LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM #1 FOOTBALL TEAM IN NORTH CAROLINA

I set out on a journey last January to learn from the best of the best.  I wrote a book about the 2011 State Champions that is currently in production with Coaches Choice.

I interviewed more than 100 coaches about their State Champion success.   I’m continuing to gather information from State Champion Football Coaches from the 2012 season

Butler High School from Matthews  finished the season with a perfect 15-0 record, and ranked #1 in the entire state of North Carolina!  They were ranked 7th nationally.  

Their Head Coach is Brian Hales; he was kind enough to give me some insight and opinions about his football program at Butler HS, and what has helped to lead to his success!

Maxpreps Xcellent 25 Rank: 9

Head Coach Brian Hales Source: Maxpreps.com

1. What is one piece of advice that you would give to a coach who wants to win a state championship and or raise their program to the level of yours?

Practice competition at all times, especially in the weight room in the off-season.

2. What kind of offense did you run?

VERY multiple

3. What kind of defense did you run?

3-4

4. Which special team of yours was the most valuable to you this year and why?

Kickoff coverage. We averaged more than 45 pts/game and this unit was on the field most often and was key to setting us up with great field position all year.

5. Do you incorporate some type of character development program within your football program? If so, what program do you use?

We don’t do anything specifically.

6. Do you incorporate some type of leadership development program within your football program? If so, what program do you use?

We split the team up into smaller teams for the offseason. The kids on each team vote on captains for those teams. Then those captains become the nominees for team captains the following season.

7. What is the number one obstacle you face in building a Championship caliber football program in your community?

Entitlement. We have had a very successful program over an extended period of times. Lately we are getting families in that just feel like it happens magically and that they don’t have to put in the work.

8. Who do you consider to be your main mentor in this profession and what about that coach do you try to emulate in your program?

Steve Shaughnessy, our defensive coordinator. His attention to details. He spends an incredible amount of time watching film and preparing detailed scouting reports for our kids.

9. What do you believe that your program does differently than the other teams in your league, conference and or state that allows your program to have such tremendous success?

The competition that is bred in the offseason.

10. What do you consider to have been the single most important thing about your successful season this past year?

Trust and confidence

LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM #1 FOOTBALL TEAM IN NEVADA – BISHOP GORMAN

I set out on a journey last January to learn from the best of the best.  I wrote a book about the 2011 State Champions that is currently in production with Coaches Choice.

I interviewed more than 100 coaches about their State Champion success.   I’m continuing to gather information from State Champion Football Coaches.

Bishop Gorman High School from Las Vegas finished the season with a 13-1 record, and ranked #1 in the entire state!  

This was their FOURTH State Championship in a row!

Their Head Coach is Tony Sanchez; he was kind enough to give me some insight and opinions about his football program at Bishop Gorman, and what has helped to lead to his success!

State (NV) Rank: 1 

Maxpreps Xcellent 25 Rank: 15 

National Rank: 44

1. What is one piece of advice that you would give to a coach who wants to win a state championship and or raise their program to the level of yours?

The best advice I can give, is to stay true to who you are as a coach. Know your weakness and get better at them, know your strengths and get better at them. I think that discipline is key within the entirety of the program starting with the coaches to the players and constantly challenging your program to get better. Whether it be with a harder schedule or challenging assistants etc. whatever it may be continue to grow.

2. What kind of offense did you run?

I pro/ spread offense

3. What kind of defense did you run?

We are a 4-3 defense but will run a lot of 3-4 as well. Multiple defensive fronts, helps us to adjust to the type of offense we see.

4. Which special team of yours was the most valuable to you this year and why?

This year we had some special kids who could take it the distance, and did on our kick return and punt return team. It really gave us an advantage, even when they didn’t get the ball, team’s were kicking away from them, so it gave us really good field position.

5. Do you incorporate some type of character development program within your football program? If so, what program do you use?

We don’t have a specific program that we use. We hold our kids and coaches accountable in everything they do. Not only in the classroom but within the community as well.

6. Do you incorporate some type of leadership development program within your football program? If so, what program do you use?

Really we Just ask that our seniors really take on the leadership role as a group. They have to lead in a way that will make their fellow team mates follow them. They have to, and are demanded to lead by example.

7. What is the number one obstacle you face in building a Championship caliber football program in your community?

Getting the players , parents and administration to all buy in and believe in what we are doing. We have been so fortunate here at Gorman to have such a great support staff.

