Mose Jeffery from Pine Tree High School entertains his teammates with a short dance as they wait to have their team photo taken for the Heart Of A Champion All Star football game media day on Thursday June 7, 2018. The football game will be held on Saturday June 6 at 6:30 p.m. and Lobo Stadium. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)

East Texans love their football and Saturday they will get a stopgap until the fall season begins.

Some of the players will go on to play college football, but for most it will be their last chance to don a football uniform.

The eighth annual Chick-fil-A Heart of a Champion Bowl is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Lobo Stadium in Longview. The Northeast Chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes has all-star football players and cheerleaders participating.

Tickets are $7.

KTBB 97.5-FM and 600-AM will carry the game with Bill Coates and Kevin Simon.

It is the conclusion to FCA Heart of a Champion All-Star week. The baseball and softball games were held Friday at UT Tyler.

John Tyler football coach Ricklan Holmes is head coach of the Blue Team, while Overton’s Richard Strickland is the head coach of the Red Team.

Holmes’ assistants are Antoine Bush, John Tyler; Allen Cross, Maud; Tom Dracos, Cumby; Keylon Kincade, Winona; Jayme Moore, John Tyler; and Brandon Ross, John Tyler.

Strickland’s assistants are Justin Arnold, Winona; Dale Irwin, Arp; Kelly Mercer, Longview Spring Hill; Chase Meyers, Overton; Michael Ridge, Grand Saline; and Brad Skinner, Tyler Lee.

Kelly Nichols, of Bullard, is the head coach of the cheer all-stars.

Consultants this year are Ryan Gentry of Omaha Paul Pewitt, Tim Russell of Harmony and Terry Ward of Harleton. 

Eighth Annual Chick-fil-A

Heart of a Champion Bowl

Northeast Chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes

7:30 p.m. Saturday

Lobo Stadium, Longview

All-Star Cheerleaders

Coach: Kelly Nichols, Bullard

All-Stars: Abigail Denman, Bullard; Brianna Brandenburg, Lindale; Brooklyn Bowman, Lindale; Callie Cargill, Frankston; Chyenne Sallee, Van; Ginny Russell, Longview; J’Maiya Davis, Longview; Kennadie Philpot, Waskom; Mackenzie Pyle, Bullard; Nickissia Lawson, Longview; Olivia Norrell, Longview; Rachel Payne, Waskom.

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All-Star Football

Red Team

Head Coach: Richard Strickland, Overton

Assistant Coaches: Justin Arnold, Winona; Dale Irwin, Arp; Kelly Mercer, Longview Spring Hill; Chase Meyers, Overton; Michael Ridge, Grand Saline; Brad Skinner, Tyler Lee

Team Members: 1 – RB Kiante Stoker, Longview Spring Hill; 2 – WR Michael Givens-Washington, John Tyler; 3 – DB Dre Blake, Hemphill; 4 – DB Kyle Johnson, Longview; 5 – DB Matt Taylor, Tyler Lee; 7 – WR Dayson Adaway, Longview Spring Hill; 8 – WR Kason Kienzel, White Oak; 9 – WR TJ Rogers, New Diana; 10 – P Campbell Fletcher, Bullard Brook Hill; 10 – QB Jackson Sampson, New Diana; 11 – WR Simeon Taylor, Sulphur Springs; 12 – DB Davotrick Dotrey, Longview; 13 – DB Javotrick Dotrey, Longview; 14 – DB Tanner Towns, Tyler All Saints; 15 – DB Cameron Sorenson, Mineola; 16 – RB Isaiah Smith, Kilgore; 17 – QB Lucas Hungerford, Omaha Paul Pewitt; 18 – LB Jackson Fitts, Omaha Paul Pewitt; 19 – LB AJ Dunn, Quitman; 20 – DB Colton Clark, Como-Pickton; 21 – Levi Hughes, West Rusk; 22 – WR Marquis Gray, Tyler Lee; 23 – DB Javier Neal, Whitehouse; 24 – DL Tabias Marshall, John Tyler; 26 – DL DeShawn Bradley, Tyler Lee; 30 – Quentin Freeman, Longview Pine Tree; 33 – DL JC Blakemore, Longview; 38 – DL David Antunez, Tyler Lee; 40 – LB Dejontae Harper, Texas High; 42 – Chris Arnold, Texas High; 44 – DL Marquise Massenburg, Chapel Hill; 50 – OL Braden Grush, Kilgore; 51 – Oliver Hall, Tyler Lee; 55 – K Jacob Williams, Tyler Grace Community; 62 – TE/HB Wyatt Logan, Pittsburg; 64 – DL Ty Jones, Beckville; 66 – OL Andrew Williams, Gladewater; 68 – Weston Roach, Bullard; 71 – OL Austin Adams, Kilgore; 72 – OL Aaron Carroll, Daingerfield; 74 – DL Ashton King, Overton; 75 – OL Dylan Russell, Hallsville; 76 – OL Bryce Stavinoha, Scurry-Rosser; 83 – TE/HB Bucky Duke, Kilgore.

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Blue Team

Head Coach — Ricklan Holmes, John Tyler

Assistant Coaches — Barry Anderson, John Tyler; Antoine Bush, John Tyler; Allen Cross, Maud; Tom Dracos, Cumby; Keylon Kincade, Winona; Jayme Moore, John Tyler; Brandon Ross, John Tyler

Team Members: 1 – P Jacob McSwane, Elkhart; 2 – QB/UTL Adarius Carter, Longview; 3 – RB Isaiah Davis, Gladewater; 4 – QB Riley Russell, Texas High; 6 – DB Jase Bell-Jones, Mount Enterprise; 8 – QB/UTL Xavius Fulton, Athens; 9 – QB Tyler James, Wills Point; 10 – DB Adam Kirk, Crandall; 11 – DB Jordan Pace, Frankston; 13 – DL Dee Johnson, West Rusk; 15 – UTL Jamal Pryor, Rains; 17 – QB – Dion Nunnelly, Hemphill; 19 – DL Ke’Aundre Mauldin, Longview; 21 – RB/WR Brooks Minter, Maud; 22 – RB Tylan Brown, Cumby; 24 – DL/LB D’ldrec Dugan, Sulphur Springs; 25 – LB D.J. Click, Harmony; 26 – LB Kevion Bush, Longview; 27 – DB Jalen Carr, Longview; 28 – RB Brandon Smith, Wills Point; 32 – Adrian Berry, LB, Chapel Hill; 44 – LB Jaxon Reneau, Sulphur Springs; 51 – OL Chris Taylor, Caddo Mills; 52 – OL Colin Keller, Gladewater; 53 – DL/LB Zachary Pilgrim, Hughes Springs; 55 – OL Jamion Shaw, Commerce; 60 – OL Jack Smith, Waskom; 62 – DL Austyn Oney, Harleton; 63 – OL Reece McGraw, Hemphill; 67 – OL Elian Bustos, Texas High; 70 – OL Cameron Hockett, Alba-Golden; 72 – DL Kyle Williams, Hawkins; 73 – OL Mose Jeffery, Longview Pine Tree; 74 – DL Ra’dedrick Woodson, Alto; 75 – OL Kolton Stephens, Mabank; 84 – DL Eddie Silas, Marshall; 86 – TE/HB Jaylin Brown, Longview; 88 – TE/HB Shane Thomas, Troup.

Photos from the game can be found here. Shots from the media day, here and snaps from the banquet here.