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What’s better than a Caveman or Hermit? In Arkansas, the answer is a Hillbilly
For a relatively small state, Arkansas has a lot to work with when it comes to mascots. In fact, when you glance at the names of towns across the state, it’s hard not to immediately get caught up with...
View ArticleA strange trend develops among elite prep basketball recruits
Newark Star-Ledger reporter Matthew Stanmyre tackled an odd trend that has permeated prep basketball and hasn't been properly discussed until now: The matter of budding young hoops stars repeating a...
View ArticleCalifornia high school takes uniform cue from University of Oregon football
Their uniforms might not be as flash as Nike's University of Oregon football duds, but the La Mirada (Calif.) High gridiron squad did the Ducks one better: The Matadores now officially have four times...
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Move over TCU, the Coalinga Horned Toads are here to stay
California is a huge state, so one would assume that it would have a bevy of truly original mascots as well. That’s not entirely the case, though it does provide a handful of strong contenders. None...
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D.C. female track team, arguably nation’s best, didn’t even have a track to...
Even the absence of a track couldn't stop the Dunbar High track teams. The Washington, D.C., powerhouse lost its track this year due to the construction of a new school, according to a fantastic...
View ArticlePost-concussion syndrome keeps Illinois prep soccer goalie out of school for...
After suffering three concussions in a three-year span, former soccer star Britt Payton hasn't been able to return to Glen Ellyn (Ill.) Glenbard West High since his freshman year. He hopes to return in...
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Colorado: The land of remarkable mascots, with Golddiggers, fried testicles...
It isn’t often that Prep Rally publicly disagrees with America, but in this case we have to. America, you’re wrong about the best mascot in the state of Colorado. There’s just no other way to put it....
View ArticleJason ‘J-Mac’ McElwain, basketball manager legend, will have his jersey...
Jason McElwain is already a legend. The former Greece-Athena (N.Y.) High basketball manager who suffers from autism is universally known by his J-Mac nickname, and his single game highlight reel has...
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T-ball argument leads to huge fight between coaches, assault charge
Here’s a general rule of thumb: If coaching a youth sports event, one should not become so enraged with an opposing coach that he or she physically charges them and attacks them so violently that it...
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Wyverns and Winged Beavers and Noises, Connecticut mascots oh my!
What in the blue blazes is a Wyvern? To find out, one need only travel to Connecticut. West Hartford to be more specific. That’s where the West Hartford (Conn.) Kingswood Oxford School sports teams...
View ArticleCorey Sanders, a 6-foot-1 prep point guard, throws down dunk of the summer
It may still be early in the summer prep basketball season, but Corey Sanders threw down a dunk this weekend that will be tough to top in the next couple months. Standing just 6-foot-1, 165 pounds, the...
View ArticleFox sideline reporter gets run over by WR prospect at major summer event
Amy Campbell is on the road to being a big-time sports reporter. She's already on Fox Sports, she has all the makings of a potential future Erin Andrews. And the athletes she deals with as a field...
View ArticleOtto Porter Jr. to have jersey retired by alma mater, becoming second Otto...
Otto Porter Jr. has yet to play in an NBA game, but he’s already getting the royal treatment from his roots. Porter Jr., the No. 3 pick in June's NBA Draft, will officially have his high school jersey...
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The Auk flies alone among Delaware mascots
Delaware is awfully small, so perhaps it’s appropriate that the state’s best prep sports mascot is, well, very small. As determined by USA Today’s national mascot poll, the Claymont (Del.) Archmere...
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Glenn Robinson has a son named Gelen who committed to Purdue, but not for...
Glenn Robinson remains one of Purdue’s most famous past students. The former Boilermaker and Bucks forward who tore apart the Big Ten en route to the top spot in the NBA Draft has long since retired...
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Detroit Lions win NFL championship … in 7-on-7 prep football
It finally happened. The Detroit Lions won an NFL title. No, you’re not hallucinating. The Detroit Lions really did win an NFL title, and they did it in July. The trick, of course, is that the NFL...
