Lastest High School Football Rankings

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

PrepNation.com, USA Today and MaxPreps.com had shuffling in their Top 25 polls this week.

The "funniest" move of the week is by Manatee (Bradenton, FL), which movies up in all three polls after a solid 48-10 win over Plant, which entered the game ranked #2 by PrepNation.com, #6 by USA Today and #11 by MaxPreps.  What makes it "funny" is the fact that Manatee's win doesn't count, because Florida doesn't use its Kickoff Classic games in a team's record...so Manatee and Plant are 0-0.

Below are all three rankings with each seeing eye-to-eye on the nation's top team....Euless Trinity.

National Prep Poll by PrepNation.com

1. Euless Trinity (TX) 1-0, LW: #1
2. Abilene (TX) 1-0, LW: #3
3. South Panola (MS) 2-0, LW: #5
4. Grant (CA) 1-0, LW: #9
5. Manatee (FL) 0-0, LW: #21
6. Lake Travis (TX) 1-0, LW: 4
7. St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) 0-0, LW: #7
8. Glenville (OH) 1-0, LW: #8
9. Hoover (AL) 1-0, LW: #10
10. Colerain (OH) 1-0, LW: NR
11. Good Counsel (MD) 1-0, LW: #12
12. De La Salle (CA) 0-0, LW: #14
13. West Monroe (LA) 0-0, LW: #16
14. Miami Central (FL) 0-0, LW: NR
15. Hamilton (AZ) 2-0, LW: 11
16. Dwyer (FL) 0-0, LW: #6
17. Phoebus (VA) 0-0, LW: #17
18. Servite (CA) 0-0, LW: #15
19. Camden County (GA), LW: #18
20. Stony Point (TX) 1-0, LW: #19
21. Bingham (UT) 2-0, LW: NR
22. Dorman (SC) 1-0, LW: #20
23. Don Bosco Prep (NJ) 0-0, LW: #22
24. Mission Viejo (CA) 0-0, LW: #24
25. Wheaton-Warrenville South (IL) 1-0, LW: #25

USA Today


1. Euless Trinity (TX) 1-0, LW: #1
2. Miami Central (FL) 0-0, LW: #2
3. South Panola (2-0), LW: #4
4. Abilene (TX) 1-0, LW: #3
5. Bingham (UT) 2-0, LW: #5
6. Manatee (FL) 0-0, LW: #8
7. Phoebus (VA) 0-0, LW: #7
8. Lake Travis (TX) 1-0, LW: #8
9. Good Counsel (MD) 1-0, LW: 10
10. Hamilton (AZ) 2-0, LW: #16
11. Hoover (AL) 1-0, LW: #15
12. De La Salle (CA) 0-0, LW: #12
13. Har-Ber (AR) 0-0, LW: #13
14. Mater Dei (CA) 0-0, LW: #14
15. Glenville (OH) 1-0, LW: #22
16. Dorman (SC) 1-0, LW: 1-0
17. North Gwinnett (GA) 2-0, LW: NR
18. West Monroe (LA) 0-0, LW: #18
19. Glades Central (FL) 1-0, LW: #21
20. St. Peter's Prep (NJ) 0-0, LW: #20
21. Bishop Gorman (NV) 1-1, LW: #11
22. Chaparral (CA) 0-0, LW: #24
23. Shiloh Christian (AR) 0-0, LW: #25
24. Grant (CA) 1-0, LW: NR
25. Warren Central (IN) 1-1, LW: #23

MaxPreps.com Xcellent 25


1. Euless Trinity (TX) 1-0, LW: #1
2. Abilene (TX) 1-0, LW: #2
3. South Panola (MS) 2-0, LW: #3
4. Grant (CA) 1-0, LW: #5
5. West Monroe (LA) 0-0, LW: #6
6. Westlake (CA) 0-0, LW: #7
7. Dwyer (FL) 0-0, LW: #8
8. Bingham (UT) 2-0, LW: #9
9. Lake Travis (TX) 1-0, LW: #10
10. Glenville (OH) 1-0, LW: #12
11. Manatee (FL) 0-0, LW: #15
12. Good Counsel (MD) 1-0, LW: #14
13. Servite (CA) 0-0, LW: #13
14. Hoover (AL) 1-0, LW: #17
15. Northwestern (SC) 1-0, LW: #18
16. Hamilton (AZ) 2-0, LW: #19
17. Colerain (OH) 1-0, LW: #20
18. Armwood (FL) 0-0, LW: #21
19. Long Beach Poly (CA) 0-0, LW: #22
20. Katy (TX) 1-0, LW: NR
21. Stony Point (TX) 1-0, LW: NR
22. Shiloh Christian (AR) 0-0, LW: #25
23. De La Salle (CA) 0-0, LW: #23
24. Phoebus (VA) 0-0, LW: NR
25. Butler (NC) 1-0, LW: #24

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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Bell Glade Glades Central (FL)  6  Dallas Skyline (TX)  0
Hoover (AL)  14  Byrnes  (SC)  0

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Check-out High School Football America's Inside Look at the Pius X Royals

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

With its last scrimmage out of the way today against Wilson, the Pius X Royals have one week to get ready for its season opener next Saturday against Pottstown at Amelio Scott Alumni Stadium.

