Texas school files formal complaint over semifinal onside kick
It was one of the most bizarre endings to a high school football game you'll ever see. With the Class 5A Division I state semifinals hanging in the balance, Southlake (Texas) Carroll High needed a...
View Article60 percent of Louisiana titles held within 5-mile in small parish
It's the kind of statistic that can draw a skeptical eye: Three of the five newly-crowned state football champions in pigskin-crazed Louisiana hail from a locations within a five mail radius of one...
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Statistically speaking: Over 33 years, man sees every N.C. team
In what may be one of the most unique accomplishments of all time, a North Carolina man completed a 33-year quest to see a game involving every single sanctioned high school football team in the state....
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The SMU silver fox, prep football’s rally squirrel, is on Twitter
Major League Baseball had the Rally Squirrel thanks to the Cardinals' magical playoff run. Now high school football has the Silver Fox, thanks to a magical run across a football field on a game-winning...
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School’s fan marketing includes Facebook, its own app
Everyone wants to be involved in social media, using Facebook and Twitter to market their products, engage with customers or just get people excited about what they're selling. That's true of...
View ArticleMoses parts ‘Red Sea’ of hoops fans in amazing pregame ritual
Every high school in America claims to have the best fans. It's practically a requirement. Yet, if Prep Rally had to hand out an honor for most creative prep hoops fan section in the nation, it would...
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Postgame technical turns win into loss for girls hoops team
The game was over. Warren (Ill.) High's girls basketball team had lost, 39-37, to Zion-Benton (Ill.) High after the Blue Devils had turned over the ball on their final inbounds play. Miraculously, when...
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More than half of town likely to attend school’s state title game
Part of the charm of high school sports comes from the small communities who follow their local high school teams with the kind of rabid devotion usually reserved for NFL and MLB squads, if that....
View ArticleOklahoma WR scores one of most determined TDs of 2011
Determination, thy name is Tylor Seabolt. As you can see in the highlight clip above, Seabolt proved to be the absolute embodiment of persistent will power for Jones (Okla.) High during the school's...
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Kenny Anderson, now a coach, cited for fleeing scene of accident
Former NBA All-Star Kenny Anderson's bizarre tenure as head basketball coach of a tiny Jewish high school in Florida may come to an end before he even gets a chance to adapt to all of its unique...
View ArticleHazing scandal leads to sexual assault charges in Montana
A small, idyllic mountain town in Montana finds itself mired in the aftermath of a disturbing scandal that has landed a high school football player charges of sexual assault after an unseemly hazing...
View ArticleMan arrested for punching son at youth basketball tournament
Parents and onlookers are still coming to grips with the horrific scene they witnessed over the weekend at a youth basketball tournament game in Lakeville, Minn. As KARE 11, Fox 9, The Star Tribune and...
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N.Y. teens suspended for Tebowing in school hallway
Just when everyone thought the trend of "Tebowing" had reached its zenith in the greater cultural Zeitgeist, it finds a way to completely jump the shark: On Wednesday, a group of high school athletes...
View ArticleFlorida coach called ‘The Dude’ faces felony sexual charges
A prominent Florida high school football coach was arrested on Wednesday on charges that he used his authority to lure a female student into engaging in sexual acts with him away from school property....
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N.C. body allegedly tried to illegally land pension benefits
No matter where in the country anyone lives, now is not the time for appointed officials to be skimming funds away from public sources. That appears to be precisely what the head of the North Carolina...
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After Bobby Dodd sex abuse claims, AAU launches task forces
The AAU may be reeling, but it isn't going down without a fight. In a stark contrast to recent sexual assault cases at the collegiate level, AAU President Louis Stout announced on Wednesday that the...
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Parental pep rally kissing game creates uproar in Minnesota
A pep rally prank intended to bring laughter and cheers at a Minnesota high school has instead sparked a firestorm of controversy after parents of some senior student athletes took a practical joke too...
View ArticleEnigmatic 14-year-old 7-footer a top middle school talent
He's been called the next Kevin Durant. He's been compared to Chris Webber. More than anything else, what 14-year-old Thon Maker truly represents is a pure sporting enigma: A 7-foot middle schooler who...
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Lineman gives up trumpet, honors friend en route to state final
To say that Miramar (Fla.) High offensive lineman Gerard Toussaint didn't expect to be on the field during Saturday's Florida Class 8A state title game two years ago is an understatement. Sure,...
View ArticleAfter 14 hours, 11-year-old blind runner finishes marathon
Finishing a marathon is always a major accomplishment. Finishing a marathon while blind? That's even more inspirational. How about finishing a marathon as a blind 11-year-old? Incredibly, that happened...
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