The 79th Oil Bowl Classic is set for 7:30 p.m. on June 18 at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls.
The game will feature three Bowie High School players in Kevin Stallcup, Josh Monkres and Chase Hall playing for the East squad.
Stallcup will be playing for Abilene Christian University this coming fall as a preferred walk-on. Hall will head to Belton and play for University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Monkres will play for Kansas Wesleyan in Salina, Kan.
They will be joined by several other local players of note, including Riley Watson, Cody Fletcher and Logan Carter (Henrietta) and Dalton Hess and Dalton Bartel from Muenster.

Football, cheerleading camps

On June 16-17, there will be football and cheerleading camps, with the football players meeting at Memorial Stadium and the cheerleaders at City View High School.
The cost is $40, including an Oil Bowl shirt, and two tickets to the game.
The camps are for boys and girls ages 5-14.

7-on-7 tournament set

There also will be a 7-on-7 tournament during Oil Bowl festivities on June 18, with elimination games at City View.
The championship is set for Memorial Stadium at 5 p.m.
For information, call Rudy Hawkins at 1-940-636-1011 or email: rghawkins@cityview-isd.net or the Maskat Shrine Center at 1-940-766-4511.

Two years ago, Bowie’s Garland McCoy (16) was a participant in the storied tradition that is the Oil Bowl at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)