Each time she stepped to the foul line over a 21-game stretch, Lakin Preisner of Allen (Kansas) Northern Heights High School never missed a free throw. When her streak of 120 consecutive made free throws ended, she had earned a national record.
Preisner’s streak ended when she missed a free throw in Northern Heights’ 52-35 victory over Herington (Kansas) High School. It was the first free throw she’s missed since the fourth game of the 2012-13 season.
New Haven (Connecticut) Achievement First Amistad High School junior Kayla Samuel didn’t win the 2013 Connecticut State Cross Country Championship. Instead, she reminded student-athletes and spectators that acts of sportsmanship still exist by helping Maryn Vaillancourt, a junior at Sacred Heart High School, cross the finish line after an injury.
Lolo Jones isn’t waiting until 2016 to compete on the Olympic stage again; she’s headed to Sochi, Russia this month to compete as an Olympic bobsledder.
A Summer and Winter Olympian, Jones is a graduate of Des Moines (Iowa) Roosevelt High School where she was the state’s fastest 100-meter hurdler.
Until January, it had been 14 years since two teams combined for 100 free throws. That changed when the Brunswick (Georgia) Lady Pirates defeated the Tifton (Georgia) Tift County Lady Devils 79-67. According to the NFHS Record Book, the combined total ties for third most free throws attempted in a girls basketball game. Waltonville (Illinois) HighRead more
Rules changes approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Field Hockey Rules Committee during its January 15-17 meeting in Indianapolis centered around the official game clock and location of where play resumes after stoppage. The recommended rules changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors. “More and more [fieldRead more
A former basketball coach in Georgia is spreading a message of health to local students after he was given a second chance. Narleski “Chip” Malone, former coach at Warner Robins High School, underwent a heart transplant in 2010. As part of his Teams Against Heart Disease program, Malone and his wife bought 2,000 pairs ofRead more
Rules changes approved by the NFHS Girls Gymnastics Rules Committee during its October 20-22 meeting in Indianapolis centered on the athleticism of today’s high school gymnasts, current trends in the sport and consistency in terminology within the rules book. The recommended rules changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors. “The rules committeeRead more
The Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) has been inducting members into their Hall of Fame since 1994, but didn’t have a place to showcase the more than 400 honorees. That changed in December when the NSAA opened Exhibit Hall, a place dedicated to the Hall of Fame.
“I guess I can say I’m an Olympic Speed Skater now,” Emery Lehman, a senior at Oak Park (Illinois) River Forest High School, wrote in his short biography on Twitter. While the rest of the River Forest students were on winter vacation, Lehman was in Kearns, Utah, competing for a place on the United StatesRead more
After leading the Idaho High School Activities Association (IHSAA) for eight years as executive director, John Billetz has announced his retirement.
Billetz replaced Bill Young in 2006. Young had spent 18 years as the IHSAA before retiring.
One of the many tasks required by an athletic director is maintaining and remodeling the athletic facilities. One of the biggest facilities is the school’s track and field competition area.
The 2012 National Athletic Directors Conference featured a presentation by Don Smith, the track division president of the American Sports Builders Association (ASBA), about the reconstruction of a high school track surrounding a football or soccer field.
The Youngstown (Ohio) City School District (YCSD) has a new initiative – the reinstatement of the speech and debate program.
Until 2006, the YCSD had an active speech and debate program, including state and national tournament qualifiers. In 2006, when the district was facing financial strain, the speech and debate program was discontinued.
Last year, Molly Giudice just wanted her mom, Mary McQuade Giudice, to attend a Wakefield (Rhode Island) Prout School swim meet.
“My mom was a perfectly healthy, wonderful woman who was extremely involved in my life,” Giudice said. “One day coming home to the news that she had stage four lung cancer was news I never expected to receive.”
Joseph Schooling of Jacksonville (Florida) Bolles School his own posted national record for the 100-yard Butterfly at the Florida High School Athletic Association High School State Championship meet.
The new career leader in field hockey goals still has a full year to add to her total.
With a final score that you would more likely find in a basketball game instead of a football game, Mauldin (South Carolina) High School defeated Spartanburg (South Carolina) Boiling Springs High School 83-70 on the back of Dre Massey. According to “Greenville Online,” there were only six defensive stops between the two teams. Every otherRead more
On November 8, Joseph Schooling of Jacksonville (Florida) Bolles School broke the record in the 100-yard Butterfly at the Florida High School Athletic Association State meet. The previous record set by Schooling in 2012, was 46.90, but the time was lowered to 45.89 during the season by Caeleb Dressel of Clay High School at midseasonRead more
Nine individuals who have made outstanding contributions to interscholastic athletics have been named recipients of the 2013 Distinguished Service Awards given by the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA). These individuals will be honored December 17 in Anaheim, California, during the banquet at the 44th annual National Athletic Directors Conference conducted jointly by the NationalRead more
A new record stands for field hockey career goals, set by Austyn Cuneo. Cuneo, a junior at Voorhees (New Jersey) Eastern High School, surpassed the record of 191 on October 23 with her second of three goals in the Vikings 11-0 win over Cherry Hill (New Jersey) East High School.
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) is placing an emphasis on sportsmanship and encouraging schools to be ejection free.
The NCHSAA has an ejection and disqualification code that all coaches and student-athletes are required to follow.