Weekend Update: High School Football Scores

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Congratulations go out today to Shattuck High in Oklahoma which tied the national record for consecutive wins for an 8-man high school football team. The Indians beat Sharon-Mutual 46-32 Friday night for their 90th straight victory. Shattuck can set a new record with a win next Friday against Goodwell.

Meanwhile, the nation's longest active win streak for an 11-man team seems to back in high gear.

After a couple of close victories earlier this season, the Smith Center (KS) Redmen are rolling once again. Friday night, the Redmen beat Osborne 47-7 for their 74th straight win, which ties Maryville (TN) for the fourth longest straight of all-time. In the last two games, Smith Center has outscored its opponents 109-14.

Check-out the links below for the most up-to-date scores throughout Saturday:

Florida Scores Updated 10/24/09 12:25 PM CST
Georgia Scores Updated 10/24/09 11:05 AM CST
Illinois Scores Updated 10/24/09 12:30 PM CST
Kansas Scores Updated 10/24/09 11:35 AM CST
Louisiana Scores Updated 10/24/09 2:00 PM CST
Michigan Scores Updated 10/24/09 1:45 PM CST
Nebraska Scores Updated 10/24/09 1:40 PM CST
New Hampshire Scores Updated 10/24/09 1:20 PM CST
Ohio Scores Updated 10/24/09 1:30 PM CST
Oklahoma Scores Updated 10/24/09 12:18 PM CST
West Virginia Scores Updated 10/24/09 1:25 PM CST

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Weekend Update: High School Football Scores

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America
Welcome to Saturday!

Last night, Smith Center in Kansas beat Washington County 62-7 for the school's 73rd straight victory, which moves the Redmen past Hudson (Michigan) High School, which held the national record win streak record at 72 (1968-1975) straight until De La Salle broke it in the 90's. Smith Center's streak is now the fifth longest in America. Next up is Maryville (TN) with 74 straight.

All-Time Win High School Football Win Streaks

De La Salle (CA) - 151
Independence (NC) - 109
South Panola (MS) - 89
Maryville (TN) - 74
Smith Center (KS) - 73
Hudson (MI) - 72
Jefferson (MO) - 71
Animas (NM) - 69

Here are the latest score updates on The Huddle:

Arizona Scores Updated 10/18/09 2:25 PM CST
California Scores Updated 10/17/09 1:55 PM CST
Florida Scores 10/17/09 3:55 PM CST
Illinois Scores Updated 10/17/09 4:10 PM CST
Kansas Scores Updated 10/17/09 4:45 PM CST
Louisiana Scores Updated 10/17/09 4: 20 PM CST
Maine Scores Updated 10/17/09 1:35 PM CST
Massachusetts Scores Updated 10/17/09 4:50 PM CST
Mississippi Scores Updated 10/17/09 12:05 PM CST
Missouri Scores Updated 10/17/09 2:50 PM CST
Nebraska Scores Updated 10/17/09 6:00 PM CST
New Hampshire Scores Updated 10/17/09 5:00 PM CST
New Jersey Scores Updated 10/17/09 3:30 PM CST
North Carolina Scores Updated 10/17/09 12:10 PM CST
Oklahoma Scores Updated 10/17/09 12:00 PM CST
Oregon Scores Updated 10/17/09 2:25 PM CST
Pennsylvania Scores Updated 10/18/09 1:45 PM CST
South Carolina Scores Updated 10/17/09 3:50 PM CST
Texas Scores Updated 10/18/09 2:30 PM CST
Washington Scores Updated 10/17/09 3:40 PM CST

Smith Center (KS) vs. Phillipsburg (KS) Moved to Another Site

by Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

Just tuned-in for the Smith Center/Phillipsburg game and found-out the webcast has been moved to www.usd237.com. Smith Center is looking for its 71st straight win, which is the longest active win streak in the country.

Last week 324 people watched the webcast that saw the Redmen beat Norton 20-14.

Hope lots of Huddle fans check it out!

Smith Center (KS) Goes After 71st Straight Win and You Can Watch It LIVE

by Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle
The beauty of high school football has definitely changed at the top because of ESPN's constant desire to push the envelope with made-for-TV match-ups that are usually based national rankings that are based on just a couple people's opinions. In my opinion, the games usually disappoint.

So instead of watching tonight's ESPN2 match-up between Lakeland (FL) vs. De La Salle (CA), why not tune-in on the web to the tiny Kansas team that is trying to break De La Salle's record 151-game win streak. You can check-out the Smith Center Redmen go after their 71st straight win against Phillipsburg tonight at 7 at www.weareredman.com.

For those of you that don't know about Smith Center, you may want to pick-up a copy of Our Boys written by NY Times author Joe Drape, which will take you right inside this tiny town of less than 2,000.

If you can't get to the book before the game, check-out this story from NCKSsports.com on Smith Center fullback and defensive end Matt Atwood.

Oh, and if you want to watch, Lakeland and De La Salle you can tune-in at 10 PM EST tonight on ESPN2.

That's a full night of high school football!!

Kansas High School Football Scoreboard - Week 1

by Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

Smith Center ran the nation's longest active win streak to 68 games Friday night with a 59-0 shutout of Plainville. Joe Drape, author of the great high school football book Our Boys was at the game and sent me a note on Twitter saying..."even a year later, I marvel at their program and town. They probably are more talented this year. Redmen started six sophomores."

If you haven't picked-up a copy of Our Boys...do so! It's a great way to start the high school football season.

Kansas High School Football Scores
Friday, September 4, 2009

Abilene 35, Jefferson West 7
Andale 49 Clearwater 20
Anderson County at Osawatomie
Argonia 56 Elk Valley 0
Ashland 24, Hill City 20
Baileyville 50, Axtell 0
Basehor-Linwood 49, Santa Fe Trail 0
Baxter Springs 7, Pleasanton 0
Beloit St. John's-Tipton 34, Rock Hills 20
Bishop Carroll 28 Heights 0 Kansas Eagle game story
Bishop Miege 60, Atchison 0
Buhler 52 Andover 27
BV Northwest 48 Andover Central 21
BV West 30, Shawnee Mill Valley 7
Caldwell 72 Udall 42
Caney Valley 16, Neodesha 6
Central-Burden 26 Cedar Vale 20
Central Heights 30, Uniontown 7
Centre 38 Goessel 24
Chanute 17, Parsons 14
Chapparal 27 Belle Plaine 6
Chase 58, Wilson 38
Chase County 19, Herington 6
Cherryvale 32, Fredonia 0
Clay Center 6 El Dorado 0
Clifton-Clyde at BV-Randolph
Columbus 34, Iola 10
Conway Springs 35 Cheney 7
Council Grove 45, West Franklin 14
Crest 44, St. Paul 12
Derby 27 Campus 3
Dodge City 26 Southeast 3
Doniphan West 27, Maur Hill-Mount Academy 0
Eli-Saline 55 Peabody -Burns 8
Ellenwood 32 Sterling 13
Ellis 35, Rawlins County 8
Emporia 40, Topeka 21
Erie 32, NE-Arma 14
Eudora 28, Spring Hill 0
Eureka 15 Yates Center 0
Frankort 48, Southern Cloud 16
Galena 27, Adrian (MO) 7
Garden Plain 72 Wichita Independent 0
Gardner-Edgerton 62, DeSoto 22
Goodwell, Okla. at Rolla
Hanover 54, Thunder Ridge 8
Hartford 16 Flinthlls 14
Hays 53, Concordia 14
Hesston 28 Halstead 6
Hillsboro 28 Salina Sacred Heart 12
Hoisington 30 Holcomb 0
Holton 35, Perry-Lecompton 14
Hope 54 Canton-Galva 12
Hoxie 13, WaKeeney 12
Hugoton 48, Stanton County 6
Humboldt 7, Burlington 6
Hutchinson 55 Rockhurt (MO) 27 Wichita Eagle game story & video
Hutchinson Trinity 42 Bennington 0
Independence 34, Labette County 29
Jackson Heights 22, Horton 14
Junction City 49, Topeka Highland Park 6
KC Harmon 20, KC Washington 0
KC Schlagle 20 (MO) Central 0 (Thurs.)
KC Turner 22, Blue Valley North 15
KC Ward 37, Bonner Springs 16
LaCrosse 34, Larned 20
Lakeside 38, Diller-Odell (NE) 28
Lansing 37, KC Piper 21
Lebo 32, Burlingame 20
Lenexa St. James 28, KC Christ Prep 3
Lighthouse Christian 26 Maize South 13
Lincoln 62, Tescott 14
Linn 52, Pike Valley 6
Little River 34, St. John's Military 14
Logan 40, Western Plains 20
Louisburg 49, Ottawa 7
Madison 18 Waverly 13
Maize 42 Valley Center 7
Manhattan 23, Blue Valley 21
Marion 34 Lyons 7
Marmaton Valley 50, Chetopa 0
Marysville 27, Rock Creek 0
McLouth 18, Leavenworth Immaculata 13
McPherson 40 Goddard 17
Medicine Lodge 18 Douglass 13
Minneapolis 50, Ellsworth 18
Mission Valley 27, Wabaunsee 6
Moundridge 21 Inman 6
Moscow 36, Balko (OK) 8
Mulvane 34 Grand Bend 28 Kansas Eagle game story
Natoma 36, Lucas-Luray 14
Ness City-Dighton 33, Syracuse 6
Nevada (MO) 13, Fort Scott 7
Newton 32 Liberal 8
Norton 21, Phillipsburg 14
Norwich 46 Stafford 0
Oakley 37, Goodland 0
Olathe East 29, Lawrence Free State 20
Olathe North 71, Leavenworth 6
Olathe Northwest 29, SM East
Olpe 48, Northern Heights 0
Osage City 38, Lyndon 13
Osborne 18, Oberlin 15
Oskaloosa 24, Valley Falls 21
Oswego 42, Jayhawk-Linn 10
Otis-Bison 74, St. John 14
Oxford 64 Dexter 18
Palco 26, Northern Valley 0
Paola 35, Baldwin 7
Pawnee Heights 28, Greensburg 12
Pittsburg 27, Coffeyville 14
Pittsburg Colgan 48, Girard 13
Pleasant Ridge 33, Troy 6
Pratt 53 Chapman 0
Pratt Skyline 48 Attica 0
Pretty Prairie 52 South Barber 28
Quinter 44, Golden Plains 26
Quivira Heights 70, Claflin 36
Remington 55 West Elk 6
Riley County 28 Augusta 14
Riverton 54, Frontenac 0
Rose Hill 13 Circle 0
Rossville 23, Wellsville 6
Royal Valley 52, Effingham 33
Russell 64, Republic County 8
Salina Central 48 Winfield 21
Salina South 58 Arkansas City 16
Scott City 39, Lakin 0
Sedgwick 52 Solomon 0
SE-Cherokee at Decatur, Ark.
SE-Saline 26, Beloit 6
Sedan at Oklahoma Union
Sharon Springs 40, Tribune 20
Silver Lake 27, Centralia 7
Smokey Valley 52 Haven 18
SM East 29, Olathe Northwest 7 (Thurs.)
SM North 17, Lawrence 14
SM Northwest 23, SM South 15
SM West 29, Olathe South 23
Smith Center 59, Plainville 0
South Central 44 Hutchinson Central Christian 0
South Gray 28, Spearville 20
Southern Coffey 36, Marais des Cygnes 6
St. Francis 28, Colby 22
St. Marys 34, Washington County 6
St. Thomas Aquinas 22, North KC (Mo.) 19
Sublette 26, Southwestern Heights 6
Sunrise Christian 68 South Haven 36
Sylvan Grove 62, Stockton 14
Thomas More Prep 33, Kinsley 6
Tonganoxie 56, Prairie View 6
Topeka Hayden 19, Shawnee Heights 7
Topeka Seaman 24, Topeka West 7
Triplains-Brewster at Wheatland-Grinnell
Garden City 30, Ulysses 6
Valley Heights at Onaga
Victoria 30, Macksville 6
Wakefield 54, White City 6
Wamego 13, Sabetha 7
Washburn Rural 50, KC Wyandotte 12
Wathena 28, Jefferson North 6
Wellington 61 Kingman 12
Wichita Collegiate 56 Nickerson 28
Wichita East 18 Wichita North 12
Wichita Trinity 51 Bluestern 6
Wichita West 34 Wichita South 7
Witchita Word of Life 76 Cair Paravel 26

