Kenton's Maty Mauk Named 2011 Ohio Mr. Football

by Jeff Fisher
Ohio HIgh School Football Huddle

The 25th annual Associated Press Ohio Mr. Football award was a no brainer, at least in my mind.

America's most prolific passer, Maty Mauk of Kenton High School was the unanimous winner of the award that was handed-out on Thursday.

Mauk is the country's top passer in passing yards in a career (18,006), pass attempts (1,287) and touchdowns (209).

On Saturday, Mauk and his father, Kenton head coach Mike Mauk, will go after the school's first-ever state championship in the Division IV title game.

Others under consideration were: Johnstown-Monroe running back Ross Franklin, Cincinnati Taft defensive lineman Adolphus Washington, Steubenville all-around star Najee Murray, Wadsworth running back Jack Snowball, Mentor quarterback Mitch Trubisky, Willoughby South running back Kareem Hunt and Cincinnati Moeller running back Monty Madaris.

Ohio Playoff Pairings Released

by Jeff Fisher
Ohio High School Football Huddle

Today, the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced the 192 team field for the 2011 state playoffs in six divisions.

Four of last year's champs are back to defend their titles; only Waterson (Division III) and Youngstown Ursuline (Division V) didn't make it back in 2011.

Columbus St. Francis DeSales is in the field in Division III, which extends its streak to 18 straight appearances in the Ohio postseason, which is four years shy of the all-time record of 22 straight postseason appearances.  St. Ignatius holds the record from 1988 through 2009.

Newark Catholic didn't make the field, which means it won't be able to improve upon its 62 playoff wins, which is the most in Ohio high school football history.  St. Ignatius is next with 55 postseason victories, followed by Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (51), Columbus St. Francis DeSales (47), Steubenville (45) and Versailes (45).

Division I

Region 1
8 Cle. John F. Kennedy (9-1) at 1 Mentor (9-1)
7 Boardman (7-3) at 2 St. Ignatius (8-2)
6 St. Edward (7-3) at 3 Cleveland Heights (9-0)
5 Solon (9-1) at 4 Willoughby South (8-2)

Region 2
8 Whitehouse Anthony Wayne (8-2) at 1 Tol. Whitmer (10-0)
7 Wadsworth (9-1) at 2 Canton GlenOak (9-1)
6 Findlay (9-1) at 3 Hudson (9-1)
5 Canton McKinley (8-2) at 4 Sylvania Southview (9-1)

Region 3
8 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange (8-2) at 1 Hilliard Davidson (9-0)
7 Dublin Coffman (8-2) at 2 Pickerington Central (7-2)
6 Gahanna Lincoln (8-2) at 3 Westerville Central (8-2)
5 Troy (8-2) at 4 Upper Arlington (8-2)

Region 4
8 Centerville (7-3) at 1 Middletown (9-1)
7 Cin. Walnut Hills (8-2) at 2 Cin. Colerain (9-1)
6 Mason (7-3) at 3 Cin. St. Xavier (7-3)
5 Cin. Sycamore (8-2) at 4 Cin. Archbishop Moeller (7-3)

Division II

Region 5
8 Chesterland West Geauga (7-3) at 1 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (8-1)
7 New Philadelphia (7-3) at 2 Tallmadge (8-2)
6 Madison (8-2) at 3 Aurora (9-1)
5 Warren Howland (9-0) at 4 Kent Roosevelt (9-1)

Region 6
8 Medina Highland (6-4) at 1 Avon (9-1)
7 Tiffin Columbian (8-2) at 2 Sandusky (9-1)
6 East Cleveland Shaw (6-3) at 3 Maple Heights (8-1)
5 Olmsted Falls (7-3) at 4 Tol. Central Catholic (7-3)

Region 7
8 Cols. Brookhaven (7-3) at 1 Cols. Marion-Franklin (10-0)
7 New Carlisle Tecumseh (6-4) at 2 Dresden Tri-Valley (9-1)
6 Ashland (6-4) at 3 New Albany (8-2)
5 Cols. Beechcroft (9-1) at 4 Sunbury Big Walnut (8-2)

