This is the first of a rare April treat, a two-part football blog. Catch the second half, on Dennis Manning's move from Foothill to Ridgeview, at this link.

I caught the press conference today where the rosters and coaches were announced for the eighth annual Arena Bowl, Kern County's indoor football senior all-star game, which will take place at 7 p.m. May 1 at Rabobank Arena.

The rosters are split into East and West teams, which are pretty well geographically aligned — the SWYL teams minus North are in the West, along with Liberty, Bakersfield Christian, Taft and Shafter, and the SEYL teams minus Liberty are in the East, along with North, Wasco, Arvin and Tehachapi.

The coaches are North High's Mark Camps for the East and South High's John Wren for the West, two guys who took stagnant programs and had terrific seasons this past year. North beat South in the Civil War game this year, so Wren will try to get a revenge of sorts at Rabobank.

Both teams look loaded with athletes — Byron Newman, Julian Dean-Johnson, Patrick Su'a, Noel Lopez to name a few for the East, and Jose Ramos, Jake Peterson, John Wimberly, Ben Savaii, Chris Bowie for the West. Pretty sure they'll be fast action and lots of points in this one.

Hard to tell who has the advantage in this one, though I'm leaning towards the East, especially because Wren said Jose Ramos is battling a knee injury and is questionable for the game. Take a look at the rosters below and give your prediction:

EAST
Coach: Mark Camps, North
Matt Guerra, Foothill
Byron Newman, G. Valley
Garrett Pierce, East
Patrick Su’a, Highland
Edgar Contreras, Arvin
Riley Scott, Garces
Lawrence Weldon, Foothill
Garrett Coontz, Tehachapi
Nick Salvucci, Garces
Noel Lopez, Arvin
Alex Mitchell, Bakersfield
Ruben Suarez, North
Adam Mullen, Tehachapi
Josh Strauss, Tehachapi
Matthew Macanas, Chavez
Julian Dean-Johnson, North
Aaron Brown, North
Brandon Grider, East
Tevin Jackson, Bakersfield
Brandon Core, North
Andrew Fanucchi, Garces
Andrew Putman, Garces
Angel Posadas, Foothill
Travis Hicks, Arvin
Anthony Perez, G. Valley
Sean O’Leary, Highland

WEST
Coach: John Wren, South
Dion Curry, West
Colton Schmidt, Liberty
James Armenta, South*
Derek Carr, BCHS*
Demarques Sanders, West
Amandeep Singh, Delano
Christian Taylor, BCHS
John Wimberly, Wasco
Jake Peterson, BCHS
Ethan Fausto, Frazier Mtn.
Blayne Davidson, South
Brett Wallace, Centennial
George Robbins, West
Jose Ramos, South
Ryan Roman, Frontier
Levi Chavez, South
John Manuel, Frontier
Brache Hayes, West
Patrick Allen, BCHS*
Kiefer Davenport, South
Ben Savaii, Taft
Terrell Moya, South
Shane Sefo, Taft
Daniel Swainston, Liberty
Blake Walker, Frontier
Kyle Starr, West
Yanis Mallory, Ridgeview
Ryan Boschma, BCHS
David Born, West
Jordan Green, Stockdale
Chris Bowie, Stockdale
* — honorary member