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Welcome to the 49th Annual Central California All Star Football Classic.

In 1973 at the District Convention in Santa Cruz, club delegates voted to accept the All Star Football Game as a District project. A committee was formed and in 1974 the first Lions Central California All Star Football Game was played at the University of the Pacific Stadium in Stockton.

Twenty-seven players from the North and twenty-seven from the south battled to a 14-13 win by the South. The District was given the proceeds of $9,750. We were on our way.

The players for this game are graduates of the class of 2017 and have been selected from the high schools located within the eight county central California areas that make up Lions District 4-A1.

The players are first nominated by their head football coach. Player selection is then done by a committee of coaches who review the game films provided by each school. Those players rated in the top of the grading order are then invited to play in this game.

The area news media sports writers and a committee within our own steering committee, select the head coaches for this game. To be eligible for selection, the coach must have had either a league championship team or had the runner-up team in their respective league.

The football game was adopted not only as the District fund raising event, but also to give graduating seniors, from the schools in our District, an opportunity to display their talents in apost season game and to give them recognition within their communities.

In 1985, team rosters were increased to thirty players, and in 2023 they were increased again to thirty-six players. After the 2023 game, 2,766 young men will have participated in our All Star games. Many have gone on to excel in athletics at colleges and universities and several have made it to the Pro ranks, including several of our All Star coaches. Visit our website to see a complete list of all past players.

Over the years some changes have been made in the methods of club sales of tickets and the sale of advertising for the game program. A portion of the funds are now retained by the clubs for use in their respective communities. Through the 2017 Game we have raised $386,520.00 for the District, and these funds were in turn given to 56 District Clubs and other community charitable projects.

Since its inception, this game has been financially successful for selected Lions charities and has been entertaining to the spectators as well as been helpful to the student athletes to show themselves for university and college recruitment. We have been successful in every way.