KANSAS- The Kansas Shrine Bowl Board of Directors would like to announce the East and West teams for the 2022 Kansas Shrine Bowl. These players have been invited to participate in the 49th Annual Kansas Shrine Bowl to be played at Carnie Smith Stadium at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas, Saturday, July 23rd at 7 p.m.
The 2022 Head Coaches, as selected by votes from the 2021 coaching staff, trainers, managers, and camp directors, are Basehor-Linwood’s Rod Stallbaumer for the East and Wichita Collegiate’s Troy Black for 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 2022 Kansas Shrine Bowl join the just over 3,000 players who have participated in the annual event since 1974.
“This is an incredibly impressive group of young men,” said B.J. Harris, Executive Director of the Kansas Shrine Bowl. “These players and coaches now have a wonderful opportunity ahead of them, one that is sure to have a lasting impact on their life.”
"We are very excited about the West squad, said West Head Coach Troy Black. “The coaches feel we have a very athletic, tough, and physical football team. We feel it is a great group of young men who are great players, but also great men and they are a group that truly understands the purpose of this game and what they are really playing for."
“We are extremely excited about this group,” said Rod Stallbaumer, East Head Coach. “It’s always tough to narrow the roster down to 40, but we feel we have an exceptional group of young men who will be great ambassadors of their schools, communities and programs. We feel we have a well-rounded group of playmakers on offense and some aggressive and athletic guys on defense, who should be fun to coach.”
The Assistant coaches for the East team are Clint Rider (6A – Blue Valley Northwest), Jason Feeback (5A – Spring Hill), Rick Pollard (4A – Piper), Neal Philpot (3A – Girard), Derick Hammes (2A – Rossville) and Jeff Schneider (1A – Jefferson County North).
Assistant coaches for the West team are Ene Akpan (6A – Wichita East), Tony Crough (5A – Hays), Steve Warner (4A – Buhler), Jordan Echer (3A – Concordia), Brad Gober (2A – Beloit) and Lance Sawyer (1A – Inman).
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