Florida High School Football Fans
My name is Tyler Kreigh. I am with the Miami Dolphins.
What I am looking for is a team, teams or a game that folks within the Florida HS football circles consider the greatest ever or greatest game played.
Please contact Tyler at:
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Florida H.S. Greats
The Sunshine State High School Football Greats tournament is almost set. The start date will be August or September of 2010.
Forty-teams make up the field. From the 1959 Miami Edison Red Raiders to last year's Palm Beach Gardens Dwyer and Tampa Plant entries
Click above to see the schedule and profiles (you can add to or correct them if needed by e-mailing us).
Will 2006 Miami Northwestern's high-flying offense take the title?
How about the 1967 Cavaliers of Coral Gables with their phenomenal defense?
Pensacola had some great teams in the '80s.
2008 Aquinas?
2005 Lakeland?
1972 Merritt Island?
1973 Hollywood Hills?
1970 Miami Edison?
1991 Fort Walton Beach?
1983 Bradenton Manatee carries the torch for all the Hurricane teams.
1993 Miami Southridge's explosive backfield will give opponents fits.
Or, can a Cinderella like 1975 Hialeah-Miami Lakes, 2000 Venice or 2007 Pahokee make improbable runs for the crown?
Follow along with the three-month excursion as we celebrate some of Florida's finest gridiron giants
Region-by-Region preview
Feedback is welcomed!!
"Belly Play 246"
In the 1973 Florida 4A Football Championship game, Hollywood Hills led Jacksonville Raines 14-9 in the third quarter.
HH head coach Dick Saltrick and assistant coach Matt Lococo noticed how far Raines was playing off of the ball on defense so they drew up a new blocking scheme for Belly Play 246.
(See diagram below)
They had Pat Moran (RG - #78) do a reach block on Raines' left defensive tackle (LDT) to try and turn him to the inside.
It was asking a lot for him to execute this type of block.
However, Moran pulled it off, freeing Mike Hornreich (RT - #60) and Mike Guido (TE - #88) to take Raines' Charley "Horse" Williams (LLB) out of the play.
Williams was one of Florida's best linebackers in 1973.
Right halfback Dave Esack (#40) kicked out the defensive end (LDE), left halfback Viven Coney (#22) took the handoff from John Kurowski (#11) and raced 47-yards before being brought down.
Hollywood Hills ran the play twice more on the drive: a 17-yard touchdown, then the two-point conversion for the clinching score in their 22-9 victory.
Hollywood Hills won 26-consecutive games in 1973-74 and the '73 squad is considered one of the Sunshine State's finest teams ever!
Diagram of Play 246
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Jacksonville Raines - Defense
FS
SS
CB RLB LLB CB
RDE RDT NG LDT LDE
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SE LT LG OC 78 60 88
11
FB
22 40
Hollywood Hills - Offense
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Slo-Mo Video of 246
Play 246 (regular speed)
(Thank you to John Kurowski)
Follow the 1973 Spartans in the Florida Greats Football Tournament coming in the Fall of 2010
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Yearly Champions
2009 - Ramsey (NJ) Don Bosco Prep
2008 - Corona (CA) Centennial
2007 - Euless (TX) Trinity
2006 - Lakeland (FL)
2005 - Lakeland (FL)
2004 - Seffner (FL) Armwood
2003 - Lansdale (PA) North Penn
2002 - Allentown (PA) Parkland
2001 - Shreveport (LA) ECA
2000 - Erie (PA) Cathedral Prep
1999 - Shreveport (LA) ECA
1998 - West Monroe (LA)
1971 - Valdosta (GA)
State Tournament Champions
Texas I - 1991 Odessa Permian
Michigan - 2004 Muskegon
Ohio - 1982 Cincinnati Moeller
Pennsylvania - 1987 North Hills
Texas II - 1991 Odessa Permian
Needing help with the simulations:
For high school football the following is helpful in putting together the "team charts" to play simulations:
Best: Full stats, depth chart, roster, post-season accolades
Good: Box scores of a least 6-games (preferably the last six), roster, starting lineup including specialists
If anybody has the above info for the teams needed for the California Greats (listed below) or teams that you would like to see, I would be interested in getting this information. I would pay for copying and freight with research fees being negotiable
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Future Playoffs...
