Most Miles Traveled to a HS Game?

[Bullaholic]

What's the most miles you ever travelled to watch a HS game? I know I ain't gonna win this one....bout' 200mi. or so to Abilene to watch the Bulls in a playoff game a few years ago is about the longest distance I have travelled.... yet. Bet some of you guys out in Alpine or Marfa think that is a walk around the block. I wonder how some of the teams "way out yonder" schedule each other.

[Matthew328]

I went from Ft. Worth to Lubbock to watch Everman and Monahans 317.2 miles

and from Ft. Worth to San Antonio to watch Everman and Burnet 260 miles

[coiled2strike]

2 years ago, i traveled from navasota to newton to scout crockett...not sure about the mileage...but the record, i just posted this on a thread a few weeks ago...navasota to texarkana to scout liberty-eylau...round trip 780 miles, give or take...note, neither were playoff games...not even district

[Bulldog_12]

Yeah, I am pretty far down there too. I went 205 for WOS and Jasper

[kaorder1999]

i went from dallas area to st. louis to watch a HS game....i guess that doesnt count because St. Louis high school football isnt real football. Only Texas high school football is.....

[Keith7]

Gainesville to Austin for Basketball 3 years in a row and then again last year

[3afan]

I was in Australia, left on a Friday morning 9am from Sydney, got to LA 7am that same morning (yes, you go back in time), flew to DFW, Drove to Forney, went to a playoff game that night -- 14,500 miles.

I WIN !!!! :D


http://www.alicesprings.net.au/

[Phil C]

Three years ago I went twice to college station to see Sinton in the State semi and championship games. The mileage is about 216 miles from Sinton to College Station.
The record may be held by Odessa Permian fans who I think once had to travel to Texarkana to play a regular season game and the miles from Odessa to Texarkana is about 520 miles. If Perryton ever had to trave to Austin they would be close to that record too according to the Texas mileage guide.

[Bulldog_12]

How about those Burnet fans traveling to South Texas last year?

[3afan]

South Texas ???

[Bulldog_12]

I thought they traveled down that way last year. I remember hearing a lot of people raise heck about it. I'm probably wrong though.

[Bullaholic]

Don't think we can top 3aFan.....but several years ago Bridgeport travelled to Niceville, FL to play them.

[Cat22]

The most traveled team this year in Texas is probably Midland Lee. Two weeks ago they traveld to Port Arthur to play Memorial (about 650 miles), then this past weekend they played a team in Colorado.

[Phil C]

Burnet had to travel to Corpus Christi last year and the mileage was about 239 miles.

[44INAROW]

Originally posted by Phil C
Burnet had to travel to Corpus Christi last year and the mileage was about 239 miles.

Yep and you would of thought it was a 3rd degree felony the way some people carried on lol:D

[Bulldog_12]

Yeah, thats why I remembered it so well. I remember people being so mad last year. It was pretty funny, but kinda made ya sad for them at the same time. It did seem unfair.

[cunbed10]

I once witnessed a game between the Venus Voltruns, and the Saturn Comets, It was played on the Moon back in 1974, so let's see from NASA to the Moon would be...carry the 2, plus 3.14 squared mutliplied by speed and distance, approximately 7,000,234, miles round trip, yep! that just about does it.

[PPHSfan]

Originally posted by 3afan
I was in Australia, left on a Friday morning 9am from Sydney, got to LA 7am that same morning (yes, you go back in time), flew to DFW, Drove to Forney, went to a playoff game that night -- 14,500 miles.

I WIN !!!! :D


http://www.alicesprings.net.au/

You only win if you drove back the airport and flew back to Australia.:D

[raider red 2000]

i have gone from lubbock to el paso.....it ltook about 6.5 hours. had to go through new mexico.

[mikecheck]

calallen to waco a couple of weeks ago.

[mulefan]

MULESHOE TO IRVING TO SEE MULES VS FORNEY IN 2001
414.87 miles ONE WAY.

[Cameronbystander]

I had to fly back from Charlotte, NC to Austin and then drive to Waco to call a high school game three weeks ago.

[GreatBigBurnetFan]

In 1 predistrict season. San Angelo Central to Borger, San Angelo to El Paso and San Angelo to Corpus Christ Ray.:thinking:

[turbostud]

I went from Weslaco to Corpus Christi, then sailed to Galveston and saw La Marque play Galveston Ball in August. About 400 miles one way. And I even got sea sick along the way. :D

[Bullaholic]

Boy....These posts only prove what we've all known for years....the Lone Star State has the most rabid, devoted, and local HS fans on the planet. It just doesn't get any better than HS ball in Texas.

[big daddy russ]

In 2001 I drove from Ingleside to the Everman/Forney game in the metroplex. Can't remember if it was in Bedford or Hurst, but it's about 431 miles each way (according to Rand McNally). Also saw Longview play in Marshall back in 1998. About 427 miles each way. I've also seen loads of games in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and here at Kyle Field when I lived in Ingleside.

[3afan]

Originally posted by Cat22
The most traveled team this year in Texas is probably Midland Lee. Two weeks ago they traveld to Port Arthur to play Memorial (about 650 miles), then this past weekend they played a team in Colorado.

they played Arvada (CO) Pomona in Midland

[3afan]

Originally posted by big daddy russ
In 2001 I drove from Ingleside to the Everman/Forney game in the metroplex. Can't remember if it was in Bedford or Hurst, but it's about 431 miles each way (according to Rand McNally). Also saw Longview play in Marshall back in 1998. About 427 miles each way. I've also seen loads of games in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and here at Kyle Field when I lived in Ingleside.

it was at that pit called Pennington Field in Bedford ... the only place where they take your parking $ then tell you the lot is full so you have to park on the street

[Gobbla2001]

I was with my parents somewhere South of Corpus (forget exactly where, anyway)... I was 16, had my own wheels, left from there, went to my aunt and uncle's in Sealy, then rode with them up to Irving to watch Commerce and Sealy square off...

That's atleast 423.2 miles there (just by starting in Corpus)...

[44INAROW]

Originally posted by Cat22
The most traveled team this year in Texas is probably Midland Lee. Two weeks ago they traveld to Port Arthur to play Memorial (about 650 miles), then this past weekend they played a team in Colorado.

The night Cuero played Sealy in Sealy, we stopped @ KFC on IH 10 to eat. There was a truck pulling a trailer with MIDLAND REBEL BAND on it.. We laughed since we figured someone "borrowed" the trailer for the weekend.. Guess no one borrowed the trailer, it really was on the way to a game in Port Authur. I assume the game was played on Saturday

[pavilion2]

the farthest i have ever gone was from cuero to tokyo...this was back in the day when they have the world title championships....cuero barely pulled that one out

[CHSBaseball07]

most ive been was 250.....im at the bottom of the list

[rodeo-rider]

i'll agree with that one--long ways to waco:doh:

[c-town_balla]

What if Perryton played Port Isabel or WOS play an El Paso school? That would be quite a ways