HEBRON - It's easy for quarterbacks or running backs to reflect on their high school football careers and recall their highlights - a game-winning touchdown pass, a spectacular run, a long bomb for six points.

Those kind of game-breaking plays aren't in the offing for offensive linemen, so their moment of glory is usually a little less glamorous.

Tim Roche, who will be coaching the West in the 19th Annual Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic (Friday night, 7:30 p.m., Waterhouse Field in Biddeford), remembers on play when he was a lineman for the team he now coaches, Wells High School.

"I recovered a fumble on the 2, thought I was going in the end zone and got tackled on the 1," he said. "I thought I was going in."

For Brandon Kenney, a tackle for the West from Winthrop, the stories he'll be telling about his high school pigskin days will likely involve his compatriots on the Ramblers' offensive line - Jeremy Luce, Chris Minor, Josh Confer and Sam Mullen, and what they were able to help their team accomplish.

"Our whole line was very talented, and occasionally we'd have our singular moments, but generally, it was a whole-team effort," he said. "We hadn't gotten to the playoffs since 2000, and this year, we made it to the Western Maine finals, so that was a big boost of confidence for our school and our team"

For Poland's Joshua Quint, a defensive lineman for the West who played on both sides of the ball during his career, the highlights might include a sack or a big tackle. But he'll most often reflect on the bonding he did with his teammates.

"It's the general job that you did - how well you protected the quarterback, how you supported your team in a scoring drive," he said. "You also remember the other players that you played with and practiced with and did those two-a-day sessions and all that lifting and went through all that with and how much that friendship means to you."

Kenney and Quint hope to make new memories in the Lobster Bowl. Whether they will remember walking off a high school field the last time as a winner or not could depend on the job they do in the trenches.

The East controlled the line of scrimmage in last year's 47-27 victory. But with the 310-pound Kenney joining a pair of Bonny Eagle giants up front, 6-foot-8, 320-pound Kyle Wedge and 6-foot-3, 285-pound Matthew Spearin, the West has the size to improve upon its 14-4 record in the Lobster Bowl.

"We've got some beef, and being an old offensive lineman, you like to see those things," Roche said. "If we win the game, it will probably be because of those guys up front."

"We should stand a better chance this year because we've got some pretty big linemen," said Kenney, who will be joining Wedge on the Husson College gridiron in the fall. "At the beginning of the week, the tempo was kind of down, but we're starting to mesh really well."

Of course, the memory that will resonate with Kenney, Quint and all of the other 88 football players and 66 cheerleaders participating is the help they give the Lobster Bowl's beneficiaries, the Shriners Hospitals of North America.

Players have been reminded of what the game is really about since last April, when they met at the Kora Temple in Lewiston and heard the inspirational story of Timmy Kelly, a 14-year-old who has been a patient at the Philadelphia Shriners Hospital since he was 18-months old. Kelly appeared at the Kora Temple and entertained the players, cheerleaders and their families with his version of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy."

"It was just incredible. All of these big, tough football players were choking up," said Quint, who will attend Bowdoin and hopes to continue his football career there. "The best thing about this s being able to support the Shriners Hospitals."

In its history, the Lobster Bowl has helped raise over $340,000 in support of Shriners Hospitals, including $63,000 this year. All proceeds from the game go toward supporting the 22 Shrine Hospitals for Children across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Tickets are $10 for reserved seats, $8 for general admission. They may be purchased at the gate, at Kora Temple or from any Shriner. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.

Other local participants in this year's game are:

East players and cheerleaders - Joe Gilbert (Mt. Blue), Garrett Wyman, Jhanae Laplante, Tiffany Giguere, Chelsea Martin, and Brittni Foss (Edward Little), Caleb Flanders, Jessica Bernard, Kayla Cannell and Chelsea Marshall (Oxford Hills), Evan Barker, Jeff Newton and Melissa Mathieu (Leavitt), Matt Letourneau, Ryan Coleman and Samantha Tanguay (Lewiston), Nick Brown, Chelsea Turcotte and Stephanie Gauthier (Oak Hill),

West players and cheerleaders - Kevin Gats (Livermore Falls), Mike Unterkoefler, Cassandra Carlow and Amber Carroll (Lisbon), Derek Sicotte, Dean McCrillis and Elizabeth Shaw (Mountain Valley), Derek Down (Gray-New Gloucester), Nick Bourassa and Danielle Peart (Jay), Orion Winkler (Fryeburg Academy).