8. Who do you consider to be your main mentor in this profession and what about that coach do you try to emulate in your program?

There have been so many mentors and great people who I have had the privilege to meet along the way and still continue to do so. I try to take something away from every person that I’ve worked with or have been coached by whether that be a good thing or bad thing there has always been something positive that has come out of it.

9. What do you believe that your program does differently than the other teams in your league, conference and or state that allows your program to have such tremendous success?

I’m not sure what the other teams do or how they go about it and we have a lot of great programs that it’s obvious that they are doing a great job. We just concentrate on getting our selves better at everything we do. Coaches are being constantly evaluated along with the players. We spend a lot of time on the little things and how to fix them both on the field and off.

10. What do you consider to have been the single most important thing about your successful season this past year?

Work ethic

INSIGHTS FROM ’11 TEXAS STATE CHAMPION SOUTHLAKE CARROLL

One of the nation’s best known football programs is Carroll High School, better known as Southlake Carroll.  The high school, Carroll High School is in the city of Southlake.  We all know that Texas high school football is big time, and Southlake Carroll has helped to keep Texas in the talk of some of the best teams in the nation over the last decade.  They won their 8th State Title in school history this past 2011 season.  The Dragons finished they year at the #6 team in the nation according to Maxpreps Xcellent 25.

Coach Hal Wasson won his first Texas State Championship this past season, and was named the National High School Coach of the Year by Maxpreps.

Coach Hal Wasson hoists the State Championship trophy. Photo by John F. Rhodes.

Here is the profile about the 2011 Dragons football program.

TEXAS 5A DIVISION 1

 

SCHOOL               Southlake Carroll High School                                                         

CITY                     Southlake

 2011 RECORD     16-0, 7-0

 

The championship ring at Southlake Carroll looks like an NFL ring!

 

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME   

Carroll                                                                             8       6       14     8       36

Fort Bend Hightower (Missouri City)     6       10     13     0       29    

 

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SCHOOL  8

 

ABOUT THE COACH

NAME        Hal Wasson

YEARS AS HEAD COACH       23 years                                                    

YEARS AT CURRENT SCHOOL   5  years

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS WON AS HEAD COACH    This was his first!

 

1.     What did you do differently this year from the other programs in your league, your section, your state that enabled your success as a State Champion?

We chose to really concentrate on us, physically and mentally.  We identified our strengths and weaknesses in both areas.  We wanted to be relentless in the pursuit of our goal and resilient in times of adversity.  We spent a great deal of time on the mindset each week.

 

2.     What piece of advice would you give to a Head Coach who wants to win a State Championship?

Keep the vision alive with a great work ethic and have the ability to persevere.

 

 

3.     What do you consider the one most important aspect of your Championship team this year?  How did you develop that in your program?

Mental toughness….it’s not the what, but the how.

Mental toughness is being able to go from play to play/ stay in the moment and being able to focus.

It’s not the what we do but the how….Being excellent is the ability to do common things with uncommon discipline and enthusiam.  Don’t get caught up in distractions that have nothing to do with the moment/ play/ game…etc.  This takes mental toughness; which is a learned behavior….

This takes tremendous mental and physical condition.  Therefore, these are things we can control and don’t focus on the things you have no control over.

Being mentality tough requires the ability to overcome adversity.  You will not get there without conquering the adversity…and that’s the toughest part.  And this TEAM chose to do just that.  Always put the emphasis on the TEAM!!!

INSIGHTS FROM ’11 FLORIDA STATE CHAMPION PLANT HIGH SCHOOL

If you’ve been following my blog since about March or so, you know that I’ve been working on a book about the 2011 State Champions.  Read about this great journey here!

Well, I’ve been offered a book deal by two of the top Athletic publishers in the nation, and hope to have my decision soon on who I will be signing with for the production of this book.  I’m really, really pumped up to get this information in to the hands of coaches nationwide.

More than ONE HUNDRED of the 2011 State Champion Head Football Coaches nationwide responded to my query.  I asked them each three questions.

1.     What did you do differently this year from the other programs in your league, your section, your state that enabled your success as a State Champion?

2.     What piece of advice would you give to a Head Coach who wants to win a State Championship?

3.     What do you consider the one most important aspect of your Championship team this year?  How did you develop that in your program?

I’m going to highlight some of those schools over the course of the next few weeks, to give you a flavor for what State Championship programs are doing, and to show you a little insight in to my book, which (God-willing) will be out next February/March.  It will highlight the top 10 answers coaches gave me about building a Championship-caliber football program. (If you want to get on my email list to know when this book is available, send me an email to statechampsbook@gmail.com; just say “Add me to your list for the book.”)