1959 High School Football
Charleroi (PA)
Long Beach (CA) Poly
Corpus Christi (TX) Ray
Massillon (OH) Washington
1960 High School Football
Corpus Christi (TX) Miller
Los Angeles Banning
Beaver Falls (PA)
Valdosta (GA)
Massillon (OH)
Kingsport (TN) Dobyns-Bennett
Chicago Mount Carmel
Miami Senior
1961 High School Football
Wichita Falls (TX)
Valdosta (GA)
Massillon (OH)
Monessen (PA)
1962 High School Football
Valdosta (GA)
Toledo Central Catholic
Uniontown
San Antonio Brackenridge
1965 High School Football
Miami Senior
Massillon (OH)
Valdosta (GA)
Uniontown (PA)
Odessa (TX) Permian
Cedar Rapids (IA) Jefferson
Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei
Wilmette (IL) Loyola Catholic
1966 High School Football
Pico Rivera (CA) El Rancho
San Angelo (TX) Central
Valdosta (GA)
Fairless Hills (PA) Bishop Egan
Sandusky (OH)
1967 High School Football
Austin (TX) Reagan
Coral Gables (FL)
Cincinnati (OH) Roger Bacon
Harrisburg (PA) John Harris
New Castle (PA)
Anaheim (CA)
Upper Arlington (OH)
Madison (WI) La Follette
1970 High School Football
Austin (TX) Reagan
Massillon (OH) Washington
La Puente (CA) Bishop Amat
New Castle (PA)
Lawton (OK)
North Farmington (MI)
Tucson (AZ)
Chicago (IL) Saint Rita (need info)
Granada Hills (CA)
Miami (FL) Edison
Murfreesboro (TN) Central (need info)
Mount Lebanon (PA) (need info)
Atlanta (GA) Lakeside (need info)
Montgomery (AL) Lee (need info)
East Waterloo (IA)
Charleston (WV)
Brewer (ME)
1972 High School Football
Bristol (TN) Tennessee
Warren (OH) Western Reserve
Odessa (TX) Permian
Merritt Island (FL)
Cedar Rapids (IA) Jefferson
1973 High School Football
Chattanooga (TN) Baylor
Hollywood Hills (FL)
Tyler (TX) John Tyler
Thomasville (GA)
Saginaw (MI) Arthur Hill
Crescenta Valley (CA)
Youngstown (OH) Cardinal Mooney
1976 High School Football
Warner Robins (GA)
Cincinnati Moeller
Flint (MI) Southwestern
San Antonio Churchill
Tallahassee Godby
Jefferson City (MO)
Los Angeles Banning
1981 High School Football
Warner Robins (GA)
Canton (OH) McKinley
Mount Lebanon (PA)
Palatka (FL)
Escanaba (MI)
1983 High School Football
Berwick (PA)
Cincinnati (OH) Princeton
Passaic (NJ)
Converse (TX) Judson
Birmingham (MI) Brother Rice
Bradenton (FL) Manatee
Mobile (AL) Murphy
Mountain View (CA) Saint Francis
1989 High School Football
Cleveland (OH) Saint Ignatius
Odessa (TX) Permian
Fontana (CA)
Pittsburgh (PA) Upper Saint Clair
1990 High School Football
Houston Aldine
Lawton (OK) Eisenhower
Warren (OH) Harding
Gainesville (FL) Buchholz
1991 High School Football
Odessa (TX) Permian
(PA) Central Bucks West
Fort Walton Beach (FL)
LaGrange (GA)
1993 High School Football
Cleveland Saint Ignatius
Pittsburgh North Hills
Miami Southridge
Bradenton (FL) Southeast
Converse (TX) Judson
1994 High School Football
Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei
Moultrie (GA) Colquitt County
Tyler (TX) John Tyler
McKeesport (PA)
Murfreesboro (TN) Riverdale
Concord (CA) De La Salle
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California Football Greats
E-mail votes for as many teams as you would like to nominate. Bold means team info is complete.
Candidates
1. From 1950-to-present day
2. More than one team per school is elligible
3. To be played in Fall of 2012
4. 40+-teams will qualify
5. If anybody would like information on the teams below...e-mail us and we will send what we have!
2004 Mission Viejo
1954 Vallejo
1955 San Diego
1970 Bishop Amat
2006 Oaks Christian
2004 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
1959, 1997, 2000 Long Beach Poly
1986 Encino Crespi
1974 San Fernando
1970 Granada Hills
1973 Crescenta Valley
1965, 1994, 1996 Mater Dei
2003 Westlake
1963, 2007 Birmingham
1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 De La Salle
1962 S.F. Saint Ignatius
1966 Pico Rivera El Rancho
1969 Pasadena Blair
1963, 1975 Loyola
1985 Canyon
1990 San Diego Morse
1987, 1989 Fontana
1960, 1976 Banning
1982 Anaheim Servite
1971 Carson
1993 Rialto Eisenhower
1979 Edison
1975, 1979,1985 Rancho Cordova
1959 Huntington Park
1974 Covina South Hills
1973, 1976, 1977 Los Altos
1972 Santa Fe Saint Paul
2008 Corona Centennial
2008 Sacramento Grant
1998 Elk Grove
1983 Mountain View St. Francis
1961 Los Angeles Manual Arts
1961 Redlands
1986 El Toro
1974, 1985 Vista
2009 Oceanside
Florida Football Greats
(Underway!!)
