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unusual facts about high school football


Bill Anoatubby

In 1964, he graduated from Tishomingo High School, where he played football and was active in student government.


Andrew Davie

He played high school football at Central Arkansas Christian High School in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

B. J. Coleman

He played college football at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga after transferring there from Tennessee, and high school football at The McCallie School.

Brian Brikowski

Brikowski attended Freehold Township High School in Freehold, New Jersey, and was a letterman in basketball, football and Track & Field and Lacrosse.

Bruce McGonnigal

McGonnigal played high school football at Loyola High School where he helped the Dons end a long losing streak to archrival Calvert Hall in the annual Turkey Bowl game his senior year.

Carl Madison

He spent over 45 years coaching high school football at numerous schools in Florida and Alabama, compiling a 326-129-7 record which makes him number two on Florida’s all-time coaching victories list (behind Corky Rogers).

Carl Powell

He played high school football at Kettering High School in Detroit.

Chip Vaughn

Vaughn played high school football at Rampart high school in Colorado Springs, CO for a year then moved to Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, Virginia.

Cleannord Saintil

He played high school football at Naples High School and in his senior year led his team to the Florida 5A championship being named to both first-team all-state and all-county honors.

Darnerien McCants

As a senior at Arundel High School in Gambrills, Maryland, McCants was an All-State, All-County and All-Metro selection in one season of organized high school football.

Dek Bake

Bake played high school football at Cordova High School in Rancho Cordova, California.

Deltha O'Neal

He is a 1995 graduate of Milpitas High School in Milpitas, California, where he was a running back, cornerback, and kick returner for the Milpitas high school football team.

Derek Abney

He attended D.C. Everest High School in Schofield, Wisconsin, where he played wide receiver for the Evergreens high school football team.

Derek Newton

A native of Utica, Mississippi, Newton attended Hinds County Agricultural High School, where he was an All-Metro and All-District lineman as a senior, after playing only two years of high school football.

Derek Pegues

Pegues enjoyed an outstanding prep career at South Panola High School in Batesville, Mississippi.

Derek Sherrod

He attended Caledonia High School in Caledonia, Mississippi, where he played for the Caledonia Confederates high school football team.

Devon Still

He attended Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was a standout lineman for the Howard Wildcats high school football team.

Don Greco

Greco was also the head coach of the Pattonville High School in Maryland Heights, Missouri varsity football team's first run at the state championship in 2001.

Eric Bieniemy

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Bieniemy lettered in football and track at Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, California, earning second-team All-America honors in football as a senior when he rushed for 2,002 yards and 30 touchdowns.

Gary Clark

Clark attended and played high school football at Pulaski County High School in Dublin, Virginia.

Jacoby Shepherd

He played high school football at Lufkin High School in Texas, where he was a star football player, track athlete and basketball player.

Jadeveon Clowney

A native of Rock Hill, South Carolina, Clowney attended South Pointe High School, where he played for the South Pointe Stallions high school football team.

Jamaar Taylor

Taylor attended Mission High School (Mission, Texas) and was a letterman in football.

James Dearth

Dearth attended Scurry-Rosser High School in Scurry, Texas and was a student and a letterman in football.

Jeff Zgonina

He attended Carmel High School in nearby Mundelein and was a letterman in football, basketball, hockey, and track & field.

Jemalle Cornelius

He attended Fort Meade High School, and he played for the Fort Meade Miners high school football team.

Jerry Olsavsky

He gained early recognition as a star football player at Chaney High School and went on to play collegiately at the University of Pittsburgh.

Jewell Wallace

He began his coaching career at the high school ranks and coached at El Paso Bowie, El Paso, Greenville, San Angelo and Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio, Texas.

Jim Rexilius

Rexilius spent most of his career as the coach at Wheaton North High School where he coached high school football and other sports.

Jim Seymour

Seymour played high school football at Shrine of the Little Flower High School, Royal Oak, Michigan, and college football at Notre Dame, where he was a two-time First-team All-American (1967, 1968) while also being a Second-team All-America selection in 1966.

Joe Albi Stadium

Primarily used for high school football, it is located in the northwest part of the city, just east of the Spokane River.

Jonathan Linton

Prior to entering the NFL, Linton played high-school football at Catasauqua High School in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania and college football at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

KEJO

In addition to its regularly scheduled sports talk programs, KEJO airs select local high school football games plus Oregon State Beavers football, men's basketball, and baseball as part of the Beaver Sports Radio Network.

Kent Kramer

Kramer attended Temple City High School in Temple City, California where he played varsity football for three years and was an All-CIF pick in 1961 for the undefeated Rams.

