14 Gastonia, Shelby football standouts earn Queen City Senior Bowl nod

Fourteen high school football players from Cleveland, Gaston, and Lincoln counties have been chosen for the 2026 Queen City Senior Bowl, an annual all-star game scheduled for December 19 at Olympic High School in Charlotte, according to the source <source 8b0b850a-a60>. The teams, East and West, will compete in the event.

The West Team, comprised of area players, includes Nick Albright from Crest, Davis Beam from East Lincoln, Markalen Camp from Burns, Max Davis from Burns, Paxton Dobbins from Crest, Khali Clark from Crest, Brayden Fortenberry from Stuart Cramer, C.J. Hill from Bessemer City, Savion Lindsay from Ashbrook, Jordan Littlejohn from Kings Mountain, J.J. McElhaney from Cherryville, Jaydin Phillips from Ashbrook, Anthony Smith from Stuart Cramer, and Ryan Umscheid from Mountain Island Charter.

In addition to the football players, Cherryville football coach Patrick Bowman is serving as a West Team assistant coach. The team will join other area standouts, who will participate in the NCCA East-West All-Star Game at Grimsley High's Jamieson Stadium in Greensboro, alongside Florida State recruit Majay Thompson, Gardner-Webb commit Gage Camp, and Shelby all-purpose man Kendrick Raper, who will represent North Carolina in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas.