<p>Does anyone know where I can find the rankings for the US high school football teams. For lacrosse I can go to LaxPower and get rankings for the last few years. Does anything exist like this for football?</p>
<p>There is a site, maxpreps.com, that does rankings. Not sure how it is calculated or anything. You won't find that NMH does too well in the football rankings, nor do any of the bs, really. Not a strong bs sport except for the PG's who go for a final year before college.</p>
<p>I agree that you won't find a NE boarding school anywhere near a top 25, but you might look here if you just want to look at one publication (USA Today)...</p>
<p>Super</a> 25 and All-USA teams - USATODAY.com</p>
<p>They have national and regional rankings.</p>
<p>You can try rivals.com:
<a href="http://highschool.rivals.com/viewrankhs.asp?ra_key=283%5B/url%5D">http://highschool.rivals.com/viewrankhs.asp?ra_key=283</a></p>
<p>Thanks for the input. I was thinking that schools like Trinity-Pawling, Avon or Salisbury might have decent teams. </p>
<p>My dilemna involves my son who is presently in 7th grade. He would like to look at BS now that his brother is going. Two very different kids. This one never works hard. I don't think he has studied for a test in his life. I can't even remember him writing a paper!!!</p>
<p>So my first decision is whether to have him do a 9th grade year at the local PS and then have him do a repeat 9th grade year at BS. I wish I had him do 2 years of kindergarten, but he was always bigger than the other kids and I didn't want him to really stand out.</p>
<p>Then the second decision is what to do about football. His coach used to play for the NY Giants and he said that my son is a really good player and should be able to play in college. So if the BSchools do not have good football is he better to stay at the PS that has average football. </p>
<p>Of course, getting a quality education is the top priority....</p>
<p>Any thoughts???</p>
<p>If your son is surefire NFL material, he will be found for a college no matter where he plays his HS football.</p>
<p>Now if he is a kid who will use his football talent to get into a better school (see nhfootballer), then by all means get the best quality boarding school possible that he is a fit for, of course. You probably won't find the most professional coaching at these schools, as the football coach is probably also the lax coach in the spring or something else like that. They will know the basics, like most run of the mill public programs. </p>
<p>The summer camps are where you go to learn the specific skills from more qualified coaches.</p>
<p>If you happen to live in an area zoned for a great football team (I happened to live in such a place, but wasn't an athlete), that would be a consideration to stay there and supplement the public school with other educational opportunities. Those perennial champion HS teams tend to have the most qualified coaches who can teach the talented kid the technique and training stuff specific for his position.</p>
<p>I've tried to make this point before, but l'll say again that you would be surprised at the quality of football at the top football schools -- Trinity-Pawling, Salisbury, Deerfield, AOF, Andover, Exeter. Is it Florida or Texas 4A?
Of course not. Is it better than MANY New England HS programs? Absolutely.
Do these and others regularly send kids to play NESCAC and 1AA level football? Absolutely.</p>
<p>Good luck to your son...</p>
<p>You know my thoughts on this one wb - Trinity-Pawling. :)
I recently met Avon's coach and he is wonderful - don't know how he is as a coach, but he's a great guy and I think you would like him a lot.<br>
By the way, I emailed you instead of PM'ing the other day, I'll send you another one, I have an idea.</p>
<p>Great sites! fun is fun - thanks for the words of encouragement. I hope he doesn't have to choose an education over football. (Of course, he would probably choose football over school quite easily...)</p>
<p>Andover has done fairly well in recent years on the field. Since I've been there, the team has had 3 appearances in the NE Class A Championships (2 losses to T-P, 1 to Salisbury), and has swept Exeter in the A-E games. The team does a good job placing players at the next level: last year an O-Lineman went to Duke, a TE went to Vandy, and 7-8 others went DI-AA (Cornell, Colgate, UPenn etc.). I know that the QB on the team this year is going to Yale. Although the level of play in NE Prep is clearly not De La Salle (CA) quality, it's pretty good for the region.</p>
<p>Thanks BigBlue. Unfortunately, my son would never get into andover nor is it the type of school he would like. I think that the boys schools would be great. I also think that Gunnery might be a good place to visit also.</p>
<p>There are so many great schools out there; I'm sure you'll be able to find a good fit. Salisbury, Avon, Trinity-Pawling, Gunnery would all be places to check out.</p>