Cloud County's Stephanie Downie Serving as Assistant Cheer Coach for Kansas Shrine Bowl

Cloud County Community College Head Cheerleading Coach Stephanie Downie of Concordia is in Pittsburg, Kansas this week, helping to coach nearly 200 cheerleaders from across the state as part of the Kansas Shrine Bowl festivities that culminates with the July 23rd all-star high school senior, East vs. West, football game put on each year by the Kansas Shrine.

Downie is a Concordia native who cheered four years in high school.  She served as a team captain and was selected as an All-Star Cheerleader as a senior prior to briefly cheering at Fort Hays State University. 

Upon returning to Concordia, Downie spent two seasons as a coach for Concordia Youth Cheer before she took over as the Head Coach of the Concordia High School cheer team in August of 2018, a position she held until this spring.

Downie was named the Head Cheer Coach at Cloud County Community College on January 31, 2019.

Downie was invited to be an assistant at this year's all-star game by Kansas Shrine Bowl Cheer Director Laura Klima-Fehr.

Cheerleaders reported to camp Wednesday, July 20th and all cheerleaders at the camp will perform at halftime of Saturday's game.  A select group of 36 cheerleaders is handpicked to perform before Saturday's football game.

This year's Shrine Bowl game also will feature Concordia High School graduates Keyan Miller and Dalton Owen, while Concordia Head Football Coach Jordan Echer has been selected as an Assistant Coach for the West squad.

The 49th annual game will be played at 7 pm on Saturday at Pittsburg State University's Carnie Smith Stadium.

Downie tells KNCK News they are there to represent Shriners Hospitals for Children and their patients.  All proceeds from the game go to benefit the network of 22 hospitals.

If you can't make it to Pittsburg, you can watch the Shrine Bowl live at www.KansasShrineBowl.com/TV.