Region 8
8 Hamilton Ross (8-2) at 1 Trotwood-Madison (10-0)
7 Harrison (7-3) at 2 Kings Mills Kings (10-0)
6 Cin. Turpin (7-3) at 3 Tipp City Tippecanoe (9-1)
5 Wapakoneta (9-1) at 4 Franklin (9-1)

Division III

Region 9
8 Oberlin Firelands (10-0) at 1 Chagrin Falls (10-0)
7 Cle. Benedictine (7-3) at 2 Mentor Lake Catholic (9-1)
6 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (8-2) at 3 Hunting Valley University School(9-1) - 1:30 p.m. Saturday
5 Ravenna Southeast (10-0) at 4 Ravenna (8-2)

Region 10
8 Caledonia River Valley (7-3) at 1 Columbus St. Francis DeSales (6-3)
7 Napoleon (5-5) at 2 Clyde (8-2)
6 Urbana (8-2) at 3 Cols. Eastmoor Academy (8-2)
5 Elida (7-3) at 4 Bellevue (7-3)

Region 11
8 Wintersville Indian Creek (8-2) at 1 Steubenville (10-0)
7 Thornville Sheridan (9-1) at 2 Dover (9-1)
6 Poland Seminary (7-3) at 3 Minerva (10-0)
5 Canal Fulton Northwest (8-2) at 4 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (6-3)

Region 12
8 Cin. Taft (7-3) at 1 Springfield Shawnee (10-0)
7 Jackson (10-0) at 2 The Plains Athens (10-0)
6 Circleville Logan Elm (9-1) at 3 Plain City Jonathan Alder (10-0)
5 Kettering Archbishop Alter (10-0) at 4 Day. Thurgood Marshall (9-1)

Division IV

Region 13
8 Canton Central Catholic (8-2) at 1 Girard (9-1)
7 Leavittsburg LaBrae (6-4) at 2 Orrville (7-3)
6 Brookfield (9-1) at 3 Creston Norwayne (9-1)
5 Akron Manchester (7-3) at 4 Sullivan Black River (8-2)

Region 14
8 Wellington (7-3) at 1 Kenton (10-0)
7 Ottawa-Glandorf (8-2) at 2 Pemberville Eastwood (10-0)
6 Richwood North Union (9-1) at 3 Cols. Bishop Hartley (9-0)
5 Huron (9-1) at 4 Genoa Area (9-1)

Region 15
8 Chesapeake (7-3) at 1 St. Clairsville (9-1)
7 Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (7-3) at 2 Johnstown-Monroe (10-0)
6 Ironton (6-4) at 3 Amanda Clearcreek (8-2)
5 Coshocton (8-2) at 4 Martins Ferry (8-2)

Region 16
8 West Milton Milton-Union (8-2) at 1 Waynesville (10-0)
7 Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (7-3) at 2 Cin. Madeira (10-0)
6 Cin. North College Hill (8-2) at 3 Clarksville Clinton-Massie (8-2)
5 Day. Chaminade Julienne (7-3) at 4 Williamsport Westfall (8-2)

Division V

Region 17
8 Columbiana (8-2) at 1 Kirtland (10-0)
7 Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas (6-4) at 2 Woodsfield Monroe Central (9-1)
6 Cuyahoga Heights (9-1) at 3 Columbiana Crestview (9-1)
5 New Middletown Springfield (8-2) at 4 Sugarcreek Garaway (8-2)

Region 18
8 Carey (8-2) at 1 Liberty Center (10-0)
7 Hicksville (8-2) at 2 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon (10-0)
6 Findlay Liberty-Benton (9-1) at 3 Lima Central Catholic (10-0)
5 Hamler Patrick Henry (8-2) at 4 Northwood (9-1)

