Mayville, N.D. – Mayville State University hosted the 51
st Annual North Dakota Shrine Bowl games on Saturday, June 21
st. There were two games, one 11-man and one 9-man battle of the best in the east and west. This is the 4
th time that Mayville State has hosted.
"It was another awesome week having the best players from the state on our campus," said head football coach
Rocky Larson. "It is always great to have coaches from all over the state come to coach and build relationships with the athletes.
The North Dakota Shrine Bowl All-Star Game was created in 1974 with three primary goals. The first goal is to honor high school athletes who have excelled on the football field but also display the qualities of a young man with high character. The second is to promote awareness and raise funds for Shriners Children's. The third is to inform the public about our charitable organization to reach more children that we may be able to help. [https://www.ndshrinebowl.com/]
130 student athletes from all over North Dakota and part of western Minnesota arrived to campus on Tuesday where they had their first of 11 practices leading up to Saturday's games. Beyond the field, the athletes did a lot of team bonding, played basketball, went swimming and ate a lot of great food.
Mayville State Comets Football had 14 incoming freshman that played on Saturday:
9 West
Jeremy Laducer Jr. – Dunseith
Blaine Smith – Stephen-Argyle (MN)
Levi Buchholz – South Boarder
9 East
Isaac Stadler – Griggs-Midkota
Peyton Theis – Wyndmere-Lidgerwood
Hunter Dunn – Wyndmere-Lidgerwood
11 West
Bryson Heck – Valley City
11 East
Park Tapson – Lisbon
Sam Olson – West Fargo
Chris Titus – Oakes
Mason Johnson – Horace
Blake Johnson – Horace
Axel Anderson – Horace
Amiri Francis – Devils Lake
"Thank you to the community and the staff at Mayville State for cleaning up campus Saturday morning after the storms and helping us get the games in," added Larson. "Thank you to the Shriners for hosting the event at Mayville State, this has been a great partnership on campus!"
