Queen City Senior Bowl, Shrine Bowl kickoff Saturday. Rosters, how to watch

Dozens of Observer-area players will players will play in their final high school football games Saturday. The Shrine Bowl is in at. The Queen City Senior Bowl kicks off Saturday at noon at Olympic High.

Here’s how to watch and rosters are below.

Shrine Bowl

The Shrine Bowl will be played for the first time in two years at Spartanburg High School. Kickoff is 1 p .m. Saturday.

The game, which began in 1937, matches some of the best pubic school seniors in North and South Carolina.

Some tickets are still available and must purchased onsite.

Queen City Senior Bowl

This year’s Queen City Senior Bowl will be broadcast live Dec. 17 at noon.

The annual game features some of the top senior high school football players from Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston and Union Counties.

This year’s game will be played at Olympic High School and shown on WCCB, Channel 18 as well as streamed live on bahakelsports.com

Some of the proceeds from this year’s event will be donated to the Metro School, a community school that serves 250 students, all of whom are cognitively disabled.

General admission tickets are $10.

South Mecklenburg High coach Joe Evans will coach the West team. Hickory Ridge’s Jupiter Wilson will coach the East.

Queen City West Roster

Queen City East Roster

NC Shrine Bowl Roster

——Offense——

Quarterbacks: Jaylen Alexander-Raynor, East Forsyth; Joshua Jones, Westover

Running backs: Kmarion Baldwin, St. Pauls; Luke Bailey, Providence; Tralon Mitchell, Southern Nash

Receivers/Tight ends: Bryson Esser, North Lincoln; Brock Chappell, Gibbons; Chris Culliver, Maiden; Que’Sean Brown, East Forsyth; Ja’Keith Hamilton, Shelby; Kevin Concepcion, Chambers; Brandon Sanders, South View;

Offensive Line: Sullivan Absher, South Point; Roston Barber, Pinecrest; Clinton Barlow, Charlotte Catholic; Jake Crocker, Princeton; Will Coats, Clayton; Hayden Garner, Roanoke Rapids; Reagan Mccranie; Chase; Sam Pendlton, Reagan; Mark Tomjanivic, Providence

Kickers/Punter: Palmer Williams, Davie County

ATH: Colsen Fields, Heritage

——Defense——

Defensive line: Semaj Turner, Reagan; Isiah Shirley, Watauga; Jamal Jarrett, Grimsley; KJ Simpson, New Bern; Anthony Mebane, Southern Durham; Russel Barnette, AC Reynolds; DeAndre Lynch, Rocky Mount

Linebackers: Ben Cutter, East Lincoln; Michael Short, Mallard Creek; Cahari Haynes, Burns; Jaybron Harvey, Southern Durham; Demoris Jenkins, North Mecklenburg; Will Rhodes, Williams; Angus Weaver, Polk;

Defensive backs: Clifton Davis, Williams; Nigel Lucas, Wake Forest; Deshawn Stone, AC Reynolds; DJ Hamilton, Mallard Creek; Tashawn Jeter, RJ Reynolds; Tamarcus Cooley, Rolesville; Trevell Jones, Northern Nash

SC Shrine Bowl Roster

——Offense——

Quarterbacks: Raheim Jeter, Spartanburg; Lanorris Sellers, South Florence

Running backs: Jarvis Green, Dutch Fork; Marquez Spells Summerville

Receivers/Tight Ends: Zion Agnew, Ridge View; Tyler Brown, Greenville;; Zandae Butler, Wilson; Mekhi Campfield, Lower Richland; Elijah Caldwell, Northwestern; Andrew Dantin, Spartanburg; Suderian Harrison, Woodland; Noah Jennings, Westwood; Dez Mathis, Fort Dorchester;

Offensive linemen: Markee Anderson, Dorman; Jeremie Brown, Westside Greenville; Cooper Campbell, Byrnes; Monroe Freeling, Oceanside Collegiate; DJ Geth, Dorman; Jordan Knox, Northwestern; Bryce Smith, Daniel; Jaquawn Sprinkle, Orangeburg-Wilkinson; Andrew Threatt, Chesterfield

Kicker/Punter: Daniel Deneen, St. James

Long snapper: Gannon Burt, Fort Mill

——Defense——

Defensive lineman: Nathan Johnson, Gaffney; De’ Andre Jones, Fort Dorchester; Shymeik Jones, Camden; Chris Marable, Hilton Head Island; Xzavier McLeod, Camden; Monteque Rhames, Manning

Linebackers: Cameron Avery, Cane Bay; Christan Garland, Ashley Ridge; Omari Jenkins, Timberland; BrayShawn Littlejohn, Gaffney; Mikey Rosa, Wando; Cooper Zohner, Clover

Defensive backs: DJ Barksdale, South Pointe; Landon Danley, Dutch Fork; Daniel; Zyeir Gamble, Sumter; Michael Gillard, Myrtle Beach; Michael Jenkins, Summerville; Misun Kelly, Daniel; Noah Quinn, Broome; Thomas Williams, Powdersville

This story was originally published November 8, 2022 at 7:01 AM.

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