Region 19
8 Smithville (8-2) at 1 Bucyrus Wynford (10-0)
7 West Lafayette Ridgewood (8-2) at 2 Lucasville Valley (10-0)
6 Ashland Crestview (10-0) at 3 Cols. Grandview Heights (10-0)
5 Portsmouth West (9-1) at 4 Nelsonville-York (9-1)

Region 20
8 Versailles (8-2) at 1 West Liberty-Salem (10-0)
7 Cin. Summit Country Day (7-3) at 2 Marion Pleasant (10-0)
6 West Jefferson (8-2) at 3 Frankfort Adena (9-1)
5 Coldwater (7-3) at 4 Covington (10-0)

Division VI

Region 21
8 Villa Angela-St. Joseph (6-4) at 1 Berlin Center Western Reserve(10-0)
7 Wellsville (5-5) at 2 Shadyside (7-3)
6 Mogadore (7-3) at 3 Youngstown Christian (9-1)
5 Malvern (9-1) at 4 Thompson Ledgemont (10-0)

Region 22
8 Arcadia (7-3) at 1 Leipsic (9-1)
7 Toledo Ottawa Hills (7-3) at 2 Delphos St. John's (7-3)
6 Edon (7-3) at 3 Tiffin Calvert (8-2)
5 McComb (7-3) at 4 Edgerton (8-2)

Region 23
8 Glouster Trimble (7-3) at 1 Willow Wood Symmes Valley (9-1)
7 Crown City South Gallia (7-3) at 2 New Washington Buckeye Central (8-2)
6 Zanesville Bishop Rosecrans (6-4) at 3 Danville (7-3)
5 Beallsville (8-2) at 4 Portsmouth Sciotoville (7-3)

Region 24
8 Lockland (7-3) at 1 Maria Stein Marion Local (8-2)
7 Cin. Country Day (7-3) at 2 Fort Loramie (9-1)
6 Minster (7-3) at 3 Springfield Catholic Central (8-2)
5 Ada (8-2) at 4 Lewisburg Tri-County North (8-2)

