10 reasons why we're thankful for high school sports

Inspiration, entertainment, fun, joy and the heart of competition begin to tell the reasons why we feel thankful to cover the vast landscape of high school sports.

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From a list compiled on Wikipedia, more than 200 high school football games still are played on Thanksgiving Day, with the majority taking place in Massachusetts (52) and Connecticut (48).

The most famous of these is probably Connecticut's Norwich Free Academy (Norwich, Conn.) against New London (Conn.), which is the nation's oldest rivalry with 155 games played dating back to 1875.

Every Thanksgiving, we cover a West Coast Thanksgiving Jewel, the Turkey Day Game to decide the San Francisco Section champion at historic Kezar Stadium, where the 49ers hosted their games from 1946-1970 and the Oakland Raiders in 1960. ...

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