One of the big developments that we’ve witnessed in high school football in recent years is the growing number of St. Louis area teams that are scheduling games against top out-of-state competition.

This has been the case with high school basketball for decades. Of course, it’s much easier with so many more games along with the big shootouts, showcase events and tournaments that are held around the country. To me, this is kind of cool to see happening in football.

The East St. Louis Flyers have been playing top-level national competition for many years. Many other programs have also followed suit as they test themselves against some of the nation’s top programs.

This is definitely the case during this opening weekend of games. East St. Louis is headed to the East Coast to take on Bergen

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