High School Football
'No longer the cool story:' 106-0 win has obscured Inglewood High football's incredible rise
Josh Peter
USA TODAY
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Inglewood High School football team is a true underdog story that has become a soap opera.
Three years ago, Inglewood finished the season 0-10 and all but mirrored the aging public school, which is beset by outdated facilities, declining enrollment and subpar test scores.
Now the team is 11-0 and two victories from winning the school’s first California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section football championship in almost 90 years.
The excitement is palpable in the so-called “City of Champions." But outside of Inglewood, most people familiar with the football team probably associate it with what took place three weeks ago.