653 High School Football Concussions in Missouri in 2011

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

I applaud Missouri state lawmakers for mandating that the Missouri High School Activities Association for keeping track on suspected concussions.

Lawmakers made it mandatory last year and now the first results are out.

The MSHSAA has released the results of a survey that found that 653 high school football players suffered suspected concussions during the 2011 season.  In all, there were 871 reports of suspected concussions during the fall semester with boys soccer players suffering the second highest number of suspected concussions.

Concussion Survey Results - Fall, 2011

Football - 653
Boys Soccer - 81
Girls Softball - 40
Sideline Cheerleading - 40
Girls Volleyball - 29
All other - 29

Over 23,000 student-athletes played football in Missouri last season.

The MSHSAA reports that 74% of all of its members completed the survey.

Click here to see the entire report from the MSHSAA.

On a side note, last week CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta was a guest on last week's  High School Football America radio show.  Dr. Gupta reported that the average high school football player receives 650 hits to the head each year.

That statistic was brought-out in Dr. Gupta's CNN documentary Big Hits, Broken Dreams that will re-air this Saturday, February 25th at 8 and 11 PM.

Click here to listen to my interview with Dr. Gupta.

Rockhurst's Tony Severino Talks About Being Head Coach in U.S. Army All-American Bowl

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

The U.S. Army All-American Bowl is the granddaddy of all national high school all-star football games.

90 of America's best are facing-off in the Alamodome in San Antonio in front of 30,000-plus fans and a national television audience on NBC.

I spoke with Rockhurst High School (Missouri) head coach Tony Severino, who is the head coach of the West All-Stars, on Thursday's High School Football America radio show.

Click here to listen to that interview.

Gus Frerotte Appears on High School Football America

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Gus Frerotte's first year as head coach of the John Burroughs School ended just short of a gold medal, and he joined me on Thursday night's High School Football America radio show to talk about last weekend's Class 3 championship game loss to Logan-Rogersville.

JBS was knocking-on-the-door late in the game down 21-14 on Saturday when junior running back Ezekiel Elliott fumbled.  Logan-Rogersville recovered the ball near the goal-line to preserve the school's first state title.

Frerotte talks about the disappointment of the school's second straight runner-up finish.  In 2010, John Burroughs lost 21-20 to Richmond, after losing a 20-7 fourth quarter lead.

With only eight seniors on this year's squad, Frerotte also talks about the excitement of 2012.

Frerotte is one of three former NFL players on the show.

Former Buffalo Bills wide receiver Don Beebe talks about his team, Aurora Christian, winning the Class 3A Illinois state championship last weekend.  Also on the show is former Jacksonville Jaguar QB Phil Stambaugh, who talks about guiding his school, Pius X, to the Pennsylvania Class A quarterfinals.

Click here to listen to the interview on High School Football America.

