Ten HS Football Players From North-Central Wyoming Selected For 2023 Shrine Bowl Game

High Schools within Sheridan and Johnson Counties will be well represented at a big fund-raiser game in June.

A total of 10 players from Sheridan, Big Horn, Tongue River and Buffalo High Schools were selected as part of the North Team for the 2023 Wyoming Shrine Bowl Football Game.

The game is considered an all-star game with the best players from the North, going up against the best players from the South, and it’s also a fundraiser for the Shriner’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The players are: (Seniors ONLY)

Sheridan: Dillan Bennett, Colson Coon, Deed Kirschner, Casen Wilson

Big Horn: Wyatt Brown, Cooper Garber, Dylan Greenough-Groom

Tongue River: Tavis Aksamit

Buffalo: Blake Bell, Michael Ihnat

Hannah Zent of Big Horn and Olivia Ballew of Sheridan were selected as North Student Manager and Student Trainer respectively.

The North Team is Coached by Kirk McLaughlin of Big Horn.

Also from the BH Coaching Staff is Colter Brantz and Andrew Marcure as assistant coaches.

Coach McLaughlin was an Assistant Coach for the North team last year and the North won that game 37-3.

Of the last 14 Shrine Bowls, the North has won 12 of them with 1 tie in that stretch.

There was no game in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic.

This year’s Wyoming Shrine Bowl Football game is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 10th at Kelly Walsh High School in Casper.

Practice starts on June 3rd.