No Football in 2012 for Oregon School For the Deaf

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

The 140th anniversary of the Oregon School for the Deaf will not include football.

Steve Duin of The Oregonian reports that the school has cancelled its 8-man season due to a lack of players.  The season was cancelled after the team only had seven players, one of which was a girl, according to Duin's story.

West Salem Installs All-Black Turf

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Courtesy of FieldTurf

Black is the new green at West Salem High School.

National media outlets were all abuzz about the school's new black turf that was just unveiled last week.  It's been dubbed "The Black Hole".

The reason the school installed the black turf, according to published reports, is because it cost $150,000 less than green.  The total cost, which was totally paid for through fundraising, was $300,000.

The black turf wasn't lucky though as South Medford won the first game on black turf 24-9, but maybe no one will notice because the result occurred in The Black Hole.

South Albany Hires Dennis Erickson's Son as New Head Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Bryce Erickson, son of former college and NFL coach Dennis Erickson, has been hired as the new head football coach at South Albany.

This will be the younger Erickson's first head coaching job after serving as the school's weight room instructor and an assistant last season.

Erickson takes over for Tony Matta, who is South Albany's new athletic coordinator.

Last season, South Albany was winless in nine regular season games.

To read more about the hiring, click here to check-out a story in the Democrat Herald.