Hopefully, this will give you some ideas for your program, as well as pump you up for the season to come!

Today I’m highlighting Plant High School from Tampa, Florida.   They won the Florida Division 8A title, finished 3rd in the state and #9 in the nation according to MaxPreps.com.  They probably moved up to 2nd in Florida with the news of Armwood High.  Coach Robert Weiner is 79-17 since 2004, not too shabby hey?!

FLORIDA DIVISION 8A

 SCHOOL                  Plant High School               #3 team in state; #9 in nation                                      

 CITY                           Tampa

 2011 RECORD           14-1, 3-0

 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME   

Plant                                                   14         10         0         7         31

Miramar (Miramar)                  7         0         13         0         20

 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SCHOOL:  4

 ABOUT THE COACH

NAME:  Robert Weiner

YEARS AS HEAD COACH:  8 years                                                     

YEARS AT CURRENT SCHOOL:  8 years

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS WON AS HEAD COACH: 4                        

1.     What did you do differently this year from the other programs in your league, your section, your state that enabled your success as a State Champion?

Plant High School is a very unique place with amazing academics, athletics, and community support.  I know that it sounds cliche’ but I believe our success in winning the state championship this year (and winning it four times in the last six years) was to get all of of the various elements to be moving in the same direction at the same time.  We had an incredible group of players who have dedicated themselves to excellence in the classroom (we have won the county football team academic award for 6 consecutive years), inspiration in the community, and, with the commitment of outstanding assistant coaches, ultimate achievment on the football field.  This year we had an extraordinary group of young whose leadership was beyond compare.  We certainly did not have the most talented players this year, but we were without question the best team – a group that made everyone proud in so many ways.

Plant High School celebrates their 2011 State Championship. Courtesy of plantfootball.org

2.     What piece of advice would you give to a Head Coach who wants to win a State Championship?

Again I am not sure that I have any incredible wisdom or magic dust in this regard.  We as a program do have a vision for our young people.  We all, players and coaches and supporters, all take pride in believing that we work.  All of our people have bought in to the idea that nothing is ever given and if it is, we don’t want it anyway.  So we are always going to try to work our hardest in every little aspect to make sure that our players are maximizing their potential as students, as people, and as players.  In my opinion the most important elements for the head coach is that I try to be caring, detail oriented, and organized.  The players and assistant coaches must know clearly what you team vision is and only then can everyone apply their personal gifts to those goals.

3.     What do you consider the one most important aspect of your Championship team this year?  How did you develop that in your program?

In my opinion our team unity was the most important aspect and impacted everything we did.  From dealing with early season tragedies within our football family to on the field battles, our team has always been together, a group of young people who care maore about US and each other then they do abou themselves.  We have a program that we call the “link in chain.”  Each one of our players gets a carrabiner link at the beginning of the season that is a tangible representation that he is a teammate.  Each team member carries this link wherever he goes.  All players always sign any correspondence to each other with the words “Always a link.”  This is a sign and symbol of our unity.

HIGHSCHOOLFOOTBALLAMERICA.COM RADIO INTERVIEW

Mr. Jeff Fisher, Founder and Editor of Chief of HighSchoolFootballAmerica.com interviewed me this past week about a book project I’m currently working on called HOW WE WON: Inside The Locker Room of State Champion Coaches.

I really appreciate Jeff giving me a chance to share about this book, and the phenomenal coaches who have been a part of it thus far.  It’s been a long process and I’ve enjoyed every part of it.

Please, take a listen, my interview starts at about 7:00 minutes in.

ABOUT JEFF FISHER

After anchoring and reporting on major sporting events from the Olympics to the World Series to the Super Bowl in a career spanning 35-years, Jeff is turning to his passion of high school football.  He is creator and Editor-in-Chief of High School Football America LLC.  He is also currently the host and producer of the National High School Coaches Association Sports Hour.

An award-winning journalist, Jeff anchored at Fox Sports Net for the Chicago, Bay Area and Ohio regions.  While in the Windy City, Fisher reported on all Chicago professional and college teams, plus served as a pre, post and in-game host on Fox Sports Net’s Emmy-award winning broadcasts for the Cubs and White Sox.

Jeff also worked as a Co-host and pit reporter on several different motorsports programs on Speed Channel and The Outdoor Channel.