Khari Long

Long attended Rider High School in Wichita Falls, Texas and was a good student and a letterman in basketball and football.

KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl

The KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl is a series of football games, typically held on the first weekend of December, that determine the high school champions of the U.S. state of Kentucky.

Louisiana High School Athletic Association

The LHSAA sports programs are Baseball, Softball, Basketball, Swimming, Bowling, Tennis, Cross Country, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Football, Golf, Volleyball, Gymnastics, Wrestling, and Soccer.

Marcus Harrison

Harrison played high school football at Mills High School in Little Rock.

Marcus Mailei

Mailei attended Highland High School in Salt Lake City, Utah and was a letterman in football and rugby, playing for the famous Highland Rugby Team coached by Larry Gelwix.

Mark Barron

He attended St. Paul's Episcopal School in Mobile, where he played for the Episcopal Saints high school football team, under the coaching of Eddie Guth.

Mel Hein

Hein played prep football for the Burlington High School Tigers (now Burlington-Edison High School) in Burlington, Washington, where he played center and defensive line positions.

Nate Solder

He attended Buena Vista High School in Buena Vista, Colorado, where he played tight end for the Buena Vista Demons high school football team.

Ogemdi Nwagbuo

Nwagbuo played high school football at Mount Miguel High School in Spring Valley, California, where he played only one season of varsity football.

Oran Pape

He played high school football at Dubuque Senior High School, where he was part of the 1924 Iowa State championship football team.

Ox Emerson

Born and raised in rural East Texas, Emerson played high school football at Orange High School.

Ralph Sazio

Sazio was born in Avellino, Italy and played high school football at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey.

Richie Anderson

Anderson played high school football at Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring, Maryland.

Stark County, Ohio

Two relatively large football stadiums, Fawcett Stadium in Canton and Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon, are still in use (albeit now mostly for high school football), with Fawcett Stadium hosting the NFL's annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Game each year.

Tyrone Rodgers

Rodgers played high school football at Banning High School in Wilmington, California, where he was teammates with Jamelle Holieway, Leroy Holt, Bob Whitfield, Courtney Hall, Mark Tucker, Ed Lalau, and Marvin Pollard.

Visco Grgich

Grgich became the head football coach at Oakdale High School, in Oakdale, California in 1957 and 1958.


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Adam Gettis

From 2004 to 2006, Gettis played high school football for the Lincoln-Way East Griffins as a starter.

Albert Means

These allegations and other evidence provided by Tennessee Volunteers coach Phil Fulmer led the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the recruitment of high school football players in Memphis.

Altoona, Wisconsin

Fred "Fuzzy" Thurston, who played left guard for the Green Bay Packers in the 1960s, and for whom the Altoona High School football field is named

American Legion Memorial Stadium

The stadium continues to play a large role in Charlotte-Mecklenburg high school football to this day as it hosts big ticket match-ups such as Butler v. Independence and Charlotte Latin v. Charlotte Country Day.

Bob Shannon

Pro football player Dana Howard and baseball player Homer Bush, then a high school football star, are among those in the book.

Bob Swank

He is currently a teacher and high school football coach in the Cobb County School District in Georgia.

Caylin Hauptmann

He attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills and played high school football.

Clifford Carlson

He played high school football, basketball, and baseball (1910–1914) at Bellefonte Academy in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.

Dave Pasch

Before working with ESPN, Pasch worked for the West Virginia Radio Corporation for high school football; CBS Radio/Westwood One for golf, NFL, and college basketball tournaments; Fox Sports for NFL Europe and NFL, Detroit Vipers, and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League.

Daylon McCutcheon

McCutcheon played high school football at Bishop Amat Memorial High School in La Puente, California under the direction of then Head Coach, Mark Paredes.

Deon Dyer

Deon currently works as a high school football coach at Pine Crest School

Desmond Bryant

That was his only year playing high school football in North Carolina; Bryant played football and basketball for three years while attending high school in Middletown, Delaware and played for the East Bladen basketball team for two seasons.

Don Hultz

His brother, George Hultz, also played high school football at Grand Bay, Alabama and later at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Fairbanks Grizzlies

(The northernmost gridiron football team of any sort is the high school football team of Barrow High School.)

Fisher Field

the 2006 edition was televised nationally on ESPN2 as part of the High School Showcase (it was the last Thanksgiving high school football game ESPN has aired to date).

Football Friday

Football Friday is a fast-paced program that covers everything from college football to the National Football League and even high school football.

Frank Kosikowski

Kosikowski grew up outside of Milwaukee and was a star on his high school football team.

