Those are high schools in Marquette, Alger, Baraga, Schoolcraft and Luce counties.

The game is scheduled today at the always accommodating Superior Dome in Marquette and will be played at its usual 1 p.m. time, though it’s a week earlier this year than its traditional final-weekend-of-June date.

Tickets are $12 for those walking up to the Northern Michigan University facility, with doors opening at noon. Children ages 6 years and under get in free.

There’s been a week’s worth of activities leading up to the game for the athletes, which the rosters number at 79 from all points north, south, east and west in the U.P.

Negaunee’s Braylon Hakkarainen, left, celebrates with teammate Broc Bonovetz on Bonovetz’s touchdown scored during a game against Iron Mountain at Miners Stadium in Negaunee on Oct. 23. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)

The activities this week leading up to the game included practices just about every day and a skills competition on Wednesday held in the dome.

Each participant was a senior this past school year and scheduled to graduate in May or June, otherwise underclassmen would have their eligibility threatened by playing in this game.

Of the 79 players involved, 19 of them — 24% — come from seven area teams.

Additionally, there are several area coaches taking part.

Those coaches were involved in a draft of the players, which seems to have evened out the competition after the first decade or so when rosters were separated geographically, either east-west or north-south.

Negaunee’s Marshall Peters, with head tucked down second from right, carries the ball before getting tackled by Marquette defenders, from left, Alex Brennan, Bodi Bennett and Ben Rayhorn during their game played at Miners Stadium in Negaunee on Aug. 28. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)

And it also created another event producing a lot of excitement months before this game takes place.

The leading area school for players — which might mean they’ve also lost the most seniors for this fall’s version of their teams — is Negaunee with five representing the Miners.

Team White, whose head coach is Escanaba head man Bailey Lamb, has three Negaunee players, all linemen. They’re Nash Barabe, Ethan Gauthier and Braylon Hakarainen.

Team Royal, short for Royal Blue, has Calumet head man Josh Frantti as head man and drafted Miners running back Broc Bonovetz and tight end Aiden Steele.

Lamb’s assistants include several from Bark River-Harris, one of them former Westwood coach Brad Wiljanen, who has also been at Ishpeming High School. Frantti’s staff includes current Negaunee head coach Jeff Niemi and Westwood head man Sam Gilles.

Westwood running back Louis Salmi, right, stiff-arms a Hancock defender in their West PAC game played at the Patriots’ field in Ishpeming on Oct. 18, 2024. (Journal file photo)

A bit surprisingly considering it’s a Division 8 school, L’Anse has the second-most area players involved with four.

There’s two on each all-star unit. Team Royal has lineman Hunter Thomas and quarterback-linebacker Keegan Davidson, while Team White includes receiver-safety Matthew Rinkinen and receiver-defensive end-punter Daniel Connor Jr.

Another Division 8 squad, Manistique, boasts three U.P. All-Stars. Running back Jayce Goudreau is on White, while linebacker Mack Pugh and receiver Jackson Goudreau are on Royal.

Marquette, Westwood and Newberry each claimed two representatives with Ishpeming having one.

For the Sentinels, lineman Bjorn Anderson is on Royal with linebacker Bodi Bennett on White.

From the Patriots, it’s running back-linebacker Louis Salmi and lineman-fullback Gavin Comero, both on Royal, while for Newberry it’s lineman Garrett Lewicki on White and running back-linebacker-defensive back Kadin Kellogg on Royal.

Ishpeming has running back-defensive back Grady Gauthier representing the blue and white on Team White.

WLUC-TV6 is scheduled to livestream the game this afternoon with a reairing on Fox-U.P. at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Here are the balance of the rosters for each team, listed with school and position(s):

Team White — Cameron Varda, WR-OLB, Norway; Steven Kirschner, K, Rudyard; Trevor Thorbahn, LB-RB, Gladstone; Gavin Wagner, LB, Escanaba; Leland Hollenback, RB-P-LB-K, Bessemer-Wakefield; Brady Jungwirth, QB, North Dickinson; Nick Miskovich, WR, Ironwood; Dawson Bardowski, DB, Menominee; Elliott Kraemer, DB, Norway; Jared Huskey, WR, Rapid River; Clayton Miller, RB, Menominee; Lucas Havelka, WB-CB, Stephenson; Ben Stage, QB-DB, North Central; Gunner Bennin, RB, Pickford; Keagan Braun, LB, Escanaba; Dyceson Drew, DB-RB-LB, Ontonagon; Drew Moser, ATH, Cedarville-DeTour; Owen Gereau, RB-S, Gladstone; Kaden Wiltfong, LB-TE, Pickford; Alexander Stalboerger, WR, Escanaba; Chase Guenette, TE, Bark River-Harris; Henry Steiger, OL, Bessemer-Wakefield; Taylor Asgaard, DL, Escanaba; Madden Sommer, DL, Ironwood; Alexander Parrett, C, Menominee; Dominick Brunswick, DL, West Iron County; Kaleb Stocker, OL, Rudyard; Patrick Hokans, OL, Bessemer-Wakefield; Tarvis Holbrook, OL, Lake Linden-Hubbell; Ty King, TE, North Dickinson

Team Royal — Maverick Geniesse, CB-WR, Menominee; Nathan Komp, WR, Menominee; Tanner Theuerkauf, QB, Menominee; Matthew Switzer, DL, Bessemer-Wakefield; Brayden Goudge, RB, Houghton; Brian Boutilier, DB, Escanaba; Landen Daigneau, LB, Menominee; Ashton Rymkos, WR, Escanaba; Owen Baij, QB, Norway; Evan Arnold, WR, St. Ignace; Jordan Burton, TE, Engadine; Dalton Berg, RB, Stephenson; Evan Evitts, RB-LB, Brimley; Ben Anderson, RB, Calumet; Joshua Schiltz, DL, Norway; Trent Kannich, RB, Forest Park; Saul Kobussen, RB-DL, West Iron County; Andrew Larson, OL, North Dickinson; Jack Savard, LB-TE, Gladstone; Owen Fields, C, Escanaba; Jayden McClure, DL, Cedarville-DeTour; Colten Roberts, DL, North Dickinson; Dirk Koskela, LB-DL, Calumet; Keith Burcar, OL, Norway; Sean Burton, DL, Bark River-Harris; James Bovard, RB-OL-DE, Bark River-Harris; Brennan Swanson, OL, Menominee; Richard Haney, OL, North Dickinson; Louis Fiorucci, OL-DL, Iron Mountain; Jack Ingersoll, C, Bark River-Harris

Story contents based on an email received from AdvantEdge Sports owner Dustin Brancheau. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee’s email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.