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Manatee (12-0) Bradenton, FL
Manatee had already pummeled its 2nd round opponent once this season,
and the Hurricanes had little mercy for Venice the second time around.
Central of Fort Pierce brings a sparkling resume into its game with the
Nation's No. 1 team including a 40-14 win over Martin County last week.
Last: Def Venice 56-7
Next: 11/30 Central (Fort Pierce) (11-0) |
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John Curtis (12-0) River Ridge, LA
Call this one progress, Riverside lost by 59 earlier this year to
Curtis, they only lost by 52 this time. Springfield is the next team to
get blown out by Curtis in the Semi-Finals.
Last: Def Riverside 62-10
Next: 11/30 Springfield (12-1) |
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Vista Murrieta (13-0) Murrieta, CA
Vista Murrieta had its hands full in the second half before defense and
special teams took over to win a comfortable 34-0 game against a good
Rancho Cucamonga team. Now comes the showdown with a Southern California
perennial power in Corona Centennial in the Inland Division Championship
which will be shown on FOX Sports West on Friday.
Last: Def Rancho Cucamonga 34-0
Next: 11/30 No. 28 Centennial (12-1) |
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Katy (12-0) Katy, TX
Katy was shocked by La Porte on Thanksgiving weekend last year, and
while that was a 3rd round matchup, the Tigers made sure it was a happy
holiday by blowing out Langham Creek. Who should be up next but last
year's 3rd round spoilers, La Porte.
Last: Def Langham Creek 49-0
Next: 11/30 La Porte (11-1) |
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DeSoto (12-0) DeSoto, TX
Last week I said we were about to find out how good No. 23 Coppell
actually is. I'm not sure we found out, but we did find out just how
good No. 5 DeSoto is. Wow. If the Eagles can maintain this level of
play, they should be in good shape to win a State Championship. But
there are no letdown games moving forward. Every team is capable of
beating every other team in the Texas quarter-finals.
Last: Def No. 23 Coppell 42-14
Next: 11/30 Bowie (11-1) |
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University (10-0) Ft. Lauderdale
If DeSoto had the most impressive performance of the week, University's
34-17 win over No. 19 American Heritage wasn't far behind. University's
next opponent isn't as good as American Heritage, but the Suns can't
afford a letdown, because Central Catholic is good enough to take
advantage.
Last: Def American Heritage 34-17
Next: 11/30 Central Catholic (11-1) |
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Bellevue (13-0) Bellevue, WA
The Wolverines weren't challenged in the Semi-Finals and should cruise
to their 419th straight 3A Championship.
Last: Def Mt. Si 37-7
Next: 11/30 Eastside Catholic (13-0) |
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North Allegheny (13-0) Wexford, PA
North Allegheny had a gut check game with a talented and hot Woodland
Hills team. The Tigers came from behind to win 21-14. In theory, 7-5
McDowell should be a breather this week.
Last: Def Woodland Hills 21-14
Next: 11/30 McDowell (7-5) |
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Butler (14-0) Matthews, NC
It had been three months since Butler beat Mallard Creek 27-6 in Week 0,
but not much changed as the Bulldogs took care of business with a
convincing 27-0 win. Butler faces off with Jack Britt this week for the
State Championship.
Last: Def Mallard Creek (27-0)
Next: 12-1 Jack Britt (13-2)
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Whitmer (14-0) Toledo, OH
To a certain extent Whitmer was relatively untested going into its game
against No. 10 Mentor. Mentor had dispatched two Top 10 opponents on
consecutive weeks, but Whitmer figured out a way to slow down the high
powered Mentor attack. If Mentor was Ohio's hottest team, Whitmer's next
opponent Moeller might be next. Moeller lost three in the regular season
but is peaking at the right time.
Last: Def No.10 Mentor 62-34
Next: 12/1 No. 36 Archbishop Moeller (11-3) |
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Good Counsel (11-1) Olney, MD
(11/19) Good Counsel made good on its rematch with DeMatha for the WCAC
Championship in a 26-14 win. Good Counsel lost its first game of
the season before running off 11 straight including wins over Gilman,
Dematha (twice), and St. Joseph Regional (N.J.).
Last: 11/18 Def DeMatha 26-14
Next: Season Over |
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De La Salle (12-0) Concord, CA
Narbonne or Vista Murrieta? De La Salle takes one step closer to its
Open Bowl showdown with the top team from the South.
Last: Def Amador Valley 49-0
Next: 12/1 Logan (12-1) |
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Steele (12-0) Cibolo, Texas
Steele didn't have any trouble with Roosevelt last week as was to be
expected. Edinburg North won't be much of a threat either.