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Coach of nation’s best prep girls soccer team arrested on child porn charges
In a stunning turn of events, the coach of EliteSoccerReport.com's No. 1 ranked girls soccer team from the 2012-13 season has been arrested on child pornography charges. Cary (N.C.) Green Hope High...
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The Key West Conchs: Florida’s pitch perfect prep mascot
Throughout America, schools struggle to find a geographically unique mascot that also provides assets like alliteration and, if possible, some sense of uniqueness. The best stand out and feel...
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Teen hoops phenom Myles Turner already has enormous feet to rival Shaquille...
Myles Turner is one of the nation’s top basketball recruits. A rising senior at Euless (Texas) Trinity High, Turner is considered one of the best center prospects in the nation and is a member of the...
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Top-10 prep football recruit receives recruiting-related death threats from fans
One of the nation's 10 best rising senior football recruits -- and a top-two player at his position -- received death threats from "fans" of one college team on his short list. The No. 10 overall and...
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Entire California football coaching staff fired for advising their athletes...
A group of four California high school football coaches were dismissed en masse after the school they served learned that they had participated in a rather normal activity for coaches: they advised...
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Georgia, how could you? The Clarksville Angoras got robbed
America, a great injustice has been done. The best mascot in Georgia was only voted as the third best, and it wasn’t even close to the top two. The mascot in question, to Prep Rally’s reckoning, is the...
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Houston parents file $1 million lawsuit against Little League after son is...
Parents of a Houston area Little League baseball player have cast their son directly into the spotlight after they filed a $1 million lawsuit against the local league when their son was struck in the...
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Former prep baseball star flames out on field but wins $250,000 in video game...
Never let it be said that no one got rich by spending more time playing video games. It happened … once. As noted by MaxPreps, former Klamath (Ore.) Union High baseball ace Justin Chavarria proved to...
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adidas under fire for DJ’s use of B.o.B track at Texas prep football tournament
Many in attendance at a popular 7-on-7 prep football tournament in the Austin area expressed their displeasure with the DJ on sponsor adidas' music stage over the weekend. One successful coach called...
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A mascot with an ecological and cultural legacy: The Maui Prep Pueo
Leave it to the island air of Hawaii to prove a powerful setting for fantastic mascots. America’s farthest Western state is full of them. Still, none can compete with the state’s best, the Maui (Hi.)...
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Jim Carrey makes bizarre cameo on prep baseball team’s bus in rural Iowa
Of all the things the Pella (Ia.) High baseball team expected to find after their final loss of the 2013 season, Jim Carrey on their bus wasn’t one of them.Incredibly, that’s precisely what they got...
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Note to Tennessee newspaper editors: It’s a ‘Hot Shot’ Contest
Much has been made about the decline of the newspaper industry. Critics are quick to note flaws and errors (here at Yahoo! included) and often cite them as evidence of how journalism today is less...
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Budding star basketball player killed in late night N.C. shooting at pool party
A budding teenage star basketball player was killed by gunfire during a summer party at a North Carolina apartment complex, leaving his former teammates and the entire community stunned....
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In an upset, Idaho’s best mascot is not potato-based
Idaho is a big state, but it’s population is more in like with Connecticut; for all it’s picturesque landscapes, mountain ranges and idyllic streams, Idaho doesn’t have a wealth of high schools. Of...
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Meet the new California Mrs. Galaxy: Boys varsity volleyball coach Melanie...
Usually, the winner of a beauty pageant is occupied as a teacher or college student. Occasionally a lawyer emerges. The winner of the 2014 California Mrs. Galaxy pageant holds a more unique...
View ArticleCalifornia 6-year-old baseball player makes sensational diving catch
Plenty of full-grown ballplayers have trouble going back on a fly ball. Like Jose Canseco, for one. But one 6-year-old third baseman showed us all how it's done.During a Pony league baseball game over...
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Eight-year-old mysteriously dies from cardiac arrest after being struck in...
An Indiana Little League is recovering from horrific tragedy following the strange death of an 8-year-old who was struck with a batted ball. As reported by Indiana Fox affiliate WXIN, Dylan Williams...
