Talking World Championship and Berwick Football Tonight on High School Football America Radio Show

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Join me tonight at 7 P.M. Eastern for the latest edition of High School Football America on the ArtistFirst Radio Network.

My guests tonight will be Scott Hallenbeck, executive director of USA Football, and the legendary George Curry, who has come out of retirement to once again be the head football coach of Berwick High School in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Hallenbeck and I will discuss the upcoming Under-19 International Federation of America Football World Championship that will be played June 30th through July 7th in Austin, Texas.  Team USA won the inaugural event in 2009.

Then I will talk with Curry, who built one of America's first national powerhouse programs in the 80's and 90's in the tiny town of Berwick.  The Bulldogs have won three mythical national titles to go along with six Pennsylvania state championships.

Curry is seventh on America's all-time coaching wins list with 413 victories coming into this season.

Click here to listen to tonight's show live.

You can also click here to listen to my May 10th interview with St. Xavier (Ohio) head coach Steve Specht, who will serve as head coach of Team USA in Austin.

Remember, you can listen to all of our past shows free and on-demand by going to www.artistfirst.com/jefffisher.htm.

South Carolina High School Football Scoreboard - Week 8

South Carolina High School Football Scores
Friday, October 5, 2007

USA Today Super 25
#24 Byrnes 38 Hillcrest 20

Other Scores
Abbeville 35, Palmetto 20
Aiken 42, White Knoll 26
Airport 28, Swansea 6
Andrew Jackson 20, Aynor 19
Augusta (Ga.) Christian 51, Ben Lippen 38
Bamberg-Ehrhardt 14, Allendale-Fairfax 7
Barnwell 17, Edisto 14
Batesburg-Leesville 21, Ninety Six 14
Beaufort 25, Fort Dorchester 22
Belton-Honea Path 50, Travelers Rest 0
Berkeley 28, Goose Creek 0
Bethune-Bowman 45, St. John's 16
Bishop England 48, Garrett Academy 0
Blackville-Hilda 28, Estill 12
Blue Ridge 15, Clinton 8
Blythewood 42, Chester 22
Broome 41, Blacksburg 31
Calhoun County 54, Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 14
Camden 50, Eau Claire 26
Cardinal Newman 34, Richard Winn Academy 24
Carvers Bay 48, Green Sea Floyds 0
Chapin 14, Midland Valley 12
Chapman 42, Carolina High and Academy 8
Cheraw 37, Lee Central 8
Chesnee 36, Southside 13
Chesterfield 52, North Central 0
Christ Church Episcopal 36, Calhoun Falls 18
Clover 14, Rock Hill 3
Colleton County 39, Battery Creek 6
Columbia 42, Ware Shoals 22
Conway 38, West Florence 14
Cross 6, Baptist Hill 0
D.W. Daniel 21, Seneca 7
Dillon 28, Marion 0
Dorman 51, Boiling Springs 0
Fairfield Central 30, A. C. Flora 3
Gaffney 41, York Comprehensive 14
Great Falls 57, Indian Land 3
Greenville 47, Berea 6
Greenwood 33, Westside 0
Hanahan 44, Andrews 8
Hannah-Pamplico 20, C. E. Murray 19
Hartsville 34, Spring Valley 27
Heathwood Hall 56, Hilton Head Prep 18
Hemingway 52, Latta 12
Irmo 28, South Aiken 21
J L. Mann 42, Eastside 13
James F. Byrnes 38, Hillcrest 20
Johnsonville 38, Academic Magnet 6
Lake View 41, Creek Bridge 14
Lakewood 28, Darlington 14
Lamar 40, Scott's Branch 8
Laurens 29, Wren 14
Lewisville 34, McBee 13
Lexington 27, North Augusta 26
Manning 45, Burke 6
Marlboro County 42, Crestwood 14
Mauldin 38, Spartanburg 31
Mid-Carolina 28, Saluda 25
Military Magnet Academy 36, Lincoln 6
Myrtle Beach 43, Georgetown 12
Newberry 33, Emerald 14
North Myrtle Beach 20, St. James 0
Orangeburg Prep 31, Pinewood Prep 14
Pageland Central 28, Buford 6
Pelion 46, C. A. Johnson 0
Pendleton 62, Walhalla 38
Pickens 28, Woodmont 16
R.B. Stall 52, Bluffton 30
Richland Northeast 43, Lower Richland 21
Ridge Spring-Monetta 34, Wagener-Salley 0
Ridge View 17, Dutch Fork 0
Riverside 35, Union County 18
Rock Hill Northwestern 33, Fort Mill 0
Rock Hill South Pointe 20, Lancaster 7
Silver Bluff 17, Wade Hampton (H) 2
Socastee 14, Carolina Forest 0
South Pointe 20, Lancaster 7
Stratford 31, Orangeburg-Wilkinson 13
Strom Thurmond 35, Brookland-Cayce 7
Summerville 35, West Ashley 6
Sumter 52, South Florence 26
T L Hanna 51, Easley 7
Timberland 43, North Charleston 8
Timmonsville 34, East Clarendon 33, OT
Waccamaw 28, Loris 0
Wade Hampton (G) 21, Greer 7
Wando 18, James Island 7
West Oak 36, Crescent 15
Westminster Catawba 54, Asheville School 36
Whitmire 32, Southside Christian 6
Williston-Elko 40, Denmark-Olar 7
Woodland 28, Ridgeland 0
Woodruff 35, Liberty 6

#8 Mater Dei (CA) One of the Best Because of Barkley

Mater Dei (Santa Ana, CA) was ranked #8 in the nation in the USA Today Pre-Season Top 25 High School Football Poll.

The reason? Junior quarterback Matt Barkley, who next week will begin his third season as a starter when Mater Dei faces West Covina.

For those of you, who don't know, Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart played at Mater Dei before moving on to his stellar career at USC. At 6-3, 228 pounds, the straight-A student is the envy of any top college football coach in the country.

To read more about Barkley from a story in the LA Times, please click on our headline "Mater Dei One of the Best Because of Barkley".

Independence (NC) Takes Its 109 Game Win Streak On The Road

For only the second time in its 109-game win streak Independence will venture outside of North Carolina looking for a win. The 7-time defending state champs will take-on Elder from Cincinnati Saturday night in the Ohio Vs. USA Challenge III. The only time that Independence has played outside of the Tar Heel State during its win streak was in 2003 when it won at Spartanburg, South Carolina.

For a preview of the game, please click on our headline, "Independence Takes Its 109 Game Win Streak On The Road".

Opening Night

It's full speed ahead to the crowning of state champions are the country. Of course, we're going to have to wait at least three month for the crowning of our first high school football champs, and that will come in Alaska. So it stands to reason that if Great North is the first to crown, it's also the first to start and things kicked-off last night with five games and will continue Saturday with a full slate of games.

The biggest surprise of the night was that that defending Big Schools champ South Anchorage was beaten by Chugiak 10-7. Actually it wasn't that big of a shock considering the Chugiak was ranked #2 in the state in the pre-season polls. For a complete wrap-up of the game you can click on our headline "Opening Night" to read the game story from the Anchorage Daily News.

If you want a complete wrap-up of the night's five games, please click on the Alaska Huddle in our links section.

Here are the finals from all five games:

Chugiak 10 South 7
Soldatna 62 North Pole 42
Wasilla 41 Eagle River 6
Colony 47 Eielson 0
Skyview 54 Nikiski 6