National Highlight Reel: Football records fall in 3 states

Even though the high school football season is winding down, state records continue to be broken.

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, senior quarterback Christian Brumbaugh put his name in the record book at least four times while guiding South Fayette (McDonald, Pa.) to a 49-12 rout of Forest Hills (Sidman, Pa.) during the Class AA state semifinals.

The 6-foot-4, 200-pounder completed 21 of 31 passes for 362 yards to set a western Pennsylvania record with 7,052 career passing yards. He also broke the WPIAL record for one season with 3,615 yards. On a state-wide basis, he set a playoff record with six touchdown passes in a single game and tied the single-season record with 50 touchdown passes.

Forest Hills coach Don Bailey told the Post-Gazette, "That's probably the best passing attack I've seen in my 37 years as a head coach."

Brumbaugh, who has committed to William & Mary, will lead the 15-0 Lions into the state title game on Saturday against West Catholic (Philadelphia).

* Shiloh Christian (Springdale, Ark.) outlasted Pulaski Academy (Little Rock, Ark.), 61-40, to win its third consecutive Class 4A state title. Senior quarterback Kiehl Frazier (6-3, 210) passed for 319 yards and four touchdowns and ran for three other touchdowns to earn MVP honors for an unprecedented third straight year. Senior end Zann Jones (6-0, 205) had three touchdown catches to set a state record with 57 for his career.

Video of Kiehl Frazier

* Though he's just a sophomore, Glades Day (Belle Glade, Fla.) phenom Kelvin Taylor scored five touchdowns during a 42-35 victory over Warner Christian (South Daytona, Fla.) in the Class 1B state championship game. That gave him 110 career touchdowns, which ties the state record with two years left to put the record out of sight.

Video of Kelvin Taylor

* Kelvin Taylor's single-season state record of 49 touchdowns was broken by senior Demetrius Hart (5-9, 185) as Dr. Phillips (Orlando, Fla.) defeated Seminole (Sanford, Fla.), 37-13, in the Class 6A state semifinals. Hart finished the year with 50 touchdowns.

Dr. Phillips' senior kicker Shawn Moffitt extended his state-record streak of consecutive extra-point kicks to 130 before missing from 33 yards due to a pair of penalties. The national record is 134. Moffitt, who carries a 4.4 GPA, still is looking for a scholarship.

Video of Demetrius Hart

* Superstar James Wilder ran for 216 yards and scored five touchdowns as Plant (Tampa, Fla.) destroyed six-time state champion Lakeland (Fla.), 48-6, during the Class 5A state semifinals. However, according to the Tampa Tribune, Wilder established his legend on a simple five-yard carry because it took all 11 Lakeland defenders to finally bring him down.

Plant coach Robert Weiner told the Tribune, "Eventually, you're on the sidelines and you're not coaching. You're just watching."

Video of James Wilder

* South Pointe (Rock Hill, S.C.) defensive end/fullback Jadeveon Clowney (6-6, 255) has been named South Carolina's Mr. Football over Northwestern (Rock Hill, S.C.) quarterback Justin Worley, who was named Gatorade National Player of The Year. Clowney had 162 tackles, 29.5 sacks, 29 tackles for losses, caused 11 fumbles and recovered six. He also scored nine touchdowns on just 20 carries and five on defense.

Video of Jadeveon Clowney

* Former NFL quarterback Jay Schroeder has been named head football coach at Village Christian (Sun Valley, Calif.). He previously served as offensive coordinator for the freshman-sophomore football team and assistant athletic director at Oaks Christian (Westlake Village, Calif.).

BOYS BASKETBALL: HUNTINGTON PREP GETS TALL TRANSFERS
Senior Sim Bhullar (7-4, 355) and junior Stefan Jankovic (6-10, 215) recently transferred from Kiski School (Saltsburg, Pa.) to Huntington Prep (Huntington, W. Va.).

* Remember the name Isaiah Whitehead, because the 6-3 guard is billed by the New York Post as the No. 1 freshman in New York City. He stars for Lincoln (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and follows in the line of other Lincoln greats such as Stephon Marbury, Sebastian Telfair and Lance Stephenson.

* Highlands Christian (Pompano Beach, Fla.) freshman guard Hunter Osceola scored 45 points – including nine 3-pointers – during a 78-69 loss to Hollywood Christian (Fla.).