1998, 2006 Miami Northwestern
1999, 2005, 2006 Lakeland
1992, 2008 St. Thomas Aquinas
2001 Tallahassee Lincoln
1988 Pensacola Pine Forest
1977, 1997 Miami Carol City
1993 Miami Southridge
1964, 1967 Coral Gables
1959, 1970 Miami Edison
2007 Miami Booker T Washington
1972, 1978 Merritt Island
1985 Pensacola Escambia
1990 Gainesville Buchholz
2004 Seffner Armwood
1973 Hollywood Hills
2000 Venice
1981 Palatka
1969, 1974 Tallahassee Leon
1971 Fort Pierce Central
1976 Tallahassee Godby
1982, 1984 Pensacola Woodham
1975 Hialeh Miami Lakes
1960, 1965 Miami Senior
1991 Fort Walton Beach
1983 Bradenton Manatee
1993 Bradenton Southeast
2002 Pompano Beach Ely
2007 Pahokee
2009 Palm Beach Gardens Dwyer
2009 Tampa Plant
Also...
1942 Miami Senior
(for 1940 tournament)
Alabama Football Greats
Candidates below
Between 16-24 teams
To be played at a date yet to be determined
Blue = Team info is complete
2006, 2008 Prattville
2002, 2004 Hoover
1988 Prichard Vigor
1983 Mobile Murphy
1996, 1998 Blount
2001 Daphne
1999 Etowah
1970, 1986, 1992 Montgomery Lee
1965, 1973 Banks
1976 Mountain Brook
1977 Birmingham Berry
1978 Jefferson Davis
1989 Anniston
1982 Enterprise
1982 Hazelwood
1972 Colbert County
1967 Sidney Lanier
2005 Homewood
1964 Tarrant
1962 Cullman
Oklahoma Football Greats
To be played in 2011
Candidates below
Red = Team info is complete
1950 Muskogee
1966 Enid
1969, 1971, 1973 Tulsa BT Washington
1970, 1987 Lawton
1990 Lawton Eisenhower
1977 Putnam City
1997, 2000 Jenks
2002, 2009 Tulsa Union
1994, 1995 Midwest City
1957 Ada
Tennessee Football Greats
E-mail votes for as many teams as you would like to nominate. Bold means team info is complete.
Candidates
1. From 1950-to-present day
2. More than one team per school is elligible
1971, 1972 Bristol Tennessee
1960 Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett
1969 Morristown East
1992 Gallatin
1986 Knoxville Austin-East
1987 Dandridge Jefferson County
2006 Maryville
1989 Alcoa
1988, 1995, 1996 Brentwood Academy
1990, 1993 Fayetteville Lincoln County
1976 Bradley County
1973 Chattanooga Baylor
2000 Chattanooga Red Bank
1962 Chattanooga Central
1958, 1975, 1980 Oak Ridge
1970 Murfreesboro Central
1994, 2001, 2004 Murfreesboro Riverdale
2009 Memphis University School
Ohio Football Pre-1950 Candidates
1948 Cleveland Benedictine
1940 Massillon Washington
1934 Canton McKinley
1932 Toledo Waite
1924 Dayton Stivers
1924 Toledo Waite
1923 Toledo Scott
1916 Toledo Scott
1912 Fostoria
Texas Football Pre-1950 Candidates
1949 Wichita Falls
1948 Waco
1946 Odessa
1937 Longview
???? Amarillo
1920s Waco
Best High School Football Websites
(random order)
Prattville(AL) Lions
Camden County(GA) Wildcats
Corona(CA) Centennial Huskies
Tampa(FL) Plant Panthers
Austin(TX) Lake Travis Cavaliers
Odessa(TX) Permian Panthers
Converse(TX) Judson Rockets
Philadelphia(PA) West Catholic Burrs
North Penn(PA) Knights
St. Thomas Aquinas(FL) Raiders
Morris(IL) Redskins
Riverdale(TN) Warriors
West Monroe(LA) Rebels
LaGrange(GA) Grangers
Warner Robins(GA) Demons
Jenks(OK) Trojans
Jimtown(IN) Jimmies
Neshaminy(PA) Redskins
Valdosta(GA) Wildcats
Santa Margarita(CA) Eagles
Cincinnati Elder(OH) Panthers
Wayzata(MN) Trojans
Euless Trinity(TX) Trojans
Parkersburg(WV) Big Reds
Central Bucks West(PA) Bucks
Massillon(OH) Tigers
Centerville(OH) Elks
Lakeland(FL) Dreadnaughts
Philadelphia (PA) Archbishop Carroll Patriots
Strath Haven(PA) Panthers
Rockford(MI) Rams
Documentaries on High School Football
Year of the Bull
2001 Miami Northwestern
**** out of 4 stars
The Last Game
1999 Central Bucks West
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Go Tigers!
1999 Massillon Washington
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The Greatest High School Football Game in History
1994 Plano East vs. Tyler John Tyler
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