Katy (TX) and Bellevue (WA) To Square-off in 2009

by Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

The proliferation of big interstate high school football games will continue in 2009. Two-time defending Texas 5A champ Katy will host Washington state football power Bellevue on Saturday, September 12.

Bellevue has won six of the last eight 3A Washington state football championships, and is best known as the team that snapped De La Salle's record 151-game win streak. In addition to winning back-to-back 5A titles, Katy has played in the title game four of the last six years.

Texas Showdown To Be Played at Neutral Site

by Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

The two teams with the longest regular season win streaks in Texas high school football history have decided that their 2009 match-up will be played on a neutral site.

Galena Park North Shore, which is currently on a 78-game regular season win streak, will face Southlake Carroll at Corsicana High School on September 26th. The two were scheduled to play a home-and-home series starting last year, but that game was cancelled because of Hurricane Ike.

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Georgia Changes Reclassification Rules

by Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

The Georgia High School Association will reclassify its schools every four years instead of every two. The GHSA approved the new rule Monday. Under the new four-year plan, the state governing body has the option to move schools up or down in class after two years if enrollment changes by more than 20 percent.