Before arriving in Chicago, Jeff was the Sports Director at WFMZ-TV in the Allentown/Philadelphia market.

Fisher was the creator, executive producer and host of The Big Ticket.  The weekly, 60-minute high school football wrap-up show won him the Associated Press Best Sportscast in Pennsylvania Award in 2000.

Fisher was also the creator and host of more than a dozen half-hour sports specials featuring international superstars such as Mario Andretti and Larry Holmes.

 Fisher was also named Media Person of the Year in 1999 by the Colonial League and won the prestigious Sixth Man Award at Lehigh University.

Jeff is an all-around sports fan, who grew-up in Easton, Pennsylvania.  His fondest memory is watching his best friend Marty Nothstein win a gold medal in the 2000 Olympics in Australia and a silver medal in the 1996 games in Atlanta.

2011 STATE CHAMPION SCHOOLS FEATURED IN #HOWWEWON BOOK

If you aren’t a “twitter guy” you might not know why I have the hashtag (#) before HOW WE WON above.  It’s what I’m using to promote the book I’m working on about the philosophies of the 2011 State Champion Head Football Coaches. I’ve titled it How We Won: Inside The Locker Room of State Champion Football Coaches.

To those who listened to me talk about this project on HighSchoolFootballAmerica.com‘s radio program, welcome!  Thank you for checking it out.  I really appreciate you taking the time to do so.

To date, I’ve had 107 high schools respond to my query about their 2011 State Championship story.  If you are a 2011 State Champion whom I missed, please send me an email at statechampsbook@gmail.com.

A list of the schools who will be featured in this book are below.  I’ve really appreciated hearing from these coaches, and reading about their philosophies. This research is simply invaluable!  I’ve never seen anything like it.  Coaches will now be able to read about what made these teams great.  You will be able to read the philosophies of more than 100 State Champion Head Football Coaches in one place!  I can’t wait to have it done for you to read!

You can click on each school to take you to their Maxpreps page!