I'll be on hand in Roseto, Pennsylvania to capture the entire day for my season-long look the Royals at High School Football America.

Click here to check-out all of the videos from the 2010 pre-season camp.

Friday Night High School Football Scores

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Back from an incredible night in Rockville, Indiana!

Aside from meeting great people, I got to meet former Rox player Matt Kinsey, who was on the sidelines coaching his former team tonight against Covington High, just two months after losing his foot while serving his country in the military in Afghanistan.

Words cannot possible begin to describe what I saw tonight, but I was able to capture it all on video for a story that you'll see on High School Football America this week.  Kinsey, who is fully mobile on a prosthetic foot was honored before the game in a moving ceremony.

To make the night complete, the Rox beat Covington 20-6.

For all of the scores from around America tonight, click on the links below...

Alabama Scores
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Thursday Night High School Football Scores

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Looking for scores from tonight?  Click on the link below to find them.

Alabama Scores
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Sports Illustrated Writer Tim Layden Examines the Origin and Evolution of Offensive & Defensive Schemes in New Book

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Award-winning Sports Illustrated writer Tim Layden has written a great book that I highly recommend reading to get you ready for the upcoming season...no matter what level of football you are interested in.

Blood, Sweat and Chalk takes readers inside the game's greatest schemes and plays without getting to dry and technical.  Layden does a magnificent job of weaving interviews with the game's legendary coaches...Bill Belichick, Don Coryell, Joe Gibbs, Darrell Royal and Tom Osborne...into the X's and O's that many fans don't understand.

The journey starts at the turn-of-the-century Single Wing and ends at the crazy A-11 offense that was created at Piedmont High School in northern California.

To learn more about the book, listen to my High School Football America podcast interview with Layden below.

High School Football America - On the Road Again

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Willie Nelson couldn't have said it any better..."Just can't wait to get on the road again"!! 

While we're not making music, the sound of pads popping is like music to my ears. Yes, high school football is in the air, and I can't stop taking deep breaths of it!

Since August 12th, High School Football America has visited South Bend, Indiana; New Buffalo, Michigan; Roseto, Pennsylvania (3 days) and Rockville, Indiana.

Judging by the jump in hits to the website, everyone is enjoying High School Football America's inside look at the Pius X High School Football program.  Your all-access pass will continue through the entire season.

This past Saturday, Trish and I ventured 180 miles south of Chicago to Rockville, Indiana to begin preparing for our first visit of the 2010 season.  We'll head back to the town of 2,900 Friday night for the Rockville Rox home opener against Covington.

The side story on Friday night will be the fact that Rockville is situated in the heart of Parke County, which is known as the "Covered Bridge Capital of the World".  There are 31 of these magnificent structures along five color-coded routes that total approximately 161 miles of driving.

We ventured along the 'yellow route" on Saturday, starting at the West Union Bridge, which at 315 feet long is slightly longer than a football field.  The bridge is closed to traffic, but the next one, the Marshall Bridge (pictured above), isn't.

The oldest bridges date back to between 1856 and 1860.

As we drove around the 34 mile yellow route, we let our minds dance back to a bygone era when people weren't as lucky to be driving the route in a car.

We were surprised at how much wooded area was in this part of the country...I always thought Indiana had nothing but flat farmland.

We ended the night at the Thirty-Six Saloon where we enjoyed a well-prepared walleye platter and a porterhouse steak, served by a very friendly staff. The Thirty-Six Saloon is also a taxidermist's dream with a wide array of stuffed animals ranging from a rattlesnake to a mountain lion.

However, when we return on Friday night, we'll be hunting for some good ole' fashion small town high school football.

PrepNation.com - Week 2 High School Football Rankings

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Only two teams in the PrepNation.com National Prep Poll played last weekend, and with both South Panola (Batesville, MS) and Hamilton (Chandler, AZ) winning, there are no changes in the latest poll.

PrepNation.com National Prep Poll
Week 2


1. Euless Trinity (TX) 
2. Plant (Tampa, FL) 
3. Abilene (TX) 
4. Lake Travis (Austin, TX) 
5. South Panola (Batesville, MS) 1-0
6. Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) 
7. St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) 
8. Glenville (Cleveland, OH) 
9. Grant (Sacramento, CA) 
10. Hoover (AL) 
11. Hamilton (Chandler, AZ) 1-0
12. Good Counsel (Olney, MD) 
13. St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH) 
14. De La Salle (Concord, CA) 
15. Servite (Anaheim, CA) 
16. West Monroe (LA) 
17. Phoebus (Hampton, VA) 
18. Camden County (Kingsland, GA) 
19. Stony Point (Round Rock, TX) 
20. Dorman (Roebuck, SC) 
21. Manatee (Bradenton, FL) 
22. Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, NJ) 
23. LaSalle College (Wyndmoor, PA) 
24. Mission Viejo (CA) 
25. Wheaton-Warrenville South (Wheaton, IL)