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Shrine Bowl on Saturday; all-stars in North Platte tonight
KEARNEY, Neb. — McCook and the Gazette area will be well-represented with four football alums playing in Saturday night’s 65th annual Shrine Bowl Game.
Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. at Ron and Carol Cope Stadium on the University of Nebraska-Kearney campus.
McCook’s dynamic do of all-state lineman Eli Kehler and safety-quarterback Adam Dugger will be on the South All-Star team.
Dugger’s playing in his first game since breaking a leg during the 10-0 Bison’s state playoff win over Broken Bow.
He’ll be going all-out sure after a fine track and field season where he placed second among Class B long jumpers.
Hitchcock County linebacker Keegan Shuler joins the South squad for his first game since helping those Falcons win a historic Class D-1 state title last November over Howells-Dodge.
Shuler since won a Class D shot put title at Omaha Burke Stadium.
Arapahoe top lineman Dylan Bahe completes the area quartet. Watch for details in the next McCook Gazette.
Tonight
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – North Platte Community College has released the rosters for its annual High School All-Star Basketball game tonight.
The girl’s game will begin at 6 p.m., with the boy’s game to follow at 7:45 p.m. inside the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium on the NPCC South Campus, 601 W. State Farm Rd.
Gazette-area players set to participate are:
Emerson Swanson - Arapahoe
Olivia Hansen - Maywood-Hayes Center
Chloe Stehno - Wauneta-Palisade
Ashlin Broz - Maywood-Hayes Center
Kiley Hejtmanek - Maywood-Hayes Center
Joy Rippen - McCook
Kennedy Walter - McCook
Cali Cox - Wauneta-Palisade
Hayden Kramer – Maywood-Hayes Center
Jhett Sellers – Maywood-Hayes Center
Ander Wasenius - Arapahoe
Kade Anderson - Chase County
Trent Kisker - Hitchcock County
Evan Humphrey - McCook
Mathew Henderson - Southern Valley
The all-star action continues in Scottsbluff next week with Bison legend Jeff Gross coach ing football.