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SOFTBALL
Eastern Oklahoma
State Champions
6A – Broken Arrow
5A – Lawton MacArthur
4A – Tuttle
3A – Washington
2A – Ringling
A – Depew
B -- Sasakwa
Top Teams
These teams shined this season:
Tuttle – The Tigers won their second straight Class 4A state championship. They lost a lot of talent to graduation from last year’ title run, but had enough contributions to come out on top. Tuttle trailed 5-0... More 
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The Really BIG Show
Collin County, Texas
At 585 members, the Allen Eagle Escadrille is thought to put on the biggest halftime performance in the United States, but it remains a program rooted in small-town values. The Eagle Escadrille – which encompasses the marching band, Tallonettes drill team and color guard – was created in the mid-1970s when parents of the Allen band and drill team recognized the value in numbers in what was then a small,... More
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In Your Facebook
Houston, TX
The internet social networks of MySpace and Facebook are certainly all the rage for kids, teens and adults from all walks of life. It’s a cool tool to get to know people with similar likes, hobbies and passions. It makes the world just that much smaller, where everyone is simply a click away.
That can be good and bad, depending on what your personal pages look like.
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In Your Facebook
Houston, TX
The internet social networks of MySpace and Facebook are certainly all the rage for kids, teens and adults from all walks of life. It’s a cool tool to get to know people with similar likes, hobbies and passions. It makes the world just that much smaller, where everyone is simply a click away.
That can be good and bad, depending on what your personal pages look like.
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Stepping Up
Houston, TX
Cy-Fair High School’s Chiney Ogwumike has grown up a lot since 2007, and not just because she spurted up to a little over 6-foot-3 over the summer. The Cy-Fair junior is the only piece of the Bobcats’ state-semifinalist volleyball team that is back this year.
Ogwumike, who was a star on the net for the Bobcats with her sister, Nneka, last year, was the youngest player on that team... More
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Making the Band
Collin County, Texas
Entering high school as a freshman can be a scary experience. Entering a strange building full of new faces can make a freshman very nervous. The same can be said for trying out for the high school band. Freshman musicians whose previous musical footwork was limited to finding their chairs at their middle school concert band performance, suddenly find themselves having to play AND march at the same time.
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YOUTH - Soccer Tennis
Louisville, Kentucky
It’s played with a soccer ball on what looks like a tennis court and is scored sort of like volleyball.
It’s called soccer tennis.
When Corey Johnson heard about kids getting kicked off the tennis courts in their neighborhoods for playing soccer on them, he decided he could solve the problem. Johnson, the Indoor Arena Director at the Oldham County YMCA, had an indoor soccer arena with... More
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A Foot on the Field
Louisville, Kentucky
On the day that Sarah Palin made history as the first woman nominated to be a Republican Vice Presidential nominee, Charlestown High School junior Ariel Stephens was having a historic evening of her own.
Stephens, believed to be the first girl to play football at the school, was 4-for-4 on extra point kicks as Charlestown beat Brownstown Central 28-24 in a battle between two Southern Indiana heavyweights.
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Texas vs. the World
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
MANSFIELD TIMBERVIEW VS. BUFORD, GA
The Wolves scored first, but Buford scored more, as the defending Georgia 2A state champions posted a 42-21 victory against Timberview. The game was closer than the score might indicate.
Timberview opened the game with an 80-yard scoring drive, capped off by a 2-yard Eric Stephens plunge into the end zone. Buford answered, however, with a 2-yard run of their own to knot the game... More
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Tourney Time
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
At this point in the high school volleyball season, teams are generally on a regimen of two district contests per week, as playoff spots will soon be decided.
Although the games are extremely intense, with postseason hopes hanging in the balance, the number of games played is a lot easier to handle, nothing like the frenetic pace of contests thrown at teams early in the year during the period known... More
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Oldham County Shows Its Colonel Pride
Louisville, Kentucky
The band and cheerleaders kept the fans pumped at the Oldham County vs. South Oldham football game on September 19. After a week off school thanks to the power outages from the wind storm, the schools were ready to play!
The South Oldham dance team joined the Oldham County team for a halftime combination show.
At halftime, the cheerleaders surprised the crowd with special gifts from the Kentucky State Police,... More
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Rugger on the Rise
Louisville, Kentucky
It was a chance conversation between Bob Rueff and the wife of Rob Birrell at a swim meet in 2003 that spawned the idea of a high school rugby team in town. Louisville Rugby Club member Rueff and the Birrells, who come from Zimbabwe, found they shared a love of the sport and thought a high school team would be a good idea. Not long after, the team, originally known... More
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City Conference Kings
St. Paul, MN
Eleven months after winning yet another Minneapolis City Conference with a perfect 6-0 slate, the Washburn football team is again in the hunt for the top spot in the circuit as they look to win an eighth-consecutive city championship.
The process to that goal began in good stead as the Millers, who finished 9-3 overall in 2007, kicked off the 2008 campaign with a 2-0 record after outscoring city rivals... More
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Blaze Under Construction
St. Paul, MN
One doesn’t have to look far for to learn the motto for the Burnsville girls soccer team as the phrase is emblazoned upon coach Paige Hoff’s game shirt.
“Under construction — building champions”
The Blaze are a continual work in process as they attempt to rebuild the kind of program that won back-to-back state championships in 1992 and 1993 amidst a stretch in which Burnsville qualified for state in six... More
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Cross Country
St. Paul, MN
More than 30 schools from around the metro area and Minnesota at large congregated amidst the softball and baseball fields of Aaronson Park in Lakeville Sept. 13 for this year’s running of the Applejack Invitational series of cross-country running races.
The afternoon plays out more like a festival as various colored encampments claimed their spots throughout the park as children from fifth through 12th-grade participated in one of six races... More
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Hoops & Justice
by: Paul Najjar
Louisville, Kentucky -- As Susan Yates, she was a standout basketball player for Sacred Heart Academy from 1982-1986. Her awards and accolades included:...
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Lucas DeVilliers
Houston, TX -- Cypress Woods quarterback Lucas DeVilliers is having a break-out season. We caught up with him while nursing an injury to...
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On The Cutting Edge
by: Bridget Bauer
Western Arkansas -- One door closes, another one opens.
In 1997, Randy Cutting quit what he was doing because according to him, the Chinese ran him out...
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Mannon defines what is great about high school athletics
by: Randy McIlvoy
Houston, TX -- North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Valvano was a man revered by many in sports.
Valvano once was quoted as saying, “How do...
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On Call On The Sidelines
by: Bridget Bauer
Western Arkansas -- Shortly after Dr. Scott Cooper started his career at Ozark Orthopaedics 12 years ago, he was invited by a local family practitioner to go to...
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Central Indiana -- With swim meets beginning this month, how does preseason and early season training differ from offseason training? What are the...
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All-State Bloodlines
by: Bridget Bauer
Western Arkansas -- Charleston senior linebackers Erick Stewart and Jordan Akers are best friends, have brothers who were all-state players and were the...
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Tape an Ankle
by: Sarah Peterson
St. Paul, MN -- Injuries to the ankle are one of the most prevalent injuries among the athletic population. The most common mechanism of...
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