By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Seaman's Max Huston and Kaden Jordan, Washburn Rural's Caden Estrada and Hayden's Jensen Schrickel are among the 88 players who have been selected to play in the 2025 Kansas Shrine Bowl all-star football game, which will be played on Saturday, June 21, at Memorial Stadium in Dodge City.
Estrada, Huston, Jordan and Schrickel will all play for the East team while Seaman coach Jared Swafford will serve as an assistant coach for the East.
Estrada, Huston, Jordan and Schrickel were all named to the All-Shawnee County Top 22 this past season.
Caden Estrada
A 6-foot-1, 285-pound senior, Estrada filled several roles on the offensive line for the 3-6 Junior Blues and moved up to the All-Shawnee County Top 22 after being a Second 22 pick as a junior. Estrada earned first-team All-Centennial League recognition the past three seasons and helped Washburn Rural post an 11-1 record and advance to the Class 6A semifinals his junior season.
Max Huston
Huston, a 6-1, 185 senior quarterback, completed 170 of 266 passes for 2,532 yards and 29 touchdowns and rushed for 779 yards and 13 TDs as the Vikings posted an 8-3 record and advanced to the quarterfinal round of the 5A playoffs. Huston was named the Shawnee County co-offensive player of the year and was an All-United Kansas Conference first-team pick and All-Shawnee County Top 22 selection for the second straight season.
Kaden Jordan
A 6-2, 305 senior nose tackle, Jordan was named the Shawnee County defensive player of the year and was an All-United Kansas Conference first-team selection after helping lead the Vikings to an 8-3 record, the UKC championship and the 5A quarterfinals. Jordan was in on 57 total tackles with 15 tackles for loss, two sacks and a forced fumble. Jordan moved up to the All-Shawnee County Top 22 this past season after being a Second 22 pick in 2023.
Jensen Schrickel
Schrickel, a 5-10, 160 junior wide receiver/defensive back, was a three-time All-Shawnee County Top 22 selection after helping lead Hayden to an 11-2 record and a second straight runnerup finish in Class 3A. A multi-time state champion in track and field, Schrickel caught 49 passes for 799 yards, carried the ball 56 times for 606 yards, had six kickoff returns for 176 yards, had five punt returns for 80 yards and scored 23 total touchdowns and a 2-point conversion. Defensively, Schrickel was in on 33 tackles and he was named the county all-purpose athlete of the year.
The initial Shrine Bowl invitations are the result of a selection process combining statewide media votes and Kansas Shrine Bowl coaching staff selections from a list of 447 nominees.
In addition to filling position specific needs on the roster, the selection process includes additional criteria regarding geographic restrictions, classification size, and limits on the number of players that may be selected per school.
Additional invitations to play in the Shrine Bowl may be extended to nominees who were not among the initial 88 selections. Roster replacements are selected by the Kansas Shrine Bowl coaching staff in a case where an invited player declines their invitation to play or must withdraw from participating for any reason.
“We are excited to extend an invitation to this group of young men to represent themselves, their families, their communities and their high school football programs in a showcase that is so much bigger than just an all-star football game,” said Brice Kesler, executive director of the Kansas Shrine Bowl.
“I hope the players understand how difficult of a roster this is to get selected for, and I want to congratulate them for all their hard-work and dedication that has earned them this opportunity. They are joining a very select fraternity of Kansas high school football players who have had the opportunity, since 1974, to play a game they love and make a life changing impact for the kids of Shriners Children’s.”
