Penns Grove’s football offense is so efficient it punted five times … all season
So far in the 2012 season, Carneys Point (N.J.) Penns Grove High's football team boasts a perfect 10-0 record. The Red Devils have steamrolled all opponents and show no signs of slowing down with a...
View ArticleNorfolk, Virginia bans all Friday night football games after shooting death...
It is a tragedy for everyone involved -- a family, a school, a community -- when a young life is taken as a result of senseless violence. The aftermath of such a death often leads to earnest reflection...
View ArticleCoin flip forces unlucky top-seeded Georgia football team into ‘$20,000 road...
What's the most money you've ever won or lost as the result of a coin flip? For most people, it's probably just a few bucks. Incredibly, for two Georgia high schools, a single coin flip may have just...
View ArticleMassachusetts team’s semifinal win marred by major ball controversy
Natick (Mass.) High will be competing in the Eastern Massachusetts Division 2A final, but the team's berth in that game has stirred up a maelstrom of controversy after it was discovered that Natick had...
View ArticleFirst-ever guide dog cross country runner looks to join college cross country...
Sami Stoner has already broken through barriers, becoming the first sanctioned legally blind cross country runner to compete with a guide dog as a member of the Lexington (Ohio) High girls cross...
View ArticleDeion Sanders’ Prime Prep Academy withdraws from Texas UIL
Well that didn't take long. Less than a year after Deion Sanders opened Prime Prep (Texas) Academy, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth, with aspirations of winning UIL state titles against the best Class...
View ArticleEvangel Christian WR’s TD on faux fumble play sparks wild state semifinal win
Perseverance is important in high school sports. The ultimate case in point came Friday night in Louisiana, where a Class 2A state semifinal was turned by an incomplete pass that wasn't. As reported by...
View ArticleTennessee WR Davis Howell sets new national career receptions record
There's a new all-time career receiving record holder, and he hails from a tiny school in Tennessee … and hasn't even landed an official college scholarship offer yet. As reported by the Knoxville News...
View ArticleRussian under-10 youth hockey brawl lands nearly entire team in penalty box,...
If you think that sportsmanship in American youth sports is bad, clearly you've never taken in the Yamaha Cup, a youth hockey tournament held in Russia's greater Moscow region. Like the great northern...
View ArticleChristian McCaffrey, son of Broncos legend Ed McCaffrey, wins third state...
He may be playing in a different position, but the son of legendary Denver Broncos wide receiver Ed McCaffrey is proving that the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree when it comes to football...
View ArticleCowboys LB Demarcus Ware inspires Texas squad to playoff turnaround
Perhaps there are more NFL stars doing good deeds than we think. There are certainly more than we in the mainstream media give credit to, as evidenced in part by yet another piece of earnest civic...
View ArticleHail Mary TD lands New Jersey squad a semifinal victory with no time remaining
Move over Kordell Stewart. You've got some company. With a trip to Met Life Stadium and a spot in the New Jersey North 1, Group 1 championship game on the line, Pompton (N.J.) Lakes High quarterback...
View ArticleDefending Florida champ accuses former coach of sabotaging playoff game by...
In the state playoffs, Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) University High knocked off Delray (Fla.) American Heritage School, officially quashing American Heritage's dreams of back-to-back titles in a one-sided...
View ArticleN.J. teen Albert Martin dies after collapsing during preseason basketball...
A New Jersey town finds itself grieving the tragic loss of a talented athlete and beloved student after 17-year-old Albert Martin collapsed on the court and died during a timeout in a preseason...
View ArticleOne play, two turnovers, one game winning TD: Mississippi 3A title turns on...
Conventional wisdom holds that when a loose ball hits the turf, any lineman in the area should jump on top of it and either save it for his team or recover a key turnover. Yet, sometimes the ball looks...
View ArticleCalifornia RB Jake Taylor is 7th player in prep football history to rush for...
Jacob "Jake" Taylor had one heck of a season in Southern California this fall. After torching defenses all fall, Taylor capped his senior season with 260 yards and three touchdowns in Lake Arrowhead...
View ArticleInspiring wrestling match gives middle schooler with cerebral palsy his first...
Inspirational. Faith-affirming. Awe inspiring. All those exemplaries and plenty more can fairly be applied to a recent youth wrestling match in Tennessee, where a player who suffers from cerebral...
View ArticleOregon RB knocks over, nearly breaks ribs of coach on title game TD celebration
To say that Sherwood (Ore.) High ran away with the Class 5A state title is an extreme understatement. The Bowmen led 36-6 at halftime. They dominated the game on offense and were so stingy on defense...
View ArticleThe year’s first full-court buzzer-beater is a fantastic one from Wisconsin
Ladies and gentlemen, we have our first legitimate crazypants full-court buzzer-beater of the 2012-13 hoops season, and it's just as tremendous as one could hope for. The video you see above comes from...
View ArticleTexas tot completely loses it … over defection of former Rangers catcher Mike...
It's now official: the act of posting viral YouTube videos of kids crying in reaction to their favorite sports team or athlete letting them down has completely jumped the shark. The video you see below...
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