Blue Springs High School, Missouri

ALABAMA
2A – Elba def. Tanner, 34-14	Scott Rials
5A – Hartselle def. Vigor (Prichard), 13-3	Bob Godsey
ALASKA
Large – Service (Anchorage) def. South (Anchorage), 37-23	Jason Caldarera
ARIZONA
I – Desert Vista (Phoenix) def. Hamilton (Chandler), 45-19	Dan Hinds
IV – Blue Ridge (Lakeside) def. Show Low, 35-14	Paul Moro
CALI
Bowl I – Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita) def. Bellarmine (San Jose), 42-37	Harry Welch
Bowl II – Helix (La Mesa) def. Del Oro (Loomis), 35-24	Troy Starr
Bowl IV – Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth) def. Le Grand, 34-13	Jon Ellinghouse
COLORADO
2A – Florence def. Bayfield, 34-0	Mark Buderus
5A – Columbine (Littleton) def. Lakewood, 41-31	Andy Lowry
CONNETICUT
DELAWARE
I – Middletown def. Newark, 27-23	Mark Delperico
II – Indian River (Dagsboro) def. Caravel (Bear), 35-13	Ray Steele
WASHINGTON DC
FLORIDA
1A – Jefferson County (Monticello) def. Chipley, 47-13	Jeremy Brown
2A – North Florida Christian (Tallahassee) def. Admiral Farragut (St. Petersburg), 69-0	Robert Craft
8A – Plant (Tampa) def. Miramar, 31-20.	Robert Weiner
7A – Manatee (Bradenton) def. First Coast (Jacksonville), 40-0	Joe Kinnan
6A – Armwood (Seffner) def. Central (Miami), 40-31	Sean Callahan
GEORGIA
A – Savannah Christian (Savannah) def. Landmark Christian (Fairburn), 20-3	Donald Chumley
AA – Calhoun def. Buford, 27-24	Hal Lamb
AAAAA – Grayson (Loganville) def. Walton (Marietta), 24-0	Mickey Conn
GISA AA – Piedmont Academy (Monticello) def. Burke Academy (Waynesboro) 13-8	Rhett Farmer
GISA AAA – Tattnall Square Academy (Macon) def. Stratford Academy (Macon), 35-12	Barney Hester
HAWAII
IDAHO
2A – Grangeville def. Firth (ID), 36-6	Matt Elven
1A 8 Man II – Lighthouse Christian (Twin Falls) def. Carey (ID), 34-22	John Van Vliet
ILLINOIS
ILLINOIS
5A – Montini (Lombard) def. Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet), 70-45	Chris Andriano
8A – Bolingbrook def. Loyola Academy (Wilmette), 21-17	John Ivlow
INDIANA
2A – Bishop Luers (Fort Wayne) def. Mater Dei (Evansville), 41-17	matt Lindsay
3A – Bishop Chatard (Indianapolis) def. St. Joseph’s (South Bend), 21-7	vince Lorenzano
4A – Cathedral (Indianapolis) def. Washington (South Bend), 42-7	rick streiff
5A – Carmel def. Penn (Mishawaka), 54-0	Kevin Wright
IOWA
4A – Valley (West Des Moines) def. Bettendorf (IA), 17-14	Gary Swenson
KANSAS
2-1A – Centralia/Wetmore (Centralia) def. LaCrosse, 20-14	Larry Glatczak
5A – Hutchinson def. Blue Valley (Stilwell), 33-21	Randy Dreiling
6A – South (Olathe) def. Heights (Wichita), 41-37	Jeff Gourley
KENTUCKY
2A – Holy Cross (Covington) def. Glasgow, 33-14	bruce kozerski
4A – Highlands (Fort Thomas) def. Franklin-Simpson (Franklin), 42-14	Dale Mueller
5A – Bowling Green def. Anderson County (Lawrenceburg), 55-3	Kevin Wallace
LOISIANA
4A – Neville (Monroe) def. Karr (New Orleans), 27-6	Mickey Mccarty
MAINE
C – Yarmouth, def. Bucksport (ME), 41-14	Jim Hartman
MARYLAND
2A – Middletown def. Douglass (Upper Marlboro), 43-6	Kevin Lynott
MIAA B – Annapolis Area Christian (Severn) def. Boys Latin (Baltimore), 46-13	Ken Lucas
MASSACHUSETTS
C-2 – Nashoba Regional (Bolton) def. Holy Name Central Catholic (Worcester), 27-0	Ken Tucker
MICHIGAN
6 – Ithaca def. Constantine, 42-14	Terry Hessbrook
7 – Nouvel Catholic Central (Saginaw) def. Pewamo-Westphalia (Pewamo), 56-26	Mike Boyd
8 – Mendon def. Fowler, 33-0	John Schwartz
8 Man – Carsonville-Port Sanilac (Carsonville) def. Rapid River (MI), 59-20	Tim Brabant
MINNESOTA
AA – Caledonia def. Moose Lake/Willow River (Moose Lake), 27-0	Brent Schroeder
AAA – St. Croix Lutheran (West St. Paul) def. Fairmont, 34-32	Carl Lemke
AAAA – Rocori (Cold Spring) def. Bemidji, 17-10	Mike Rowe
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
2 – Lamar def. Lafayette County (Higginsville), 49-19	Scott Bailey
6 – Blue Springs South (Blue Springs) def. Christian Brothers (St. Louis), 40-37	Greg Oder
5 – Staley (Kansas City) def. Kirkwood, 35-21	Fred Bouchard
8 Man – Worth County (Grant City) def. Mound City, 50-20	C Borey
MONTANA
AA – Capital (Helena) def. Billings West (Billings), 39-14	Pat Murphy
