MHS - Football / January 10, 2016 By Kasey McDowell
Mulvane Senior Blake Wilson (#27) will join an elite list of athletes to participate in the 43rd KS Shrine Bowl All Star Game on Saturday, July 30th at 7:05 PM. Wilson was one of two Wildcats that were nominated for the 2016 Shrine Bowl. Senior Brent Cusick was also nominated. Both seniors were 2nd Team All League selections as well as All Class 4A - Honorable Mention selections but the Wichita Eagle and Topeka Capital Journal.
Blake is the 9th Mulvane Wildcat to be selected to participate in the All-Star Game. Below are the past players from Mulvane:
1. Brad Butts - 1978
2. Mike Bellew - 1986
3. Matt Demicoli - 2003
4. David Kraft - 2008
5. Tyler Springer - 2009
6. Zach Burkhart - 2011
7. Kolby Fennewald - 2013
8. Michael Mason - 2014
http://www.kansasshrinebowl.com/: The Kansas Shrine Bowl will take place for the 43rd time in 2016 at Emporia State University. Each player selected has the opportunity to play in one of the highest regarded all-star games in the nation with a worthy cause. All players will be representing their high school, the Kansas Shrine Bowl and most importantly the Shriners Hospitals for Children and their patients. All proceeds from the game go to benefit the network of 22 hospitals.
Below are the squad listings for the West and the East:
West squad
Jaden Abernathy, Buhler; Jeff Ast, Andale; Nathan Burgoyne, Collegiate; Chase Crawford, Valley Center; Alex Deist, Great Bend; Cortland Enriquez, Salina Central; Austin Fletcher, Hutchinson; Cooper Griffith, Scott City; Harley Hazlett, Abilene; Brett Huelsmann, Eisenhower; Colter Hulling, Kapaun; Noah Johnson, Bishop Carroll; Kash Larrabee, Meade; Gavin Lively, Norton; Isaiahh Loudermilk, West Elk; Jeremy Luck, Maize South; Donovan Lumpkin, Phillipsburg; Eli McKee, Halstead; Rodney Murphy, Wichita Heights; Jonah Nowak, Garden Plain; Darraja Parnell, Andover Central; Konnor Penning, Washington County; Nalen Rincones, Garden City; Garrett Roth, Hessston; Ian Rudzik, Ulysses; Brady Rust, Derby; Noah Schomacker, Cheney; Trey Teeter, Holcomb; Jake Tiernan, Solomon; Duall Watson, Wichita Northwest; Logan Weakley, Augusta; Blake Wilson, Mulvane; Raye Wilson, Junction City; Jason Zook, Chapman.
Coach: Randall Zimmerman, Junction City. Assistant coaches: Doug Davis, Junction City; Marc Marinelli, Eisenhower; Kent Teeter, Holcomb; Jason Grider, Halstead; J.B. Covington, Phillipsburg.
East squad
Cole Baird, Silver Lake; Mason Barta, Holton; Orion Battaglia, Pittsburg Colgan; Carson Becker, Rock Creek; Alex Blake, BV North; Anthony Brown, Mill Valley; Connor Byers, Bonner Springs; Austin Cook, Fort Scott; Dawson Downing, Miege; Grant Elston, Eudora; Riley England, Osawatomie; Wykeen Gill, Atchison; Jared Green, SM West; Jeff Gurley, Blue Valley; Paul Holt, Burlingame; Tucker Horak, Rossville; Teven Jenkins, Topeka; Will Jones, Washburn Rural; Tom Killilea, St. Thomas Aquinas; Nick Kirmer, Emporia; Jace McDown, Columbus; Will Mengarelli, Pittsburg; Ryan Menghini, Frontenac; Winston Meyer, Nemaha Central; Jordan Newby, Topeka West; Brooks Peavler, Topeka Hayden; Zach Schwalm, Uniontown; Patrick Shuler, Mission Valley; Isaiah Simmons, Olathe North; Brady Snider, Cherryvale; Bryce Torneden, Lawrence Free State; Anders Vance, Louisburg; Chris Winkel, Troy; JD Woods, Lawrence.
Coach: Blake Pierce, Topeka Seaman. Assistant coaches: Max Cordova, Free State; Travis Thurston, Aquinas; Dan Grundy, Columbus; Derick Hammes, Rossville; Derek Jasper, Troy.
