By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com

Bowie High School graduates Josh Monkres and Kevin Stallcup have played organized football together since they were 10 years old.
Chase Hall became part of Bowie’s football program several years ago, and all three had one goal in mind: To play in the Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl Classic.
The triumvirate will do so tonight, representing the East squad at 7:30 p.m. tonight as the Oil Bowl Shrine Classic turns 79 years young. This is the oldest high school all-star football game in the United States.
“It’s a huge honor,” said Josh Monkres, who will be playing football this fall at Kansas Wesleyan in Salina.
This will mark the first time Monkres will ever attend the Oil Bowl, which takes place at venerable Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, in person.
The coaching staff didn’t tell Monkres what position he would play, but in all likelihood he will have a spot on both the East offensive and defensive lines.
“It’s an honor to play in a game that benefits others,” said Stallcup of playing in a game where proceeds will go toward the Shriner’s Hospitals For Children, with its medical facilities across the country. “It’s going to be great to be part of the tradition.”
Stallcup said he’d like to play fullback in the game. The last time he attended the Oil Bowl in person former Harding University long snapper Madison Firmin played in 2012.

Bowie honorable mention all-state offensive lineman Josh Monkres, shown here playing against Shallowater during the Conference 3A Division I Area playoffs, will suit up for the Jackrabbits representing the East squad at the 79th Annual Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl in Wichita Falls. (News file photo by Eric Viccaro)