It was the opportunity to see high school football and see the stands full. I'm not saying that Columbus doesn't play good high school football. But Valdosta is a traditional powerhouse and was ranked No. 2 in the state.
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Related It gives bigger kids an opportunity to see what football is all about before they get to high school... RON KELLY You hear a lot about Texas high school football, and you hear a lot about Florida high school footba... BOBBY BENTLEY I have no ax to grind. I was lucky. I played. How many guys play high school, college football never... ART DONOVAN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES If you play high school football in the city, this is the game you want to play. We're looking forwa... CHRIS JONES It's nice to see a lot of familiar faces. It's great to see the support for high school football. PAUL MURPHY Since I was in high school, I wanted to play professional football and professional baseball, be a t... RUSSELL WILSON My dad was the football coach for the high school a few years ago and I wanted to play football with... ALICIA KEYS South was the No. 1 football school in the state and we had a 50--game winning streak. It took North... JAY TRUE High school was the best. I had a lot of fun wrestling and running track in high school. That was ab... TOM KEBLIN He just loves everything about high school. At football games you'll see him up in the stands wearin... KYLE SCHELLIN Whether it was 50 bucks being sent to me at school, traveling through a snowstorm to ... JIM CALHOUN I played football and ran track in junior high, but by high school I was getting serious about my st... GEORGE SMOOT Some of the most innovative things in football I see at high school games. It's not the play - i... BUD GRANT Both teams were playing hard. As a defensive coordinator, it was a good high school football game. MARSHALL OVERLEY I was recruited by every school in the country for football and basketball. And an incident happened... ALLEN IVERSON That was a thought. (But) there are several (juniors) in this school that have not had the opportuni... MANNY ZAFIROS They're on the right road, but there's a long way to go on concussions, not only in the NFL,... JOHN MADDEN I see football in Montgomery changing, not for the better. The excitement and enthusiasm is not the ... RICHARD MONCRIEF I never looked at it that way. I didn't play high school football, so I had a late start. I was youn... BEN DAVIDSON We grew up playing everything together. We didn't play football until high school, that was the firs... DANIEL GRAHAM Never. Not middle school baseball. Not high school football. I never got cut. CLA MEREDITH When I went to high school, an all-boys' school, a Catholic school, I tried out for football, an... MIKE KRZYZEWSKI The Cyber-High program is an after-school class that credit-deficient seniors have used to make up l... JOE PEREZ Time will tell (how great it was), but this season not only established our high school as a legitim... LEE SHAW I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school. OSCAR ROBERTSON People are surprised when I tell them that I didn't play football in high school with my size and st... CLINT WALKER It was a great game. It was a fun game. The officiating was awesome. The players were all great. It ... AARON FINCH The same boys who got detention in elementary school for beating the crap out of people are now rewa... LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON When I first got to college, in my mind, I was going to end up playing professional football. When I... JOVAN ADEPO At the end of the first half, all I could think of was that we were playing a good half against a go... JAY CORLEW I felt we were the Oakland Raiders of high-school football. GENE DALES I ran track for my school. I played football, but I didn't play for my high school; I played for... NATE ROBINSON He's probably got the strongest arm in the history of Texas high school football. BOBBY BURTON I love football and have a passion to help kids learn and see them grow and develop. I lost my dad w... JEFF CALLAHAN These kids are the future of the National Football League. They're the next generation that will... TROY VINCENT I actually was the captain of the football team. I went to Catalina Foothills High School, and I pla... PARKER YOUNG I'm glad he chose football. He's a small kid so he never played youth football. But some of our best... AL MINNAERT There was no flag football in middle school, but I knew the [Lake Worth] team was really good. I was... ALEX CUNNINGHAM I have a great opportunity with Fox covering high school football out there on TV, and then I'll be ... CHRIS RIX Most folks don't realize it, but the FFA organization represents a little over one fifth of the stud... JAMES MATTHEWS San Luis is a great high school, but if a kid can finish at a regular high school, they should. I'm ... JOE PEREZ When I picture myself after football, it's down home, coaching high school football, just a rela... J. J. WATT I can remember watching Macho on high school film and he was a threat every time he touched the foot... BILLY HITE That's a play you just don't see high school kids making. That's something you see in college and NB... EMANUEL DAVIS Particularly at this school, it's a good way to stay competitive and to keep playing sports. A lot o... JACK GAYNOR We had Jose McDermott at running back the other day, and he did all right. Drew was a star in youth ... ANDRE ARTERO I played team sport as a kid and loved it. I played basketball and football throughout high school i... TOM WATSON I've been around high school football in the state of Alabama for 25 years, and I've never seen as m... RUSH PROPST Deedee swam her best time ever