De La Salle (Concord, CA) has likely lost quarterback Anthony Sweeney for the next month. It may have also lost an opportunity to jump to the top spot in the HSFB100 as its stock holds steady with the injury. It is well publicized that the Spartans have not lost to a NorCal team in 256 games — regularly calling into ... Read More »
De La Salle (Concord, CA) is planning a trip to Texas to open the 2015 season. NationalHSFootball.com confirmed the report first released by Stephan Hammon (follow on Twitter) that the Spartans have asked the North Coast Section Board of Managers for permission to begin its season a week early. De La Salle is seeking an exemption from the league to ... Read More »
Three of the top four in California — and almost every ranked-team from the state — slid backwards this week as close contests brought the pack back together. St. John Bosco (Bellflower, CA) dropped from No. 9 to No. 15 as it avoided an upset bid by JSerra (San Juan Capistrano, CA). Folsom (CA) drifted back to No. 16 from ... Read More »
Through the first five weeks of football there have been plenty of blowouts, let downs, and great games. The result has been a remarkable rotation as the HSFB100 has shuffled through three teams for the No. 1 ranking — a position currently held by Don Bosco (Ramsey, NJ). Fans of the Ironmen are quite accustomed to being at or nor ... Read More »
Rumors of Byrnes’ demise have been greatly exaggerated. Mostly by this author. Since NationalHSFootball.com broke the news last December that the Rebels would travel to California for a clash with De La Salle (Concord, CA) there has been a series of failed assumptions littering the site. From the ‘Curse of De La Salle‘ which chronicled the loss of head coach ... Read More »
Two perceived realities were dispensed of quickly by Northern California teams during National Week One of the high school football season. No. 8-ranked De La Salle (Concord, CA) long painted as a slow starter came out firing on all cylinders as it blew out a quality Jesuit (Carmichael, CA) team, 63-0. No. 21-ranked Folsom (CA) quieted critics of their results-due-to-weak-scheduling ... Read More »
After a good opening weekend Bob Ladouceur is hoping for a good opening weekend. ‘When the Game Stands Tall’ — a Hollywood adaptation of the book by the same name — chronicled the difficult 2004 season which included the aftermath of the 151-game winning streak at De La Salle (Concord, CA) was reported to have drawn $9.1-million during its premier ... Read More »
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