Missouri High School Football Scores - Week 2

Missouri High School Football Scores
Friday, September 2, 2011

Archie 22, Adrian 21
Ash Grove 35, Stockton 20
Ava 34, Willow Springs 20
Blair Oaks 70, Grain Valley 48
Bolivar 71, Reeds Spring 7
Boonville 40, Fulton 3
Brookfield 41, Marceline 0
Buffalo 38, Hollister 12
Butler 61, St. Mary's (Ind.) 14
California 43, North Callaway 7
Camdenton 14, Parkview (Springfield) 10
Carl Junction 27, Mt. Vernon 6
Cass Midway 57, Appleton City 0
Cassville 28, Branson 14
Catholic (Springfield) 41, Marshfield 19
Central (Springfield) 48, Warsaw 13
Centralia 52, Palmyra 7
Chaminade 54, Roosevelt 6
Clark County 48, Scotland County 0
Cole 28, Sacred Heart 7
Concordia 73, Rock Port 0
Crest Ridge 47, Albany 18
DeSoto 52, Perryville 7
Drexel 33, Sherwood 14
East Buchanan 40, King City 27
Fair Grove 38, Skyline 12
Francis Howell 49, Helias 7
Ft. Zumwalt South 38, Washington 28
Glendale (Springfield) 38, Waynesville 35
Har-Ber (Ark.) 35, Lebanon 3
Hickman 30, Holt 7
Higginsville 67, Eldorado Springs 18
Hillsboro 42, Fredericktown 0
Rogers (Ark.) Heritage 37, Hillcrest 20
Joplin 35, West Plains 7
Lamar 40, Aurora 14
Lockwood 32, Joplin JV 20
Kearney 16, Platte County 15
Kickapoo (Springfield) 20, Rolla 16
Logan Rogersville 48, Monett 27
Macon 30, Monroe City 0
Marionville 36, Pleasant Hope 7
Maryville 36, Smithville 30
Mexico 34, Marshall 8
Miller 56, Diamond 0
Mountain Grove 35, Cabool 7
Mountain View Liberty 30, Thayer 22
Nixa 35, Republic 0
Northwest (Hughesville) 62, Chilhowee 26
Oak Grove 40, Holden 0
O'Hara 28, Clinton 14
Osage 20, Moberly 8
Osceola 25, Greenfield 0
Ozark 28, Carthage 6
Paris 34, Knox County 22
Park Hill 23, Ruskin 0
Pierce City 44, Liberal 0
Pleasant Hill 18, Hogan Prep 12
Putnam County 59, North Shelby 7
Rich Hill 46, Lincoln 6
Ritenour 39, Fox 0
Rogers ARK 24, Neosho 12
Salem 40, Houston 6
Salisbury 27, Braymer 0
Sante Fe 62, Slater 6
Savannah 49, Excelsior Springs 14
Seneca 40, Nevada 0
Smith Cotton (Sedalia) 30, Warrensburg 27
South Callaway 34, Hallsville 7
South Shelby 33, Mark Twain 12
Staley 47, Blue Springs 25
Strafford 21, East Newton 14
St. Francis Borgia 31, Clayton 14
St. James 32, Hermann 26
St. Joseph Benton, 55, St. Joseph LeBlond 0
St. Joseph Lafayette 45, Odessa 6
St. Louis U. High 49, Ladue 27
St. Paul's 58, Orrick 8
St. Pius X (K.C.) 26, Center 13
Sullivan 44, Owensville 6
Union 63, Vashon 22
Tipton 45, Fayette 7
Trenton 41, Carrollton 0
Troy 34, Timberland 17
Truman 27, Belton 3
Versailles 21, Southern Boone 6
Wellington Napoleon 39, Lone Jack 21
Westran 28, Eldon 20 OT
West Platte 36, Lawson 30
Windsor 41, Sweet Springs 0
Winfield 26, Missouri Military 0
Winnetonka 38, William Chrisman 12

Missouri High School Football Scores - Week 1

Missouri High School Football Scores
Friday, August 26, 2011

Archie 42, Windsor 7
Aurora 55, Warsaw 8
Benton (St. Joseph) 40, Central (K.C.) 2
Blair Oaks 56, Carrollton 27
Blue Springs South 29, Raytown South 0
Borgia 43, St. Clair 28
Bolivar 54, Neosho 0
Brookfield 47, Mark Twain 0
Butler 44, Stockton 13
Cabool 21, Houston 6
Carthage 34, Branson 6
Caruthersville 58, Portageville 0
Cass Midway 35, Maysville 0
Cassville 35, Mountain Grove 14
CBC 52, Ft. Zumwalt West 49
Center 35, University Academy 20
Central (St. Joseph) 19, North Kansas City 7
Concordia 28, Higginsville 26
DeSmet 28, Hazelwood Central 0
DeSoto 26, Pacific 6
Dexter 28, Ste. Genevieve 6
Drexel 49, Appleton City 6
East Buchanan 56, Rock Port 22
El Dorado Springs 27, Adrian 7
Eldon 36, North Callaway 28
Francis Howell 53, Holt 17
Francis Howell Central 21, Troy 20
Ft. Osage 35, Lee's Summit North 6
Ft. Zumwalt East 50, Washington 42
Ft. Zumwalt North 50, Duchesne 16
Gateway Tech 34, Sikeston 14
Glendale 50, Joplin 37
Hillsboro 53, Mexico 25
Helias 16, Harrisonville 12
Herculaneum 28, Perryville 8
Holden 62, Odessa 19
Kearney 15, Winnetonka 7
Kirkwood 36, Summit 7
Lafayette (St. Joseph) 49, East (K.C.) 0
Lafayette (Wildwood) 35, Eureka 21
Lebanon 47, West Plains 19
Lee's Summit 40, William Chrisman 28
Liberty North 34, Oak Park 0
Lindbergh 42, Oakville 0
Macon 33, Kirksville 6
Marquette 30, Sumner 8
Mehlville 43, Northwest (Cedar Hill) 7
MICDS 36, Maplewood 35
Mid Buchanan 42, Orrick 0
Miller 46, Greenfield 21
Oak Grove 6, Lexington 0
O'Hara 38, Grandview (K.C.) 13
Orchard Farm 47, Van Far 6
Osage 54, Fulton 0
Park Hill 13, Liberty 7
Park Hill South 30, Belton 0
Park Hills Central 28, St. Vincent 13
Parkview 13, Rolla 6
Parkway Central 31, Ladue 14
Parkway North 38, SLUH 35
Parkway South 19, Fox 6
Parkway West 47, University City 33
Pleasant Hill 27, Grain Valley 7
Polo 44, St. Mary's (K.C.) 21
Reeds Spring 27, Willow Springs 18
Republic 34, Willard 13
Richmond 48, Excelsior Springs 26
Ritenour 40, Vianney 33
Rock Bridge 33, Hickman 27
Rockhurst 35, Blue Springs 20
Savannah 55, LeBlond (St. Joseph) 7
Sherwood 42, Sweet Springs 0
Smithville 50, Cameron 7
Staley 30, Raytown 6
St. Dominic 27, Cardinal Ritter 14
St. Pius X (K.C.) 40, Smith Cotton 34
South Harrison 26, Plattsburg 7
Southwest (K.C.) 28, Derrick Thomas Academy 6
Thayer 29, Salem 14
Timberland 62, Francis Howell North 34
Truman 42, Ruskin 28
Union 48, Affton 7
Van Horn 19, Imagine Renaissance Academy 14
Valle Catholic 54, Principia 6
Vashon 27, Poplar Bluff 25
Warrensburg 27, Nevada 18
Webb City 38, Ozark 14
Webster Groves 50, McCluer 12
Westminster Christian 27, Wheaton Academy 14

