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St. John Bosco one of few to breathe easy in Pac-5 first round

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Jason Negro will not say it but he finally has a week to exhale. The head coach of St. John Bosco (Bellflower, CA) has had to hold his breath for the better part of a month as the team went through the most difficult league in the country unblemished. HSFB100 Poll Archive:Select Date2014 Preseason Top 25Week Zero Update – Aug. ... Read More »

Georgia Class 6A playoffs open with a grind

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Baring a major upset the journey may be much better than the destination for Georgia Class 6A playoffs. For much of the entire season it has appeared the Colquitt County (Moultrie, GA) has been the most complete team. The Packers are ranked No. 3 in the HSFB100 and are in the thick of a national championship race. The worst thing ... Read More »

Blackman, Oakland to host Clay-Chalkville, Hoover to open 2015

Blackman players celebrate their victory Friday over Oakland. / HELEN COMER / Gannett Tennessee

Middle Tennessee will be hosting a nationally relevant high school football showcase to kick off the 2015 season. An agreement has been reached to have Hoover (AL) and Clay-Chalkville (Pinson, AL) travel to take on Oakland (Murfreesboro, TN) and Blackman (Murfreesboro, TN), respectively. Blackman head coach Phillip Shadowens said that the deal is the next step for his program and ... Read More »

Predictable season may lead to anything but in Mississippi 6A

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The field of favorites for the Mississippi Class 6A title looks very familiar to the list of preseason favorites for that crown. South Panola, Brandon, Starkville, and Oak Grove were four of the Top 7 teams in the state and remained that way all season. The quartet enters play this weekend nationally ranked in the HSFB100 and moving into December ... Read More »

Wild, wild west takes over Media Compilation Top 25

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If the pollsters ranking high school football teams are to be believed then this much is true: the left coast is the best coast. In a week that saw no turnover of teams for the first time all season there was a shuffle in the Media Compilation Top 25 and it was a shift that went decidedly one way.Four of ... Read More »

Alabama 6A playoffs move into the second round

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The first year of the new Alabama playoff system has to be viewed as an unquestioned success. Expansion to seven classifications more equitably balanced the best teams within the top two classes and made more teams in the state relevant. HSFB100 No. 26-ranked Hoover (AL) is still the overwhelming favorite for Class 7A it is the newly formed Class 6A ... Read More »

Second round games ready to roll in Ohio Division I playoffs

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The field of 224 playoff qualifiers has been cut in half, as 112 schools have moved on to the second round of the 2014 Ohio High School Athletic Association football playoffs. The second round is the regional semifinals in Divisions II through VII and the regional quarterfinals in Division I. After the higher seeds hosted games last weekend in the ... Read More »