Soccer players accused of wrapping teammates in plastic wrap as part of...
Members of Joliet West (Ill.) High's girls soccer team are in hot water after an unknown number of teammates were put through a hazing ritual that involved wrapping them in plastic wrap and taking...
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Football star who overcame cancer chooses free lunch for school over meeting...
Usually, the Make-A-Wish Foundation is geared solely toward helping children and teenagers realize dreams of meeting celebrities, athletes or attending big events before debilitating diseases fully...
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Philadelphia senior star punts with left foot, kicks field goals with right
There are plenty of oddities that come up during the course of the football season, so it takes something special to make prep football news in May. Yet something special has definitely arrived in...
View ArticleOne-armed Little League pitcher hurls inspiring no-hitter, delivers key hits...
It's not particularly uncommon for a dominant Little League pitcher to hurl a no-hitter. What is remarkable is when a one-armed Little League pitcher accomplishes that feat. According to South Carolina...
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U.S. table tennis Olympian was first discovered by ‘Uncle Warren’ Buffett
In late April, Prep Rally brought you the story of the forthcoming U.S. Olympic women's table tennis team, a group comprised entirely of Asian American teens from California. Now it has emerged that...
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After 99 straight losses, Virginia lacrosse team finally wins one
There are losing streaks, and then there are the steaks like the one that the Arlington (Va.) Wakefield High boys lacrosse program was on entering the 2012 season. Heading into the first season of...
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Softball coach and teacher charged with sexual assault for relationship with...
A high school softball coach and teacher at a New Jersey Catholic school has been arrested and charged with sexual assault after she allegedly had a sexual relationship with a student at the school in...
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Softball umpire dies after apparent heart attack during Texas playoff game
Tragedy struck a Texas softball playoff game on Friday night after an umpire working the game collapsed and died in the middle of the second inning. According to the Houston Chronicle and...
View ArticleGeorgia soccer star scores remarkable goal one year after identical shot was...
Redemption can come in many forms. For Kennesaw (Ga.) Harrison High soccer star Trevor Stolz, it came nearly bundled in a like-for-like replacement that few would have even imagined possible. In 2011,...
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Texas baseball playoffs postponed because of feud between umpire groups
All different kinds of situations can lead to delays or postponements of baseball games. Weather issues often come into play, and occasionally electrical outages can throw a wrench in the best laid...
View ArticleJustin Verlander surprises 11-year-old cystic fibrosis patient during special...
Shayna Hersh, an 11-year-old from Huntington Woods, Mich., is a baseball player. A die-hard Tigers fan, Hersh even refused to play softball because she so badly wanted to be like her favorite athletes....
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Aquille Carr transfers back to Baltimore just one month after leaving for...
That didn't last long. Roughly a month after a shocking transfer to a basketball powerhouse which plans to close following the 2012 school year, Baltimore prep hoops sensation Aquille Carr has...
View ArticleTexas parents overrule judges to double size of school’s cheerleading squad
A Texas school district issued a bizarre ruling to overturn the initial results of a school's varsity cheerleading tryout, eventually deciding that the 19 girls who were approved to be the varsity...
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Jose Mesa Jr. lives up to family name, dominates Florida prep foes from the...
Across an 18-year professional career, Jose Mesa was known as a fierce competitor on the mound and one of the most reliable closers in baseball. At the age of 18, Jose Mesa Jr. is best known for...
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Chad Curtis, former MLB star, under investigation for allegedly...
Chad Curtis had an illustrious professional baseball career, winning two World Series titles during his 10 years in the major leagues. But his high school coaching career could be over before he even...
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Inspiring pitcher is team’s ace despite competing with spina bifida
James Fuller is the ace starting pitcher of a strong Niles (Ill.) North staff. He's emerged as one of the rocks of the Niles North team, which is fitting for a senior. Yet it's what Fuller conceals...
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Ark. mother sues district, state for constitutional violation after son cut...
An Arkansas mother has sued her son's high school for cutting her son from the school's varsity basketball team, claiming that he was deprived the right of a full education because he was not allowed...
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Seth Jones, the top U.S. hockey prospect is former NBA star Popeye Jones’ son
At 6-foot-3 and 205 pounds, 17-year-old Seth Jones has the athleticism, size and skating speed to make NHL scouts drool. He's a smooth skating hockey phenom who recently led the U.S. U-18 national...
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Rusty Torres, former Yankees outfielder, charged with sexually abusing...
A former New York Yankees outfielder has been arrested on disturbing charges of sexually abusing an 8-year-old child in the town-issued van he drives as a youth baseball coach in a small, idyllic Long...
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Junior hockey teams forced to share plane ride after brutal fights between teams
Like all leagues, the minor-league Western Hockey League has to look for ways to save cash in clever new ways. Still, some might question their most recent idea: They're having two teams locked in the...
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