The 2026 Wyoming Shrine Bowl All-Star Football Game

Since 1974, the Wyoming Shrine Bowl has been the Cowboy State’s high school all-star game. The game divides Wyoming north and south. Thirty-six players from northern Wyoming will compete against 36 players from the southern part of the state in a matchup. 

According to the Wyoming Shrine Bowl, it was in 1973 when two Wyoming High School football coaches, Jerry Overton of Kelly Walsh High School, and Denny Brown of Byron High School started organizing an all star football game with the teams rosters being made up from Wyoming high school players who were graduates of the current year. 

The game gives student athletes an opportunity to play in a large state game that honors the sport all while raising funds for the Kalif Shriners number one cause, children’s clinics. 

Former Potentate of the Sheridan Kalif Shriners and current president of Wyoming Shrine Bowl board Otto Schwartz, told listeners of Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse, the game holds a special place in every player’s heart. For a week, teams practice together, many with former high school rivals, forming bonds that last a lifetime. 

O. Schwartz 

Tailgating is welcomed prior to the big game. Tickets will be available at the gate. The 2026 Wyoming Shrine Bowl All-Star Football Game will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 13 at the Cheney Alumni Field at Natrona County High School in Casper.