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California High School's Offensive Scheme Adds Randomness to Football

With an undermanned squad, Piedmont High School's coaches got creative to beat bigger rivals

By Richard Morgan

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California High School's Offensive Scheme Adds Randomness to Football :: With an undermann

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In the A-11 offense, teams can use a single formation with two quarterbacks side by side and employ motion to attack different areas of the field. In this photo the player wearing number 11 is headed toward the line of scrimmage to block. The next three slides show three very different plays run from the same formation.

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