2021 Kansas Shrine Bowl Rosters Released

(Courtesy of the Kansas Shrine Bowl)

The Kansas Shrine Bowl Board of Directors would like to announce the East and West teams for the 2021 Kansas Shrine Bowl. These players have been invited to participate in the 48th Annual Kansas Shrine Bowl to be played at Gowans Stadium in Hutchinson, Kansas on Saturday, June 26th at 7 p.m.

The 2021 Head Coaches, as selected by votes from the 2020 coaching staff, trainers, managers, and camp directors, are DeSoto’s Brian King for the East and Norton’s Lucas Melvin, leading the West.

Players are selected each year by a combination of media votes and selections from the Kansas Shrine Bowl Coaching Staff. Players must be nominated by their high school coach or athletic director. The players selected to the 2021 Kansas Shrine Bowl join the just over 3,000 players who have participated in the annual event since 1974.

“We are very excited about the great group of young men selected for this year’s game,” said B.J. Harris, Executive Director of the Kansas Shrine Bowl. “These players and coaches now have an incredible opportunity ahead of them, one that is sure to have a lasting impact in their life.”

“This is a very talented group of kids,” said East Head Coach Brian King. “Getting the roster down to thirty-six was tough, there are a lot of special players out there. I’m impressed by this group and I’m excited to get to work with them.”

“There are so many great players out here in the West,” said West Head Coach Lucas Melvin. “I feel like we have tremendous talent at every position. I don’t think they’re just talented players, but great young men and I’m excited to get to work with them.”

The Assistant coaches for the East team are 6A Assistant, Steve Rampy (Lawrence); 5A Assistant, Anthony Orrick (Blue Valley Southwest); 4A Assistant, Rod Stallbaumer (Basehor-Linwood); 3A Assistant, Brooks Barta (Holton); 2A Assistant, Andrew Gantenbein (Osage City), 1A Assistant, Chirs Schmidt (Olpe). The East coaching staff had a combined record of 57-16 in 2020, including a State Champion with Olpe.

Assistant coaches for the West team are 6A Assistant, Randall Zimmerman (Junction City); 5A Assistant, Mike Vernon (Hutchinson); 4A Assistant, Jon Wiemers (Arkansas City); 3A Assistant, Troy Black (Wichita Collegiate); 2A Assistant, Zach Baird (Hoisington); 1A Assistant, Jeff Hennick (Oakley). The West Coaching staff had a combined 59-20 record in 2020, with three State Runner-Up finishes.

WEST ROSTER

Name	School	Class
Ethan Abell	Oakley	1A
Nic Allen	Riley County	3A
Shadryon Blanka	St. Francis	8M-II
Julius Bolden	Wichita Northwest	5A
Noah Bolticoff	Rose Hill	4A
Carter Brown	Inman	1A
Tanner Cash	Clearwater	3A
Spencer Davidson	Minneapolis	2A
Trevor Erickson	Chapman	3A
Kenny Fehrman	Wellington	4A
Jayden Garrison	Little River	8M-I
Doug Grider	Halstead	3A
Holt Hanzlick	Hoisington	2A
Gaven Haselhorst	Hays	5A
Christien Hawks	Norton	2A
Jack Hawver	Hutchinson	5A
Nick Herrman	Wichita Collegiate	3A
Damian Ilalio	Manhattan	6A
Jake Johnson	Maize South	5A
Wetu Kalomo	Wichita Northwest	5A
Koy Kenny	Ulysses	4A
Andrew Khoury	Junction City	6A
Isaiah Maikori	Andover	5A
Trey Nuzum	Garden City	6A
Harlan Obioha	Hoxie	8M-I
Oz Perez	Holcomb	3A
Ben Purvis	Bishop Carroll	5A
Jacob Rees	Andover Central	4A
Darby Roper	Haven	2A
Josh Sanders	Maize	5A
Maximus Shannon	Ark City	4A
Jake Shope	Goddard	5A
Ty Sides	Phillipsburg	2A
Ethan Stulsatz	Kapaun Mt. Carmel	5A
Lem Wash	Derby	6A
Cayden Winter	Andale	3A

EAST ROSTER

Name	School	Class
Tanner Bacus	Parsons	3A
Jordan Barnard	Olpe	1A
Malik Benson	Lansing	4A
Danny Carroll	St. Thomas Aquinas	5A
Leo Clennan	BV Northwest	6A
Max Close	SM South	6A
Tristen Everard	BV Southwest	5A
Ma’rrell Fountain	Olathe Eest	6A
Denver Gardner	Spring Hill	5A
Tyler Gerety	Nemaha Central	2A
Jacob Hartman	Mill Valley	5A
Austin Holthaus	Centralia	1A
Darell Jones	Coffeyville	4A
Canon Karn	Holton	3A
Miles Kitselman	Lyndon	1A
Ethan Kremer	Mill Valley	5A
Branden Martin	Tonganoxie	4A
Jackson Miller	De Soto	5A
Mack Moeller	Bishop Miege	4A
Cole Mondi	Lawrence	6A
Caleb Murillo	Columbus	3A
Clayton Power	Blue Valley	6A
Desmond Purnell	Topeka Hayden	3A
Bo Reeves	Rossville	2A
Ethan Reynolds	Gardner-Edgerton	6A
Hayden Robb	Perry-Lecompton	3A
Drew Schmelzle	Sabetha	3A
Andrew Schwinn	Maur Hill-Mount Academy	2A
Carter Stanchfield	Paola	4A
Isaac Stanton	Basehor-Linwood	4A
Kolby Talbot	Axtell	8M-II
Dane Whalen	Osage City	2A
LaJames White	St. James Academy	4A
Dee Wideman	Girard	3A
Cameron Wise	West Franklin	2A
Luke Zegunis	Olathe West	6A