It’s probably a vast understatement to say that Lynn Burke’s history of high school football in Southeastern Virginia, titled “Hampton Roads Football Encyclopedia,” is the most informative book ever written on the subject.

That is clear from the introduction, where Burke, a sports reporter for the Daily Press for 45 years before his retirement in 2015, writes that his 385-page treatment on area high school football covers 37,160 games which produced 1,253,067 points dating back 145 years and continuing through the 2024 season.

The book is as complete a listing of the high school football results, records and standings as imaginable, beginning with Norfolk Academy’s win in 1878 over a club from Portsmouth. It includes not only the records and results of every school ever to play high scho

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