
American Heritage certainly looked like a national-caliber team in a Class 5A title game victory over Clay.
Photo by Gary McCullough
21. (NR) American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), 14-1American Heritage looked superb in a 66-8 win over Clay. Its only loss was to Central.
22. (NR) East Jefferson (Metairie, La.), 15-0East Jefferson proved it was for real by closing out its season with wins over Neville and Edna Karr.
23. (NR) Norcross (Ga.), 13-2The state's preseason No. 1 team avenged an early-season loss to North Gwinnett by beating them in the AAAAAA title game.
24. (NR) Salpointe Catholic (Tucson, Ariz.), 14-0Salpointe overwhelmed competition all season long, culminating in a state title for Dennis Bene's squad.
25. (NR) Aledo (Texas), 14-0After a slow start,
the all-time greatest offense (statistically) got rolling, as Aledo beat Ennis 29-6.