The Kansas Shrine Bowl is an all-star high school senior, east vs. west, football game put on each year in Kansas, by the Kansas Shrine. It is a 501(c) 3 non-profit charity that produces annual events and related activities featuring talented high school students and recently graduated high school seniors. Host cities have include Lawrence, Manhattan, Wichita, Topeka, Hays, Emporia, and Pittsburg. The West football team practices at St. John's Military School in Salina, Kansas, and the East football team practices at Emporia State University, in Emporia, Kansas.
History
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Beginning in 1974, the flagship event has been the East/West All-Star Football Game. As of 2015, the West leads the series with 26 wins, the EAST has 15 wins, and there has been one tie. The Kansas Shrine also has a Kansas Shrine Bowl Hall of Fame.
Shrine Bowl week
The East Camp is held at Emporia State University's Francis G. Welch Stadium, in Emporia, Kansas. The camp director is Jack Call, a member of the Board of Directors of the Kansas Shrine Bowl. The West Camp is held at St. John's Military School in Salina, Kansas. The Camp Director is Myron Converse, a past Shrine Bowl All-Star Player in 1982, a Shrine Hall of Famer, and Past President of the Kansas Shrine Bowl Board of Directors. The results are below:
The 2017 Kansas Shrine Bowl will be held on Saturday, July 29, 2017 in El Dorado, at BG Products Veterans Stadium. This will be the first time the game has not been hosted on the campus of a 4-year university in the state.
Events
The game is surrounded by a weekend of festivities featuring:
- Kansas Masonic All-State Marching Band
- Kansas Shrine Bowl Banquet
- The Shrine Parade
- Shriner's Hospitals for Children Free Screening Clinic
- 2-Mile Run for Charity/Walk for Love
- Junior All-Star Challenge (ages 5â€"14)
- Cheer Clinic
- High School Football Combine/Clinic
- 4 Man Golf Scramble
All-Star Cheer Camp
The Kansas Shrine Bowl annually provides one of the best and most popular cheer clinics available in the state. It is professionally conducted with fun and safety as primary goals. The clinic also helps to raise funds for Shriner's Hospitals for Children because they receive all proceeds of the clinic. Cheer participants may be males or females in grades 8 through 12 with at least one year of cheering experience. Participants may attend the clinic as a squad or as individuals.
Media
The Kansas Shrine Bowl is broadcast on Cox Cable in Kansas. It is also broadcast on 12 radio stations, throughout the State of Kansas. Stan Weber and Mark Ewing co-cast the t.v. and Bruce Steinbrock and Mark Elliott, who cover Washburn University football and basketball games, co-cast the radio.
References
External links
- Official website