by Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle
With a national television audience from ESPN looking on,
Aplington-Parkersburg got down to the business of playing a football game without its long-time coach
Ed Thomas, who was murdered in June. A-P opened the season with a 30-14 win over
Dike-New Hartford. The
Des Moines Register has a recap, plus the
first interview with Joan Becker, mother of Thomas' alleged killer's Mark Becker, who's scheduled to stand trial on charges of first degree murder on September 15th.
Iowa High School Football Scores
Friday, August 28, 2009 Adair-Casey 41, Farragut 8
Adel ADM 24, Dallas Center-Grimes 14
Akron-Westfield 34, Elk Point-Jefferson, S.D. 0
Anita CAM 56, Essex 12
Ankeny 32, Waukee 29, 2OT
Ankeny Christian Academy 56, Moravia 14
Aplington-Parkersburg 30, Dike-New Hartford 14
Armstrong-Ringsted 68, Crystal Lake WCLT 16
Atlantic 33, Clarinda 0
Avoca AHST 41, Oakland Riverside 27
Baxter-CMB 56, Eddyville-Blakesburg 27
Bedford 34, Martensdale-St. Marys 0
Belle Plaine 14, Victor HLV 6
Bettendorf 28, Pleasant Valley 0
Blairsburg NE Hamilton 54, Bode Twin River Valley 0
Bondurant Farrar 57, Saydel 24
Boone 27, Algona 16
Boyden-Hull-RV 34, MOC-Floyd Valley 0
Britt West Hancock 19, Grundy Center 0
Brooklyn BGM 39, Danville 0
Bussey Twin Cedars 28, Garden Grove Mormon Trail 6
Calmar South Winneshiek 52, Riceville 6
Carlisle 42, Pleasantville 20
Carroll 30, Carroll Kuemper 7
Cascade 21, Troy Mills North Linn 14
Cedar Falls NU 28, Colo-NESCO 16
Cedar Rapids Prairie 28, Waterloo East 7
Cedar Rapids Washington 28, Cedar Falls 10
Center Point-Urbana 14, Van Horne Benton 13
Centerville 40, Bloomfield Davis County 18
Cherokee 28, Storm Lake 22
Clarion-Goldfield 41, Belmond-Klemme 6
Clay Central-Everly 36, Kingsley-Pierson 0
Clear Lake 42, Humboldt 0
Colfax-Mingo 14, Nevada 7
Columbus Junction 22, Riverside Highland 7
Coon Rapids-Bayard 68, Charter Oak-Ute 0
Corning 26, Red Oak 20, OT
Corydon Wayne 20, Clarinda Academy 14, OT
Council Bluffs Lewis Central 10, Le Mars 7
Council Bluffs Lincoln 52, Newton 17
Council Bluffs St. Albert 31, Glenwood 12
Creston-Orient-Macksburg 28, Chariton 27
Davenport Assumption 38, Burlington 15
Davenport Central 34, Muscatine 19
Decorah 12, Waverly-Shell Rock 7
Denver 23, Hudson 22
Des Moines Grandview Park Baptist 70, Seymour 0
DeWitt Central 21, Oelwein 6
Dubuque Hempstead 38, Iowa City West 21
Dunkerton 47, CAL 12
Dunlap Boyer Valley 21, Marcus MMC 7
Eagle Grove 14, Roland-Story 0
East Mills 50, Woodbine 14
Eldon Cardinal 18, Keosauqua Van Buren 8
Eldridge North Scott 39, Davenport West 0
Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira 47, Sidney 22
Elkader Central 28, Guttenberg Clayton Ridge 7
Emmetsburg 35, Spencer 7
Epworth Western Dubuque 18, Dyersville Beckman 14
Fairfield 27, Albia 0
Farmington Harmony 42, Olin 0
Forest City 48, Cresco Crestwood 23
Fort Dodge 44, Council Bluffs Jefferson 6
Fort Dodge St. Edmond 31, Algona Garrigan 6
Fort Madison 22, Donnellson Central Lee 13
Gilbert 20, Jefferson JSPC 7
Gladbrook-Reinbeck 42, Garner-Hayfield 14
Glidden-Ralston 80, Whiting 16
Gowrie Prairie Valley 23, Lake City Southern Cal 13
Graettinger-Terril 54, Aurelia 8
Grinnell 42, Oskaloosa 20
Griswold 33, Greenfield Nodaway Valley 29
Hampton-Dumont 33, Ackley AGWSR 14
Harlan 56, Denison-Schleswig 28
Hartley HMS 39, Spirit Lake 0
Hinton 42, Orange City Unity Christian 0
Hull Western Christian 47, Paullina South O'Brien 6
Huxley Ballard 35, Alleman North Polk 0
IKM-Manning 41, Audubon 0
Indianola 48, Des Moines Hoover 0
