Big-Time Cross-Country High School Football Games Nothing New

by Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

It's become commonplace for high school football teams to pick-up frequent flyer miles these days.

Most of the recent big interstate games are a direct result of the Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Series (with help from ESPN) inviting teams from around the country to descend on cities in Ohio and Texas to settle state high school football bragging rights. It continues this weekend with national powers Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, NJ) and De La Salle (Concord, CA) squaring-off in New Jersey. It's the second game of a home-and-home series that has sent each team packing and traveling thousands of miles for a football game.

However, today I discovered a story in the New York Times that shows a couple of high school football teams from New York and Chicago were trendsetters back in 1903.

On November 28, 1903 at Brooklyn's Washington Park, Chicago's North Division High School beat Boys' High School of Brooklyn 76-0. According to the report, over 5,000 fans witnessed the game that was called early on account of darkness.

One interesting part of the story...is the Chicago team is described as being from "the west".

Rye Defends New York Class B Title

New York High School Football Scoreboard - Championships

New York High School Football Scores
Sunday, November 30, 2008

Championships

Class AA
Orchard Park 21 Monroe-Woodbury 17

Class B
Rye 16 Oneida 12

Top-Seeded Sweet Home Wins NY Class A

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

Sweet Home won the battle of #1 vs. #2 Saturday for the New York Class A high school football championship. Sweet Home finished a perfect season with a 35-28 win over Burnt Hills, which suffered its first loss of the season. Click here for game summary.

Southwestern Wins 1st Ever New York Football Title

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

Southwestern beat Cronton-Harmon 35-7 Saturday in the state's Class C title to capture the school's first-ever New York State Public High School Athletic Association championship. Click here for game story.

Maple Grove Claims New York Class D Title

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

Maple Grove continued its post-season domination and claimed the school's second NYSPHSAA Class D title with a 55-7 win over Moriah. In six post-season games, the Dragons outscored their opponents 328-60. Click here for game story.

New York High School Football Scoreboard - Championships

New York High School Football Scores
Saturday, November 29, 2008

Championships

Class A
Sweet Home 35 Burnt Hills 28

Class C
Southwestern 35 Cronton-Harmon 7

Class D
Maple Grove 55 Moriah 7

Connetquot Beats Freeport For Long Island Class I Crown

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Sixth-seeded Connetquot won the school's first Long Island Class I crown since 1992 Friday with a 21-13 win over Freeport. Click here for game story.

New York High School Football Scoreboard - Championships

New York High School Football Scores
Friday, November 28, 2008

Championships

Long Island Class I
Connetquot 21 Freeport 13

Long Island Class II
Riverhead 42 Elmont 6

Long Island Class III
Sayville 13 Bethpage 7

Long Island Class IV
Babylon 35 Seaford 28

Sayville Captures Long Island Class III Title

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

Sayville needed overtime to capture its fourth Long Island county championship beating Bethpage 13-7 Friday at Hofstra Stadium. Click here for game story.

St. Anthony's (NY) Title Streak Ends

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

St. Anthony's streak of seven straight Catholic High School Football League championships came to an end Friday with the Friars 48-35 loss to Iona Prep in the AAA title game. It was the second time this season that the Gaels beat St. Anthony's. Back on October 25, Iona Prep won 41-21. Click here for title game story.

New York Catholic High School Football League

It's a big country, and sometimes things fall between the cracks, but thanks to Mark M., The High School Football Huddle would like to give info on the New York Catholic High School Football League that played its championship games on the weekend of November 15th and 16th.

St. Anthony's, which began the season ranked in the USA Today Super 25, won it's seventh straight CHSFL AA title beating Mount St. Michael 26-20. The win was sweet revenge for the Friars (10-1), who lost to Mount St. Michael 22-12 on September 22nd. The win snapped St. Anthony's 64-game regular season CHSFL win streak.

To read a complete game wrap on the Friars exciting win, click here.

High School Football Scoreboard

AAA
St. Anthony's 26 Mount St. Michael 20

AA
Stepinac 47 Christ the King 12

A
Xavier 45 St. John the Baptist 33

West Genesee, Bishop Ludden and Rye Win New York High School Football Championships

For the second straight year Monroe-Woodbury came within one win of a state championship. West Genesee beat M-W Sunday 42-21 to win the New York Class AA high school football championship at Syracuse's Carrier Dome.

The win gives West Genesee its first high school football championship, while Monroe-Woodbury finishes runner-up for the second straight season even though it now owns a 36-2 record in its last 38-games.

In the Class C title game Bishop Ludden (12-1) beat defending state champ Dobbs Ferry 21-16. Bishop Ludden was led quarterback Connor Sweeney who passes for 184 yards and two touchdowns.

It was Bishop Ludden's first state championship and the win snapped Dobbs Ferry's 23-game win streak.

Rye won the Class B title beating Chenango Forks 19-12.

William Floyd Makes Long Island History

For the first time in 106 years of Long Island high school football, a team has won 33 straight games. William Floyd won its 33rd straight game and third straight Class 1 Long Island football championship on Saturday by beating Farmingdale 42-0.

Floyd becomes the first team to go undefeated for three consecutive seasons since Roosevelt did it from 1964-66.

To read more about the game, click here.

New York High School Football Scoreboard

Class 1 Long Island Championship
William Floyd 42 Farmingdale 0

Class II Long Island Championship
East Islip 35 Lawrence 7
Click here for game recap

Class III Long Island Championship
Islip 14 Bethpage 12
Click here for game recap

#22 St. Anthony's (NY) Limps By Iona Prep

Injuries to quarterback James Brady and running back Chris Carberry were enough to prevent #22 St. Anthony's (South Huntingdon, NY) from beating Iona Prep 31-21 Friday night. Brady injured his foot in the first half and limped his way through the rest game on a heavily taped ankle. Carberry didn't play most of the second half with a hand injury.

To read a game wrap-up from Newsday, please click on our headline "#22 St. Anthony's Limps By Iona Prep"

New York High School Football Scoreboard - Week 2

New York High School Football Scores
Saturday, September 8, 2007

St. Anthony's 39 St. Joseph's (Buffalo) 0

PSAL

Canarsie 38 Clinton 25

New York High School Football Scores
Friday, September 7, 2007

NYC Scores

Fordham Prep 27 Saint Michael 14

State Scores

Carthage 28 New Hartford 14
Fulton 33 ESM 34
Liverpool 27 Baldwinsville 24
Proctor 39 RFA 7
Skaneatles 21 Phoenix 7