Ohio High School Football Scores - Week 7

Ohio High School Football Scores
Friday, October 7, 2011

Akr. Firestone 40, Akr. Ellet 13
Akr. Garfield 34, Akr. East 18
Akr. Manchester 48, Massillon Tuslaw 0
Akr. Springfield 32, Akr. Coventry 29
Akr. SVSM 62, Marion Harding 13
Alliance 35, Salem 12
Anna 34, Ft. Recovery 14
Ashland 14, Orrville 0
Ashland Crestview 22, Collins Western Reserve 21
Ashland Mapleton 28, Monroeville 27
Ashville Teays Valley 27, Amanda-Clearcreek 8
Athens 40, McArthur Vinton County 0
Atwater Waterloo 40, Windham 0
Austintown Fitch 14, N. Can. Hoover 7
Avon 42, Bay Village Bay 0
Avon Lake 42, Westlake 10
Baltimore Liberty Union 42, Lancaster Fisher Cath. 0
Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 42, Attica Seneca E. 21
Bellevue 61, Willard 6
Beloit W. Branch 21, Can. South 14
Berlin Center Western Reserve 48, Salineville Southern 3
Beverly Ft. Frye 27, Lore City Buckeye Trail 15
Blanchester 49, Batavia 6
Bluffton 28, Spencerville 14
Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 43, Amherst Steele 14
Brookfield 21, Ashtabula Edgewood 14
Brookville 35, Monroe 25
Bucyrus Wynford 40, Upper Sandusky 8
Byesville Meadowbrook 27, Warsaw River View 20
Caledonia River Valley 43, Mt. Gilead 7
Cambridge 44, E. Liverpool 7
Campbell Memorial 35, Warren Champion 8
Can. Cent. Cath. 25, Barberton 0
Can. Glenoak 22, Uniontown Lake 16
Can. McKinley 49, Massillon Perry 0
Canal Fulton Northwest 21, Cols. St. Charles 14
Canfield 34, Lisbon Beaver 14
Canfield S. Range 35, New Middletown Spring. 14
Carlisle 36, Middletown Madison 0
Centerburg 49, Loudonville 48
Chardon 44, Geneva 18
Chesapeake 62, Bidwell River Valley 14
Chillicothe Unioto 35, Piketon 26
Chillicothe Zane Trace 27, Chillicothe Huntington 20
Cin. Anderson 56, Milford 14
Cin. Colerain 24, W. Chester Lakota W. 19
Cin. Hills Christian Academy 55, Lockland 6
Cin. Mariemont 50, Cin. Deer Park 12
Cin. Moeller 36, Cin. Elder 10
Cin. Mt. Healthy 17, Trenton Edgewood 14
Cin. N. College Hill 52, Cin. Clark Montessori 0
Cin. St. Xavier 45, Cin. La Salle 21
Cin. Taft 36, Cin. Woodward 6
Cin. Turpin 21, Wilmington 10
Cin. Winton Woods 32, Loveland 20
Cin. Withrow 21, Cin. Shroder 13
Circleville 28, Lancaster Fairfield Union 0
Circleville Logan Elm 41, Bloom-Carroll 0
Clarksville Clinton-Massie 70, Greenfield McClain 14
Cle. Benedictine 28, Parma Padua 17
Cle. Cent. Cath. 32, Bedford Chanel 13
Cle. John Adams 56, Cle. Collinwood 8
Cle. John Marshall 42, Cle. E. Tech 6
Cle. St. Ignatius 42, Erie Cathedral Prep (PA) 7
Clyde 56, Sandusky Perkins 0
Coldwater 17, Delphos St. John's 14
Cols. Beechcroft 42, Cols. Mifflin 6
Cols. Eastmoor 48, Cols. South 6
Cols. Grandview Hts. 29, Sugar Grove Berne Union 12
Cols. Hartley 56, Elyria Cath. 31
Cols. Independence 46, Cols. Briggs 42
Cols. Marion-Franklin 48, Cols. Africentric 6
Cols. Northland 42, Cols. Centennial 7
Cols. Upper Arlington 76, Grove City Cent. Crossing 0
Cols. Whetstone 42, Cols. East 12
Columbia Station Columbia 49, Rocky River Lutheran W. 22
Columbiana Crestview 30, Columbiana 20
Cortland Lakeview 33, Youngs. Liberty 18
Cory-Rawson 49, Vanlue 8
Coshocton 49, Zanesville Maysville 14
Covington 47, W. Alexandria Twin Valley S. 7
Creston Norwayne 61, Doylestown Chippewa 8
Crooksville 68, Zanesville W. Muskingum 35
Crown City S. Gallia 62, Belpre 7
Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 48, Navarre Fairless 14
Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 41, Akr. Hoban 14
Cuyahoga Hts. 49, Richmond Hts. 0
Dalton 24, Rittman 13
Day. Chaminade-Julienne 40, Middletown Fenwick 23
Day. Christian 47, Sidney Lehman 21
Day. Dunbar 48, Day. Ponitz Tech. 0
Defiance 46, Van Wert 0
Delaware Buckeye Valley 44, Sparta Highland 14
Delphos Jefferson 28, Columbus Grove 21 (OT)
Dover 28, Zanesville 17
Dresden Tri-Valley 21, New Lexington 14
Dublin Coffman 20, Hilliard Darby 10
E. Cle. Shaw 44, Warrensville Hts. 8
Eastlake N. 42, Ashtabula Lakeside 0
Eaton 33, Bellbrook 24
Edon 63, W. Unity Hilltop 26
Elmore Woodmore 21, Tontogany Otsego 20
Elyria 49, Cuyahoga Falls 14
Euclid 14, Warren Harding 13
Fairport Harbor Harding 42, Newbury 35
Fairview 34, Brooklyn 19
Findlay Liberty-Benton 53, Dola Hardin Northern 0
Frankfort Adena 47, Bainbridge Paint Valley 0
Franklin 17, Germantown Valley View 14
Fremont Ross 35, Tol. St. Francis 0
Gahanna Lincoln 24, Pickerington N. 14
Galion 61, Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 13
Galion Northmor 61, Morral Ridgedale 13
Gallipolis Gallia 19, Chillicothe 7
Genoa Area 65, Bloomdale Elmwood 6
Gibsonburg 20, Tol. Christian 6
Girard 31, Niles McKinley 6
Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 21, Wooster Triway 0
Grafton Midview 52, Vermilion 25
Greenville 20, Muncie South, Ind. 16
Hamilton Badin 28, Cin. Purcell Marian 7
Hamilton Ross 13, Cin. NW 6
Hamler Patrick Henry 47, Bryan 14
Hannan (WV) 26, Manchester 14
Hannibal River 7, Bridgeport 6
Hanoverton United 38, E. Palestine 35
Harrison 41, Cin. Glen Este 7
Hilliard Bradley 49, Mt. Vernon 14
Hilliard Davidson 31, Worthington Kilbourne 0
Hudson 6, Stow-Munroe Falls 0
Huron 42, Oak Harbor 20
Indpls Arlington, Ind. 56, Day. Jefferson 12
Jackson 28, Ironton 22
Jefferson Area 42, Hubbard 20
Jeromesville Hillsdale 31, Apple Creek Waynedale 0
Johnstown-Monroe 56, Utica 28
Kent Roosevelt 56, Mantua Crestwood 21
Kettering Alter 20, Day. Carroll 0
Kings Mills Kings 23, Cin. Walnut Hills 0
Kirtland 45, Middlefield Cardinal 20
Lakewood 17, Parma Hts. Valley Forge 0
Lebanon 42, Miamisburg 7
Lees Creek E. Clinton 34, Goshen 0
Leipsic 49, Arcadia 13
Lewis Center Olentangy 42, Dublin Jerome 17
Lewisburg Tri-County N. 28, Casstown Miami E. 13
Lewistown Indian Lake 42, Spring. NW 14
Lexington 42, Wooster 37
Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 44, Fairfield 13
Lima Cent. Cath. 36, Cols. Ready 6
Lima Perry 33, Troy Christian 14
Lorain 23, Bedford 20
Lorain Clearview 42, Oberlin 7
Louisville 43, Carrollton 7
Louisville Aquinas 27, Akr. Kenmore 7
Lucasville Valley 28, Portsmouth W. 20
Malvern 26, Strasburg-Franklin 21
Mansfield Madison 21, Bellville Clear Fork 14
Marion Pleasant 42, Cardington-Lincoln 21
Mason 14, Cin. Princeton 7
Massillon Washington 37, Red Lion Christian Academy (DE) 14
Maumee 43, Holland Springfield 0
McComb 48, Arlington 7
Medina 30, Strongsville 27 (3OT)
Medina Buckeye 28, Sheffield Brookside 14
Medina Highland 42, Green 16
Mentor Lake Cath. 24, Chardon NDCL 10
Middletown 21, Hamilton 6
Milan Edison 19, Castalia Margaretta 13
Milford Center Fairbanks 35, McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 12
Millbury Lake 42, Rossford 7
Millersburg W. Holmes 45, Mansfield Sr. 39
Minerva 21, Alliance Marlington 13
Minford 43, McDermott Scioto NW 0
Minster 34, St. Henry 7
Mogadore 38, Garrettsville Garfield 21