Last: Def Roosevelt 45-0
Next: 11/30 Edinburg North (10-2) |
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Narbonne (13-0) Harbor City, CA
Now that the formalities are over, Crenshaw and Narbonne can decide the
City-Section Championship. Narbonne is still a heavy favorite over the
Cougars, but Crenshaw is the only team in the City-Section that belongs
on the field with the Gauchos. How top-heavy is the City-Section?
Narbonne and Crenshaw beat their six playoff opponents by an average of
49-6.
Last: Def Carson 39-12
Next: 12/1 Crenshaw (12-1) |
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Mentor (12-2) Mentor (OH)
Mentor knocked off two straight Top 10
opponents in the Ohio playoffs, but a third Top 50 game was too much for
the Cardinals after its 3OT classic with St. Ignatius two weeks ago.
Mentor fell to No. 46 Whitmer 62-34 to end its season.
Last: 11/24 Lost
to No. 46 Whitmer 62-34
Next: Season Over
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St. Edward (11-1) Lakewood, OH
(11/19) St. Edward fell to Mentor in Week 2 of the Ohio State Playoffs.
Last: 11/9 Lost to Mentor 63-56
Next: Season Over |
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Trinity (12-1) Louisville, KY
Trinity got a battle from Scott County to the tune of a 21-14 win as the
Shamrocks continue to fight their way through a tougher than expected
Kentucky State Playoff bracket. This week it's for all the marbles
against an unbeaten Pleasure Ridge Park team.
Last: Def St. Xavier 15-14
Next: 12/1 Pleasure Ridge Park (15-0) |
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Camden County (11-1) Kingsland, GA
Camden County cruised past East Coweta and will face its toughest test
of the season in Norcross in a quarterfinal worthy of being a State
Championship game.
Last: Def East Coweta 34-14
Next: 11/30 No. 23 Norcross (12-0) |
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Bishop Gorman (12-1) Las Vegas, NV
Bishop Gorman beat Reed 49-24 in the Semi-Finals and will beat Liberty
this week for their State Championship.
Last: Def Reed 49-24
Next: 12/1 Liberty (12-1) |
20 (22)
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Miami Central (9-2) Miami, FL
Central beat Northwestern 35-17 at the end of October, and the Rockets
extended their margin of victory in the one that counted. Palm Bay is a
good team, but one that Central should handle setting up a Semi-Final
showdown with either Mainland or Naples.
Last: Def Northwestern 34-7
Next: 11/30 Palm Bay (8-4) |
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Washington (11-1) Miami, FL
Gulliver Prep wasn't expected to be a challenge last week, but 57-0? The
Tornadoes have beaten their first two round opponents by a combined
128-0. Cocoa will be a much different squad than Washington's first two
playoff opponents.
Last: Def Gulliver Prep 57-0
Next: 11/30 Cocoa (10-2) |
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Hoover (13-0) Hoover, AL
Hoover had a 9/28 rematch with Vestavia Hills, and the Bucs were up to
the challenge as they dispatched the Rebels 21-7 to move to the State
Semi-Finals. They take on a strong Clay-Chalkville whose only loss as by
one point to Huntsville more than a month ago.
Last: Def Vestavia Hills 21-7
Next: 11/30 Clay-Chalkville (12-1) |
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Norcross (12-0) Norcross, GA
Norcross' stingy defense handled South Gwinnett 27-7, but now the Blue
Devils must make the long 350 mile drive to Kingsland, Ga. to take on
Camden County in a quarterfinal battle worthy of a State Final.
Last: Def South Gwinnett 27-7
Next: 11/30 No. 18 Camden County (11-1) |
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Skyline (13-0) Sammamish, WA
Undefeated Camas put up a fight, but in the end, they fell to Skyline
the way so many others before them have. Bellarmine Prep is up next.
They're only loss on the season was 42-38 to Lakes the first week of
September.
Last: Def Camas 51-28
Next: 12-1 Bellarmine Prep (12-1) |
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Allen (11-1) Allen, TX
Allen had a very tough matchup with the undefeated Mesquite Skeeters,
and the Eagles prevailed 42-28. By comparison Round Rock Westwood should
be an easier opponent this week, but Allen can't afford to be caught
looking ahead.
