When it comes to unbreakable high school football records, they don't come much more unbreakable than De La Salle's 151-game win streak.
Or perhaps you prefer Shelbyville's 52 straight shutouts, or Haven's 256 points in one game. All are incomprehensible records that figure to stand the test of time.
But what about the national records that could fall this year? Perhaps even this weekend?
Here's a look at the national records, as listed by the National Federation of State High School Associations Record Book, that could bite the dust sometime this year.
10. PASSING YARDS IN A GAME
Tanner Trosin and his Folsom teammates will play Casa Roble Friday in what is likely to be a shootout. Folsom averages more than 40 points per game and the Casa Roble defense averages 49 points allowed per game.
Photo by Dennis Lee
It seems ridiculous to think that anyone could approach the record of 764 yards, set by David Koral of Pacific Palisades (Calif.) in 2000. His record is 92 yards ahead of the next player on the list. However
Tanner Trosin's 601-yard effort in
Folsom's 49-46 win over Deer Valley could be a prelude to the Bulldogs' game this week with Casa Roble (Orangevale, Calif.). Expect an offensive explosion from the two teams as the Rams are averaging 51 points a game and allowing 49 points per game.
Folsom (Calif.), meanwhile, has scored and given up exactly 167 points in four games.
9. CAREER TOUCHDOWNS
Johnathan Gray needs 51 touchdownsto set the national career record. Thatis actually reachable for a playerlike Gray.
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The record of 204 touchdowns, scored by Michael Hart of Onondaga (Nedrow, N.Y.), looked to be in severe danger due to the prolific scoring of Aledo's
Johnathan Gray. The senior running back has already
broken the Texas state record for career touchdowns and has 153 in his career.
However
Aledo (Texas) will need to overcome a 2-2 start and make a deep run in the Texas 4A playoffs (which it has won the past two seasons) in order to give Gray a chance. He needs 51 touchdowns the remainder of the season, which is not out of the question considering he scored eight in last year's state championship game.
8. SEASON RECEIVING YARDAGE
Gehrig Dieter of
Washington (South Bend, Ind.) already holds a
national record after gaining 447 receiving yards in a win over Elkhart Central (Ind.) in the third game of the season. After gaining 1,156 yards in the first three games of the season, Dieter has been slowed in the last three games, gaining 210 yards on just 12 catches. Still, a deep run in the playoffs could give Dieter the push he needs to pass the record of 2,427 yards, set by Cody Cardwell of Stephenville (Texas) in 1998.
7. EXTRA POINTS IN A SEASONWith point totals getting higher and higher each season, kickers are getting every closer to breaking the national extra point record, set by Tyler Lewis of Albemarle (N.C.) in 2001. Last year Dillon Wessing of Folsom booted 100 extra points and the year before, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) kicker Collin Ditsworth made 106.
Saguaro (Scottsdale, Ariz.) kicker
Peter Douds could pull off the feat this year, considering his team is 5-0 and averaging 61 points per game. He has a national-best 43 extra points.
6. RECEPTIONS IN A GAME
Jake Maulhardt owns the Californiarecord for catches in a game with 28.He fell short of the national recordby four.
File photo by Marc Liberts
Here's another record that almost fell last week. Larry Bennett of Mogadore (Ohio) set the record of 32 receptions in 1942, but last week
Jake Maulhardt of
Camarillo (Calif.) came close with
28 receptions in a loss to Canyon (Canyon Country, Calif.).
5. COMPLETIONS IN A GAMEThe record book lists Drew Hayes of McKenzie (Tenn.) as the most recent quarterback to complete 46 passes in a game (it's been done three times). Several quarterbacks have come close in recent years, including Paul Millard of Flower Mound (Texas) last year with 41 and
Drew Davis of
East Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, N.C.) this year with 43.
4. TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN A GAMEThis national record has been threatened numerous times, seemingly every week. Four players hold the record of 10 touchdown passes in a game, most recently Thomas Thrash of Pulaski Academy (Little Rock, Ark.) in 2001. The latest assault on the record came just last week from
Montevideo (Minn.) quarterback
Brett Bergeson, who had
eight touchdown passes last week.
3. CAREER RECEIVING YARDAGE
Abram Booty's mark of 5,867 career yards seems like a pretty safe mark considering he's 500 yards ahead of the nearest competitor, but the dominating play of the nation's No. 1 recruit,
Hillcrest (Springfield, Mo.) receiver
Dorial Green-Beckham, could put Booty's record in jeopardy. With 800 yards as a freshman, 1,600 as a sophomore, 1,700 as a junior and close to 900 yards this year, Green-Beckham is less than 1,000 yards away from catching Booty. A strong playoff run is likely needed for Green-Beckham to break the mark.
2. 6-MAN TOUCHDOWNS IN A SEASONThe problem with this record is that what the National Federation Record Book has as a record is not really the record. It lists the 56 touchdowns scored by Carlos Ruiz of Melrose (N.M.) as the record, however DeWayne Miles of Amherst (Texas) had 89 touchdowns in 1995 and that mark is not listed. And since Texas doesn't have a 6-man record book, we're not even sure Miles' total is a record.
LaJordan Wilkerson of
Winston (San Antonio) has a pair of 13-touchdown games and already had 40 touchdowns through four games this season.
Maty Mauk is likely to finish his careeras the most prolific passer in history.
Photo courtesy of the Kenton Times
1. CAREER PASSING YARDAGEKenton (Ohio) quarterback
Maty Mauk is in the process of grabbing every major career national passing record with the passing yardage mark likely being the most prestigious. He's in third place all-time with 15,393 yards and he trails his brother, Ben Mauk (17,364), by less than 2,000 yards. Mauk will likely hold the national career completions, attempts and touchdown marks by the time the season is over.