Mt. Orab Western Brown 42, Batavia Clermont NE 6
N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 23, Lowellville 14
N. Lewisburg Triad 43, Mechanicsburg 18
N. Olmsted 31, Middleburg Hts. Midpark 16
N. Ridgeville 42, Rocky River 0
N. Robinson Col. Crawford 41, Bucyrus 28
Nelsonville-York 41, Pomeroy Meigs 14
New Albany 63, Cols. Franklin Hts. 21
New Concord John Glenn 28, McConnelsville Morgan 13
New Lebanon Dixie 53, Day. Northridge 13
New Philadelphia 44, Marietta 7
New Richmond 41, Batavia Amelia 14
New Washington Buckeye Cent. 57, Crestline 7
Newcomerstown 44, Tuscarawas Cent. Cath. 13
Newton Falls 28, Leavittsburg LaBrae 27
Northwood 52, Lakeside Danbury 14
Norwalk St. Paul 34, New London 33
Norwood 15, Oxford Talawanda 12
Oberlin Firelands 41, LaGrange Keystone 13
Olmsted Falls 39, Berea 14
Ontario 63, Lucas 20
Orwell Grand Valley 48, Southington Chalker 0
Ottawa-Glandorf 28, Elida 25
Parma 14, Garfield Hts. 12
Pemberville Eastwood 63, Fostoria 7
Peninsula Woodridge 40, E. Canton 6
Perrysburg 38, Sylvania Northview 28
Pickerington Cent. 35, Groveport-Madison 0
Plymouth 20, Greenwich S. Cent. 13
Port Clinton 35, Sandusky St. Mary 0
Ravenna 38, Mogadore Field 13
Ravenna SE 35, Rootstown 0
Reynoldsburg 13, Lancaster 2
S. Charleston SE 34, Cedarville 0
Sandusky 56, Norwalk 6
Sebring McKinley 17, Leetonia 7
Sherwood Fairview 55, Antwerp 12
Smithville 56, W. Salem NW 39
Spring. Cath. Cent. 45, Spring. NE 22
Spring. Kenton Ridge 42, Bellefontaine 21
Spring. Shawnee 28, New Carlisle Tecumseh 14
St. Bernard Roger Bacon 35, Cin. McNicholas 14
Steubenville 35, Mt. St. Joseph's, Md. 20
Streetsboro 35, Norton 17
Sugarcreek Garaway 49, Magnolia Sandy Valley 14
Tallmadge 37, Lodi Cloverleaf 21
Thomas Worthington 55, Galloway Westland 0
Thompson Ledgemont 47, Andover Pymatuning Valley 7
Thornville Sheridan 42, Philo 14
Tiffin Columbian 62, Shelby 19
Tipp City Bethel 33, New Paris National Trail 7
Tipp City Tippecanoe 41, Riverside Stebbins 21
Tol. Bowsher 50, Tol. Scott 14
Tol. Rogers 54, Tol. Woodward 0
Tol. St. John's 35, Oregon Clay 14
Tol. Whitmer 49, Findlay 23
Uhrichsville Claymont 31, Zanesville Rosecrans 21
Urbana 21, Bellefontaine Benjamin Logan 14
Van Buren 42, Pandora-Gilboa 25
Vandalia Butler 64, Sidney 0
Versailles 42, New Bremen 0
Vincent Warren 40, Logan 34 (2OT)
W. Carrollton 24, Morrow Little Miami 20
W. Liberty-Salem 55, Jamestown Greeneview 14
Wadsworth 35, Copley 3
Wahama (WV) 49, Stewart Federal Hocking 0
Wapakoneta 48, St. Marys Memorial 22
Warren Howland 21, Poland Seminary 14
Washington C.H. Miami Trace 24, London 14
Waterford 13, Franklin Furnace Green 7
Wauseon 65, Montpelier 8
Waynesville 42, Day. Oakwood 21
Wellston 27, Albany Alexander 14
Wellsville 35, McDonald 14
Westerville Cent. 31, Dublin Scioto 0
Westerville S. 31, Marysville 28
Wheelersburg 34, Waverly 14
Wheeling Central (W.Va.) 34, Shadyside 20
Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 28, Napoleon 9
Williamsburg 49, Bethel-Tate 7
Williamsport Westfall 49, Southeastern 17
Willoughby S. 42, Madison 28
Wintersville Indian Creek 17, Martins Ferry 7
Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 21, Sarahsville Shenandoah 7
Youngs. Boardman 42, Massillon Jackson 21
Youngs. Christian 27, Imani Christian Academy (PA) 14
Youngs. East 24, Struthers 12
Youngs. Mooney 47, Mifflin County (Pa.) 7
Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 27, Can. Timken 26 (OT)