Idaho State Bengals football

ISU also produced several players who went on to be very successful high school football coaches, including Jim and Brent Koetter (both of whom won Idaho state championships at both Pocatello and Highland high schools), and former Bengal quarterback Paul Peterson who led Eagle to the Idaho 5A state championship game three times in four seasons.

Irv Smith

He played high school football for Pemberton Township High School, a small public school located in Pemberton Township in South Jersey a few miles from Fort Dix/McGuire Air Force Base.

Jason McAddley

He played his high school football at Oak Ridge High School in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and went to the University of Alabama.

John Idzik

Idzik, a native of Bridesburg in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attended Northeast Catholic High School, where the Philadelphia Daily News described him as "one of this city's top high school football players".

Justin Hunter

He attended Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, and played high school football for the Ocean Lakes Dolphins.

Kamil Witkowski

Witkowski played high school football in the United States for Bishop Kearney High School in Rochester, New York, USA.

Ken Dorsey

For a brief time, Dorsey was the quarterbacks coach for the Lakewood Ranch Mustang's high school football team in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.

KJEO-LD

In addition, KJEO-LD broadcasts local sports including High School football, Fresno City College men's basketball, and Central Valley Coyotes arena football on 32.1.

Little Brown Jug

Little Brown Jug of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, awarded to the winner of a high school football game in Michigan

Little Brown Jug of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

The Little Brown Jug of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is a trophy awarded each year to the winner of the high school football game played between Sault Ste. Marie and Newberry.

Luther Broughton

He graduated and played his high school football at Cainhoy High School in Huger, South Carolina.

Marquette Smith

In 1990, he was named High School Football Player of the Year by Gatorade, and Offensive Player of the Year by USA Today.

Mashpee, Massachusetts

In 2011, the high school football team won the Massachusetts Division 4 State Championship by defeating Cardinal Spellman, 34-8 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough.

Mike Glennon

Glennon attended Westfield High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, and played for the Westfield Bulldogs high school football and basketball teams.

Papa John's Cardinal Stadium

Most notably, PJCS is the regular host of two major city rivalries—the Catholic rivalry between St. Xavier and Trinity, which regularly draws crowds in the 35,000 range; and the Male-Manual game, a public-school battle which is the longest running, continuously played high school football rivalry in America.

Paulsboro High School

Kevin Harvey (Class of 1996), USAToday's All-USA First Team high school football player as a senior and New Jersey's all-time leading scorer with 101 touchdowns and 656 total points, he played briefly with the Milwaukee Mustangs of the Arena Football League.

Rashaun Woods

After his playing career ended, Woods worked as an assistant football coach at Millwood and at Star Spencer High School, and also as a high school football radio commentator and professional bass fisherman.

Red High Heels

Portions of the video were shot at Robinson Stadium, and the high school football field in Watertown, Tennessee.

Refugio Independent School District

In 2011, ESPN's Outside the Lines program highlighted Jason Herring and the Refugio High School football team's preparation for the state playoffs, where they routinely could not avoid running up the score.

Reno High School

Reno High football kicker placekicker Dirk Borgognone set the world record for the longest high school football field goal in 1986.

Romeo Bandison

He played his Senior year of high school football at Tamalpais (Mill Valley, CA), college football at the University of Oregon and also played a season in his homeland for the Amsterdam Admirals of the (then) WLAF.

Ryan Radcliff

Racliff played high school football for Fairview High School in Sherwood, Ohio.

Sam Boyd Stadium

The stadium is also used for high school football championship games, and at times regular-season high school games for Bishop Gorman High School.

Shamarko Thomas

He attended Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, and he played for the Ocean Lakes Dolphins high school football team.

Smithville School District

Charlie Cowdrey, high school football coach and became a college coach

Stan Barnes

Born in Wisconsin, Barnes played high school football at San Diego High for Clarence "Nibs" Price, who encouraged his brightest players, starting with Barnes, to follow his path to Berkeley to play for the California Golden Bears under coach Andy Smith.

Trot Nixon

He currently serves as co-host/analyst for "The 5th Quarter," a high school football highlight show on WWAY-TV in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Nixon is also co-host of "The 5th Quarter" Friday night high school football highlight show on WWAY-TV.

Valdosta State Blazers football

The Stadium is also the home of the historical Valdosta High School Wildcats, known as "the winningest high school football team in the country".

Walter Payton Trophy

Modeled after one of the NFL's all-time greats, Walter Payton, the award is given to the nation's fastest, strongest and most dedicated high school football player that best represents Payton's athleticism, hard work and ideals.

Willie Snead

Another move to Muskegon took Wellie Snead IV to Muskegon Heights High School where he would play his final two years of high school football.

Zaviar Gooden

He attended Pflugerville High School, and played for he Pflugerville Panthers high school football team.