Joplin's Chris Shields on Tonight's High School Football Radio Show

by Jeff Fisher
Missouri High School Football Huddle

With practice across the state set to begin next Monday, new Joplin High School head football coach Chris Joplin will join me tonight at 7PM EST/6 PM CST on the High School Football America radio show.

Coach Shields, who left Holt High School earlier this year to become Joplin's new leader, will talk about the challenges he's faced since being named the new head coach.  On May 22nd tornadoes devastated Joplin leaving over 100 dead and damage to over 15,000 homes.

Click here to listen to the show LIVE tonight starting at 7PM EST.

Vianney Names New Head Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
Missouri High School Football Huddle

John Vianney has named Mike Diffley as the school's new head coach.

Diffley has been the offensive coordinator for the last five seasons at Chaminade High School.  He replaces Gene Gladstone, who had been the school's head coach for the last 14-years.

Joplin HS Names Shields Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
Missouri High School Football Huddle

Chris Shields is leaving Holt High School for the head coaching job at Joplin.

Shields, who was 26-26 since taking over the job in 2006, will be in-charge of taking Joplin into the Class 6 ranks in a district that features defending state champ Rockhurst.

Brentwood HS Hires Keith Herring as Head Coach

by Jeff Fisher
Missouri High School Football Huddle

Former Hazlewood West head coach Keith Herring is the new head coach at Brentwood.

Herring amassed a record of 26-24 in five seasons at Hazlewood West.  He takes over for Scott Surgener, who moved on to Pine Ridge High School in Florida.

Parkview Hires Anthony Hays

by Jeff Fisher
Missouri High School Football Huddle

King City High School's loss is Parkview's gain.

Parkview has hired Anthony Hays as its new head coach.  During Hays' three years as the head coach at King City, his team qualified for the post-season every year.  His overall record was 16-16.

Hays replaces Wes Beachler, who resigned as the end of the year to take a coaching job in Nevada.

In 2008, Parkview snapped a 58-game losing streak.  Last year the Vikings were 5-6.

Oak Grove HS Fires Head Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
Missouri High School Football Huddle

PrepsKC.com is reporting that Oak Grove has fired head coach Pete Carpino after four years.

Last season the Panthers were 6-4.  Carpino's overall record at Oak Grove 20-20.

Click here to read the report from PrepsKC.com.

New John Burroughs School Football Coach Gus Frerotte on Tonight's NHSCA Sports Hour

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Just me at 6 P.M. EST for the latest edition of the National High School Coaches Association Sports Hour.

My co-host Trish Hoffman and I will be talking high school football, boys basketball and wrestling.

Joining us on the show will be former NFL quarterback Gus Frerotte, who was just hired as the head football coach at John Burroughs School in St. Louis. Frerotte, who played with seven NFL teams, has been the school's quarterbacks' coach during the past two seasons.

Last year, John Burroughs finished runner-up in Missouri's Class 3.

Also on show will be 2010 High School Rudy Award winner Chance Anthony of Breckinridge County High School in Kentucky. Anthony was a two-way starter on this year's football team in spite of the fact that he was born without the lower part of his right arm.

To listen to the show LIVE on the Artist First radio network, click here.

John Burroughs School Hires Former NFL QB Gus Frerotte

by Jeff Fisher
Missouri High School Football Huddle

Gus Frerotte, who played for seven different NFL teams during his career, is now a high school football head coach.

Frerotte has been hired by John Burroughs School in St. Louis.  For the past two years, the former St. Louis Ram (also played for Cincinnati, Denver, Detroit, Miami, Minnesota and Washington) quarterback has been an assistant coach for the Bombers.

