Jeff Collins, principal of Portsmouth (New Hampshire) High School for the past eight years, will become executive director of the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA), effective July 1, replacing Pat Corbin.
The mascot at Gurdon (Arkansas) High School – the Go-Devil – reflects the schools’ location in timber country.
A go-devil is a piece of logging equipment that was used to harvest trees before the automation of the logging industry. It is a sled that resembles a cannon caisson, but without the cannon. Logs are placed in the middle of the go-devil, chained down and pulled out of the woods by mules.
Sports provide an arena for acceptance among students and an opportunity for students to develop leadership abilities. The Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) is doing more than just focusing on good sportsmanship – it also is promoting positive leadership.
“The goal of ‘We are CHSAA’ was to use the natural leadership of students to help schools become more inclusive to all students – to be the people that stop bullying when it’s happening in the halls,” said CHSAA Assistant Commissioner Bert Borgmann.
Unified Sports programs have been developed in many states across the country and the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA) is one of the latest state associations to become involved with its programs in track and field, soccer, basketball and volleyball.
“We started three years ago with soccer, basketball and outdoor track. We have now added volleyball,” said Pat Corbin, NHIAA executive director.
Two softball players from Texas – Tori Vidales of La Porte High School and Jamie Madison of Groesbeck High School – recently hit four home runs in a single game and accomplished the feat three days apart.
On the last business day of February 2014, the United States Department of Labor reported that there were 4.9 million job openings. Through the NFHS Career Center, the National Federation of State High School Associations has capitalized on the opportunity to post jobs for those looking to work in a high school athletic department.
Acts of sportsmanship by the schools in the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) do not go unrecognized. Each year, since 1991, the FHSAA has awarded schools that display exemplary sportsmanship with the Fred E. Rozelle Sportsmanship Award.
What item is most commonly requested by soldiers with head injuries upon their return to the United States?
This question was posed to the listeners of a Boston radiocast in 2007. University of New Hampshire (UNH) Senior Associate Athletic Director Dot Sheehan had tuned in and discovered the answer – a baseball cap.
Jamie Madison and Tori Vidales play softball for their respective high schools, Groesbeck (Texas) and La Porte (Texas), 187 miles apart from one another. Both girls recently earned a place in the NFHS Record Book after hitting four home runs in a single game. Vidales accomplished the feat first in a matchup against Port ArthurRead more
Last year, only three Major League Baseball pitchers threw a no-hitter. Since April 1, there have been four by high school pitchers. Mike Delio, a junior at Carle Place (New York) High School, pitched a no-hitter on April Fool’s Day. This wasn’t your average no-hitter. It was Delio’s first ever varsity start and he struckRead more
The Flying through the Air Goal Livonia (Michigan) Stevenson High School vs. Livonia (Michigan) Churchill High School On this goal, Tyler Irvine goes between two defenders and as he backhands the shot into the next soars through the air. (Video courtesy USA Today High School Sports)
Rick Bowden, assistant executive director of the Kansas State High School Athletic Association (KSHSAA) from 1993 to 2011, was posthumously selected as the recipient of the KSHSAA Governor’s Award.
Becky Oakes, director of sports at the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS),was one of 15 individuals inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame at the January 26 induction ceremony in Springfield Missouri.
After spending the past 16 years with the National Federation of State High School Associations, Director of Coach Education Tim Flannery is retiring this summer.
Flannery joined the NFHS in 1998 as assistant director and worked primarily with the NFHS Coaches Association as well as rules responsibilities in the sports of swimming and soccer.
The fact that high school athletic events haven’t often been the targets of violent attacks doesn’t mean schools should forgo precautions.
The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) is trying to make sure schools are prepared if such an attack were to occur by expanding its initiative to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) and the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA).
This high school basketball season has had its fair share of buzzer-beating moments. Below are some of the best shots caught on video from the 2013-14 season. The 80-Foot Buzzer Beater Alameda (California) St. Joseph Notre Dame High School vs. El Cerrito (California) High School St. Joseph Notre Dame’s Temidayo Yussuf, following the rebound of aRead more
Every member of the Roseville (California) Valley Christian High School boys basketball team is involved in a game. “We have 14 guys,” head coach Brad Gunter said. “Everyone plays, everyone shoots.” That’s because after 18 years of running the typical run and gun style Gunter knew it was time to change.
“We were very, very happy,” said Dale Gabor of the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) regarding the first year of wheelchair track and field events.
The OHSAA introduced wheelchair events in the 100, 400 and 800 meters, along with the shot put, during the 2012-13 school year. According to Gabor, the OHSAA spent a year learning the rules and regulations based on the Paralympic Committee Guidelines.
When the football team from Meade High School in Fort Meade, Maryland, ventured into inner-city Baltimore this past October, to volunteer with Happy Helpers for the Homeless at the Our Daily Bread Employment Center, some of the players were apprehensive, having never been to the city.
“The goal was to get away from the military base and the suburbs and learn to interact with people from various backgrounds,” Coach Rich Holzer said.
Sherman Sylling, who has been the executive secretary of the North Dakota High School Activities Association (NDHSAA) since 1999, will retire following the 2013-14 school year. Prior to joining the North Dakota association, Sylling was superintendent of schools in North Dakota for 29 years.