NOTE: Mt. Carmel’s Caleb Norrick has been named to the Red team as an outside linebacker.
Bloomington, IL – The Illinois Coaches Association and the Shriners of Illinois will host the 47th annual Illinois High School Shrine Game on June 19th at Tucci Stadium on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University. Kick-off for the 47th annual game is scheduled for Saturday, June 19th at 11:00a.m. The pregame festivities will begin at the stadium starting at 10am. One hundred six of the state’s best football players participate in this all-star game to raise money for Shriners Hospital for Children, the official philanthropy of Shriners International. More information about scheduled events, along with rosters for both the Red and Blue teams, can be found at www.ilshrinegame.com. Admission for this All Star Game is $10 and can be purchased at the gate.
Each year at the Shrine Game, two patients from the Shiners Hospital for Children are chosen to be the prince and princess. The princess is Hadley Holmes from Marion who is a patient at the Shriners Hospital in St Louis. The prince is Tim Bannon from Chicago who is a patient at the Shriners Hospital in Chicago. The prince and princess are honorary representatives from each hospital that will benefit from the money raised through the game. We weren’t able to have last year’s event, but we still raised nearly $20,000 that went directly to providing outstanding medical care for children at the Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Our goal is to create a fun and exciting environment for the players, families, Shrine kids, and Shriners and to make this a signature event for the Shriners of Illinois. The featured banquet speaker will be Michael Bates from Divernon. Michael participated in this event in 2011 and played football at Illinois College.