Our Boys Author on NBC's TODAY

by Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

Joe Drape, author of the new book Our Boys, appeared on the TODAY Show this morning on NBC to promote his wonderful book on the Smith Center Redmen, who captured their fifth straight Kansas 2A football championship. You can learn more about the book at www.joedrape.com.

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Coming to a Bookstore Near You...A Great Book on Small-Town High School Football

by Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

After the hustle-and-bussle of three days in New York City to check-out the screening of my girlfriend Trish Hoffman's big screen debut in the new Joe Otting movie Under New Management, I settled into my airplane seat looking forward to my flight back to Chicago and reading New York Times writer Joe Drape's new book Our Boys, which chronicles the 2008 season of the Smith Center (Kansas) Redmen.

From the moment I began reading Our Boys, I was transported to this tiny town with a population of 1,931 people. Yes, the book is about Smith Center's drive for a fifth straight Kansas Class 2A high school football title, but Drape does an excellent job of weaving Midwest history and culture in-and-out of this great 265-page read.

Personally, as someone who is fascinated with small town football, I could feel Drape's love of the sport and Smith Center's people throughout.

For the book, Drape actually moved his advertising executive wife and young son from NYC to the tiny town that is smack dab in the middle of the United States. That fact alone, hooked me!

Ask Trish, I don't think there's anything more romantic than a Charles Kuralt-like tour of the America's high school football landscape.

Drape set the hook on me on Page 69 when he wrote:

"When we heard sirens here, we did not tune them out as in New York. Our hearts sank because they signaled that somebody we knew had taken ill, or had been in an accident or was in some kind of trouble."

It's that sort of dig into the community's soul that Drape puts in Our Boys from the beginning when he describes the highs-and-lows of the town from its farming heyday; to the Dust Bowl of the 30's; to win #67 that gave the community its fifth straight state championship.

Notice I said "gave the community" the championship! The Redmen won the game on the field, but as Drape eloquently tells us, it truly does take a village. Bravo Joe!

Our Boys comes out this week, and I can't think of a better way for a true fan of high school football to begin the season!

Pick it up!

To find out more, please go to Joe Drape's website at www.joedrape.com.

Jeff

High School Football's Active Win Streaks

by Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

With South Panola (MS) and Maryville (TN) losing on back-to-back days last December, Smith Center of Kansas owns the nation's longest active high school football win streak. South Panola's streak, which is the third longest all-time in high school football ended at 89, while Maryville ended at 74.

Next month, you'll be able to learn a lot more about the Smith Center Redmen when New York Times write Joe Drape's book Our Boys comes out on August 18th. Drape moved to his family to the small town of 1,931 to do the book. You can learn move about Drape's book at www.joedrape.com.

After plenty of research, here is the most accurate active win streak list I could come-up with...if I missed a team, please feel free to email me at jeff@blitzgroupllc.com.

1. Smith Center (KS) - 67 straight wins
2. Wayne Hills (NJ) - 52 straight wins
3. Plymouth (NH) - 44 straight wins
4. Timpview (UT) - 36 straight wins
5. Saguaro (AZ) - 33 straight wins
6. Lake Travis (TX) - 30 straight wins
7. Soldotna (AK) - 29 straight wins
8. Skyline (WA) - 28 straight wins
8. River Hill (MD) - 28 straight wins
10. Jupiter Christian (FL) 27 straight wins
10. Solon (IA) - 27 straight wins
12. Centennial (AZ) - 26 straight wins

Smith Center Wins 4th Straight Kansas Title

For the first time this season, Smith Center (KS) trailed in a football game. And even though Pittsburg Colgan was able to take a 7-0 lead on the three-time Kansas Class 2-1A champs and hold the Redman 27 points under their per game average, it wasn't enough as Smith Center won its fourth straight crown 40-14.

Once again it was the Redman rushing attack that led the way with Braden Wilson picking-up 225 yards on 24 carries and scoring three touchdowns. Quarterback Joe Windscheffel carried the ball 10 times for 179 yards and two scores.

To read more about Smith Center's 54th straight win click here.

Kansas High School Football Championships

While Smith Center plays in Kansas' smallest 11-man division, Class 2-1A, all eyes in Kansas will be on the Redman as they go after their 54th straight win and fourth straight state championship Saturday against Pittsburg Colgan.

The tiny town of 1,931 has made national news this year for its perfection and also its national record 72 points in a first quarter earlier this year in a game against Plainville..

Smith Center has 11 straight shutouts this year and has outscored opponents 804-6. The only points allowed by the Redman came last week in a 44-6 semifinal win over St. Francis.

To read more about the little team that can, click here.

Here's Saturday's Kansas championship schedule...

Class 6A
at Washburn 1 PM
Hutchinson vs. Olathe South

Class 5A
at Emporia State 1 PM
Bishop Carroll vs. BV West

Class 4A
at Salina 1PM
Louisburg vs. Andale

Class 3A
at Hutchinson 1PM
Garden Plain vs. Conway Springs

Class 2-1A
at Hays 1 PM
Smith Center Pittsburg Colgan

72-0...In Just the 1st Quarter!!!

Smith Center High School (KS) played a first quarter for the ages on Tuesday night in the opening round of the Kansas state high school football 2A playoffs.

The three-time defending 2A champs scored 72 points in the first twelve minutes on the way to an 83-0 win over Plainville. The 72 first quarter points is believed to be a national record for points in a quarter. According to published reports, the previous record was 66 points by Prescott High in Arizona back in 1925.

The first quarter explosion was set-up by six Plainville turnovers. The Smith Center coaching staff didn't try to run-up the score in this one, as it began sitting its starters midway through the first quarter.

Plainville isn't the only team that's had a tough time with Smith Center this year. Including Tuesday's game, Smith Center has now outscored its opponents 640-0.