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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.