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St. Edward named top team in country, second in Ohio

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In what can best be described as a case of ‘No. 1 until they lose’ the first high school football AP Poll for Ohio was released and national No. 1 St. Edward (Lakewood, OH) was barely within striking distance of two-time defending state champions, Moeller (Cincinnati, OH). View HSFB100 Polls: Select Date 2014 Preseason Top 25 Week Zero Update – ... Read More »

Preseason picks dropped by all six polls, new Media No. 1

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The shift started last week when the USAToday moved Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NV) from its No. 1 spot to No. 3 after a less-than-impressive performance against Bingham (South Jordan, UT). It gained steam Friday as Cedar Hill (TX) — MaxPreps’ preseason pick at No. 1 — fell to Skyline (Dallas, TX) and the forced change accelerated out of control ... Read More »

HSFB100: New Jersey invades the Top 10

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It is now, officially, beating a dead horse but New Jersey football had a great weekend. St. Peters’ Prep (Jersey City, NJ) started things Thursday by shining on ESPNU and drawing rave reviews. It continued on Saturday with Don Bosco (Ramsey, NJ) impressing a national audience on the Fox airwaves and shaking the national title chase. On the heels of ... Read More »

Sunday Stock Watch: Two-by-two they go

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Like Noah loading the Ark, the Sunday Stock Watch features teams moving up and down in pairs of two. The new feature from NationalHSFootball.com takes the place of HSFB100 Rankings Preview but will contain similar elements and as National Week Three of the high school football season saw every state take the field there were results that stood out more ... Read More »

Don Bosco dominates Aquinas, forces change in HSFB100

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As far as executing a gameplan goes the performance of Don Bosco (Ramsey, NJ) had to be nearly an exact match for how it was drawn up. The Ironmen convincingly defeated St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) on Saturday afternoon, 24-7, dominating in every aspect of the contest. Don Bosco entered the game ranked No. 14 in the HSFB100 while ... Read More »

Two top Texas teams suffer losses

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Only two teams in the Top 40 of the HSFB100 fell on Friday night. Both were in the Top 10 and both were from Texas. Katy (Texas) and Cedar Hill (Texas) met in the Texas Class 5A Division II state finals last year and were expected to repeat that path this season. The two stayed tied together in mid-September with ... Read More »

Calvary Baptist agrees to two-year deal with Shiloh Christian

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Soon after Calvary Baptist (Shreveport, LA) finished off its 43-17 victory over Midland Christian (Texas) Thursday night it found a replacement for the next two seasons. Sources close to the programs have confirmed that the series has been agreed to and Shiloh Christian (Springdale, AR) will come to Louisiana in 2015 with Calvary returning the trip in 2016. “We have ... Read More »