Kicking title up for grabs
Varsity and junior varsity high school football kickers will compete for the title of “Best High School Kicker & Punter in Southwest Florida” at 9 a.m. Saturday in the second annual Southwest Florida Kicking Challenge at Bishop Verot High School.
The competition is a program of the Brandon Kornblue Kicking School.
Top prospects are promoted to Rivals.com and Scout.com recruiting Web sites to be scanned by college coaches. Four participants in last year’s event currently play or have scholarship offers to play college football. The 2007 champion, Jack Griffin of St. John Neumann, has committed to play at Florida International.