In a couple of weeks, two of the legendary Southern California high school football teams will meet at SoFi Stadium. The National Football League’s Los Angeles Chargers have announced that they will host a battle between Mission Viejo and Long…
Gary Gaines, who was at the center of the book and film Friday Night Lights, has passed away. His family confirmed that the former Odessa Permian head coach died on Monday at the age of 73 after a long battle…
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) wants Friday nights to be all about high school football…not college or the pros. Earlier this week, the NFHS passed a resolution urging schools and teams at the college and professional…
Gary Gaines, the head coach at the center of Permian Panthers (Odessa, TX) and MOJO in Buzz Bissinger’s book Friday Night Lights about the 1988 season in west Texas, is hoping that his diagnosis of early on-set Alzheimer’s disease will help raise…
via CalPreps.com FREELANCE California School for the Deaf (Riverside, CA) at Campbell Hall (North Hollywood, CA), 6:00pm Excelsior (Victorville, CA) at Sherman Indian (Riverside, CA), 7:00pm NON-LEAGUE Dana Hills (Dana Point, CA) at Aliso Niguel (Aliso Viejo, CA), 7:00pm Arlington…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach The Week That Was: Gary Gaines, #TXHSFBCHAT, Fellowship and more No more January blues around Chapman. The kids are amped-up and the coaches have a new sense of energy….
by Jeff Fisher One of the great parts of being in the business of high school football sports journalism for 40 years is you get to meet a lot of great people along the way. Chris Hughes, the founder of…
by Jeff Fisher With When The Game Stands Tall opens nationwide on Friday, movie-goers will get to see an awesome high school football film that will get them pumped-up for the 2014 season. I was able to see a special…
by Jeff Fisher One of the best parts of doing what we do is getting the opportunity to meet special people – coaches, players, fans, communities – along the way. People that go out of their way to make high…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach After six solid days of practice and work, Sunday called for a day off. It felt odd waking up knowing there was no football for the day. Fortunately for…