Prep soccer goalie shot dead outside own home
The life of a popular high school soccer goalie was cut short on Wednesday night when he answered his door and was shot dead in suburban Los Angeles. As reported by the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles...
View ArticleN.J. teen pulls off Globetrotters style buzzer beater to earn huge win
Plainfield (N.J.) High's boys basketball team had the ball for an inbounds behind the basket with fewer than two seconds remaining in one of the biggest games of the still-young New Jersey season....
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Statistically speaking: Squad outscored by staggering 171 points in 2 games
There are bad weeks, and then there are weeks like the one just endured by the Sacramento (Calif.) Hiram Johnson High girls basketball team. In the span of just six days, the Warriors lost two games to...
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Months later, Canadian Little Leaguers will play banned Ugandans … in Africa
One of the more controversial chapters in the history of the Little League World Series took a surprisingly heartwarming turn on Thursday, when the Canadian team which was scheduled to play the first...
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Shot aid helps public schools, but is it fair if unaffordable?
A new pricy high tech tool is helping some prep basketball programs close the gap on those of other larger schools, all while stoking some controversy over the ability to afford it. As detailed by...
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To the California wrestling champions go … goofy cowboy hats?
How do you make a wrestling event in Clovis, California -- hardly the mecca of prep grappling -- a major event? You give out cowboy hats, of course. At least that appears to be the strategy being used...
View ArticleInterTubing: With holidays in rearview mirror, prep dunks are all the rage
Nearly every year, a host of holiday tournaments feature an astonishing assortment of great high school dunks and buzzer beaters. The 2011-12 festive season was no different, with some of those great...
View ArticleAfter goalie’s murder, team starts game with empty goal tribute
In a touching tribute to a teammate lost in a tragic shooting at his own home, the Winnetka (Calif.) El Camino Real High boys soccer team began its first game after his death without a player in his...
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Minnesota mother: ‘You don’t get paralyzed from falling’
An official report from a game in which a Minnesota high school hockey player may have been paralyzed has drawn aggressive scorn from her mother after referees claimed that she "fell unaided" to the...
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Man charged with voyeurism for taping girls volleyball players in bathroom
A man in suburban Seattle faced disturbing charges on Thursday that he illicitly videotaped members of a high school volleyball team in a women's restroom during a team sleepover. As reported by...
View ArticleVideo proves California buzzer-beater was waved off incorrectly
It wouldn't be basketball season without a controversial buzzer-beater … or a game-winner which is incorrectly ruled out. Now a major Los Angeles game has given us both. As first reported by the Los...
View ArticleBoys hockey coaches fired after players’ bizarre cross-dressing escapades
There are few, if any, firings of high school coaches that come with a more bizarre and sordid backstory than this: Three boys hockey coaches at a school in Michigan were relieved of their duties after...
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Teens brutally beaten for Tebowing during team’s hoops win
At the same time that the world was receiving definitive proof that the powerful positive karma of Tim Tebow wouldn't be strong enough to lead his team to the Super Bowl (at least in 2012), reports...
View ArticleSophomore wins Hoophall dunk contest with wild assisted dunk
Each year, the Spalding Hoophall Classic brings one of the best crops of high school basketball teams together for a top notch tournament featuring a number of the nation's top prospects. Those upper...
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Firing of Colorado coaching legend — also Broncos’ radio voice — ignites town
Mullen (Colorado) High School's Dave Logan is one of the most successful football coaches in state history. In his 19-year coaching career, the current radio voice of the Denver Broncos has won six...
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Mother surprises hoops star with first appearance back from Iraq
A Tennessee teenager got the biggest half time inspiration he could imagine on Friday when his mother, who had been serving a tour of duty in Iraq, walked on to the court to see him for the first time...
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Statistically speaking: Girls hockey star scores hat trick in single shift
Natural hat tricks are a little like unicorns; they aren't seen very often, and when they are, those in attendance often have to pinch themselves to make sure it really happened. Yet, what happened in...
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Two arrested in slaying of high school soccer goalie at own home
On Tuesday, two Los Angeles-area suspects were arrested in connection with the shooting death of a popular high school soccer goalie, with Los Angeles Police Department officials indicating that a...
View ArticleTexas basketball coach attacked by angry fan following team’s victory
Winning on the road in a hostile environment is never easy, but as Manvel (Texas) High basketball coach Greg Devers found out over the weekend, winning was the easy part. It was trying to get out of...
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A year after cardiac arrest on court, hoops star returns to game action
Almost exactly a year after collapsing on the court with cardiac arrest, Perham (Minn.) High basketball star Zach Gabbard made an emotional return to compete in his first varsity basketball game of the...
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