Whitefish’s Kelch Named to Montana East-West Shrine Game

The Montana East West Shrine Bowl has released its rosters for the 77th annual game.

Players are nominated by their schools and coaches from across the state. Each team is made up of 41 players.

This year’s contest will be played in Billings on Saturday June 15th.

The West team will be coached by Florence-Carlton’s Pat Duchien.

The East team will be coached by Billings West’s Rob Stanton.

According to its website: The Montana Shrine Game is the premier all-star game in Montana and has a long history of distinguished players and coaches.  It is also one of the oldest high school all-star football games in America. Every year since 1947, Montana high schools’ finest players are selected to compete in a game to raise money and to help make the public aware of the expert orthopedic and burn care available at the Shriner’s Children's in Spokane, Washington.

The Flathead Valley is well represented in this year's contest making up half of the West Team’s roster. Those players can be found below:

From Whitefish: Mason Kelch, Safety, 6-1, 200 lbs. 

From Bigfork: Eli Thorness, Tight End, 6-3, 205 lbs. Wyatt Johnson, Alternate. Tristan Herd, Alternate.

From Columbia Falls: Tristan Crane, Guard, 5-11, 235 lbs. Jace Hill, Wide Receiver, 6-2 175 lbs. Cody Schweikert, Inside Linebacker, 6-3, 220 lbs. Align Anserson, Cornerback, 6-2, 180 lbs. Mark Robison, Alternate. Lane Hoerner, Alternate. Hunter Goodman, Alternate.

From Kalispell Flathead: Braden Capser, Alternate. Brody Thornsberry, Alternate.

From Kalispell Glacier: Henry Sellards, Tackle, 6-5, 275 lbs. Cohen Kastelitz, Wide Receiver, 6-3, 285 lbs. Kash Goicoechea, All-Purpose, 6-0, 190 lbs. Isaac Keim, Defensive End, 6-4, 235 lbs. Alex Hausmann, Cornerback, 6-1, 175 lbs. Kaleb Shine, Alternate. Evan Barnes, Alternate.

For more information on the East-West Shrine game, visit: https://www.montanaeastwestshrinegame.org/