C-6 Man – Denton def. Savage (MT), 72-30	Scott Sparks
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
II – Bishop Guertin (Nashua) def. Dover (NH), 16-7	Travis Cote
IV – Trinity (Manchester) def. Plymouth (NH), 30-14	Gary Leonard
V – Aquinas (Dover) def. Windham (NH), 49-28	Eric Cumba
NEW JERSEY
North 2 I – Cedar Grove def. Weequahic (Newark), 34-21	Ed Sadloch
North 2 IV – Piscataway def. Elizabeth, 41-34	Dan Higgins
South I – Glassboro def. Pennsville Memorial (Pennsville), 41-13	Greg maccarone
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
D – Letchworth (Gainesville) def. Chester, 27-0	Tim Mcmullen
NOTH CAROLINA
2A – Tarboro def. Lincolnton, 39-36	Jeff Craddock
3AA – Northern Guilford (Greensboro) def. Crest (Shelby), 31-7	Johnny Roscoe
NCISAA I – Providence Day (Charlotte) def. Charlotte Country Day (Charlotte) 20-14	Bruce Hardin
NORTH DAKOTA
AAA – Bismarck def. Century (Bismarck), 21-3	Mark Gibson
OHIO
II – Trotwood-Madison (Trotwood) def. Avon, 42-28	Maurice Douglas
IV – Norwayne (Creston) def. Kenton, 48-42	Joe Harbour
VI – Marion Local (Maria Stein) def. Buckeye Central (New Washington), 61-21	Tim Goodwin
OKLAHOMA
6A – Union (Tulsa) def. Broken Arrow, 23-22	Kirk Fridrich
OREGON
2A – Gold Beach def. Scio, 30-0	Kevin Swift
PENNSYLVANIA
AAAA – Central Dauphin (Harrisburg) def. North Penn (Lansdale), 14-7	Glen Mcnamee
RHODE ISLAND
I – Bishop Hendricken (Warwick) def. La Salle Academy (Providence), 17-14	Keith Croft
SOUTH CAROLINA
Class AAA – South Pointe (Rock Hill) def. Bluffton, 42-27	Strait Herron
Class AAAA-Division I – Byrnes (Duncan) def. Gaffney, 31-24	Chris Miller
Class AAAA-Division II – Goose Creek def. Greenwood, 37-21	Chuck Reedy
SCISA A – Colleton Prep Academy (Walterboro) def. Holly Hill Academy (Holy Hill), 29-8	Neil Minton
SCISA AA – Hilton Head Christian Academy (Hilton Head Island) def. Sumter Academy (Dalzell), 35-21	Tommy Lewis
Class AA-Division I – Timberland (St. Stephen) def. Woodruff, 20-3	Art Craig
SCISA AAA – Hammond (Columbia) def. Wilson Hall (Sumter), 13-9	Erik Kimrey
SOUTH DAKOTA
Class 9AA – Bridgewater/Emery/Ethan (Bridgewater) def. Kimball/White Lake (Kimball), 36-24	Jeff VanLeur
Class 11AA – Roosevelt (Sioux Falls) def. Washington (Sioux Falls), 31-17	Kim Nelson
Class 9B – Waverly/South Shore (Waverly) def. Avon (SD), 58-24	Billy Kirch
Class 9A – Canistota def. Wall (SD), 66-6	Lenny Schroeder
TENNESSEE
Division II-Class A – St. George’s (Collierville) def. University School of Jackson (Jackson), 28-23	Brent Hill
TEXAS
1A 6-Man Division 1 – Throckmorton def. Borden (Gail), 48-36	Michael Reed
1A Division 2 – Tenaha def. Munday, 52-28	Terry Ward
2A Division 1 – Melissa def. Hempstead, 28-15	Seth Stinton
2A Division 2 – Refugio def. Cisco, 36-35	Jason Herring
3A Division 1 – Chapel Hill (Tyler) def. Alvarado, 20-19	Thomas Sitton
4A Division 1 – Lake Travis (Austin) def. Midway (Waco) 22-7	Hank Carter
5A Division 1 – Carroll (Southlake) def. Hightower (Missouri City), 36-29	Hal Wasson
5A Division 2 – Dekaney (Houston) def. Steele (Cibolo), 34-14	Willie Amendola
TAPPS Division I – Nolan Catholic (Fort Worth) def. Kelly Catholic (Beaumont), 27-10	Joe Prudhomme
TAPPS Division II – Midland Christian (Midland) def. Concordia Lutheran (Tomball), 35-23	Greg Mcclendon
TAPPS Division IV – Sacred Heart (Hallettsville) def. St. Paul (Shiner), 21-7	Pat Henke
TCAF Division I – Lucas Christian Academy (Lucas) def. Trinity (Midland), 73-69	Leroy Willis
UTAH
Class 4A – Logan def. East (Salt Lake City), 18-11	Mike Favero
VERMONT
1 – Hartford (White River Junction) def. Middlebury (VT), 42-6	Michael Stone
VIRGINA
2 – Gretna def. Goochland, 21-16	Kevin Saunders
6 – Oscar Smith (Chesapeake) def. Centreville (Clifton), 47-21	Richard Morgan
VISFA 2 – Christchurch School (Christchurch) def. Potomac School (McLean), 48-15	Ed Homer
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINA
A – Wheeling Central Catholic (Wheeling) def. Williamstown, 35-21	Mike Young
WISCONSIN
Division 2 – Waunakee (WI) def. Waterford (WI), 45-0	Pat Rice
WYOMING
6 Man – Little Snake River (Baggs) def. Dubois, 54-33	Mike Bates
4A – Sheridan def. East (Cheyenne), 42-14	Don Julian