Cathedral (Indianapolis, IN) Wins #600

Congratulations to Indiana's "First School of High School Football". Cathedral High, which began playing football in 1919 beat Carmel 13-7 Friday night for it's 600th victory.

Cathedral, which is ranked #1 in Class 4A, is the first school to reach 600 wins. Elkhart Central is second on the all-times wins list with 576. To read a recap of the historic win from the Indy Star, click on The High School Football Huddle headline "Cathedral Wins #600".

Independence Opens 2006 With 92-Game Win Streak

Independence (Charlotte, NC) hopes its win streak hits the century mark this season, and it takes another step toward challenging DeLaSalle's national record of 151 straight wins.

Tonight, Independence puts is 92-game streak on the line in its season-opener against West Charlotte. In the Patriots last 46-games only three victories have been by fewer than ten points; 45-42 against Providence last year, 20-18 against Richmond Senior in 2003 and 27-18 against Providence in 2003. In each of those wins, Independence came from behind to win.

To get a glimpse at why the Patriots have been so successful take a look at two coaches who have built the dynasty by clicking on our headline "Independence Opens 2006 Wtih 92-Game Win Streak". It's a great article from the Charlotte Observer on head coach Tom Knotts and defensive coordinator Bill Geiler.

National Powers Indepedence (NC) and Byrnes (SC) Square-off In Scrimmage

WOW...too bad Independence (Charlotte, NC) and Byrnes (Duncan, SC) didn't meet during the regular season instead of scrimmaging each other Saturday night. If they had, America would have been treated to one top-notch battle, that not only would have determined bragging rights in the Carolina's, but also possibly in the United States.

Independence owns the nation's longest active win streak at 92 games, while Bynes has won four straight 4A Division II state titles. In fact, The Sporting News has Independence ranked #9 in its national pre-season Top 25 poll, and Byrnes is right behind at #10.

As far as the scrimmage was concerned, but coaches treated the first half like the game counted!

Byrnes jumped out to a 21-0 lead behind quarterback Will Korn, who has verbally committed to Clemson. Korn completed 17 of 30 passes for 135 yards, and also run for 29-yards and two touchdowns. The Independence starters battled back to close to within 21-14 before both head coaches pulled the starters.

In the end, Indepedence's back-ups scored two fourth quarter touchdowns to give the Patriots a 28-21 win.

For more on this hotly conested scrimmage from the Charlotte Observer, please click on The High School Football Huddle headline "National Powers Independence and Byrnes Square-off in Scrimmage".

High School Football Officially Kicks-off in Alaska

It's official, the games are counting as the 2006 high school football season kicked off in Alaska Friday. Here are the scores, plus a look ahead at Saturday's games.

Anchorage South 33 Chugiak 27
Palmer 40 Anchorage West 20
North Pole 20 Anchorage East 14
Skyview 36 Seward 13

For game recaps from Friday night's game, please go to the Alaska High School Football Huddle.

Here are Saturday's Games:

Barlett vs. Dimond
Eagle River at West Valley
Service vs. Lathrop
Juneau at Kenai
Soldotna at Colony
Kodiak at Wasilla
Homer at Eielson
Anchorage East JV at Nikiski
Houston at Delta

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The High School Football Huddle Wants Your Pics Of Your Favorite High School Football Field

My blood is pumping, high school football season is here. Things got started in Georgia and South Carolina Friday, and Alaska, Mississippi and Tennessee join the fun tomorrow (July 31).

Because "The Huddle" is all about the great game of high school football, we want our readers to know about as many teams as possible. I think one of the most unique things about the high school game is the venues. Yes, every field from the enormous ones in Texas to the tiny ones in Alaska intrigue me.

If you've got some shots of your favorite team's field, please email them to me at highschoolfootballhuddle@yahoo.com. I'll post them on the site, and hopefully by the end of the year, we'll have a large database for everyone to enjoy.

We kick things off with two that I snapped over the weekend. Both are in the Chicagoland area.

The first one is of Proviso West in Hillside, Illinois, which is a suburb outside of Chicago. The second and third pic is Oak Park-River Forest HS in Oak Park, Illinois.

So to all that enjoy this site, start snapping and sharing.

Jeff

Oaks Christian High School Loaded With Talent

There will be a lot of pressure on the Oaks Christian High School football team this year. The team is loaded and this week, ESPN added a little more pressure by announcing that four of OCHS' players are on the ESPN Top 150 for high school football recruits. No other team in the country had more than two players on the Top 150 list.

At the top of the list is quarterback Jimmy Clausen, who is considered the #1 overall prospect. Clausen, who's brothers played at Tennessee, has made a verbal commitment to Notre Dame. Also on the ESPN Top 150 list from Oaks Christian is running back Marc Tyler, who's was ranked the #3 recruit nationwide. Safety Marshall Jones was ranked ninth. Both Tyler and Jones have given their verbals to USC.

The final Oaks Christian player on the list is defensive lineman Michael Ebbitt, who's ranked #132. Ebbitt hasn't made a college commitment yet

North All-Stars "Pass" The Test In Oregon's Les Schwab Bowl

Usually high school football all-star games are low scoring affairs with not a lot of offense. That wasn't the case in the 59th renewal of Oregon's Les Schwab Bowl (formerly known as the Shrine All-Star Game).

The North All-Stars racked-up 521-yards in total offense on its way to a 49-25 win over the South before more than 7,500 fans at PGE Park. Beaverton's Kevin Riley led a North aerial assault that amassed 337-yards in the air. Riley, who completed 16 of 26 passes for 236 yards and three touchdowns, was voted the games's MVP. Riley's next stop will be the Cal campus in Berkley. His back-up, Oregon-bound Cody Kempt was 14 of 27 for 101 yards and two touchdowns.

To read a complete game recap, please click on The High School Football Huddle headline "North All-Stars Pass The Test In Oregon's Les Schwab Bowl".

Kirk Herbstreit High School Football Classic Features Ohio Vs. USA

Three of the best high school teams from around America will take part in the second annual Kirk Herbstreit Ohio Vs. USA Challenge at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium on September 16th. The tripleheader will kickoff at 2pm with Pennsylvania power St. Joseph's Prep playing Hilliard Davidson. Then at 5pm Lakewood St. Edward will take-on defending Arkansas state champ Springboro. The finale at 8 o'clock will feature Massillon taking on Hamilton from Arizona.

To read more about The Challenge, please click on our headline "Kirk Herbstreit High School Football Classic Features Ohio Vs. USA".