The Kansas Shrine Bowl announced the 88 players that received invitations to the 2025 event on New Year’s Day. The 52nd Annual Shrine Bowl will be held on Saturday, June 21 at Memorial Stadium in Dodge City. In all, 13 players and four coaches from Ad Astra Radio areas have been invited to participate. On the west team, Bodey Redenbaugh of Buhler, Terrell King of Hutchinson, Catch Delaney from McPherson, Henry Hecox of Moundridge, Halstead’s Conner Herman, Karter Gonzalez of Hesston, Andale’s Landon Harp and Cooper Marx, Cheney’s Josh Burdick, Kaeden Kasselman of Garden Plain and Owen Kaiser of Great Bend were all selected. Mike Vernon of Hutchinson was chosen as the 5A coaching representative along with Tyson Bauerle of Hesston for 3A.
In the southeast part of the Ad Astra Radio area, Blake Ellis of Humboldt and Cade Small of Chanute were invited to participate along with their coaches, Logan Wyrick of Humboldt for 2A and Clete Frazell of Chanute for 4A to represent the East squad. The full release from the Kansas Shrine Bowl is below.