The Kansas Shrine Bowl is an annual football game for Kansas for high school seniors, organized by the Shrine Bowl of Kansas, Inc., composing of members from the eastern and western sides of the state of Kansas Shrine temples. The game is held on a college campus in Kansas, which gets bid out every year.

Kansas Shrine Bowl
Kansas Shrine Bowl All-Star Football Game
StadiumVaries around the state of Kansas
LocationState of Kansas (varies between East and West)
Previous stadiumsBill Snyder Family Football Stadium, Memorial Stadium, Cessna Stadium
Previous locationsLawrence, Manhattan, Wichita, KS
Operated1974–present
PayoutUS$$50,000 annually
Sponsors

History

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Since 1974, the Kansas Shrine Bowl established the East vs. West high school football game in Kansas.[2] Cities in which the Shrine Bowl has been played in include Hays, Lawrence, Emporia, Manhattan, Topeka, Wichita, and Pittsburg.[3]

Shrine Bowl week

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Football participants in the Kansas Shrine Bowl football game report for camp eight days before the game, with West team reporting on the west side of the state and the East team reporting on the East side of the state. The East team practices at AdventHealth Field at Ottawa University, in Ottawa, and the West team practices at Lewis Field Stadium at Fort Hays State University in Hays.[4]

The results are below:

Date Winning team Losing team Location
June 15, 1974 East 16 West 14 Memorial Stadium (KU)
June 14, 1975 West 3 East 0 Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium (K-State)
June 12, 1976 28 24 Cessna Stadium (Wichita State)
June 11, 1977 35 14 Memorial Stadium
June 10, 1978 East 34 West 0 Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
August 11, 1979 West 24 East 22 Cessna Stadium
June 14, 1980 West 30 East 15 Memorial Stadium
June 13, 1981 34 7 Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
August 7, 1982 East 12 West 7 Cessna Stadium
August 6, 1983 16 9 Memorial Stadium
August 4, 1984 West 24 East 19 Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
August 3, 1985 East 26 West 6 Cessna Stadium
August 2, 1986 West 42 East 40 Memorial Stadium
August 1, 1987 14 7 Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
August 6, 1988 East 31 West 27 Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl (Washburn)
August 5, 1989 West 31 East 0 Cessna Stadium
August 4, 1990 32 0 Haskell Memorial Stadium
(Haskell Indian Nations)
August 3, 1991 44 29 Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
August 1, 1992 East 25 West 21 Yager Stadium
August 7, 1993 26 22 Cessna Stadium
August 6, 1994 West 18 East 15 Memorial Stadium
July 29, 1995 24 7 Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
August 3, 1996 East 13 West 7 Yager Stadium
July 26, 1997 West 21 East 17 Lewis Field Stadium (Fort Hays State)
July 25, 1998 East 22 West 11 Francis G. Welch Stadium (Emporia State)
July 30, 1999 West 28 East 21 Cessna Stadium
July 29, 2000 East 21 West 14 Yager Stadium
July 28, 2001 12 12 Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
July 27, 2002 West 27 East 13 Carnie Smith Stadium (Pittsburg State)
July 26, 2003 35 2 Cessna Stadium
July 31, 2004 East 29 West 12 Francis G. Welch Stadium
July 30, 2005 17 10 Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
July 29, 2006 West 10 East 9 Carnie Smith Stadium
July 28, 2007 26 7 Lewis Field Stadium
July 26, 2008 29 28 Francis G. Welch Stadium
July 25, 2009 14 7 Cessna Stadium
July 31, 2010 45 29 Carnie Smith Stadium
July 30, 2011 30 7 Lewis Field Stadium
July 28, 2012 14 7 Francis G. Welch Stadium
July 27, 2013 East 22 West 19 Yager Stadium
July 26, 2014 West 21 East 6 Carnie Smith Stadium
July 25, 2015 East 21 West 0 Lewis Field Stadium
July 30, 2016 48 27 Francis G. Welch Stadium
July 29, 2017 West 22 East 21 Veterans Stadium (Butler CC)
July 28, 2018 East 21 West 14 Carnie Smith Stadium
June 8, 2019 West 26 East 7 Memorial Stadium (Dodge City CC)
July 18, 2020 14 9 Hummer Sports Complex
June 26, 2021 14 0 Gowans Stadium (Hutchinson CC)
July 23, 2022 10 10 Carnie Smith Stadium
July 15, 2023 21 20 Lewis Field Stadium
June 29, 2024 East 36 West 25 Francis G. Welch Stadium
West leads overall series 30–18–1 (.622)

The 2020 Kansas Shrine Bowl was to be held on Saturday, July 18, 2020 in Topeka, at Yager Stadium,[5] however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Washburn announced it wouldn’t accept outside events on campus.[6] The Shrine Bowl announced it’d look for an alternate site.[7]

Events

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Kansas Masonic All-State Marching Band

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Established in 1984, the Kansas Masonic All-State Marching Band is a week-long camp that the Tuesday through Saturday of Shrine Bowl Week, and performs during the Friday night event, Shrine Bowl parade, and the Shrine Bowl game.[8]

The camp is held wherever the football game is being played at that year, and the camp makes up anywhere from 180 to 250 of high school musicians. Local masonic lodges and shrine temples sponsor the campers. The Kansas Masonic Foundation, who’s majority of donors are Kansas freemasons, was in charge of the camp from 1984 until 2019 when they turned it over to the Kansas Shrine Bowl.[8]

All-Star Cheer Camp

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The Kansas Shrine Bowl All-Star Cheer Camp is held during the Wednesday through Saturday of Shrine Bowl week. The clinic consists of males and females from Kansas high schools.[9]

KWCA Kansas Shrine Duals

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In December 2023, the Kansas Shrine Bowl announced a new event, the Kansas Shrine Duals in partnership with the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association.[10] Similar to the football game, Shrine Duals will be an east vs. west wrestling match held at Newman University, Wichita.

References

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  1. ^ "Partners". Kansas Shrine Bowl. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "Kansas Shrine Bowl announces future host sites". www.catchitkansas.com. September 24, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "Shrine Bowl History". Kansas Shrine Bowl. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "Football Camp". Kansas Shrine Bowl. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "Kansas Shrine Bowl announces future host sites". www.catchitkansas.com. September 24, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  6. ^ "Kansas Shrine Bowl looking for another host site as Washburn closes campus for summer". kansas.com. May 7, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  7. ^ Campbell, Marleah (May 7, 2020). "Kansas Shrine Bowl looking for new site after Washburn closes for the summer". www.wibw.com. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Kansas Masonic All-State High School Marching Band (East-West Shrine Bowl)". Kansas Masonic Foundation. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  9. ^ "Cheer". Kansas Shrine Bowl. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  10. ^ "Kansas Shrine Bowl announces wrestling event". December 12, 2023. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
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