Last: Def No. 35 Mesquite 42-28
Next: 11/30 Round Rock Westwood (9-3) |
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Bentonville (12-0) Bentonville, AR
Bentonville probably got more than they were expecting from (8-3)
Southside in a 28-21 win, but they survived to face Fayetteville this
week. Bentonville won the last matchup 24-17 earlier this month.
Last: Def Southside 28-21
Next: 11/30 Fayetteville (9-3) |
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Skyline (11-1) Dallas, TX
Skyline was in dire need of a challenge before the games got serious in
the State Playoffs, and Horn provided a good test for the Raiders
without really threatening them. Skyline moves on to face an undefeated
Westfield team.
Last: Def Horn 47-28
Next: 11/30 Westfield (12-0) |
28 (NR)
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Centennial (12-1) Corona, CA
Centennial reloads every year, and every year they are playing their
best at the end of the season. With a new starting quarterback and a new
running back, the Huskies improved their offensive numbers this year,
and they needed is to give Upland its first loss last week. Up next is
the big test and a rematch in last year's CIF-SS Inland Final, No. 3
Vista Murrieta.
Last: Def Upland 46-36
Next: 11/30 No. 3 Vista Murrieta (13-0) |
29 (19)
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American Heritage (11-1) Delray
Beach, FL
American Heritage saw its season come to and
end, but there's no shame in losing to a team as good as University. The
highlight of the Stallions' season was its 9/7 win over Armwood.
Last: 11/23 Lost to No. 7 University 34-17
Next: Season Over
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30 (NR)
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North Gwinnett (11-1) Suwanee, GA
Last week we said that North Gwinnett was capable of beating anyone, and
the Bulldogs proved it by upsetting No. 11 Grayson. The way the game
played out, it may not have been considered much of an upset. North
Gwinnett won handily 28-10. North Gwinnett's only loss of the season
came in September to Norcross. Both teams are still alive in Georgia's
6A Quarterfinal.
Last: Def No. 11 Grayson 28-10
Next: 11/30 Lovejoy (11-1) |
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Ensworth (12-0) Nashville, TN
Ensworth had Thanksgiving off before facing off with Memphis University
for the Division II AA State Championship in Tennessee. Ensworth already
beat MUS 35-28 in its first game of the season.
Last: Idle
Next: 11/29 Memphis University (10-2) |
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Carroll (11-1) Southlake, TX
Carroll has breezed through the easy part of its playoff schedule, but
now things will heat up with a faceoff with Euless Trinity this week.
Trinity played a brutal opening schedule and has won nine straight.
Last: Def El Dorado 73-23
Next: 12/1 Trinity (10-2) |
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St. Ignatius (11-2) Cleveland, OH
(11/19) St. Ignatius found out what St. Edward found out two weeks ago, that
Mentor is for real. It took three overtimes to out the Wildcats who
finish their season at 11-2.
Last: (11/16) Lost to No. 22 Mentor 57-56 (3OT)
Next: Season Over |
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Gilman (9-2) Baltimore, MD
(11/19) Gilman left little doubt this time. Calvert Hall gave the Greyhounds a
scare in a 24-14 Gilman win on 10/22. This time Gilman left little doubt
in a convincing 35-7 victory to claim the MIAA 'A' Title.
Last: Def Calvert Hall 35-7
Next: Season Over |
35 (NR)
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Poly (9-3) Long Beach,CA
A candidate for comeback team of the year, Long Beach Poly was left for
dead earlier this season after dropping three straight games including a
56-0 blowout by Narbonne. But the young Jackrabbits got some experience
and have knocked off two Top 50 teams in consecutive weeks hanging the
first loss on Mission Viejo and St. John Bosco. Poly's running game is a
thing to behold and the defense is big and fast.
Last: Def No. 36 St. John Bosco 13-10
Next: 12/1 Mater Dei (10-2) |
36 (NR)
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Archbishop Moeller (11-3) Cincinnati, OH
Welcome back Crusaders. Archbishop Moeller had been ranked in the Top 5
at one point this season, but the Crusaders didn't start playing like it
until the end of the year, when it's most important. Moeller has knocked
off Top 50 teams Louisville Trinity and Colerain this month and gets a
shot at Whitmer on Saturday.
Last: Def Pickerington North 26-21
Next: No. 10 Whitmer (14-0) |
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Glenbard West (14-0) Glen Ellyn, IL
In an old-fashioned slugfest, Glenbard West
edged No. 41 Lincoln-Way East 10-8. What the game lacked in firepower it
made up for in drama as the teams West survived a 4th and 10 from the 13
in the closing minutes, and that stop proved to be the difference.
