Unfortunately another year of high school football is in the books. The California and Texas state playoffs ended over the weekend to provide some final shakeups in the polls. As expected St. John Bosco and De La Salle played a classic California CIF Open title game with St. John Bosco coming out on top to solidify their Top 5 ranking. In Texas Allen destroyed Pearland to finish the year in the Top 3. previous #8 Katy lost the Texas 5A Division 2 Title to now #15 Cedar Hill. The big crown of the year goes to the Booker T. Washington Tornadoes who are the Prep Force National Champions. Coach Ice Harris showed that he was willing to play anyone anywhere which included trips to Georgia to defeat #23 Norcross and to Las Vegas to defeat #16 Bishop Gorman. The biggest win though came when they defeated #2 Miami Central in one of the biggest matchups in high school football history. Congrats to the Tornadoes on an all time great season. As you can see from the picture they even got their own victory parade through the streets of Miami.
photo From MiamiHearld.com
1) Booker T. Washington(14-0) – Miami, FL – Won the Florida 4A title. The Tornadoes win the Prep Force national title thanks to an impressive resume that included wins over three state champs all of whom are in the final rankings.
2) Central (143-1) – Miami, FL – Won the Florida 6A state title. I’m sure most people will think we have them ranked too high at #2 but there is not another team in the country that would beat this team other than Booker T. Washington.
3) Allen (16-0) – Allen, TX – Won the Texas 5A D1 title. Defeated Pearland 63-28. Completed a great season that could’ve easily had them finish ranked anywhere from #1-4 but we could’t see them beating the two Miami teams.
4) St. John Bosco (16-0) – Bellflower, CA – Won the CIF Open Bowl title. Defeated De La Salle 20-14
5) Desoto (14-1) – Desoto, TX – A grat team that just came up a little short vs Allen in the state semifinals.
6) Mountain Pointe (14-0) – Phoenix, AZ – Won the Arizona Division 1 state title.
7) Northwestern (15-0) – Rock Hill, SC – Won the South Carolina AAAA II title.
8 ) De La Salle (14-1) – Concord, CA – Lost the CIF Open Title game but move up. They fought a great St. John Bosco team to the finish.
9) Bellevue (14-0) – Bellevue, WA – Won the Washington 3A state title
10) Hoover (15-0) – Hoover, AL – Won the Alabama 6A title.
11) Salpointe Catholic (14-0) – Tucson, AZ – Won the Arizona Division 2 state title.
12) Mallard Creek (16-0) – Charlotte, NC – Won the North Carolina 4AA crown.
13) Dwyer (15-0) – Palm Beach Gardens, FL – Won the Florida 7A title.
14) Jenks (14-0) – Jenks, OK – Won the Oklahoma 6A title.
15) Cedar Hill (14-2) – Cedar Hill, TX – Won the Texas 5A Division 2 state title. Defeated previsou top 10 team katy 34-24 to bring home the title. The Longhhorns only two losses on the season were to Allen and Desoto.
16) Bishop Gorman (13-2) – Las Vegas, NV – Won their 5th straight Nevada Divison 1 state title.
17) St. Joseph’s Regional (10-1) – Montvale, NJ – Won the New Jersey Non-Public Group 3 title.
18) Dematha (11-1) – Washington D.C. – Won the WCAC title. Their only loss of the season was to #17 St. Joseph Regional.
19) Blue Springs (14-0) – Blue Springs, MO – Won the Missouri Class 6 title.
20) East Jefferson (15-0) – Metairie, LA – While everyone was debating whether Karr, John Curtis or St. Augustine was the best team in Louisiana all year the Warriors were just pluggin along as the undefeated team. The completed the undefeated season with a 38-28 win over previously ranked Edna Karr to bring home the Louisiana 4A title
21) Brother Rice (14-0) – Bloomfield Hills, MI – Won the Michigan Division 2 title.
22) Archbishop Moeller (14-1) – Cincinnati, OH – Won the Ohio Division 1 state title.
23) Norcross (13-2) – Norcross, GA – Won the Georgia 6A title. Had a rough start to the year but in the end brought home another title.
24) Centreville (15-0) – Clifton, VA – Won the Virginia 6A title. The Wildcats did not have a victory this year by less than 20 points.
25) American Heritage (15-1) – Plantation, FL – Won the Florida 5A title. The Patriots only loss of the season came to #2 Miami Central.
Dropped Out:
8 ) Katy – Katy, TX