Frerotte takes over for Todd Small, who retired at the end of the season after leading the team to a runner-up finish in Missouri's Class 3. Small was 44-21 in six seasons as head coach.

Missouri High School Football Scores - Week 1

Missouri High School Football Scores
Friday, August 27, 2010

Ash Grove 42, Liberal 0
Aurora 34, Warsaw 0
Benton (St. Joseph) 59, Northeast (KC) 0
Blair Oaks 22, Carrollton 18
Blue Springs South 49, Raytown South 7
Boonville 19, Pleasant Hill 14
Bowling Green 24, Montgomery County 0
Brookfield 24, Mark Twain 0
Caruthersville 36, Portageville 0
Center 35, University Academy 7
Centralia 41, Louisiana 7
Central (Cape Girardeau) 41, New Madrid County 6
Central (Park Hills) 41, St. Vincent 6
Central (St. Joseph) 27, North Kansas City 8
Chillicothe 15, Marshall 7
Clayton 30, Lutheran North 14
Clinton 46, Central(KC) 6
Clopton/Elsberry 47, Winfield 0
Cole Camp 27, Skyline 26
DeSoto 26, Pacific 6
East Buchanan 20, Rock Port 12
Farmington 31, Festus 20
Francis Howell Central 7, Troy 0
Ft. Osage 19, Lee's Summit North 7
Ft. Zumwalt East 40, Washington 14
Grandview (KC) 28, O'Hara 26
Grandview (Hillsboro) 14, Chaffee 0
Hallsville 51, MMA 0
Hayti 14, East Prairie 12
Helias 23, Harrisonville 15
Hillsboro 21, Mexico 19
Jefferson City 41, McCluer North 10
John Burroughs 34, Pembroke Hill 14
Kearney 45, Winnetonka 0
Kennett 42, Charleston 15
Kickapoo 22, Waynesville 21
Kirkwood 34, Summit 14
Lafayette (St. Joseph) 65, East (KC) 0
Lee's Summit 57, William Chrisman 23
Lee's Summit West 21, Raymore Peculiar 13
Liberty 35, Park Hill 14
Macon 48, Kirksville 0
Malden 47, Scott City 41
Marceline 32, Schuyler County 18
Marquette 39, Sumner 6
Mehlvillle 42, Northwest (Cedar Hill) 12
Miller 49, Greenfield 7
Moberly 28, California 14
Monroe 46, Paris 6
Nixa 21, Camdenton 14
North Callaway 20, Eldon 13
Oak Grove 21, Lexington 14
Orchard Farm 49, Van Far 0
Osage 47, Fulton 0
Owensville 42, Potosi 13
Park Hill South 21, Belton 7
Platte County 14, Grain Valley 13
Renaissance Academy 34, Van Horn 14
Richmond 32, Excelsior Springs 21
Rock Bridge 24, Hickman 20
Rockhurst 7, Blue Springs 6
Rolla 42, Parkview 35
Ruskin 46, Truman 6
Sacred Heart 49, Milan 14
Salisbury 21, Scotland County 0
Savannah 49, LeBlond (St. Joe) 7
Sikeston 42, Obion County 34
Slater 52, Lincoln 21
Smith Cotton 16, St. Pius X (KC) 14
Smithville 28, Cameron 7
South Callaway 52, Fayette 6
South Harrison 33, Plattsburg 19
Staley 44, Raytown 13
Ste. Genevieve 41, Dexter 25
St. Francis Borgia 17, St. Clair 14
St. Louis U. High 42, Parkway North 28
St. Paul Lutheran 10, Lone Jack 0
St. Pius X (Festus) 38, Barat Academy 0
Sullivan 27, Hermann 24
Tipton 40, Southern Boone 16
Union 43, Affton 8
Vashon 54, Poplar Bluff 12
Versailles 39, Knob Noster 6
Warrenton 41, St. Charles 0
Webster Groves 51, McCluer 14
West Platte 32, Lincoln Prep 18
Westran 55, North Shelby 12

Missouri High School Football Pre-Season Practice Begins August 9th

by Jeff Fisher

Missouri High School Football Huddle

Welcome to our new look for the 2010 Missouri high school football season!

With the first day of practice beginning August 9th, I wanted to take the time to thank all of my readers, who have made this blog successful over the past three years.  I have bigger-and-better things planned this year with more original content.

Also, don't forget to check-out High School Football America for great high school football stories from around the country.  If you have story ideas that I should know about, please feel free to email me.

Here's a look at important dates for the 2010 season...

First Practice - August 9th

Regular Season Begins - August 27th

Playoffs Begin - November 3rd

Championships - November 26th & 27th

Jeff Fisher is Founder/Editor-in-Chief of High School Football America