Last: Def Lake Zurich 19-13
Next: State Champions
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38 (NR)
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Ocean Lakes (13-1) Ocean Lakes, VA
We said that the quarterfinal game between Ocean Lakes and No. 32 Oscar
Smith had the feel of a State Championship, and the game lived up to its
billing. Ocean Lakes knocked off Oscar Smith to claim its spot in the
Top 50.
Last: Def No. 32 Oscar Smith 14-10
Next: 12/1 Hylton (11-2) |
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Goose Creek (12-1) Goose Creek, SC
Goose Creek was forced to forfeit its win over Bluffton, effectively
ending its season unbeaten, yet unfulfilled.
Last: 11/17 Def Bluffton 35-25 (win
subsequently forfeited)
Next: Season Over |
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St. John Bosco (8-5) Bellflower, CA
Bosco ran into the wrong team at the wrong
time for its first on-field loss of the season. Long Beach Poly
rebounded from a disastrous start of the season to knock off two of
California's best teams in back to back weeks in the playoffs. Last
week, Bosco was the victim. Bosco returns nearly its entire roster and
will be a National Title contender next year.
Last: 11/23 Lost
to Long Beach Poly 13-10
Next: Season Over
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Colerain (12-1) Cincinnati, OH
(11/19) Colerain fell victim to Archbishop Moeller who is playing like the Top 5
team that they were at one point during the season before losing three
of five games mid-season. Colerain finished the season with wins over
St. Xavier (twice), Elder, Lakota West, and Sycamore among others to
finish 12-1.
Last: Lost to Archbishop Moeller 24-21
Next: Season Over
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New Bern (14-0) New Bern, NC
New Bern advances to the State Championship with its 23-6 win over
Scotland. Porter Ridge brings a lofty 13-1 record into the game with its
only loss coming to Weddington in mid-October.
Last: Def Scotland 23-6
Next: 11/30 Weddington (13-1) |
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Mission Viejo (11-1) Mission Viejo, CA
(11/19) Mission Viejo caught a hot Long Beach Poly team at the wrong time. Poly
lost three straight games early in the season by a combined score of
105-18. The Jackrabbits have it rolling now though and have won eight
straight, knocking off one of the nation's top teams.
Last: 11/16 Lost to Long Beach Poly 21-16
Next: Season Over |
44 (41)
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Lincoln-Way East (13-1) Frankfort, IL
Lincoln-Way East lost a slugfest to No. 48
Glenbard West and finished runner up for the State Championship in
Illinois.
Last: 11/24 Lost to Glenbard West 10-8
Next: Season Over
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Mesquite (11-1) Mesquite, TX
The Skeeters put up a good fight against No. 28 Allen, but Allen proved
to be the better team.
Last: 11/23 Lost to No. 28 Allen 42-28
Next: Season Over |
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Carver (12-1) Montgomery, AL
Carver had another close win over a good Spain Park team. Carver is 3-0
in the playoffs with an average margin of victory of four points.
Opelika is up next, a team Carver beat by three touchdowns two months
ago.
Last: Def Spain Park 26-20
Next: 11/30 Opelika (9-4) |
47 (NR)
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Valor Christian (11-2) Highlands Ranch, CO
Valor Christian began the season in the Top 50, but the Eagles only
lasted one week as they opened their season with a loss to Mullen. No
one is playing better in Colorado right now than Valor Christian. The
Eagles didn't just knock Top 50 ThunderRidge out of the Top 50, they
knocked them out, then kicked snow in their faces in a 49-3 win. The
State Championship this week feels like merely a formality.
Last: Def ThunderRidge 49-3
Next: 12/1 Cherokee Trail (12-1) |
48 (NR)
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Maryville (15-0) Maryville, TN
Maryville is on a three season winning streak and will face off in a
rematch of last year's State Championship Game against Whitehaven. If
only we could figure out a way to get the winner of this game to play
Ensworth.
Last: Def Siegel 47-43
Next: Whitehaven (15-0) |
49 (NR)
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Christian (13-1) Grand Rapids, MI
Christian dropped its second game of the season as they blew a lead
against Archbishop Moeller, but the Eagles were perfect the rest of the
way enroute to winning the Division 3 State Championship in Michigan.
Last: Def St. Mary Prep 40-37
Next: State Champions |
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Grayson (10-2) Loganville, GA
Last week we said North Gwinnett was capable of beating anyone on any
given night. Last week, they beat No. 11 Grayson who had been as hot as
any team in the nation.
Last: 11/24 Lost to North Gwinnett 28-10
Next: Season Over |