Georgia player comes up with monster chase down block of the year
LeBron James popularized -- and perhaps even mythologized -- the ‘Chase Down’ block, where a player runs down a foe on a fastbreak in front of him and swats away what seems like a sure bucket. Now a...
View ArticleHigh school baseball coach created fake teen female avatar to lure nude...
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner in the contest for “creepiest high school coach in America." His name is Zachary Reeder, and if he is guilty of even part of what he is accused of, he is a deeply...
View ArticleSuns sign 12-year-old to full one day contract in touching Make-A-Wish event
No matter what happens next, the record will always show that for one day, Jonah Zahm was a member of the Phoenix Suns. In the process, he became the youngest member of the Suns in team history. Of...
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Mass. official apologizes for calling gymnastics ‘a girls’ sport’ after Aly...
A Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association spokesman apologized for dubbing gymnastics "a girls' sport" after Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman scolded him on Twitter and other notable...
View ArticleShaq gets up and excited about incredibly calm midcourt game-winner in Florida
Let’s face it: Shaquille O’Neal is one big fellow. Now that he spends his days as a basketball analyst rather than a basketball athlete, he’s a little less agile than he used to be as well. Put those...
View ArticleInspiring blind wrestler concludes prep career with 20 victories
Forgive Avery Ingram for ignoring the "seeing is believing" idiom. The Sheldon (Eugene, Ore.) High senior just concluded his prep wrestling career with 20 victories. That's impressing enough for any...
View ArticleA girl helps lead California boys basketball team to playoff contention
One can forgive Lacy Asdourian for the moments when she is puzzled about how she has emerged as the long girl on a high school boys basketball team. Entering her junior season, Asdourian anticipated...
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Girls hoops star scores 30 points after separating her shoulder in playoff win
At this point, America knows that Tyra Buss is one heck of a scorer. What the collective American public may not have known is just how tough the Mount Carmel (Ill.) High junior star can be. As...
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In one year, Texas DE went from not knowing how to put on football pads to...
To call Mason Gentry’s rise meteoric might be an understatement. In February 2012, Gentry literally couldn’t figure out how to put on football pads. A year later, he’s a signed, sealed and delivered...
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North Carolina official penalizes prep wrestler for pre-match prayer
Pray this story isn't true. A North Carolina high school wrestling official issued a warning to a Wake Forest-Rolesville (Wake Forest, N.C.) High competitor for praying prior to a match, eventually...
View ArticleCanadian teen delivers monster bodycheck to spark goal in Ontario juniors game
Forget the NHL, one need look no further than high school-aged junior hockey in Canada to see the real big hits. As dug up by Prep Rally’s brotherly Canadian junior hockey blog Buzzing the Net, the...
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Caroline Pla, football-mad 11-year-old, kicked out of Catholic youth league...
A traditional Catholic-backed youth football league in Pennsylvania is finding itself in the midst of a maelstrom of public controversy after it barred a female player who had participated in the...
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All-state wrestler saves man’s life with CPR in restroom of state tournament
When Schuyler LaRue headed to the Tennessee state wrestling tournament on Thursday, the Maryville (Tn.) Heritage High junior knew that he had a tough road ahead of him. What LaRue didn't know was that...
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NY high school dumps Redskins precisely when owner Dan Snyder tries to use...
The Washington Redskins keep releases valiant defensive treatises regarding the NFL franchise’s racist nickname. In each of them, they note how many American high schools are also nicknamed the...
View ArticleBaby-wielding hockey father threatens to cave another dad’s glasses in during...
I know you're not supposed to bring a knife to a gunfight, but now apparently you shouldn't wear glasses to a hockey dad fight, either. Naturally, one Canadian hockey father didn't take kindly to a...
View ArticleRahkeem Lehaman’s in-game, mid-air 360 slam is dunk of the year
It's over, folks. This right here has got to be the prep dunk of the year. The wicked slam you see above was delivered by Greenwood (Miss.) Amanda Elzy guard Rahkeem Lehaman, who flushed home two...
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Prep stars call for end to NBA’s ‘one-and-done’ NCAA rules in wake of Nerlens...
Much has been made of the prospective decline in the NBA Draft stock of Kentucky freshman Nerlens Noel, and the subsequent decline of his future paycheck as a result. There’s good reason for that, as...
View Article11-year-old varsity high school PG Julian Newman hits the NY Times while foes...
In December, Prep Rally brought you the remarkable tale of Julian Newman, a pint-sized fifth grader who was lighting up the Florida prep hoops scene as the starting point guard for Downey (Fla.)...
View ArticleHarlem Shake video costs NY hockey team spot in sectional playoffs
As the Harlem Shake dance craze continues to take over both the internet and high school sports -- keep an eye on this space Tuesday to see the full extent of the Shake’s influence on prep sports --...
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Top Michigan hoops coach collapses and dies shortly after late-season win
For the second time in three years tragedy struck Michigan high school basketball immediately after a key late season game. Almost exactly two years after Wes Leonard hit a district title-winning shot...
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