High school football playoff winners prove to be Super Bowl worthy (The Republican)
Wednesday morning quarterbacks were out in full force. There was plenty to rehash after Tuesday's divisional round of high school football playoff games. The five local games went largely according to form, with the winners punching tickets to Super Bowl games Saturday.
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Defensive improvement key to UNH's playoff success (Portsmouth Herald)
DURHAM — The defense for the University of New Hampshire football team didn’t feel it was at its best during last year’s 38-35 playoff loss at Northern Iowa — especially in the final minute, when the Panthers drove 71 yards for the game-winning score.
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DP football wins playoff opener, prepares for Boone rematch (West Orange Times)
The Dr. Phillips Panthers (10-1) secured a rematch vs. district rival Boone in the regional semifinals of the Class 6A state football playoffs by winning at home 14-7 over Plant City Durant in last week's playoff opener.
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5A football: Blosl's late TD gives Century its first-ever playoff victory (The Hillsboro Argus)
CENTRAL POINT -- Whew. With a mere nine seconds left in Friday's OSAA Class 5A second-round playoff game, RJ Blosl scored a 1-yard touchdown run. The score, which capped an 11-play, 68-yard drive covering 3:03, gave Century a wild 16-15...
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Deerfield Beach prepares for 3-6A football title match (Miami Herald)
The old adage that says, ''you have to know where you've been in order to know where you're going,'' seems to be applicable to Deerfield Beach's ascent back to the forefront of the 6A football playoff picture.
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Opportunistic Crusaders cruise to playoff victory (Memorial Examiner)
Taking advantage of every mistake that Mayde Creek made, Strake Jesuit rolled to a 27-7 halftime lead Thursday night and never looked back in defeating the Rams, 37-21, in a Region III, Division II Bi-District state playoff football game at Rhodes Stadium in Katy.
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Reading football falls just short against Walpole in Div. 2 semifinal (The Reading Advocate)
Playoff football can be so frustrating, it can reduce even its toughest participants to tears.
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Ricebirds' epic season reaches third round (El Campo Leader-News)
Not many teams can claim playoff success before their season ends. Fewer still can tout qualifying for the third round and regional finals and finishing within a score from overtime and a possible win. The 2008 Ricebirds finished among the few that proved to be one of the state's best football teams.
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Playoff pigskin: Patriots again have to be opportunistic (Newport Daily News)
PORTSMOUTH — When the Portsmouth and Barrington high school football teams met during the regular season in mid October, some costly Eagles mistakes helped set up Portsmouth scores.
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Southland downplays recent playoff performances (Hammond Daily Star)
HOUSTON—For a conference that fancies itself as "the SEC of I-AA", embarrassing was about the only applicable word for its FCS playoff showing last season.
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