Thursday, August 11, 2011

High School Football America Podcast - August 4, 2011

Chris Shields, the first-year head football coach at Joplin High School in Missouri, joins High School Football America host Jeff Fisher to discuss how his team and the Joplin community are recovering from the May 22nd tornadoes that devastated the town, destroyed the high school and left 160 people dead.  Jeff also talks with Jess Simpson, head coach at Buford High School in Georgia. Buford is ranked #1 by MaxPreps.com in its Preseason Small Schools Top 25 Poll.  Jeff's final guest is Dr. Lamar Hasbrouck, who discusses the four heat-related deaths on high school football practice fields during the recent heatwave and what can be done to prevent such tragedies in the future