Game of the Week kicks off today with No. 1 St. John Bosco vs. No. 2 Bishop Gorman, streaming free nationwide on the MaxPreps YouTube channel and giving high school athletes, teams and communities a national stage
ATLANTA, Aug. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- PlayOn Sports today kicks off the second season of MaxPreps Game of the Week, a season-long series that takes some of the country's biggest high school football games beyond their local communities and broadcasts them to fans nationwide.
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