Three local players selected for Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic

A pair of players from Foxcroft Academy and another from Dexter Regional High School football team have been selected for the 2024 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic, scheduled for Saturday, July 20 at Lewiston High School.

The East team roster will include Foxcroft Academy’s Gage Beaudry and Hunter McSorley and Beau Talbot of Dexter (a student at Piscataquis Community High School who played on the gridiron for the Tigers).

The East cheer squad will include Mckenzie Trafton of Dexter and Foxcroft Academy’s Amara Perfect.

The Lobster Bowl features the best recently graduated high school senior football players. From each of the state’s six different divisions between the 11- and 8-player games. Participants are nominated by their coaches and then selected by the coaches from each side.

This year’s game kicks off at 4 p.m. on July 20 at Don Roux Field in Lewiston with gates opening at 1 p.m. 

In 2023 the East team won 28-23 as the West leads 21-11 all-time in the series.

The Lobster Bowl is sponsored by the Maine Shriners, with 100 percent of the net proceeds from the game benefiting the 22 Shrine Hospitals for Children across the US, Canada and Mexico. The Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Game, which operates under the motto, “Strong legs run … so that weak legs may walk,” was created over three decades ago to raise money and to help raise awareness for the expert orthopedic and burn care facilities available to children who desperately need this specialized care — regardless of their family’s ability to pay.