High school football

Best High School Football Player of the Year in each state

March 12, 2022 by Harrison Leave a Comment

When it comes to Best High School Football Player of the Year in each state, there are a lot of great players out there. But who is the best? This is a question that is often debated among fans and experts alike. There are a few players who stand out above the rest, and it is hard to argue against them. Here are some of the best high school football players in the country.

Sean Clifford is a quarterback from Pennsylvania who has been getting a lot of attention lately. He is a big, strong quarterback with a great arm. Clifford has a lot of potential and could be one of the best quarterbacks in the country.

Each year since 2006, MaxPreps has recognized outstanding performers in high school football. America’s source for high school sports continues the tradition to close out the 2021 season by naming the top player in each state. Selections are based on team success and individual excellence, in addition to local and state accolades.

Athletes from all 50 states along with Washington, D.C. were selected. Some notable selections include Travis Hunter of Collins Hill (Suwanee, Ga.), who helped the Eagles to the school’s first state title; Cade Klubnik of Westlake (Austin, Texas), who led the Chaparrals to their third consecutive state championship and accounted for over 3,700 yards of total offense and 55 touchdowns; and Tetairoa McMillan of Servite (Anaheim, Calif.), who put up big-time numbers on both sides of the ball playing against the best competition. The future Arizona Wildcat had over 1,300 yards receiving, 18 touchdowns, 35 tackles and eight interceptions.

For an in-depth look at every selection each player’s story is linked that includes their bio and list of accomplishments.

Each state’s MaxPreps Player of the Year will be considered for inclusion in the MaxPreps All-America Team, which will be released Jan. 4. SOURCE

Area High School Football Schedules Set For Next Two Years

March 11, 2022 by Harrison Leave a Comment

Heading into the fall, high school football schedules are one of the most popular sports in the country. With that said, every school’s football schedule is different. Some schools play more games than others, while some have bye weeks built into their schedule.

WAHOO – Though it’s only springtime, it’s never too early to start talking about football. Recently, the NSAA released the football schedules and classifications for its member high schools back in early February.

Wahoo, who is no stranger to playing a tough and daunting schedule, will have another brutal one over the next two seasons.

Class C-1 Schedules

The Warriors will open up the year against Class C-1 runner-up Pierce, playing them on the road in 2022. Their week five matchups the next two years will be Class C-1 state champion Columbus Lakeview, playing them on the road this upcoming season.

Other tough games on the schedule will be Ashland-Greenwood in week two, Auburn in week three and Columbus Scotus in week seven. All three of these schools made the Class C-1 playoffs a season ago, with two of the three teams winning at least one game.

Similar to Wahoo, Bishop Neumann will have a daunting schedule in Class C-2. They open up the season against Milford and then have games against Lincoln Lutheran, Hastings St. Cecilia and Yutan.

Instead of starting off the year with David City Aquinas like they have the past few seasons, the Cavaliers will face the Monarchs in the last game of the year. Neumann plays Aquinas at home in 2022 and will take to the road in 2023 for the rivalry matchup.

Yutan, who will also remain in Class C-2, shares the same district with Neumann for the next two years. Also in the C2-2 district is Aquinas, David City and Louisville.

The Chieftains will open up the season with Malcolm on the road and then take on Hartington Cedar Catholic and Neumann at home in weeks three and five. The final big test for Yutan comes in week eight against Aquinas. In fact, the Chieftains will be in David City two weeks in a row this year, with a matchup with David City the week before their showdown with the Monarchs.

Ashland-Greenwood will not have to take on the two teams that made the state finals last year for Class C-1 like Wahoo, but they will open up the year against Columbus Lakeview. In week three the Bluejays will meet up with Auburn, Class B runner-up from last season, and the following week they face Auburn, who took A-G down to the wire last year,.

The Bluejays close the season out with a week seven matchups with Boys Town and take on Platteview in the regular season finale.

