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#HSSTop10: Top high school football plays in Week 15

From broken tackles to championship-winning plays, take a look at the top high school football plays of the week.

With so many high-stake high school football games on Saturday, this week’s #HSSTop10 was held off for a day to make sure more could be included.

Boy, was it worth it.

From broken tackles to championship-winning plays, there was a doozy of spectacular moments.

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Take a look and vote at the bottom for your favorite.

10. Onto the championship

With a one-handed effort, Davis Ellis fought off the defender on his back and came down with this beautiful touchdown.

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9. Keep fighting

Gabe Hagen flipped from receiver to defensive play and then back to receiver to prevent an interception and grab the touchdown.

8. Winning effort

North Gwinnett dominated Super 25 McEachern, and Devin Crosby was a big reason why. This pinball run epitomized his 178-yard, three-touchdown performance.

7. Vengeance

The game was on the line for No. 4 St. John Bosco as No. 1 Mater Dei had it in the red zone with a minute and a half remaining. Ma’a Gaoteote stripped the ball away from Alabama-bound Bryce Young for a play that may have saved the season.

6. Can’t take him down

It looks like Brock Combs thrives on contact. He just absorbed each hit as if they energized him.

5. Title-winning interception

The broadcasters describe this moment for Chase Schmidt far better than we could. First football championship in school history clinched with this pick.

4. Thankful for the lefties

On Thanksgiving, Brendan Jones of Bedford High School came down with this ridiculous catch placed between two defenders.

3. Touchdown-saving slap

This is a sure touchdown. Just don’t look away from the screen too soon or else you’ll miss how it turned into a forced fumble by Joe Hutson to prevent the score.

2. Casual

Made the grab, gained yardage, didn’t even react as though it were a special catch. Brady Boyd has been there, done that.

1. Magic leg

A 55-yard field goal to win a championship? Fairy tale ending.

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#HSSTop10: Top high school football plays in Week 14

As high school football playoffs around the nation continue, take a look at the best plays of the week.

With upsets and exciting postseason moments, the top high school football plays of the week make you wish you could be at every game.

Hopefully, these can help give you a taste of football around the league.

With Thanksgiving approaching, here are the #HSSTop10 football plays of Week 14.

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10. Take the hit

Looking into the eye of an incoming blitzer, knowing you’re about to be tackled, and still making an on-the-money throw is difficult. You wouldn’t tell by watching Joshua Hardy.

9. Yoink

This wasn’t just an impressive catch with elite reaction time. Judging by the way the defender reached out, Alex Rosano might have stopped a big defensive play, too.

8. One-handed grab

This crazy one-handed grab over a defender appears to be Izaiah Matheny of  Lake County in Tiptonville, Tennessee. He helped the team improve to 14-0 on the season and get to the Final Four.

7. Between two defenders

In the championship game, Mason Falslev was a force in the receiving and running game, but this interception may have been his top play in the championship performance.

6. Tank

If you have a guy on your team who goes by Tank, you probably want to get him the ball as often as possible. Even if it takes a trick play like this. Looks like Cartavious “Tank” Bigsby can drag defenders. Great play design and execution.

5. Can’t give up

Here’s the weekly reminder to never give up on blown coverage or a ball that seems out of reach. Sometimes, all it takes is effort and a friendly bounce to corral it, which Trust Wells — another player with a great name — did.

4. Stay UP

This hit hurt us just watching it. No idea how Jaylan Knighton stayed on his feet.

3. Off-balance throw, leaping grab

Heaving it across your body on the move is generally frowned upon. Sometimes, it’s all you can do. Kristian Story made a miraculous throw that somehow got through a defender’s fingertips and ended up in the leaping hands of Seidrion Langston.

2. Control it

Slow-mo replays are great, but at full speed at this angle, you can really take stock of just how fast the game moves and how difficult a catch this must have been for Devonta Smith.

The conversion

Rockwall and No. 9 Allen had gone back and forth all game, with explosive offense and little defense. Rockwall knew if it could get one stop, it could win. With 1:23 left, this trick play gave the Yellow Jackets the one-point lead and game-winning score over the national power.

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#HSSTop10: Top high school football plays in Week 13

With playoffs in full swing, some situational plays have mixed with the usual insane ones for the #HSSTop10 high school football plays of the week.

With playoffs in full swing, a lot of these #HSSTop10 have become situational.

Sure, broken tackles are nice, but are you doing it late in the game to set up a game-winning score? A big tackle is fun, but does it save the season?

We’ve compiled a host of big-moment plays to go with the usual insane catches and impressive interceptions.

Take a look, and remember to vote at the bottom for which high school football play you think is best of the week.

10. Leaping pick

Your reads and throws have to be money when Kourt Williams is in the area. If you misjudge by even a smidge, this can happen:

9. Eyes on the prize

Just your weekly reminder: When the ball is in the air, keep going for it. You never know when it’ll wind up in your hands, like Barrett Skrobecki here.

8. Goal-line stand

A two-point conversion in overtime separated Chaminade from going home or advancing. JP Reilly did an outstanding job penetrating and preventing Justin Flowe from getting to the end zone.

7. Pinball

With under 20 seconds left in the game and just a field goal away from advancing, the important thing is to hang on to the football and gain a few yards. The ball carrier, who appears to be sophomore Lucas Tuski, did it perfectly as he pinballed up the field.

6. Getting tricky

If you haven’t scored a touchdown, a trick play might come in handy. This double-pass in the third quarter helped Stevenson (Sterling Heights, Michigan) win a 9-7 game.

5. Defense wins games

Passing play. Red zone. Playoff game on the line. Luke Johnson made a diving interception to win it for Northwest Christian (Phoenix).

4. Taking it literally

People throw around the phrase “carrying the team on his back” pretty liberally, but the Apex ball carrier, senior Justin Reed, figuratively carried his team on his back on this fourth down while literally carrying the defenders.

3. Full extension

Ricky Kane had to use every inch of his reach to nab this ball out of the air.

2. Awkward reach

Ryan Stucky maneuvered himself around defenders, leapt, and somehow came down with the awkward one-handed grab.

1. Grab and spin

Trevor Tustin impressed not just in making the catch, but having the wherewithal to immediately hit ‘B’ and make the elusive spin before slipping another tackle and taking it home.

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