High School Football in Ireland

by Jeff Fisher
Host, NHSCA Sports Hour

With spring high school football practice getting ready to kick-off in select states around the nation within the month, I thought I'd spend some time talking about football on Sunday's NHSCA Sports Hour.

Steve Belles, who's the head coach of the powerful Hamilton Huskies program in Arizona, will join us as the lead guest on the show.  Hamilton is Arizona's three-time defending Class 5A Division I champs with a 40-game win streak.

One of the main topics on the show will be a game in 2012.  That's right, I'm talking about two years from now.  That's when the Huskies will play California-power Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks in the first-ever American high school football game in Ireland.

And, don't worry, we'll also spend plenty of time talking about what's ahead for the program in 2011.

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

Virginia Wrestler Blake Roulo Gets Four-Peat at NHSCA Wrestling Championships

by Jeff Fisher
Host, NHSCA Sports Hour

Blake Roulo of Mantoaca High School in Virginia, who joined us on the March 30th NHSCA Sports Hour, won his fourth straight National High School Coaches Association national wrestling championship Sunday at the 22nd Annual NHSCA Senior Division wrestling championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Roulo beat three-time Colorado state champ Travis Himmelman of Conifer High School 3-1 in overtime to become just the second wrestler to win four straight NHSCA national championships. Last year Tyler Beckwith of Greene High School in New York became the first wrestler to pull-off a four-peat.

California won the team title with four wrestlers capturing gold medals. Overall 16 states were represented in the finals.

Below are the results for the Sr. Division championship round...

103 – Josh Smith (Ashbrook HS, NC) dec. Michael Clemmensen (Atascadero HS, CA) 9-7 OT
112- Nahshon Garrett (Chico HS, CA) dec. Evan Link (Penn Cambria HS, PA) 3-2
119- Fabian Garcia (Turlock HS, CA) pinned Antwan Davis (Parkland, NC) in 1:12
125 – Vince Rodriguez (Clovis North HS, CA) dec. Chris Perez (MacArthur HS, NY) 5-4
130 – Coltin Fought (Benton, PA) dec. Lou Mascola (Seton Hall Prep, NJ) 9-4
135 – Terrel Wilbourn (Francis Howell Central HS, MO) dec. Taylor Moeder (St. James HS, KS) 5-4
140 – Blake Roulo (Matoaca HS, VA) dec. Travis Himmelman (Conifer HS, CO) 3-1 OT
145 – James Green (Willingboro HS, NJ) dec. Pete Baldwin (Osceola HS, FL) 10-5
152 – Chad Welsh (Castle HS, IN) dec. Christian Barber (Westfield HS, NJ) 1-0
160 – Bryce Hammond (Bakersfield HS, CA) dec. Austin Wilson (Hastings St. Cecelia HS, NE) 7-4
171 – Kris Klapprodt (Rapid City Stevens HS, SD) dec. Jakob Scheffel (Southern Garrett HS, MD) 3-2
189 – Patrick Downey (North County HS, MD) dec. Victor Avery (Foxboro HS, MA) 3-1
215 – Nick Gwiazdowski (Duanesburg HS, NY) pinned Patrick Gillen (Shelton HS, CT) in 4:57
HWT. – Conner Medbery (Loveland HS, CO) dec. Collin Campbell (Person HS, NC) 3-1

Talking High School Wrestling, Football and Baseball on April 3rd NHSCA Sports Hour

by Jeff Fisher
Host, NHSCA Sports Hour

Getting excited for today's show.

It will begin at 6PM EST, right in the middle of the NHCSA Senior Division national wrestling championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

At the top of the show, we'll talk with Alex Shaffer, who wrestled at the NHSCA championships after winning a New Jersey state championship during his sophomore year at Hunterdon Central High School in Flemington, New Jersey. However, Alex never had a chance to defend his title due to a back injury, but his wrestling career is alive-and-well on the big screen.

Shaffer is one of the stars of the new movie Win Win, which is set against the backdrop of a high school wrestling program in the Garden State.  It's Shaffer's acting debut.

A lot of our listeners requested we have Alex on the show after hearing last week's interview with Tom McCarthy, a New Jersey native, who wrote and director the FOX Searchlight movie that opened last week.

The movie has taken-off after great reviews at Sundance.  Below is video of Alex at Sundance...



Also on today's show is Bill McGregor, the legendary coach at DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Maryland.  McGregor resigned earlier this week after 29 years at DeMatha. During his tenure, he sent over 350 kids on to Division1college scholarships.

And, speaking of scholarships, we’ll talk with one of America’s top three-sport athletes, who has accepted a scholarship to play football at the University of Nebraska. Bubba Starling from Gardner-Edgerton High School in Kansas will join us talk about football, baseball and basketball.

No pun intended, but Starling starred in all three sports and is considered America's top baseball prospect.

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