Two Alaska Teams to Open Season in Hawaii

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

The 2011 high school football season kicked-off in Hawaii with Service and Leilehua battling to a 34-34 tie.  That tie was the only blemish on Service's record as the Cougars went undefeated from that point forward to capture the Alaska Big Schools championship.

This year, Service will kickoff the 2012 in the same fashion as it will travel to Hawaii for a rematch of the 2011 Fire and Ice Bowl against Leilehua on August 10th.  That game will be part of a doubleheader as Anchorage West High School will also make the long trek to Hawaii to take on Punahou, which finished runner-up in Hawaii's Division I last season.

Punahou, which was ranked the best sports program in America by Sports Illustrated in 2008 and 2009, is the alma mater of President Barack Obama.

After last year's Fire and Ice Bowl, I spoke with then Service head coach Jason Caldarera about the trip and the game.  Click here to listen to that interview.

First Day of High School Football Practice Set for July 30th

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Hope everyone had a great off-season!

We're in the process of updating all of High School Football America's 52 blogs in preparation for the 2012 season that gets started with two-a-days in Alaska on July 30th.

Every year, our goal is to improve our coverage, giving you the readers more information as quickly as we can.

Please make sure that if you have a comment or a story you feel my staff should know about, you can email me at jeff@highschoolfootballamerica.com.

Also, if you haven't listened to the High School Football America radio show, please be sure to tune-in every Thursday night at 7 P.M. Eastern, which is 3 P.M. in Alaska.  The show also is rebroadcast on the ArtistFirst Radio Network every Sunday night at 6 P.M. Eastern or 2 P.M. in Alaska.  If neither of those times work, you can always listen FREE and on-demand by clicking here to go to our archives page.

Last year's show included visits from Service's Jason Caldarera and Barrow's Brad Igou and Brian Houston.

Click here to listen to the Caldarera interview.

Click here to listen to the interview on Barrow football.