Xander Edwards, Florida HS sophomore, breaks Derrick Henry’s single game record.

[Walking Tall]

https://www.si.com/high-school/florida/eight-touchdowns-517-yards-bolles-xander-edwards-breaks-derrick-henry-s-florida-record-in-historic-game-01k65q5efq7z
 

Kid has good genes. Sophomore, 6’2” and 215 lbs.

 

Edited September 28 by Walking Tall

[Draconator]

Love the trailer park just beyond the end zone.

[Buffalo716]

1 hour ago, Draconator said:

Love the trailer park just beyond the end zone.

Screams welcome to Florida!

[BringBackFergy]

6 hours ago, Draconator said:

Love the trailer park just beyond the end zone.

Not residential trailers. A lot of times in the south, schools bring in self contained modular units for admin, BOCES classes, or other specialty classes rather than undertake multimillion dollar building projects like they do up here in NY. These Modulars have air conditioning, etc. and can be moved to different areas on the high school campus. Makes more sense than spending so much on old buildings like we do in NY. 

[Augie]

6 hours ago, Draconator said:

Love the trailer park just beyond the end zone.

 

Sadly, I’m sure that is the school. Portables are all the rage, and there are fun gambling games regarding where they will end up after the next hurricane. 

 

Also, why is he playing against a middle school? 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

58 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

Not residential trailers. A lot of times in the south, schools bring in self contained modular units for admin, BOCES classes, or other specialty classes rather than undertake multimillion dollar building projects like they do up here in NY. These Modulars have air conditioning, etc. and can be moved to different areas on the high school campus. Makes more sense than spending so much on old buildings like we do in NY. 

Agreed.  Some districts build permanent facilities for projected population needs, and use portables to handle temporary increases in student population.

[ExiledInIllinois]

33 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Agreed.  Some districts build permanent facilities for projected population needs, and use portables to handle temporary increases in student population.

Like with the Boomers... We had annexs in West Seneca in 1970s into early 1980s... Students even went split session.  My older sister graduated in January. 

 

NOW that they are getting elderly, maybe do the same thing with healthcare.  Temporary annexes.😏 

[boyst]

1 hour ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Agreed.  Some districts build permanent facilities for projected population needs, and use portables to handle temporary increases in student population.

You can't keep up with the explosion of growth in some areas.  Texas, Dallas especially, is suffering.  If you move to a new house in Dallas you don't go to just the closest school. You'll go to the school built or open with roomm. You could have 5 houses all going to different schools. Being bused all over to keep up with growth.

[Walking Tall]

15 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

Screams welcome to Florida!

What screams welcome to New York?

[Buffalo716]

4 hours ago, Walking Tall said:

What screams welcome to New York?

58 people in the stands lol scoreboard missing lights 

Edited September 29 by Buffalo716

[thenorthremembers]

7 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

58 people in the stands lol scoreboard missing lights 

Or no lights at all.  My son just played a game a lackawanna and they had no lights.   Thought they were going suspend the game for darkness at 7pm.

[Fleezoid]

On 9/28/2025 at 10:49 PM, Buffalo716 said:

58 people in the stands lol scoreboard missing lights 

 

And 16 men rosters. 

[Buffalo716]

3 minutes ago, Fleezoid said:

 

And 16 men rosters. 

Even b schools in NY have 28-40 man rosters typically 

 

C schools usually even have 25 plus

 

16-man rosters is definitely an Idaho or a Dakota thing

[Fleezoid]

When I played in HS, there were a couple of small schools where a few of their guys had to play both ways. Had less than 22. But, that was in the 70s, so things may have been much different. Perhaps it was a population thing. 

 

 

Edited October 1 by Fleezoid

[Buffalo716]

6 hours ago, Fleezoid said:

When I played in HS, there were a couple of small schools where a few of their guys had to play both ways. Had less than 22. But, that was in the 70s, so things may have been much different. Perhaps it was a population thing. 

 

 

I mean even in my high school , best kids played both ways but we had 45 kids 

 

 Erie county is not known for crazy big football team numbers... But whether you're looking at maryvale cheektowaga Central JFK Cleve Hill , depew , Alden etc a bunch of the smaller C or b schools 

 

Even Alden a c-school has 29 players and JFK like 27

 

If you start getting out into the sticks sticks sticks.. some small D schools.. you might find some rosters around 20

 

New York State high School athletic association says you need minimum of 16 to play but I haven't seen a 16-man roster in a long long long time... 22 or 23 is about the smallest I see

Edited October 1 by Buffalo716

[Augie]

On 9/28/2025 at 6:11 PM, Walking Tall said:

What screams welcome to New York?

 

If you’re talking about the city, I’d rank it the smell of weed, the smell of urine*, and the constant construction so you are always walking on a sidewalk under some kind of cover like it’s a war zone.

 

(*with an Honorable Mention to vomit, but that is more New Orleansy.) 

[Buffalo716]

1 hour ago, Augie said:

 

If you’re talking about the city, I’d rank it the smell of weed, the smell of urine*, and the constant construction so you are always walking on a sidewalk under some kind of cover like it’s a war zone.

 

(*with an Honorable Mention to vomit, but that is more New Orleansy.) 

What screams welcome to Buffalo to a non-resident

[Augie]

8 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

What screams welcome to Buffalo to a non-resident

 

That’s interesting. I recently took my wife to visit, and while she enjoyed the Gorge Watkins Glen and the views from Niagara on the Lake, it was the food she was still talking about a week later. Mostly in an “I’m glad I think I’m back to normal” kind of way. But that’s not just her, I get it too. 

 

The first time I took her to WNY was by car, and she was surprised by the rolling farmland and vineyards. She didn’t expect all asphalt and yellow cabs, but it’s mostly agricultural and very pretty. 

[Buffalo716]

Just now, Augie said:

 

That’s interesting. I recently took my wife to visit, and while she enjoyed the Gorge Watkins Glen and the views from Niagara on the Lake, it was the food she was still talking about a week later. Mostly in an “I’m glad I think I’m back to normal” kind of way. But that’s not just her, I get it too. 

 

The first time I took her to WNY was by car, and she was surprised by the rolling farmland and vineyards. She didn’t expect all asphalt and yellow cabs, but it’s mostly agricultural and very pretty. 

People don't realize that Western New York was basically all farmland and rural most part

 

Even going down Broadway in cheektowaga.. 40 50 60 years ago, mainly all farmland

[Augie]

2 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

People don't realize that Western New York was basically all farmland and rural most part

 

Even going down Broadway in cheektowaga.. 40 50 60 years ago, mainly all farmland

 

The action was on the water with shipping and steel, until it wasn’t.  Oops.