Shrine Bowl has area connections

Friday, July 24, 2009

LINCOLN -- The 51st annual Nebraska Shrine Bowl football game is Saturday night in Lincoln at Memorial Stadium.

McCook football coach Jeff Gross, head coach of the South team, told Plainsreporter.com that the team's practices have gone well so far.

Gross says McCook High School players Matt Berry and Joe Vetrovsky will be busy on Saturday. Berry will split time at quarterback and wide receiver while Vetrovsky will start at center.

Arapahoe's Dillon Breinig is expected to get playing time at tight end.

Berry, Vetrovsky and Breinig signed with the University of Nebraska-Kearney.

McCook assistant coach Chad Lyons is also the South coaching staff.

Berry, Vetrovsky, Millard South's Drew Neville and Millard West's Kohlman Adema-Shulte were elected as captains.

Pierce High School's Mark Brahmer is coach of the North team.

The 51st annual Shrine Bowl football game starts at 6:30 p.m. and will be televised on NET1 and in high-definition on NET-HD.

The game will be webcast live on NET's Web site, netNebraska.org. All that is needed is access to the Internet and a free Windows Media Player program.

Calling all the action of the Shrine Bowl will be sportscasters Kevin Kugler and Adrian Fiala.

2009 NEBRASKA SHRINE BOWL

SOUTH TEAM STARTING LINEUP

OFFENSE

WR 85 Greg Hardin Bellevue West

WR 1 Justin Coleman Beatrice

TE 33 Dillon Breining Arapahoe

T 63 Brent Carper Norris

G 69 Mike Sherer Omaha Westside

C 55 Joe Vetrovsky McCook

G 53 Justin Wiles Omaha Westside

T 77 Matt Sterup Hastings St. Cecilia

FB 47 Tyler Mertens Waverly

TB 21 Kohlman Adema-Shulte Millard West

QB 5 Matt Berry McCook

QB 3 Tyler Seals Bellevue

DEFENSE

DE 95 Riley Larson Hastings Adams Central

DT 51 Andrew Essman Lincoln Southwest

DT 73 Sandi Stanbeck Boys Town

DE 61 Matt Greve Waverly

MLB 15 Drew Neville Millard South

SLB 59 Thomas Volkmer Syracuse

WLB 43 Brady Roeder Kearney

SS 25 Jordan Hale Millard South

CB 11 Trevor Florendo Crete

CB 17 Jerry Lobeda Aurora

FS 19 Jordan Boston Millard West

SPECIAL TEAMS

Kicker 9 Nick Bell Beatrice

Punter 9 Nick Bell Beatrice

Holder 1 Justin Coleman Beatrice

Short Snapper 55 Joe Vetrovsky McCook

Long Snapper 55 Joe Vetrovsky McCook

Kick Returner 5 Matt Berry McCook

Kick Returner 19 Jordan Boston Millard West

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