EMPORIA – Hoisington High's Caiden Hoffman started at defensive nose guard for the West squad in Saturday's 36-25 loss to the East in the 51st Kansas Shrine Bowl. Fort Hays State signee Hoffman recorded one sack and several tackles.
East quarterback Dylan Dunn completed a Shrine Bowl record four touchdown passes to spark a 36-25 victory. The West leads the all-time series 31-18-2.
Blue Valley Southwest's Dunn, a Brigham Young signee, completed 7- and 23-yard scoring passes to Eudora's Adrion Seals, a 25-yard strike to Olathe South's Bryce Noernberg on fourth down and a 73-yard scoring pass to Olathe West's Elijah Hakim. Brigham Young signee Dunn was named East Most Valuable Player after throwing for 307 yards.
Lyndon's Tanner Heckel scored on a 1-yard run.
The West scored three second-half touchdowns, but the East responded twice with touchdowns.
Clay Center's Brody Hayes returned a blocked punt by McPherson's Teegan Haines 20 yards for a touchdown. Liberal quarterback Brooks Kappelman completed a 9-yard scoring pass to Cheney’s Jackson Voth and a 15-yard scoring strike to Haines.
Clay Center's defensive back Brody Hayes earned Most Valuable Player honors for the West.
The East scored 20 consecutive points for a 20-3 halftime lead.
West 3 0 7 15 — 25
East 14 6 16 0 — 36
W—Hoover 42 FG
E —Seals 23 pass from Dunn (Hakim pass from Dunn)
E —Heckel 1 run (run fails)
E —Noernberg 25 pass from Dunn (run fails)
W—Hayes 20 blocked punt return (Hoover kick)
E —Hakim 73 pass from Dunn (Noernberg pass from Dunn)
W—Voth 9 pass from Kappelmann (Hoover kick)
E—Seals 7 pass from Dunn (Battle run)
W —Haines 15 pass from Kappelman (run fails)
W — Safety
RUSHING—WEST—Bah 3-7, Kappelman 1-6, Dickman 1-2, Mesa 3-0, Fisher 1-(-10), team 1-(-27). EAST—Battle 14-59, Heckel 6-17, Huffman 3-4, Noernberg 1-3, Dunshee 1-0, Brusven 7-(-1), Dunn 7-(-14).
PASSING--WEST—Kappelman 29-51-2, 235; Voth 1-1-0 22; EAST— Dunn 25-33-0, 307; Heckel 0-2-1 0, Battle 1-2-0 3, Noernberg 1-1-0 19.
RECEIVING—WEST—Collier 7-68, Fisher 6-58, Bah 5-9, Davidson 2-28, Hoover 2-15, Haines 1-15, McCarty 1-14, Mowery 1-9, Mesa 1-4, Dickman 1-3; EAST—Heckel 5-33, Noernberg 4-52, Seals 4-51, Huffman 4-18, Hakim 3-119, Purdy 2-22, Parks 2-19, Brusven 2-3, Hull 1-12..
