The annual Illinois High School Shrine Game is scheduled for this weekend in Bloomington.
Here is what you need to know about the 51st all-star football game, including rosters, tickets and how to watch.
What is the Illinois High School Shrine Game?
Sponsored by the Illinois Football Coaches Association, the 51st annual all-star game features nearly 100 of the top graduated football players from across the state in the Class of 2025. The game is hosted by the Peoria chapter of Shriners International, the Heart of Illinois Shriners, plus other chapters across the state. Proceeds and awareness raised by the game help Shriners Hospitals for Children in Chicago and St. Louis.
When is the Illinois High School Shrine Game?
Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. at Tucci Stadium on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University, located at 400 Titan Drive in Bloomington.
Tickets, how to watch the Illinois High School Shrine Game
Tickets are $10 each and available online or at the gate. The game will be streamed for free online at watchmc.22, provided by MediaCom.
Illinois Shrine Game rosters
The game is played between the Red team and the Blue team, with each roster including about 50 players from around the state. Players were nominated by their coaches and selected last December by the Illinois Football Coaches Association. Full Shrine game rosters are available at ilshrinegame.com.
Peoria-area players in the Illinois Shrine Game
Farmington quarterback Lane Wheelwright, the Journal Star Player of the Year, leads Peoria-area players selected to play in the game. He is listed on the Blue roster along with other metro-area players Avery Grebner (Metamora), Amare Breedlove (Manual), Hudson Nutter (Pekin) and Sean Glover (Richwoods). Metro-area players listed on the Red roster include: Caden Mowen (Farmington) and Tory Kupferschmid (Eureka).
Annual award named after Peoria-area athlete
Each year since 2016, the Shriners give out the Darth Winkler Service Award — named after the former Lewistown football and track star who was the first Shriner to play in the all-star game. The former Journal Star Player of the Year died on Sept. 2, 2015 in an automobile accident in Wisconsin.
This article originally appeared on Journal Star: 2025 Illinois Shrine Game: What to know about the annual high school football all-star game
Reporting by Wes Huett, Peoria Journal Star / Journal Star
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