Anything can happen on Turkey Day when long-time rival throw-out the records and battle for community pride. While we’d love to showcase every high school football game that is played on Thanksgiving, we thought we’d highlight a few here in…
I write a version of this story every year, which highlights what I believe is one of high school football’s best traditions — Turkey Day football. These Thanksgiving Day rivalry games, usually in the northeast, drip with tradition that usually…
Check-out High School Football America’s photos from the 110th meeting between Easton and Phillipsburg that was played Thanksgiving morning at Lafayette College’s Fisher Stadium. Easton (Pennsylvania) beat Phillipsburg (New Jersey) 24-14. Related: Easton bonfire video
Having grown-up in Easton, Pennsylvania, I am hard pressed to say there is a better Turkey Day rivalry than Easton (Pennsylvania) and Phillipsburg (New Jersey) or to keep the P’burg fans happy Phillipsburg and Easton. The two communities that are…
by Jeff Fisher Beyond a shadow of a doubt, Thanksgiving Day high school football is my single most favorite day of the year. It has nothing to do with state championships being won, but in most cases the energy going…
This is the second part of High School Football America’s two-part video feature on America’s oldest high school football game between New London High School and Norwich Free Academy. In this episode, Trish Hoffman and Jeff Fisher look at the…
In the first part of this two-part video feature, High School Football America takes you to America’s first high school football game between Norwich Free Academy and New London High School in Connecticut. Norwich Free Academy and Bulkeley School for…