Multiple local athletes were named to roster for the 68th Nebraska Shrine Bowl Football Game, which will be played June 6 at Cope Stadium on the UNK Campus.
On the North team, Central City is represented by Wyatt Dent and Parker Zikmund, alongside three Grand Island representatives in Dawson Johnson (GI Northwest), Isaiah Wyatt (GISH), and Connor Haney (GI Central Catholic). Treyvan Berry of Lexington also received a nomination, alongside Ord’s Colt Meyer.
The South team has two Aurora representatives in Canon Allen and Collin Stolpe, while Kearney has three representatives in Hayden Fuqua and Zach Wulf (Kearney) and Atreyu May (Kearney Catholic). Nick Mousel of Adams Central, Carson Sieber of Deshler, Jack Poppe of Doniphan-Trumbull, Cole Vorderstrasse of Thayer Central, and Emmitt Dirks of York also earned South team nominations.
Jamie Opfer of Seward will lead the South team, with Josh Lewis of Adams Central and Jake McLain of Holdrege as his assistants. The North team will be led by Kameron Lenhart of Bennington.
Full rosters can be found below.
NORTH ROSTER
| Alliance | Jett | Herian |
| Bellevue West | Kairi | Smith |
| Bennington | Charlie | Swoboda |
| Bloomfield | Owen | Kuchar |
| Boone Central | Brogan | Benes |
| Central City | Wyatt | Dent |
| Central City | Parker | Zikmund |
| Clarkson -Leigh | Levi | Gall |
| Columbus Lakeview | Grayson | Vogt |
| Elkhorn North | Ethan | Beachy |
| Elkhorn Valley | Korbin | Werner |
| Fort Calhoun | Blake | Welchert |
| Fremont | Nolan | Menning |
| GINW | Dawson | Johnson |
| Grand Island | Isaiah | Wyatt |
| Grand Island Central Catholic | Connor | Haney |
| Hartington Cedar Catholic | Brady | Hochstein |
| Lexington | Treyvan | Berry |
| Lincoln Lutheran | Grant | Kuhlmann |
| Lincoln Lutheran | Hayden | Marr |
| Lyons-Decatur | Kaden | Knaak |
| Millard North | Brady | Andersen |
| Mitchell | Xavier | Galloway |
| Norfolk | Cohen | Skiff |
| Norfolk | Isaiah | Wapelhorst |
| Norfolk Catholic | Nathan | Timmerman |
| O’Neill | Porter | Mathews |
| Omaha North | Marquise | McIntyre-Dailey |
| Omaha Westview | Jacob | Lasley |
| Ord | Colt | Meyer |
| Papillion -LaVista | Micah | Arellano |
| Papillion -LaVista | Logan | Holtmeyer |
| Pierce | Boston | Krueger |
| Pierce | Ryder | Theisen |
| Plainview | Hayven | Stewart |
| Raymond Central | Wyatt | Jelinek |
| Raymond Central | Tavion | Johnson |
| Scottsbluff | Adain | Haffner |
| Shelby-Rising City | Coy | Vrbka |
| Sidney | Ben | Monheiser |
| Wahoo | Harrison | Krueger |
| Waverly | Nathan | Axmann |
| Waverly | Gavin | Ruskamp |
| West Point – Beemer | Nate | Vander Griend |
| Wisner-Pilger | Regan | Raabe |
| Coaches | ||
| School | Name | |
| Bennington | Kameron Lenhart – HC | |
| North Platte | Kurt Altig | |
| Arlington | Troy Schlueter | |
| Raymond Central | Tony Kobza | |
| Clarkson-Leigh | Jim Clarkson | |
| Bennington | Brandon Mimick | |
| Fort Calhoun | Zach Byrd | |
SOUTH ROSTER
| Adams Central | Nick | Mousel |
| Ashland-Greenwnood | Cal | Kissinger |
| Ashland-Greenwnood | Derek | Tonjes |
| Aurora | Canon | Allen |
| Aurora | Collin | Stolpe |
| Beatrice | Merrick | Johnson |
| Deshler | Carson | Sieber |
| Doniphan-Trumbull | Jack | Poppe |
| Douglas County West | Nolan | Asher |
| Dundy County Stratton | Ethan | Latta |
| Elkhorn South | Alex | Greufe |
| Elkhorn South | Cooper | Perrien |
| Gretna | Michael | Knudsen |
| Gretna | Bryce | Lakers |
| Gretna East | Liam | Norton |
| Gretna East | Connor | Sams |
| Hershey | Rhodee | Hill |
| Kearney | Hayden | Fuqua |
| Kearney | Zach | Wulf |
| Kearney Cathloic | Atreyu | May |
| Lincoln East | Elijah | Gutz |
| Lincoln Northwest | Brady | Eickhoff |
| Lincoln Southwest | Nathan | Hill |
| Lincoln Southwest | Tanner | Schroder |
| McCook | Tristan | Campbell |
| McCook | Oliver | Corbett |
| Milford | Garrett | Schoen |
| Millard West | Jacob | Quist |
| Norris | Markus | Nelson |
| Norris | Preston | Ozenbaugh |
| Omaha Central | Jerry | Jackson Jr |
| Omaha Skutt Catholic | Nate | Christensen |
| Omaha Skutt Catholic | Jack | Robinette |
| Omaha Westside | Hudson | Mead |
| Papillion LaVista South | Logan | Arch |
| Papillion LaVista South | Grant | Beckenhauer |
| Platteview | Ethan | Nelson |
| Platteview | Jonah | Nelson |
| Ralston | Brayden | Vandervort |
| Seward | Sam | Sagehorn |
| Seward | Jack | Vyhnalek |
| Superior | Kyler | Boyles |
| Syracuse | Hunter | Holle |
| Syracuse | Maxwell | Parde |
| Thayer Central | Cole | Vorderstrasse |
| York | Emmitt | Dirks |
| Coaches | ||
| School | Name | |
| Seward | Jamie Opfer – HC | |
| Bellevue East | Aaron Thumann | |
| Adams Central | Josh Lewis | |
| Holdrege | Jake McLain | |
| Thayer Central | Mitchell Shepherd | |
| Seward | Wade Miller | |
| Lincoln Northwest | Brian Lauck | |