* Verdugo Hills (Tujunga, Calif.) senior Christopher Dees (6-7) had 25 points, 18 rebounds and 10 blocks during a 62-54 loss to Garfield (Los Angeles).

* Apple Valley (Minn.) point guard Tyus Jones - one of the nation's premier freshmen - will be sidelined for at least a month with a kidney injury, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

* Nathan Stolitza scored 43 points as Kittanning (Pa.) nipped Riverview (Oakmont, Pa.), 77-70, in overtime. Stolitza drilled 23 of 26 free throws, including 19 in the fourth quarter and overtime.

* One night after being held scoreless, senior Rhett Braun erupted for a school-record 10 3-pointers and 34 points as Monroe Central (Parker City, Ind.) defeated Wes-Del (Gaston, Ind.), 83-63. Teammate Logan Thomas, a 6-1 senior, dished out 16 assists. During an earlier 91-38 rout of Daleville (Ind.), Thomas had 41 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists and seven steals.

* Aurora West (Aurora, Ill.) coach Gordon Kerkman picked up his 700th victory last week, while Braddock (Miami) coach Willie Diaz notched No. 300.

* Former NBA player Olden Polynice has been named assistant basketball coach at Dominguez (Compton, Calif.).

GIRLS BASKETBALL: HAMBY SCORES 55 POINTS
Hayden Hamby, a 5-7 guard, is having a superb junior year for West Morgan (Trinity, Ala.). Named Alabama's Class 3A Player of the Year as a sophomore, she already has had games of 55 and 44 points.

* Freshman Katie Vincent scored 41 points as Cascade (Wartrace, Tenn.) routed Boyd Christian (McMinnville, Tenn.), 87-19.

* Hannah Goolsby scored a school-record 41 points as Cookeville (Tenn.) defeated Shelbyville (Tenn.), 67-57.

* Senior Jude Schimmel collected 37 points, 15 rebounds and 11 steals to lead Franklin (Portland, Ore.) to an 82-73 victory over Sandy (Ore.).

* Dillard (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) coach Marcia Pinder posted her 761st career victory last week, surpassing the Florida boys state record of 760 by Don Wallen. She has won five state titles.

WRESTLING: STIEBER IS THE IRONMAN MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER
Hunter Stieber of Monroeville (Ohio) was named Most Outstanding Wrestler following the 17th annual Ironman – recognized as the nation's premier wrestling tournament – in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. A three-time state champion, Stieber nipped Austin Ormsbee of Blair Academy (Blairstown, N.J.), 3-2, to win the 135-pound crown in the premier match of the weekend. Ormsbee was ranked No. 1 in the nation in his weight class.

* Alex Shaffer of Hunterdon Central (Flemington, N.J.) won't return this year to defend his New Jersey state wrestling title (he was 34-0 at 119 pounds as a sophomore) due to a stress fracture in his lower back. The Newark Star-Ledger reports that he has withdrawn from school to pursue an acting career. He already has a role in the soon-to-be-released movie "Win Win," about a (surprise) wrestler.

* Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) wrestling coach Frank Pettineo recorded his 500th victory last week. He started the program in 1988 and for two years had to hold his practices in a two-car garage.

* Wilmington (Ill.) coach Rob Murphy won his 300th match last week.

CROSS COUNTRY: VERZBICAS, CUFFE WIN AT FOOT LOCKER
Defending champion Lukas Verzbicas of Sandburg (Orland Park, Ill.) won the 32nd annual Foot Locker National boys cross country championship in 14 minutes, 59 seconds Saturday in San Diego. He is the first ever to win the Foot Locker and Nike Cross Nationals in the same year.

The girls title went to Aisling Cuffe of Cornwall Central (New Windsor, N.Y.) in 16 minutes, 53 seconds.

POTPURRI
Two individual national records were set last week during the U.S. Short Course Junior National swimming meet in Atlanta. Curtis Ogren set a 13-14 record by winning the 400-yard individual medley in 3:54.23. In the same age group, Gunnar Bentz, a freshman from St. Pius X Catholic (Atlanta), won the 200-yard breaststroke in a record 2:01.67.

During the Speedo Tom Dolan Invitational at Fairfax, Va., Jack Conger, a sophomore at Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney, Md.), set a national 15-16 record by winning the 200-yard backstroke in 1:43.16.

* Sal Bando Jr. has been named head baseball coach at Marquette University (Milwaukee). Formerly a college baseball coach, Bando graduated from Marquette in 1988.