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).
WEEK 5: STARTING PITCHERS IN THE PIRATES ORGANIZATION The starting rotations in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization feature a diverse group of arms ranging from multi-year veterans to rising prospects and strikeout specialists to ground-ball inducers. This impressive mix includes five hurlers who each pitched with the Tribe last season in Brandon Cumpton, Jameson Taillon, PhilRead more
WEEK 4: BULLPEN/RELIEF PITCHERS IN THE PIRATES ORGANIZATION The Indianapolis Indians’ parent Club boasts impressive depth in the bullpen with a combination of veteran pitchers, and several who are on the cusp of reaching the Major League level. That list includes 2013 Tribe players Duke Welker and Jared Hughes, Winter League standouts Jay Jackson andRead more
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
WEEK 3: CORNER INFIELDERS IN THE PIRATES ORGANIZATION A flurry of offseason acquisitions, plus the return of an Indianapolis Indians staple in Matt Hague, offers a group of veteran corner infielders with the season rapidly approaching. The list includes Hague, the holder of several Victory Field Era records, World Series champions Travis Ishikawa and BrentRead 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.
WEEK 2: MIDDLE INFIELDERS IN THE PIRATES ORGANIZATION The Indianapolis Indians’ parent Club heads into Spring Training with a veteran group of middle infielders who have all seen time in the Majors. The list includes former Tribe shortstops Robert Andino and Chase d’Arnaud, and Lehigh Valley utility man Michael Martinez. The trio of veterans enterRead more
The Indianapolis Indians pitching duo of Jameson Taillon and Tyler Glasnow could be joining former Indianapolis Indian Gerrit Cole with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the near future. According to MLB Pipeline writer Jonathan Mayo, Taillon and Glasnow are the top-pitching duo in the minor leagues.
WEEK 1: CATCHERS IN THE PIRATES ORGANIZATION The Pittsburgh Pirates enter Spring Training with a corps of young, talented catchers at each level of the system. This list of promising farmhands features a handful of backstops with experience in the International League, including former Tribe catchers Tony Sanchez and Carols Paulino, 2013 Louisville Bats standout NevinRead more
“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.
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