and reset her own school record by about a second. I want her to plac... ED BURNSED He's a 6-foot-5, 315-pound ballerina that plays tackle. He's not a loudmouth. He just does his job. ... BILL LAVERONI We talked to some of the guys after practice and they said it was nice release. Some things are more... DALE PATTON Football games on Friday nights followed by field parties every weekend was how I spent my high scho... ABBI GLINES I learned to play football in the streets. Every day of school, everyone came and played football. T... SERGIO AGUERO He was a superior athlete in the rec league. He was a superior athlete in high school. And he'll be ... CHRIS ELLIS It's always been my dream to play on this level. Ever since I was a kid, playing football in the bac... CARNELL WILLIAMS That win was huge. Not only for the football program, but for the entire school and our community. GREG DEMPSEY From a small town like mine, high school football is a big thing, just growing up, I always just wan... BILLY PITTMAN When I was in elementary school, I'd see Nate on stage in high school. I always wanted to do a show ... JUSTIN BEGLE We were fortunate tonight in that he was in foul trouble. He's a good player and he's much stronger ... BOB FREDERICKS I was a wrestler. I played football, lacrosse. After high school, I got into jujitsu. I boxed my who... FRANK GRILLO I'd like to play it in high school, then try to do it in college and see where it takes me. KASEY ZACHARIAS The best thing about high school football in the state of Texas is the whole town shuts down, and th... DAT NGUYEN If you're going to play high school football, you do it in Texas or Florida or Georgia for the s... J. R. MARTINEZ In high school I was on the basketball team, but the coach did something I didn't dig and the ne... CHARLES MINGUS I thought he was the best quarterback in the state when he was in high school, and I still believe t... LARRY FRENCH This is something I've dreamed of my whole high school career. I can't wait to get up to Columbus an... KATIE PAGANELLI My high school experience was pretty good, but my middle school experience was god awful. It was hor... ZACHARY LEVI I want to coach high school football, and that's always what I've wanted to do. J. J. WATT For many districts who are planning a high school, it will be the only new high school they are goin... DAVID M. MARONEY I loved animation and cartoons, even when it was not cool when you were in high school. I raced home... JOHN LASSETER We must, of course stop the run, but they can throw also. They're just a great high school football ... JACK CRUMBLISS I think we'll find ways to win. I think we'll be a typical high school football team. That may not b... KEVIN EVANS We faxed the application to about 12 other (state high school) associations, and Florida was one tha... CHEYENNE TRUSSELL I was complexed and awkward that I was good for nothing and was always lying. I would lie to my scho... IMTIAZ ALI I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college footb... ROBERT GRIFFIN III I ran track in high school. I was a fragile young man, personally and physically. I tried football. ... DANNY PUDI That was good stuff. It was a great crowd and that's what high school basketball is all about. GREG NOSSAMAN I always, always hated it, ... but I was always the only kid on the team who could do it. So my coac... ETHAN ALBRIGHT I've been playing American football since I was six years old. I was a captain of my high school... GABRIEL LUNA I was home schooled in high school but was definitely the nerd in middle school. NICOLE ANDERSON I am very grateful for the opportunities that being in high school administration gave me. But the n... BOB PRESCOTT For a kid who didn't play football until his sophomore year of high school, he's come a long way to ... BENJIE WIMBERLY This was a great high school baseball game. We came out on the positive side today, but both teams p... BRIAN CHAMPION I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade sch... JACK RAMSAY In those days, up until kids went to high school, it was customary to go to school barefoot. But in ... BILL DAYTON I actually ran in junior high school a little bit, you know, like most kids do in track and things. ... JEFF FISHER It was the first (home tournament) of my high school career and the last of my high school career, s... BOBBY GARCIA Some people are worried about not having as strong of leads, but that's not what high school is abou... GRACE MORGAN I took a special interest in him. Because if you were going to be head football coach and you wanted... JOEY PRICE Morale is high on the football team. We've got a good football team. DANNY HOPE I was 19 years old, pumping gas and going nowhere. I was kind of a high school dropout at that point... ADAM OATES I think it was appealing to the high school people back then to build a high school a lot like a mid... BOB LINDAHL This is another group of fine high school athletes. They come from good programs with good work ethi... TOMMY LEE Prior to the Utah High School Lacrosse League being created, there was no official state champion cr... BOB CAPENER He was an athlete from the days back then. You could just see his talent shine through in whatever h... RENALDO HILL My father was kind of a local pillar of the community, a high-school teacher and football coach. He ... WILLIAM BALDWIN I don't know if it's getting too big, as long as we keep it in perspective that this is high school ... BOBBY BENTLEY I didn't have a full team, as some are in the high school play and some are still doing club volleyb... JEFF SHROLL It's not that our high school system was not designed well, but that it was designed in 1906 whe... LAURENE POWELL JOBS
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