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Eleven Local Seniors Named to Shrine Football Game

By Beacon Staff

Eleven football players from the Flathead Valley have been selected for this year’s Montana East-West Shrine Game.

The West roster features Glacier’s Kyle Griffith, Devin Jeffries, Rial Gunlikson and Reid Siderius; Flathead’s Matthew Tokarz; Bigfork’s Chris Landon and Josh Sather; Dave Cross from Hot Springs; and Polson’s Will Davey, Riley Sampson and Eric Williamson.

The Shrine game is an annual de facto all-star game featuring seniors from across the state. In its 67th year, Montana’s event is the longest running Shrine game in the nation. It has raised over $1 million for the Shriners Hospital in Spokane, Wash., where 20 percent of the patients are from Montana.

This year’s game will be played July 20 in Butte. Last summer the East won for the first time since 2008 and hikes its all-time series advantage to 37-29.

Les Meyer from Fairfield has been selected as head coach of the East team. Meyer has coached for Fairfield for 16 years and led the Eagles to the state B championship six times in seven years and the playoffs 11 of the last 12 years. Fairfield won the title in 2011. Meyer will get the opportunity to coach his son Tucker, who was selected for the game.

Arie Grey has been selected as head coach of the West team. Grey is a Powell County High School graduate who played in the 1997 Shrine Game and was assistant coach in the 2009 game.

Grey was an assistant coach at Butte High, Flathead and Glacier from 2002 through 2007 before becoming head coach at Butte in 2008. Grey led the Bulldogs to the Class AA state championship this year.

Players were nominated by their schools and coaches across the state, and finally selected as the “best of the best” to participate in the 67th Montana Shrine Game.

67th Montana East-West Shrine Game
West Roster
ILB, David Anderson, Frenchtown, 6-0, 185
WR, Bryce Armstrong, Butte, 5-10, 165
CB, Cole Baker, Big Sky, 6-0, 157
OLB, Mac Bignell, Drummond, 6-1, 190
RB, Gunnar Brekke, Capital, 6-0, 180
RB, Zach Bunney, Butte, 5-7, 165
OT, Nick Butorovich, Butte, 6-5, 300
WR, Austin Carver, Dillon, 6-0, 175
DE, Dave Cross, Hot Springs, 6-3, 210
S, Will Davey, Polson, 6-0, 185
DE, Levi Dawes, Capital, 6-3, 220
S, Ben Folsom, Dillon, 6-3, 200
OT, Caleb Gillis, Dillon, 6-7, 225
WR, Nico Graham, Big Sky, 5-10, 175
WR, Kyle Griffith, Glacier, 6-0, 170
S, Rial Gunlikson, Glacier, 6-1, 185
ILB, CJ Holland, Helena, 5-11, 195
SP, Bo Hughes, Loyola, 6-1, 200
CB, Josh Janssen, Loyola, 6-0, 185
DE, Devin Jeffries, Glacier, 6-3, 220
WR, Adam Kay, Superior, 5-11, 160
OG, Joel Kramer, Hellgate, 6-0, 220
WR, Chris Landon, Bigfork, 6-1, 185
SP, Tra Ludeman, Charlo, 5-9, 160
OLB, Cole Miotke, Twin Bridges, 5-9, 185
QB, Quinn Mcquery, Manhattan, 6-3, 190
DL, Anthony Moritz, Butte, 6-1, 280
C, Colter Murphy, Big Sky, 6-2, 285
OLB, Weston Northrup, Big Sky, 6-1, 162
DL, Max Orrin, Twin Bridges, 6-2, 205
DL, Joey Orrino, Anaconda, 5-10, 265
QB, Dawson Reardon, Helena, 5-10, 180
OG, Riley Sampson, Polson, 6-5, 255
OT, Josh Sather, Bigfork, 6-5, 270
OG, Drew Schleeman, Butte, 6-3, 215
CB, Reid Siderius, Glacier, 6-3, 175
S, Matthew Tokarz, Flathead, 6-1, 180
CB, Northy Tretheway, Butte Central, 5-7, 165
DE, Eric Williamson, Polson, 6-3, 200
RB, Zach Winfield, Helena, 5-10, 180

East Roster
OT, Andrew Alt, Roundup, 6-5, 285
OLB, Jason Baker, West, 5-11, 180
DL, Avery Baldry, Billings Central, 6-1, 270
CB, Kaden Bedwell, Malta, 5-10, 165
WR, Devin Begger, Miles City, 6-3, 195
CB, Tyler Bispo, West, 5-9, 160
SP, Tanner Blair, White Sulphur, 5-11, 195
DL, Nate Bradley, West, 6-1, 240
OT, Ben Browne, Senior, 6-2, 215
DE, Andy Butcher, Lewistown, 6-5, 230
ILB, Nick Drishinski, Fairfield, 5-10, 180
OG, Garrett Flamming, Central, 6-0, 285
QB, Ryan Gallogly, West, 6-3, 190
C, Jarrett Guyer, Lewistown, 6-0, 195
OLB, Dylan Hanser, Billings Central, 6-5, 210
TE, Thurmn Holdsclaw, Havre, 6-2, 210
WR, Josh Horner, CMR, 6-4, 205
SP, Jordan Jernigan, Great Falls, 5-9, 160
ILB, Tommy Little, Skyview, 6-3, 210
OG, Dylan Mahoney, CMR, 6-5, 240
OLB, Riley Martello, Bozeman, 6-0, 180
S, Tucker Meyer, Fairfield, 5-10, 160
P, Matt Mullaney, Red Lodge, 6-1, 190
RB, Tyler Ollinger, Cut Bank, 6-0, 215
K, Christian Parr, Forsyth, 6-2, 190
CB, Zach Plum, Havre, 5-8, 165
OT, Riley Rutschke, Skyview, 6-0, 265
RB, Nolan Saranceni, Senior, 5-10, 190
ILB, Tucker Schye, Malta, 6-4, 215
S, Jacob Stanton, Central, 6-3, 185
DE, Jesse Stenzel, CMR, 6-1, 205
QB, Sean Sullivan, Red Lodge, 6-3, 185
DE, Jase Taylor, Fairview, 6-3, 225
RB, Hunter Thomsen, CMR, 5-11, 185
DL, Jim Topp, Sidney, 6-4, 265
DL, Sam Van Beck, Belgrade, 6-2, 215
WR, Cody Vitt, Fairview, 6-1, 205
C, Cody Walk, Skyview, 6-4, 250
OLB, Keenan Watt, Great Falls, 6-1, 210