After tragedy, school wins $140,000 national competition
One of the hardest chapters in the history of a New Jersey school closed with a euphoric coda on Thursday night when Mainland (N.J.) High was named the winner of Under Armour's "Finding Undeniable"...
View ArticleWin becomes loss after truly bizarre forfeit
A Southern California basketball faceoff has resulted in one of the most remarkable forfeits imaginable after a highly ranked varsity squad was forced to give up its victory because of the actions of...
View ArticleDays after player paralyzed, another Minnesota hockey teen hospitalized by...
Just days after a Minnesota teenager's plight with a devastating spinal injury suffered in an accidental yet dangerous youth hockey check received national attention, another almost identical incident...
View ArticleStatistically speaking: Minnesota team scores 165 in record-setting rout
Prep basketball blowouts pop up nearly every week in different parts of the country with a small amount of fanfare, but one in Minnesota on Friday night turned heads because of the gaudy stats and,...
View ArticleTop football recruit gets booted from hoops game
Bryce Treggs is one of the top football receiving prospects in the country. After an incident on Thursday, Cal Berkeley -- to which he has committed -- or any other school at which he decides to play...
View ArticleLongtime baseball coach faces disturbing student rape charge
A longtime varsity baseball coach at a Sacramento high school has been arrested on two counts of sexual activity with a minor, relating to what police say was the statutory rape of an underaged...
View ArticleNebraska behind-the-backboard buzzer-beater is early leader for bucket of the...
Hadley Sejkora is an integral part of the Pawnee City (Neb.) High basketball team's offensive plans. One of the squad's leading scorers, the senior was always a likely recipient of the ball when Pawnee...
View ArticlePrep soccer moms help save ref’s life in game
Referees, in general, rarely get noticed when they're on the field -- except, of course, when they make a controversial call -- but during a recent soccer game at Houma (La.) Vandebilt Catholic School,...
View ArticleAnother dangerous hockey check sparks full-on brawl between Minnesota squads
Controversy and Minnesota prep hockey continue to court one another after a dangerous check in a high school boys game led to a massive brawl between the two schools just days after a fellow Twin...
View ArticleSeventh-grader notches hat trick in Mass. varsity high school hockey victory
It wasn't a shock that Billerica (Mass.) Memorial High's girls hockey team knocked off a tough Waltham (Mass.) High squad on Saturday. Even the final, 7-3 score wasn't necessarily a shock. What was...
View ArticleStatistically speaking: Nigerian native grabs school-record 30 rebounds in win
Almost exactly a year ago, Prep Rally brought you the story of Sean Obi, a Nigerian immigrant who emerged seemingly out of thin air to dominate the boys basketball scene in Fairfield County,...
View ArticleTop-10 2013 hoops recruit throws down incredible fast break dunk over defender
Chris Walker is one of the top power forward prospects in the Class of 2013. He also happens to be an absolutely explosive athlete, as you can see in the clip directly below (and make no mistake, this...
View ArticleIn bizarre incident, coach allegedly “humps” player yet may avoid punishment
A bizarre case is unfolding in Elida, Ohio, where the mother of a football player is demanding that the school superintendent and three board members resign because of their refusal to act on what she...
View ArticleYouth travel team looks for catcher on Craigslist
Craigslist is good for any number of things. It's good for finding roommates. It's good for finding discount furniture for that aforementioned dwelling, or a used car. It's even good for finding a...
View ArticleSwedish father abandons son in freezing temps because he “played like crap”
America isn't the only land where parents sometimes take youth sports a bit too seriously. In fact, the following case from Sweden may prove that at least one Scandanavian hockey dad can compete with...
View ArticleChuck-a-Puck fundraising fate could help heal wounds from paralyzing hockey hit
It's the kind of coincidence that can make the hair on your arm stand on end. In one of the more truly unreal coincidences imaginable, a puck bearing the number of a prep hockey player paralyzed over...
View ArticleFemale Massachusetts wrestler competes against only boys, beats almost all of...
In March of 2011, Cassy Herkelman made national news when she earned a spot in the Iowa state wrestling tournament … and then became the first ever female to win an Iowa state tourney match when her...
View ArticleDominant Michigan girls hoops coach resigns over ‘extreme parental interference’
Once in awhile, a coach decides he's just had enough. That was clearly the case in suburban Detroit when Grosse Pointe Woods (Mich.) University Liggett High girls basketball coach Wayne Gigante...
View ArticleSchool superintendent resigns after power struggle with high school football...
A battle is brewing in Provo, Utah, over a highly successful football coach and whether any restrictions can be placed upon him. After months of complaints and counter disputes surrounding the...
View ArticleState law could give N.J. schools a loophole to create ‘super teams’
The New Jersey law, called the Interdistrict School Choice Program, started off as a way to give parents the opportunity to move their children to a new school -- without cost or penalty -- if they...
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