High schools: Hampton High School, Bethel High School, Kecoughtan High School, Phoebus High School. Greenway Avenue Stadium was named Fort Hill Stadium until 1987, and by 1998, they'd upgraded to FieldTurf in order to host scrimmages for the Washington Football Team. He was also a two-time state champion in the 200-meter dash and also won the 100-meter dash as a senior. Larry Jacobson was a football and basketball star at O'Gorman High before going on to star at the University of Nebraska, where he went 33-2-1 in three seasons as a starter, won two national championships and became the school's first of eight Outland Trophy winners as the nation's top interior lineman. Burlington (N.C.) Cummings High School four-star wide receiver Jonathan Paylor announced a top eight featuring Clemson along with Alabama, South Carolina, NC State, Colorado . San Antonio College), he became a star at West Virginia, where he was an All-Big East linebacker and finished second in the nation in sacks in 2010. In the 30 years since then, it has more than doubled in size. What will really take your breath away are the stunning views of Puget Sound and Commencement Bay. The 17-time state champions at Belfry High enter the field from a state-of-the-art fieldhouse behind one end zone, and games are almost always sellouts. Bottom Line: Modern college football fans got a small taste of what it was like . Up a hill behind the home bleachers is Glenbard High, which was built to look more like a castle than a high school. That changed in a big way when the school's first football stadium opened in 2009 on Nicollet Island a small chunk of land in the middle of Minneapolis in the middle of the Mississippi River. In 2019, he was named one of the 100 greatest players in Chicago Bears history. Dressler, who was named the North Dakota Gatorade Player of the Year in 2003, set 19 receiving records at North Dakota before being named CFL Rookie of the Year in 2008 and winning a Grey Cup with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2013. High schools: Washington High School, Lincoln High School, Roosevelt High School, O'Gorman High School. Eagle Stadium (Allen, Texas) LM Otero/AP The $60 million Eagle Stadium is a sight to behold. Wherever you're sitting at this stadium, you're going to be looking out at the Chugach National Forest, featuring a vast expanse of trees you have to see to believe. Jeffrey Bowie is the best prospect to come out of West Branch High in quite some time. Mike Solwold won two state championships at Arrowhead High and was named Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year in 1996. Gouveia won a state championship at Wai'anae High, won a national championship at BYU in 1984 and won a pair of Super Bowl titles with the Washington Redskins in 1987 and 1991. "I would never want black people in a position of power, where white children would be educated," Burke once said. It has hosted some of the biggest concerts to come to the region as well as playing home to the University of Bridgeport football team until it disbanded in 1975. Doesn't seem right. St. X has one of the nicest facilities in the country and the stadium holds just under 7,000. As it's been pointed out by others many times, the stadium still has a lot of its charm because it's nestled right up to a neighborhood in Hartland, Wisconsin. One of the smaller stadiums on this list, Big Horn High School's stadium has been home to six state champions over the years. Opponents have said the noise the Wildcats make when they bang their helmets on the way out can be pretty intimidating. Chris Patrick was a full-time starter for the University of Nebraska and made the odd decision to enter the NFL supplemental draft with one year of eligibility remaining, even though he was in good academic standing with the school. Matt Bowen was actually a star quarterback at Glenbard West and switched positions to strong safety after he arrived at the University of Iowa and became an All-Big Ten pick and All-American as a senior when he led the Hawkeyes with 109 tackles. Lawrence High has actually played in the state championship game every decade since winning its first title in 1973. High schools: Allegany High School and Fort Hill High School. Lawrence High eventually named its stadium after Pete Cooper, who also led the Bulldogs to a state runner-up finish a stunning seven more times. He lettered in both football and baseball at Vanderbilt and captained the baseball team as a senior. NFL: Washington Redskins (1986-94, 1999), Philadelphia Eagles (1995), San Diego Chargers (1996-98), Las Vegas Outlaws (2001). How's this for a winner? College: Marshall/Georgia Military College/Tennessee-Chattanooga. And in the spirit of thinking outside of the box, we're tabbing the late, great Heath Ledger as the best thing to ever step foot in the Stadium Bowl. . Casey Sapio-USA TODAY Sports. Hey, soccer teams use football stadiums, too. Built as part of the Works Progress Administration in the mid-1930s, Mitchell Stadium also serves as the home field for a team in another state Virginia's Graham High School, which is the only high school in the nation that plays home games in a different state. The school also won two mythical high school national championships in 1925 and 1938. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. After head coach Lincoln Riley left Oklahoma to become the coach at USC, Williams entered the transfer portal. Andy Cohen was a three-sport star at El Paso High in baseball, basketball and football. The stadium was the largest in the state for over a decade after it opened and played host to several University of Arkansas football games until 1948. We wanted to put it on the list because we couldn't leave out California, where they play some of the best high school football in the country, and especially not the home of one of the most dominant programs in the nation. Competing in Maine's largest classification, Lawrence High has won four state championships the last in 2006 and lost in the state championship game a whopping 10 times. Su'a spent the first two years of his high school career playing in California before his family moved to Arkansas, and he landed on the Bentonville roster as a junior in 2021. Watching Glenbard West High play at Bill Duchon Field is almost like stepping into a time machine. Sure, what Tom Brady is doing playing into his 40s is remarkable. These are the greatest programs in the history of all 50 United States. Home to two high school football teams full time and all DeKalb County playoff games, it's one of five stadiums owned by the DeKalb County School District and used to go by Memorial Stadium. He was twice named Special Teams Player of the Year, was an All-Pac-10 selection as a senior in 2008 and was the Rose Bowl Defensive MVP in 2009. Voters approved a $16 million bond in 2010 that ended up providing new artificial turf, new lighting and fixed the bleachers at the football stadium. While Rebel Stadium still sits in the same place it always has, there is very little of the old facility that remains (if any) after a massive, $6.5 million renovation began in 2015 and was completed in 2017. Son Gncelleme : 26 ubat 2023 - 6:36. Dawson, who was portrayed in the film "We Are Marshall" by Matthew Fox and had a cameo in the film as an opposing team's head coach, coached one more season at Marshall before leaving coaching for good. Roebuck High's Ryan Sims was a star defensive tackle at the University of North Carolina alongside future NFL player Julius Peppers before the Kansas City Chiefs selected Sims No. NFL: New England Patriots (2010-18), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2020-present). 198 overall, one pick ahead of Tom Brady. These are the best high school football stadiums in every state. Rob Gronkwoski played his final season of high school football at Woodland Hills High before going on to star at the University of Arizona and becoming one of the greatest tight ends in NFL history. Today, it is also the site of soccer and lacrosse games in addition to football. High school: George Washington High School. Jelsma Stadium is better known as The Rock thanks to the 30-foot high sandstone wall behind one of the end zones and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It's so good that the University of Utah approached the Madison County School District in hopes of incorporating the same lighting system at their stadium. Patrick Wilkinson was the first Gulf Shores High player to sign a scholarship with a Division I school. Let's start with the fact that it is not, in fact, a dome, but we love the fact they call it that. At Northern Iowa, Washington was a two-time Gateway Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 1995 and 1996 and a two-time NCAA Division I-AA (now FCS) All-American. It's home to four high school football teams and two local small college football teams and adjacent to the campus of Bismarck State, which actually doesn't have a football team. Year opened: 1937 (closed in 1973, reopened in 2011). He famously was overtaken for a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics in the last 10 meters of the 5,000-meter race. High schools: Pueblo Central High School, Pueblo South High School, Pueblo East High School. And if you do make it here, try to catch Bismarck vs. Century. Williams stepped in with the Sooners trailing Texas 35-17 and led them to a 55-48 win. Propelled by three straight champions, and four in the last five years, Charlotte Catholic is the most dominant high school football team from North Carolina over the last decade. Abilene High's Glynn Gregory was one of the top high school football and baseball players in the country. High schools: Miami Northwestern High School, Booker T. Washington High School, College: Fort Scott Community College/Nebraska. So go ahead and add this trip to the bucket list. Opened in 1996, Bank Of America Stadium is a 26-year-old stadium, with a maximum capacity of 75,419 spectators. For the sheer amount of talent you can see here on any given Friday night, it's worth the price of admission. The building is also an important landmark in area sports and civil rights history. NFL: Baltimore Ravens (2021), New England Patriots (2021), Chicago Bears (2021-present). Whitworth won a pair of state championships at West Monroe High, including a mythical national title in 2000, then won a BCS national championship at LSU in 2003. 47. Manual has won six state championships in its history but none since 1966. High schools: Bismarck High School, Century High School, St. Mary's Central High School, Legacy High School. The "Bowl" side of the stadium isn't a straight wall line, but kind of a squiggly line. After trekking across the junior college football landscapes of Kansas (Butler Community College) and California (Mt. Biggest High School Football Stadiums By Tony Adame, updated on February 3, 2023 Twitter / usatodayhss High school football is played in all corners of the United States. Few high school football gameday experiences can compare to what awaits fans at Union-Tuttle Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where a $35 million upgrade was completed before the 2021 season began. The $53 million Children's Health Stadium has the largest high school video board in Texas and serves Prosper ISD, according to the Dallas Morning News. Gerry was not only a star linebacker in high school. This page was last edited on 9 October 2022, at 23:31. Ronald Curry was one of the top recruits in the country starting his junior year and a high school All-American in both football and basketball. The Newtown Nighthawks won their first state championship since 1992 in 2019, when they beat Darien High on a touchdown pass as time expired. And maybe it's just the moment when the home team finally takes the field. High school football is played in all corners of the United States. They've won eight state championships, and the field is named for legendary coach Don Shows, who helped guide the careers of future NFL players for decades. Tracey Eaton was a star defensive back at Medford High School in the early 1980s. In the home of Wal-Mart, it's probably to be expected that the local high schools would have state-of-the-art facilities, but Tiger Stadium really goes above and beyond. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009. He was just 24 years old. On3 released its updated national class of 2024 football recruiting rankings on Monday. High school football is as good in Pennsylvania as anywhere in the country, and Allentown Central Catholic's Ed McCaffrey was one of the best to ever do it. Some people have so much talent it just makes you sort of jealous. It's all brick with stadium seating on both home and visitor sides and a jumbotron that shows in-game replays. The school and stadium were built with panoramic views of the Golden Gate Bridge and has become something of a bucket list item for high school football aficionados. In Northeast Ohio, high school football stadiums seat any number of spectators, from less than 1,000 in Richmond Heights to more than 12,000 in Parma. James R. Hallford Stadium soared past its 50th birthday in 2018 and remains the largest high school football stadium in the state of Georgia. As an assistant coach at Marshall University in 1971, Dawson was one of just two members of Marshall's traveling party who did not fly home on the team plane following a game at East Carolina a plane that crashed and killed all 75 people aboard as it prepared to land. Originally known as Allentown High School Stadium, the facility underwent a name change to J. Birney Crum Stadium to honor Allentown High's legendary football coach. Murray was a three-time All-Big 12 selection for the Sooners before playing in the NFL for seven seasons, making three Pro Bowls and leading the NFL in rushing in 2014, when he was named NFC Offensive Player of the Year and made his lone All-Pro squad. Northern High's home field has been used for much more than high school football, including the NCAA Division II CIAA championship game for a decade, but it's the prep stars that have defined Durham County Stadium. Saying the view from this stadium is breathtaking doesn't do it justice oceans, mountains, valleys are all in clear view from the stands. NFL: St. Louis Rams (2000-01), Green Bay Packers (2001-02), Washington Redskins (2003-05), Buffalo Bills (2006). Whatever it is, it works. The key about going to a game at the Bulldog Bowl is making sure you get to take in everything going on in the town leading up to the game. Then Ramey led the Wildcats to a Peach Bowl win as a sophomore. Caleb Williams was one of the breakout stars of the 2021 college football season, getting an opportunity after Heisman Trophy candidate Spencer Rattler was benched in the sixth game of the season against Texas in the Red River Rivalry. This is a stadium that continually ends up mentioned when we talk about the best high school football venues in the country. Gloucester High School is also one of the oldest on this list the school was officially a four-year high school in 1857. Northern High's greatest player of all time is probably cornerback Dewayne Washington, who went on to star at North Carolina State and was the No. 18 overall pick in the 1994 NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings. Picked No. Clark was so good he was part of the inaugural class for the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963. We don't care that Joey Su'a is still playing for Bentonville High. Dewayne Washington was an All-American for Northern High before staying in-state to play for North Carolina State in college. Tales of gridiron greatness start with high school football. This is truly one stadium you have to see to believe, and it serves perfectly for New York as well, because once you're on top of the Union City roof, you'll realize that you're basically sitting in New York's lap with that view of the Manhattan skyline. You will find few football players with a more amazing backstory than former Bishop Hendricken High star Kwity Paye, who was born in a refugee camp in Guinea during the First Liberian Civil War. No tips or reviews 5. This stadium was renamed for legendary running back and Pueblo, Colorado, native Dutch Clark "The Flying Dutchman" in 1980. In a 10,000-seat stadium. So they made a football stadium, and they also made history. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Capacity: 58,530 Ole Miss Oxford, Mississippi. One of the five or 10 best high school athletic programs in the entire nation resides at Bishop Gorman High, and much of that success has been propelled by its football program. He was only informed of head coach Joe Gibbs' decision to start him in pregame warmups. So they put the football stadium on the roof. 5 - Freedom Field, Warner Robins, Ga. OL Jim Rose. It's also been the site of five state championship games three in the 1970s and two in the 1990s. And if you do go, make sure you're there for the Bell Game between Pueblo Centennial and Pueblo Central. This was a happy accident. Dudley went on to start for the University of Virginia, fought in World War II and returned home to be named NFL Most Valuable Player in 1946. Maiava was drafted in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL draft and played six seasons in the NFL. While Newell Stadium didn't technically open until six years after Benjamin Smith graduated, we're putting him on the list anyways. 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