The Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) is taking an active role to prevent bullying and hazing. CHSAA Commissioner Paul Angelico said in an interview with ABCNews.com, “We decided we need to do more to address bullying, hazing and general mistreatment of kids on kids as it relates to athletics and teams. We recognize theRead more
Waccamaw (South Carolina) High School is expanding its athletic opportunities to include a sailing club.
Sophomore Griffin DesMarteau was looking for an opportunity to sail competitively after moving from Oregon to Pawleys Island, South Carolina. At the urging of his mother, he created his own opportunity starting with a sailing school at the South Carolina Maritime Museum in Georgetown.
Rasul “Rocky” Clark was a starting running back for Eisenhower High School when he suffered two broken vertebrae in his neck and a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the neck down in September 2000.
For 10 years, from the time of the injury until August 2010, Clark’s family had relied on the insurance policy that Eisenhower High School had for all its students. The insurance money allowed Clark to have round-the-clock nurses in his home and access to pain medication, prescription drugs and medical supplies. In August 2010, the family received notice that the $5 million insurance policy under which Clark was covered had reached its lifetime maximum.
A 16-member sports medicine advisory committee will review the Florida High School Athletic Association’s (FHSAA) policy regarding performance-enhancing drugs (PED).
The FHSAA chose to conduct this review after a report linked several high school students to Biogenesis, the organization that was connected with the suspensions of 14 Major League Baseball players.
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.
The New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA), with the support of 13 Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services Regional Networks, is placing an emphasis on student-athlete wellness through its “Life of an Athlete Program” that was started in August.
This program is based on the book by Olympic trainer and coach John Underwood with the goal of educating student-athletes about how their choices when they are off the field can affect their overall performance.
Chance Nevarez the kicker for the Aledo (Texas) High School football team is working toward a national record for consecutive extra-point kicks. The record stands at 134 set by Kim Braswell of Avondale Estates in Georgia from 1965 to 1968.
Thornton (Colorado) Horizon High School’s cornerback Dominick Castiglione became the second player to return three interceptions for touchdowns in one quarter. The last player to accomplish this feat was Brock Harmon of Washington (Oklahoma) High School on October 11.
In the first quarter of a Washington (Oklahoma) High School’s October 11 victory over Hinton (Oklahoma) High School, Brock Harmon returned three interceptions for touchdowns in six minutes and set a national record. Harmon’s three returns were 31, 42, and 32 yards. Fifteen players from Michigan, Indiana, Iowa and Texas were tied for the recordRead more
“I failed to realize that the whole security industry is so diverse,” said Elliot Hopkins, NFHS director of sports and educational services, after attending the National Sports Safety and Security Conference and Exhibition in mid-July.
“There was a whole ballroom full of people there and people we were never traditionally exposed to,” said Hopkins.
This past spring, the Laurel (Delaware) High School softball team won the fourth state championship in the school’s history and the first in a girls sport.
The girls completed the 2012-13 regular season with a 16-2 record, scoring 131 runs and only giving up 18.
With the high school football season barely underway, two quarterbacks have already had record performing games.
Shuler Bentley, a senior quarterback at Duncan (South Carolina) Byrnes High School, outshined Peyton Manning’s impressive seven touchdown pass opening night for the Denver Broncos when he threw for nine touchdowns. He would run for another touchdown as Byrnes cruised to an 82-49 victory.
Located in Sandy, Utah is Jordan High School.
Once serving as the school of an all-rural community Jordan is now comprised of students from urban, suburban and rural communities.
With student-athlete safety in the spotlight more than ever, one New York school is going above and beyond to minimize risk for their athletes. The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) awarded Yorktown (New York) High School the Safe Sports School award for its athletic program. The award recognizes schools that reinforce the importance of providingRead more
Members of the Napa (California) Vintage High School’s girls water polo program take the term student-athlete seriously. Last year, the team featured five players recognized as USA Water Polo Academic All-Americans for the 2012-13 school year. Four girls, senior Nina Fappia and juniors Elizabeth Schafle, Frances Dahlberg and Brie Quade, received Outstanding Academic All-American honorsRead more
In the past 10 football season, there have only been two when a Mortensen wasn’t the kicker for the Tacoma (Washington) Franklin Pierce High School football team. It started with Dirk Mortensen who was the varsity kicker from 2004-2007. He also played on the defensive line because of his 6-foot-3, 235 pound frame. It wasRead more
Three students studying at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) – Megan Filipowski, Autumn Grayson and Megan Grzegorek – are serving as NFHS interns for the fall semester.
In 1956, Elvis Presley’s first hit song “Heartbreak Hotel” was released, Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected as President of the United States and the first black and white portable TV became available on the commercial market.
The March 2013 edition of “High School Today” cover story was titled, “Sports Participation Opportunities for Students with Disabilities.” The following three football players are great examples of including students with in high school athletics.
Communities are getting into the football spirit. Friday was the opening night for high school football in many states, and the fields are filled with student-athletes who will use their experiences in high school sports as a springboard to success later in life. AP Political Writer Bob Lewis, in his article, “Before they governed, theyRead more