Swieter.
Nebraska’s roster includes 18 players: Arthur County’s Jordan Trimble, Hunter Walker and Brad Vasa; Hitchcock County’s Cale Brown, Gabe Ware and Alex Pollman; Lynch’s Cameron Goldman; Sioux County’s Sean Grote; Loup County’s Tyler Barta, Brandon Barker and Tyrel Hinton; Wheeler Central’s Matt Olson; Greeley/Wolbach’s Brett Ryan; Cedar Rapids’ Tyler Hellbusch; Elkhorn Valley’s Bryce Potter and Arcadia’s Matthew Quick. The Nebraska head coach is Scott Tribmle of Arthur County.
Arthur County was Nebraska’s six-man state champion in 2011; Trimble and Brown were named honorary co-captains of Nebraska’s all-state six-man team, which was selected in November.
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