Waverly has an interesting schedule with games against two of the newest high schools coming to Nebraska in Lincoln Northwest and Gretna East. The Vikings are slated to play the Falcons (Northwest) to end the year the next two seasons and will take on the Gretna East Griffins in week seven of 2023 when the school is officially set to open.

Waverly will do battle with Elkhorn in the opening game of the year the next two seasons, and also have a matchup against Scottsbluff. They will play the Bearcats at home this year and then travel to western Nebraska next year.

The Mustangs of Raymond Central are set to open their season the next two years against Capitol Conference for Arlington. They will have a tough stretch of four games following the opener with Malcolm, Omaha Roncalli Catholic, Wayne and Auburn.

In smaller classes, we see Mead and East Butler flip-flop between D-1 and D-2. The Raiders, who are growing in their boys’ enrollment, make the jump to D-1 and the Tigers drop down to D-2 for the first time in the school’s history.

Mead is set to play Johnson County Central to start the season and then hit the road to take on Shelby-Rising City in week two and Johnson-Brock in week three. They will get two tougher tests when they take on Elmwood-Murdock in week five and Weeping Water in week six.

Despite moving to D-2, East Butler’s schedule is not looking friendly at all. They play Nebraska Lutheran in week one, but then have matchups against perennial powerhouses Humphrey St. Francis and Howells-Dodge in weeks four and five. They also travel to Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family, which has been a solid ball club the last few seasons.

Cedar Bluffs, which was D-1 last year, will remain in the class for the next two seasons. They play Omaha Christian Academy to start the season and then take on Walthill in week two. Later in the season, they will face some tough competition in Cross County who made the D-1 state championship last year, and then Clarkson/Leigh and Shelby-Rising City the following two weeks.

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High school football realignment announced 2022

March 11, 2022 by Harrison Leave a Comment

Big changes are coming to high school football. On Feb. 23, 2022, the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) voted to change its football classifications.

There will now be Metro, Suburban, and Rural divisions. The Rural Division will have Class 1A for schools in rural areas with student populations of 600 or less.

The Metro and Suburban divisions each will have Classes 1A-4A based on school populations.

The Metro Division will be composed of schools in Metropolitan areas, including Miami, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, and Orlando.

Metro Division player list

Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Orange, Seminole, and Duval counties also will be in the Metro Division.

Völuspá and Flagler counties and everyone else will be in the Suburban Division.

“We are all waiting to see where we are going to be, as far as scheduling wise,” said Pat Brown, Sea breeze High School’s head coach. “I don’t think it changes us; I think we can keep some of our local rivalries.”

Halifax Academy Athletic Director/ Head Football Coach Shames Dougherty stated, “We’re still waiting to see where we’ll be placed and how it all breaks down. I think some of the best 2A schools will move into Metro and some bigger schools will move down a class.”

Advantages and disadvantages

A benefit may be that local schools will not have to play larger metro schools for a state title, because the metro area schools have dominated state title competition in the past.

Mainland won the only state title in Volusia County history in 2003.

“It means we don’t have to play those Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale and Tampa teams to advance in the playoffs,” said Dougherty.

Brown agreed. “It could help us locally get over that second-round playoff hump. Right now, those county programs are ahead of us; we all lost to them in the playoffs. Historically it’s been Miami, but in recent years we haven’t advanced to a Miami team. Not playing those teams in championship could increase our odds.”

There could be some disadvantages to the new system as well.

“The classifications could be bigger with more teams. We have four classes instead of eight. And 3A or 4A student population difference could be much bigger,” Brown said. “Currently, we may play a school with a gap of 300 students in our class. It may now go to more of a gap of 800 students.” Dougherty noted, “We have 125 kids already playing schools with up to 600 kids. That is still a disparity, but I think FHSAA is trying their best to bring parity. I don’t know if this is going to give them that.”

It’s still interesting to see how the playoff system will work.

I think it will be similar to when they went to the point system for the playoffs. In the first year, you had a lot of teams with winning records not get in, but many with losing records did. They tweaked it and improved it. I think it will be tweaked again later,’Dougherty added.

Source Link: https://www.daytonatimes.com/