Ohio baseball player can’t walk at graduation after caring for...
A 17-year-old varsity baseball player in Ohio is being banned from walking at his own graduation for racking up two too many unexcused absences. While those circumstances might be considered the fault...
View ArticleConn. softball catcher was tired of run-down facilities, so she built new...
When the time came for Tori Lussier to plan and complete a senior project, the softball star knew what she needed to do: Improve the team's field and dugouts. Or, essentially give them a field and...
View ArticleFor matter of hours, Texas sprinter appeared to have new all-time prep...
It was all too good to be true. In a prep track meet at Duncanville (Texas) High, a budding sprinter recorded a blazing 9.74-second 100-meter dash. As any time below 10 seconds tends to set off alarm...
View ArticleMiddle school runner and friends return lost Rockies tickets worth more than...
While walking near a golf course, a Denver middle school cross country runner and his two schoolmates found what could have been a goldmine: More than $1,500 worth of Colorado Rockies tickets, bundled...
View ArticleFlorida baseball player suspended for dousing visitors dugout in urine
An unnamed high school baseball player at a prominent Florida program has been suspended after dousing the visitors dugout of his school's baseball field in urine before a key matchup against a hated...
View ArticleUnprompted, state champion skier returns medal because he wasn’t eligible to...
For nearly two months, Minnehaha (Minn.) Academy junior Bjorn Halvorson was the Minnesota State High School League Alpine Skiing state champion. Then, suddenly, he was not. While the full reasons...
View ArticleAustin Fisher will walk: Under media pressure, Carrollton superintendent...
The student they call Fish will get to walk at his graduation after all. In a rapid volte-face, the Carrollton (Ohio) School District has relented and will allow embattled senior baseball player Austin...
View ArticleWashington coach loses job rather than fire father and brother based on...
A wildly popular football coach in Washington state was put under pressure to fire two of his assistants to meet with the standards of an "improvement plan" initiated after the results of a random...
View ArticleBasketball coach allegedly asked student if he was going to “Sandusky” a...
The line of ethical conduct in a relationship between a coach and a high school student can often be blurred. It's also one of the areas in which school children can be both positively influenced or...
View ArticleLittle League bans manager from 2012 World Series for alcohol, but he never...
A famous Georgia Little League manager will not be allowed to try and lead his town's program back to the Little League World Series after he was found to have illegally brought alcohol into the...
View ArticleOregon baseball game lasts 16 innings, yields just one run
A high school baseball game in Oregon took on the tone of a 1960s MLB classic on Monday when a 16-inning thriller eventually came down to a single run … and that was the only run of the game. As...
View ArticleThe high school polo national champions are from inner city Philadelphia....
When you think of polo, the images that come to mind usually evoke the likes of princes and their aristocratic cohorts. Yet for the past two seasons, the program which has won the National...
View ArticleTwo teams end two of nation’s longest losing streaks just 24 hours apart
Two high school baseball teams which use the Panthers mascot two states apart brought a halt to two of the nation's longest losing streaks on Saturday and Sunday, ending more than four years of...
View ArticleAustin Cangelosi, Florida 17-year-old, may have goal of the hockey season in...
The NHL playoffs may be the dominant hockey news for good reason, but they aren't providing the only highlights. A United States Hockey League forward proved that emphatically on Monday night. The...
View ArticleFight after softball game leads to bat-wielding attack of police officer
A fight between players after a high school softball game has landed one unnamed high school student in jail, after she allegedly attacked an intervening police officer with a baseball bat. As reported...
View ArticleOvertime loss ends astounding 17-year girls lacrosse league winning streak
More than just a win, it marked the end of an era. When Washington (D.C.) Georgetown Visitation School's Ana Hagerup slipped through a tight defensive front and scored with eight seconds remaining in...
View ArticleUnheralded California pitcher delivers perfect game in crosstown rivalry matchup
No hitters at the prep level may not be common, but they're certainly not completely unseen, either. Perfect games, on the other hand, are an entirely different animal; they're rare, they're difficult...
View ArticleOne family fills all spots in California team’s freestyle relay
There are family legacies within high school programs, and then there are the Forbes brothers of the La Verne (Calif.) Damien High swimming program. Not only are all four male children in the Forbes...
View ArticleHaley Crouser sets javelin record, proves that best throwers really are all...
There's a new national high school javelin record, and the last name responsible for it should be a familiar one for fans of prep track and field: Crouser. As reported by Oregon Live and a handful of...
View ArticleVirginia wrestler breaks leg in brutal takedown
What's worse than losing a hard-fought wrestling match on a tough pin? Losing a hard-fought wrestling match via debilitating injury … suffered on a hard pin. Beware: If you're squeamish you might not...
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