Top photos from 2011 football season

McCluer North (Florissant, Mo.) quarterback Galen Brown soars over Lafayette defensive back Markuice Savage while scoring a touchdown during a Missouri Class 6 Sectional playoff game on Nov. 5.
{PAGEBREAK}St. Joseph (Trumbull, Conn.) running back Mufasha Abdul-Basir splits two Darien (Conn.) defenders and stretches for a touchdown during a freshman game in September in Connecticut.
{PAGEBREAK}De La Salle's (Concord, Calif.) Michael Hutchings and Michael Barton crush a Bellarmine player on Sept. 2 in California.
{PAGEBREAK}Antelope Valley Christian's (Lancaster, Calif.) Cujuan Henson drags a Concordia defender from behind on Oct. 29 in California.
{PAGEBREAK}An East Hamilton (Ooltewah, Tenn.) player (right) attempts to elude a Brainerd (Chattanooga, Tenn.) defender during a Tennessee Class 4A playoff game on Nov. 4.
{PAGEBREAK}Bradford (Kenosha, Wis.) head coach Jed Kennedy celebrates along the sideline as running back Quanzell Murphy scores on pass in a Wisconsin Division 1 playoff game on Nov. 5.
{PAGEBREAK}Smethport (Smethport, Pa. quarterback Jason Lord carries the ball through the mud during game against Coudersport (Pa.) on Oct. 14 in Pennsylvania.
{PAGEBREAK}Dixie Heights (Edgewood, Ky.) receiver Goose Gohorn makes a catch in front of a Covington Catholic defender in the Skyline Crosstown Showdown on Aug. 26 in Ohio.
{PAGEBREAK}A Babylon (Babylon, N.Y.) receiver Eric Schweitzer is defended by John Glenn's (Elwood, N.Y.) Lameek Jarvis during Section 11 Division 4 semifinal playoff game on Nov. 12 in New York.
{PAGEBREAK}A Boerne-Champion (Boerne, Texas) defensive back James Clark smashes in to a Harlandale running back Nick Martinez during game on Oct. 14 in Texas.
{PAGEBREAK}Mansfield (Texas) running back Kenneth Burks dives head first while carrying the ball against Guyer in a Texas 5A Division 2 playoff game on Nov. 19.
{PAGEBREAK}A Lincoln (Lincoln, R.I.) player leaps over a Moses Brown defender on Oct. 15 in Rhode Island.
{PAGEBREAK}Mariposa County (Mariposa, Calif.) defender Chase Gibson tears the jersey off of a Waterford (Calif.) player while making a tackle on Oct. 21 in California.
{PAGEBREAK}A Belmont Hill (Belmont, Mass.) defender makes a one-arm tackle on a Suffield Academy (Suffield, Conn.) player in the Tom Flaherty Bowl on Nov. 19 in Massachusetts.
{PAGEBREAK}A Nashville (Ill.) player carrying the ball (left) and a Mater Dei (Breese, Ill.) defender face-off during game on Sept. 2 in Illinois.
{PAGEBREAK}A St. Francis (Athol Springs, N.Y.) safety David Call leaps to knock down a pass intended for Bishop Timon-St. Jude receiver Bryant Fulton during the Monsignor Martin semifinals on Nov. 10 in New York.
{PAGEBREAK}Frisco (Texas) receiver Austin Zoda attempts to make a reception while falling on his back against Wylie East (Wylie, Texas) in a Texas 4A Division 2 playoff game on Nov. 10. Zoda was injured on this play, which officials called pass interference on.
{PAGEBREAK}Live Oak's (Morgan Hill, Calif.) Trevor Beardon stiff-arms a Sobrato defender during a game on Sept. 17 in California.
{PAGEBREAK}St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.) Jeff Farina makes a leaping catch over a Pascack Valley defender on Oct. 29 in New Jersey.
{PAGEBREAK}A Winchester (Winchester, Mass.) player is up-ended while carrying the ball against Lexington on Nov. 5 in Massachusetts.