Inwood West Lyon 28, Central Lyon-GLR 0
Iowa City High 38, Dubuque Wahlert 7
Iowa City Regina 14, Clear Creek-Amana 7
Jackson Junction Turkey Valley 34, Fairbank Wapsie Valley 13
Janesville 20, Lansing Kee 14, OT
Jewell South Hamilton 36, West Marshall 35
Johnston 30, Ames 17
Knoxville 35, Monroe PCM 34, OT
La Porte City Union 50, Webster City 13
Le Grand East Marshall 31, Conrad BCLUW 6
Le Mars Gehlen Catholic 34, Hawarden West Sioux 7
Lenox 63, College Springs South Page 0
Leon Central Decatur 28, Panora Panorama 16
Logan-Magnolia 16, Missouri Valley 12
Lone Tree 28, Garwin GMG 14
Lynnville-Sully 22, North English English Valleys 20, OT
Madrid 62, Burnside SE Webster 0
Manchester West Delaware 29, Delhi Maquoketa Valley 0
Manly Central Springs 48, West Fork, Sheffield 8
Manson-NW Webster 10, East Sac County 7
Maquoketa 37, West Liberty 7
Mason City 58, Des Moines North 6
Mason City Newman 23, St. Ansgar 0
Maynard West Central 54, Clarksville 28
Mediapolis 28, Wayland WACO 6
Montezuma 26, Marengo Iowa Valley 21
Mount Pleasant 55, Kirksville, Mo. 20
Murray 46, Melcher-Dallas 38
Nashua-Plainfield 15, North Butler 14
Neola Tri-Center 28, Maple Valley/Anthon/Oto 22, OT
New Sharon North Mahaska 26, Winfield-Mount Union 7
Northwood-Kensett 16, Lake Mills 7
Norwalk 17, Winterset 7
O-A/BCIG 54, Buffalo Ridge 6
Onawa West Monona 63, Mondamin West Harrison 27
Osage 26, Charles City 7
Osceola Clarke 12, Mount Ayr 3
Ottumwa 21, Southeast Polk 10
Perry 28, Ogden 0
Pocahontas Area/Pomeroy-Palmer 12, Newell-Fonda 7
Postville 20, Monona MFL-Mar-Mac 8
Preston 62, Miles East Central 12
Remsen-Union 33, Ruthven-Ayrshire 0
Rockford 36, Buffalo Center North Iowa 0
Rockwell City-Lytton 14, Moville Woodbury Central 6
Sheldon 20, Estherville-Lincoln Central 14
Sibley-Ocheyedan 19, Milford Okoboji 9
Sioux Center 35, Sloan Westwood 0
Sioux City East 46, Des Moines Roosevelt 21
Sioux Rapids Sioux Central 20, Alta 0
Solon 49, Mount Vernon 10
Stanton 72, Meskwaki 14
Sumner-Fredericksburg 47, Edgewood-Colesburg 0
Tabor Fremont-Mills 44, Shenandoah 7
Thornburg Tri-County 32, Springville 2
Traer North Tama 56, Wyoming Midland 0
Treynor 27, Underwood 9
Tripoli 37, Elgin Valley 6
Truro Interstate 35 13, Liberty Center SE Warren 6
Urbandale 34, Des Moines Lincoln 7
Van Meter 29, Guthrie Center 12
Villisca 14, Afton East Union 13
Walnut 52, Hamburg 12
Wapello 42, Letts Louisa-Muscatine 12
Waterloo Columbus 41, Independence 19
Waterloo West 34, Dubuque Senior 0
West Branch 35, Tipton 6
West Burlington/Notre Dame 27, Keokuk 0
West Central Valley, Stuart 45, Earlham 33
West Des Moines Dowling 44, Des Moines East 7
West Union North Fayette 32, New Hampton 14
Westside Ar-We-Va 15, Grand Junction East Greene 2
Wilton 3, Durant 0
Woodward-Granger 22, Des Moines Christian 20
Also on tonight's show will be Phil Stambaugh, head coach at Pius X High School in Roseto, Pennsylvania. Stambaugh, who is in his second year at his alma mater, is in-charge of America's small high school playing 11-man football. The Royals has 54-players on this year's roster with less than 100 boys in the school in grades 9-12.
My final guest is Mark Tabb, co-author of the new high school football book called The Sacred Acre. The story looks at the life of former Aplington-Parkersburg head football coach Ed Thomas, who was murdered in June, 2009 by one of his former players. The book, which was co-authored by members of the Thomas family, looks at how the Thomas family and the community has rebounded for the horrible incident with grace through foregiveness.