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Illinois as a mascot mecca for Orphans and fantastic agricultural pastimes alike
Who would have thought that the epicenter of bizarre mascots would be in Chicago’s home state … but definitely not in Chicago itself?As it turns out, the Land of Lincoln is also the land of truly...
View ArticleWalt Disney World is host to one of the nastiest youth soccer brawls you’ll...
Walt Disney World is supposed to be the Happiest Place on Earth. It was anything but for two youth soccer teams.The championship game of a premier youth soccer tournament at Walt Disney World devolved...
View ArticleTexas guard throws down monster slam in major summer event
How fitting that a Texas guard would flush home a break out slam dunk at the Reebok Breakout Camp? Competing at the Philadelphia incarnation of the top prep hoops event, 6-foot-4 Tylon Charles, an...
View ArticleNothing to worry about at Deion Sanders’ Prime Prep Academy, says standout...
While the NCAA recently ruled the first two Prime Prep (Texas) Academy basketball products ineligible for 2013-14, raising concerns about the academic standards at a school co-founded by Pro Football...
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Dubois Indiana, where Jeeps are more than an off road car
Ever wonder what a Jeep was before it was an everpresent automobile? It was a character in a popular comic strip, one who later would prove to be the inspiration for the best mascot in the state of...
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Ohio prep football teams face off in Nathan’s-style hot dog eating contest...
What happens when you bring together 11 high school football teams and tell them to send their best two eaters forward to devour as many hot dogs as possible in a three-minute span? Here’s a hint: The...
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Iowa sophomore finishes regular season with astonishing .667 batting average
Everyone makes a big deal about Miguel Cabrera’s triple crown. He's an impressive hitter, but he's no Nicole Schutt. The Iowa softball star’s batting average makes Cabrera’s penchant at the plate seem...
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Alma mater to to play football game in honor of Aaron Hernandez’s alleged victim
The Roxbury (Mass.) John O’Bryant School of Math and Science has scheduled a football game to honor erstwhile star Odin Lloyd, the alleged murder victim of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron...
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In Iowa, Norsemen vs. Midgets. Who ya got?
When in doubt, when choosing between a full crop of very literally interpreted mascots, pick the one who seems the most fierce. At least that seems to be the tact that was taken by Iowa voters, who...
View ArticlePrep pole vaulters complete fabulous, elaborate medal stand celebration to...
You can call competitive pole vaulters in the state of Wisconsin a lot of things -- freakishly athletic, eccentric -- just don’t call them unoriginal or disorganized. In fact, if the video below proves...
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Renowned baseball coach’s position in peril after being caught shoplifting...
Of all the ways for a prominent coach to imperil their job, shoplifting sporting goods from a Walmart isn’t a common one. In fact, before Greer (S.C.) Blue Ridge High baseball coach Travis Henson was...
View ArticlePee Wee football practice is host to one of the biggest hits you’ll ever see
It's hot. Summer is rolling on and, in some places, youth football is even kicking off. With those practices come the initial foray into new Heads Up tackling training and, at the collegiate level,...
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Kansas’ Greenbacks are notable for frogs, not dollars
Kansas: the Heart of the Midwest and home to corn, corn and more corn. There could be no great mascot in the state without a strong agricultural bent, surely. As it turns out, that’s not the case....
View ArticleThis 13-year-old just might be the next great Philadelphia boxer
James Barnett trains in an old-school boxing gym for an old-school boxing trainer in an old-school boxing town. Only James Barnett is not so old school. In fact, Barnett, known formerly as "Meatball"...
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Prized LSU baseball recruit from Georgia arrested on drug trafficking, gun...
Georgia authorities arrested LSU baseball signee Dylan Williams among seven men booked on drug and gun charges, according to the Baton Rouge Advocate. Williams, 18, faces charges of possession with...
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Nation’s most respected cross country coach fired for pointing out lockers...
A longtime California cross country coach has been ousted for an act that he felt was actually helping correct a serious problem: He was marking lockers that had been broken into so the school could...
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Kentucky’s best moniker doesn’t have a mane; it’s a Briar Jumper
When you think of Kentucky and mascots, you think of horses. Right? What is the Bluegrass state if the epicenter of horse country? While there are a handful of horse-related mascots in different...
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