The 87th Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl Classic is happening this week and area schools have 16 players and one coach from five schools competing in it.
Players from Bowie, Nocona, Prairie Valley, Gold-Burg and Bellevue will play with and against the best graduating athletes in the Wichita Falls area.
It will be their last chance to put on their high school jersey and represent their school. For many, it also will be the last organized sports competition they will play on a big level.
The weekend kicks off on June 14 with the basketball all-star games at the old Rider High School gym. The girl’s game will play first at 6 p.m.
In that game, Prairie Valley’s Makaylee Gomez and Bowie’s Ziba Robbins will play on the west team. The east team will have Nocona’s Skyler Smith and Bellevue’s Cirstin Allen.
The boy’s basketball game will follow at 7:30 p.m. In that game, Prairie Valley’s Tyson Easterling and Nocona’s Javier Gaytan will both play for the east team.
On June 15, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m., again played at the old Rider High School’s gym.
The first game is the small school game, made up of athletes from 1A-2A.
In that game, Kasi Phillips from Prairie Valley and Jimena Garcia from Gold-Burg will play on the west team. Bren Fenoglio from Nocona will play on the east team along with her Coach Kara Lucherk.
Lucherk also will coach the east team in the big school game that will follow.
In that game, Bowie’s Olivia Gill will play for the west team.
The football game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Midwestern State University’s Memorial Stadium.
On the east team, Bowie’s Seth Mann and Troy Kesey will suit up.
Also on the east team, Nocona has Brady McCasland, Charlie Fuller, Johnny Stone and Cooper Waldrip playing as well.

To read the full story and see pictures of all 16 athletes, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.