Now that the high school football playoffs around the country are heating up, coaches and players have fully turn their attention to the trying and reach their respective state championships. The week of Nov.

The top-level Catholic League teams have firmly established dominance this season. St. Rita is now ranked No. 3 in the new Super 25, and the top six teams are all Catholic League squads. Loyola is back. That’s based on the Catholic League dominance and the Ramblers’ giving Mount Carmel its closest local challenge.

A sideline brawl broke out during a high school football title match in Mississippi after an injured player for Brookhaven Academy gave the quarterback for Lamar HS an Austin Powers-like judo chop.

Round 2 of the FHSAA football state playoffs saw 11 Orlando teams striving to reach the elite eight in their classifications.

On Thursday, November 20, the Midwestern conference high school football coaches announced their picks for the 2025 all-conference teams.

After just one season, Justin Utopo is out as the head coach of Long Beach Poly football, he confirmed to the562.org on Wednesday afternoon. Long Beach Poly has been wrapped up in an ineligibility issue that has plagued multiple teams this fall.