Welcome to Why We Play, a series of discussions with current players and NFL Legends about their youth football experience and why they play the game. When he was benched for an entire season, Brian Westbrook learned a valuable lesson: perseverance….
Ohio’s historic Tanks Memorial Stadium, home of the Ironton Fighting Tigers, will host an Ohio vs. USA high school football tripleheader on Saturday, September 10. The Ironton Gridiron Classic will feature three teams that were nationally-ranked by High School Football…
Gonzaga (Washington, DC) begins 2021 as the No. 1 team in the High School Football America Mid-Atlantic Region Top 25 powered by NFL Play Football, the NFL’s initiative to provide fun and engaging experience for players of all ages and skill levels….
DeMatha, ranked No. 35 in the High School Football America 100, shut-down No. 27 St. Ignatius (Ohio) 42-0 on Saturday. It was the Stags (3-1) third straight win since losing their season-opener to nationally-ranked St. John Bosco (California), ranked No….
The uber-competitive Washington Catholic Athletic Conference placed four teams in the High School Football America Preseason 100 national rankings released Friday. How good will this version of the WCAC be? St. John’s College HS (No. 3), Gonzaga (No. 9), DeMatha…
After ten successful years as DeMatha’s head football coach, Elijah Brooks is leaving to become the University of Maryland’s running backs coach under newly hired head coach Michael Locksley. Brooks led the Stags to four straight Washington Catholic Athletic Conference…
High School Football America Maryland Top 10 No. 1 DeMatha (8-3) No. 2 St. Frances Academy (10-0) No. 3 Good Counsel (Maryland) (6-4) No. 4 Quince Orchard (13-1) No. 5 Calvert Hall (12-1) No. 6 Archbishop Spalding (7-3) No. 7…
Everyone knows that it is hard to beat a high school football team twice in the same season…and it’s especially tough when teams meet on back-to-back weekends. Saturday, defending Washington Catholic Athletic Conference champ St. John’s College High School found-out…
When it comes to the DeMatha-Good Counsel rivalry, a win against the arch-rival is always great. Friday night, DeMatha, ranked No. 30 in the High School Football America 100 national rankings, doubled its pleasure with its second victory over the…
St. John’s College High School (Washington, DC) wrapped-up a share of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference title with a 13-7 victory over DeMatha Friday night. The Cadets, ranked No. 3 in the High School Football America 100, were led by…