For once, a made-for-TV match-up lived-up to its billing on Saturday as #14 Miami Central defeated #2 Hoover in a showdown of Alabama and Florida high school football powers on ESPN.
The game between the two defending 2013 state champs came-down to a field goal with under a minute remaining to give the Rockets a 24-21 win over Hoover, which saw its 30-game win streak come to an end. Beymar Piraquive booted a 31-yard field goal with :45 left to give the Rockets the victory.
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.
