The High School Football Huddle
During halftime of Sunday Night's NFL Bears-Eagles game on NBC, Toyota's The Line of Scrimmage will focus on the Aplington-Parkersburg Falcons, who are playing the 2008 season just three months after a tornado destroyed their high school and football field. The tornado knocked down 220 homes and 22 businesses and killed eight people.
In it's home opener on September 5, A-P showed the world why Toyota chose the Falcons as one of eight of America's "Gutsiest Teams" with a 53-20 win over State Center. After Friday night's 42-14 win over Gladbrook-Reinbeck, the Falcons are a perfect 5-0 this season. The Falcons have outscored their opponents 241-106 with two games over 50 points and one over 60.
A-P plays in Iowa's 1A classification and is known as the small school that can. With only about 250 students and about 2,000 people in town, the Falcons have landed four players (Casey Wiegmann, Chiefs; Brad Meester, Jaguars; Jason DeVries, Lions; Aaron Kampman, Packers) in the NFL since 1988.
Click here for more on that story from a 2004 story on ESPN.com.
Click here for a story on the devasting May 25th tornado.
Below is the first part of the two :45 documentary style video clips that will be aired tonight.
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