The 52nd Annual Illinois High School Shrine Game will be held at Tucci Stadium on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington this Saturday, and six Rockford-area standouts will take the field, looking to make a name for themselves.
Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. Saturday, and the rosters were recently released, showcasing nearly 100 star athletes from Illinois. Each athlete is looking to improve their standing on the college recruiting trail.
Here is a list of the Rockford-area players who will take part in the game:
Red Team locals
Blue Team locals
All of the players were nominated by their coaches and selected by the Illinois Football Coaches Association. The game supports Shriners Children’s Hospitals in Chicago and St. Louis.
Jay Taft is a Rockford Register Star sports reporter. Email him at jtaft@rrstar.com and sign up for the Rockford High School Sports Newsletter here at rrstar.com. Jay has covered a variety of sports, from the Chicago Bears and Blackhawks to local youth sports, since the turn of the century at the Register Star.
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