St. Ed's Rick Finotti Talks about #1 Don Bosco Prep Tonight's High School Football America

by Jeff Fisher

Ohio High School Football Huddle

St. Edward head coach Rick Finotti will join me tonight on the High School Football America radio show to discuss his team's big game on Saturday against #1 Don Bosco Prep from New Jersey.

The game will actually played in New York City at Vince Lombardi's alma mater, Fordham University in the Bronx.  The game originally was going to be played at Army's Michie Stadium at West Point, but was moved to the Bronx shortly after the announcement was made.

Finotti has done an incredible job since taking over the program in March, 2009.  Last year, St. Ed went undefeated, winning Ohio's Division 1 title.  The Eagles are currently riding a 21-game win streak, while DBP brings a 39-game win streak into the game.

St. Ed's is playing one of the toughest schedules in the country, having beaten two out-of-state opponents already...Penn Hills (Pittsburgh, PA) 47-6 and Jefferson (Tampa, FL) 34-17, plus last year's Ohio Division 5 champ Ursuline 20-7.  It also doesn't get any easier at Saturday's game, because the Eagles still have to face in-state and national powers Archbishop Moeller and St. Xavier.  Also, not to be overlooked is the team's regular season finale against St. Ignatius.

St. Edward is strong upfront, led by offensive tackle Kyle Kalis, who's given his verbal to Michigan.

Don Bosco Prep won the country's "mythical" national championship back in 2009.  The Ironmen are led by Greg Toal, who owns a 136-10 record since taking over 12 years ago.  The Ramsey, New Jersey school has won five straight New Jersey Non-Public Group 4 state titles.

DBP also owns two victories over out-of-state opponents this year, beating Mission Viejo (CA) 35-7 and Manatee (FL) 22-16.

Back in July, Coach Toal also joined me as a guest on High School Football America.  You can listen to that show by clicking here or you can check it out on YouTube below.

Also on tonight's show that begins at 7 PM Eastern Time: Dylan Sheffield, quarterback at Wichita Falls High School in Texas and Trey Hall at Sunrise Christian Academy in Kansas.

Sheffield broke the Texas single-game passing record last week when he threw for 683 yards.  Hall will talk about his record-setting QB Zach Howell, who broke Kansas' single-game yards mark in early September and almost set a new one last week.

Click here to listen to the show LIVE tonight.

King James Returns to High School Gridiron

by Jeff Fisher
Ohio High School Football Huddle

Courtesy: Ohio Helmet Project

While Cleveland Cavalier fans may still be upset with LeBron James for leaving his hometown state, members James' alma mater football team are happy that the NBA All-Star still has a soft spot in his heart for his old team.

James, who was a pretty good wide receiver when he played at Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary, returned to the high school gridiron on Tuesday to work-out with the team that's undefeated and ranked #3 this week in the latest Division III Associated Press state rankings.

According to James, on his Twitter account, he practiced in full pads.

James, who caught 27 touchdown passes during his career, was an all-state player during his sophomore year; led the school to the state semifinals in his junior year, but didn't play as a senior, so as not to suffer an injury that would have cost him millions from the NBA.

Many believe that James would have had a great NFL career had he chosen football.

After the workout Tuesday, James tweeted on Twitter..."Just got done practicing with the St.V Varsity football team, full pads and all. Felt great being back on the field. Should I?"

Below is video of James making a couple of catches during his football career.



As an added bonus...I found this video of another NBA all-star Allen Iverson on the high school gridiron.  In 1992, Iverson led Bethel High School to the Virginia Division 5 state championship as a quarterback and defensive back.