By Post Sports
EMPORIA – The East team ended a six year losing streak to the West by winning the 51st annual Kansas Shrine Bowl game 36-25 at Welch Stadium n Emporia Saturday night.
Clay Center graduate and Washburn University commit Brody Hayes won MVP for the West team. Blue Valley Southwest graduate Dylan Dunn, a BYU commit, won East MVP.
After trailing 3-0 early, the East scored the next 20 points to take a 20-3 lead at halftime. The West closed the gap in the second half to 11 thanks to a 9-yard touchdown pass from Liberal’s Brooks Kappelman to Cheney’s Jackson Voth with 8:25 left in the third to make it 28-17.
The East responded with with 23 seconds left in the third on a 7-yard pass from Blue Valley Southwest’s Dylan Dunn to Eudora’s Adrion Seals. McPherson’s Teegan Haines had a 15-yard touchdown pass from Kappelman with 8:34 left. The East team took a safety in the final minute wrap up the scoring.
EAST 36, WEST 25
West 3 0 7 15 - 25
East 14 6 16 0 - 36
Scorings
1st Quarter
W — Hoover 42 FG; 10:35
E — Seals 23 pass from Dunn (Hakim pass from Dunn); 5:41
E — Heckel 1 run (conversion failed); 3:13
2nd Quarter
E — Nornberg 25 pass from Dunn (conversion failed); 11:46
3rd Quarter
W — Hayes 20 Punt Return (Hoover kick); 10:45
E — Hakim 73 pass from Dunn (Noernberg pass from Dunn); 9:51
E — Seals 7 pass from Dunn (Battle run);:23
4th Quarter
W — Haines 15 pass from Kappelman (conversion failed); 8:34
W — Safety; :53
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: West — Bah 3-7, Kappelman 1-6, Dickman 1-2, Mesa 3-0, Fisher 1-(-10), TEAM 1-(-27). East — Battle 14-59, Heckel 6-17, Huffman 3-4, Noernberg 1-3, Dunshee 1-0, Brusven 7-(-1, Dunn 7-(-14).
PASSING: West — Kappelman 29-51-2 235, Voth 1-1-0 22. East — Dunn 25-33-0 307, Heckel 0-2-1 0, Battle 1-2-0 3, Noernberg 1-1-0 19.
RECEIVING: West — Collier 7-68, Fisher 6-58, Bah 5-9, Davidson 2-28, Hoover 2-15, Haines 1-15, McCarty 1-14, Mowery 1-9, Mesa 1-4, Dickman 1-3. East — Heckel 5-33, Noernberg 4-52, Seals 4-51, Huffman 4-18, Hakim 3-119, Purdy 2-22, Parks 2-19, Brusven 2-3, Hull 1-12..