91-0? 96-0? Really??

Caught wind this morning of a high school football game in Florida that ended up 91-0. I have never seen with my own two eyes such a lopsided game; the worst I ever witnessed was a 76-12 beatdown back in 2002 or 2003.
That, however, wasn't the worst blowout of this weekend. That honor goes to Beechcroft High School in my hometown of Columbus, Ohio, which beat Centennial 96-0. I know both schools well; in my high school days in the mid-1990s, Beechcroft was one of our biggest rivals for the conference championship every year. Coach Tom Dunlap has done a wonderful job with the Cougars for years, but when I look at a box score and see they beat Centennial (which long since has been an also-ran in the Columbus City League) by scoring 55 in the first quarter, 21 in the second, six in the third and 14 in the fourth, I just shake my head and wonder how it's possible.
Of course I haven't been able to substantiate this next anecdote, but I've read in more than one place that Beechcroft ran only 24 plays, not including kneeldowns. Among the scores were 10 offensive touchdowns, three fumble returns for scores and one punt return.
Beechcroft's only loss of the year came the week before, 13-6 to Brookhaven, the only other decent team in their division and one of only a handful of legitimate programs in the city. Other than that, they've beaten mostly creampuffs by a combined 376-19 score.
If your second- and third-teamers are good enough to continue to dominate the opposition, there's not a lot anyone can do. I hope that's what's been happening with Beechcroft or any team that wins that big.
I have a feeling my old compadre, Columbus Dispatch preps writer Steve Blackledge, will be doing a story on lopsided games sometime soon. If he does, I'll be sure to link to it here.