Four local players selected for Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic
Three players from Foxcroft Academy and another from Dexter Regional High School have been selected for the 2022 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic, scheduled for Saturday, July 16 at Lewiston High School.
The East team roster will include Foxcroft Academy’s Jesse Drury, Austin Seavey, and Anthony Smith and Gage Sinclair of Dexter. The team’s head coach will be the Ponies’ Danny White.
FIRST DOWN SCRAMBLE — Foxcroft Academy senior quarterback Austin Seavey runs for a first down on a fourth-and-6, with classmate Anthony Smith paving the way during the Class D championship in Bangor. Seavey and Smith have both been selected for the 2022 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic.
The Lobster Bowl features the best recently graduated high school senior football players. Participants are nominated by their coaches and then selected by the coaches from each side.
For the first time since before the pandemic, the senior all-star game featuring players from across all six divisions of Maine high school football will be a tackle contest. The 2021 Lobster Bowl was comprised of a 7-on-7 tournament made up of various sub-teams and there was no event in 2020.
HARDWARE IN HAND — Dexter senior Gage Sinclair hoists the regional championship plaque following the Tigers’ victory over Stearns-Schenck last fall. Sinclair has been selected as a member of the East squad for this year’s Lobster Bowl.
This year’s game kicks off at 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 16 at Don Roux Field in Lewiston with gates opening at 1 p.m.
In 2019 the West won 60-14 to improve to 20-10 all-time in the series.
EYEING A LANE — Pony senior Jesse Drury looks to make a move on a carry during preseason play at Hermon. Drury has been chosen for this summer’s Lobster Bowl.
The Lobster Bowl is sponsored by the Maine Shriners, with 100 percent of the net proceeds from the game benefiting the 22 Shrine Hospitals for Children across the US, Canada and Mexico. The Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Game, which operates under the motto, “Strong legs run … so that weak legs may walk,” was created over three decades ago to raise money and to help raise awareness for the expert orthopedic and burn care facilities available to children who desperately need this specialized care — regardless of their family’s ability to pay.