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“Volleyball 101” with Coach Branden Green and the Eagles of Enloe.
The Enloe girls volleyball team won the CAP7 title one year ago. VYPE stopped by an early season practice to talk with the players and their coach, Branden Green.
First let’s define a few things for the volleyball novices. With the rise of women’s volleyball, these are some terms you would need to know when watching your next game.
Passing: The term used for the first hit of... More 
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A Return to Tradition
In high school football I got by with heart and talent. We won the state title my senior year at Chandler, and the next year at East Central, I thought I could I play. I guess you could say it didn’t take. I had to make myself go to practice. I knew, at that moment, I needed to do something else.
My dad worked for OG&E and we transferred... More
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Full Speed Ahead
Leesville Road High School Head Football Coach David Green enjoyed a successful 2007 season, and the Pride is expected to continue its winning ways in 2008, but not without challenges. Two top players graduated, and three quarterbacks are battling for the starting slot. Coach Green is optimistic.
VYPE: You had an extremely successful season in 2007, but you have lost your two Shrine Bowl performers, Thomas Wilson and Taylor... More
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Sam Gilbert
When the DeSales Colts football team takes the field this season they will be leaner, stronger and more agile thanks to the efforts of strength and conditioning coach Sam Gilbert. At age 26, coach Gilbert is in his second year of coaching at DeSales. He is also an instructor at Velocity Sports Performance. A native of Columbus, Ohio and a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, Gilbert earned his masters degree... More
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Phelan Who’s Best
Fayetteville volleyball coach Jessica Phelan was an All-American at Arkansas as was her husband, Darren Phelan, who will coach Fayetteville’s tennis team this season. The 31-year-old Jessica Phelan piloted her team to the state championship game last season and has an in-home race for a first state title now with her hubby chasing the same goal in his sport.
Vype: So I understand your husband Darren is going to... More
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Establishing the System
HSSTM: Last fall was a banner season for the Goddard football program. After going 0-9 in your first season at Goddard in 2004, you led the Lions to Class 6A sub-state in 2007. What were some of the landmarks in the program’s progression to last season’s heights?
Roger Robben: The first year, we hit rock bottom by going 0-9, and there were a lot of things that were changing.... More
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Adding some Hart
John Hart has taken the head coaching job one of the highest profile football
programs in the state at Warren Central. He’s certainly no stranger to success, coming off a Class 4A title just last season. But now comes the bigger challenge: leading a Warrior team that seeks a return to prominence, both on and off the field. Dave McConnell
sat down with Hart to discuss several hot topics.
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Team Concept is Key to Success
VYPE: First of all, congratulations on
your induction into the PIAA Hall of Fame.
What type of feeling did you get after being
awarded such an honor?
Yocum: It’s a great feeling and
a great honor. It’s very humbling to
be placed in a group of guys
who have been so successful in coaching.
You know you don’t get an award
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Matt Brown
VYPE: Tell me about your background.
Brown: I decided to go to U of L for college and not play football. My high school football coach, Mike Jackson, had asked me to help coach the Oldham County team once I graduated. I studied political science, and then went on to receive my Masters in Education so that I could teach social studies in high school.
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Another Option
HSSTM: First, tell us a little bit about the sport, starting with its differences from American football.
Charles Ford: We have fifteen a side, football has eleven. We have no stoppages, except for injury or substitution. We don’t have specialty players who come in and off. Everybody plays offense, and everybody plays defense.
Britton Harper: No blocking, all passes are backwards, there’s an offsides.
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You’ve Been Served
Frisco Wakeland made huge strides in just its second season. After finishing near .500 in 2007, the Wolverines won the 9-3A title with an 11-3 record, made the playoffs and finished the year with a 28-6-1 record. Wakeland went on to win two? Playoff series until its season ended at the hands of Pittsburg in the 3A Region II area round. We spoke with coach Paul Offill about the Wolverines... More
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Mr. Consistency
Associate Editor Byron Beers took a few moments to talk with Owasso baseball head coach Larry Turner. Turner guided the Rams to their 10th state title in school history, following a 5-2 victory over Moore in the 6A finals in May. It was Owasso’s fifth state championships in the last eight years under Turner.
Byron Beers: What made the 2008 season and state championship so special and how... More
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Tiger Tales
I always knew I would be a coach. I always loved sports growing up and tried to be a student of the game. I was always playing something. I played six sports in high school.
Baseball was my first love. I played one semester in college.
I was raised in a strict household. My dad was a minister and when I went to college I realized... More
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Bringing International Experience back to Stillwater
VYPE: How did you get involved in the USATF?
Christensen: In 1998, I read about this new coaching education plan in the Track and Field News. I signed up for the Level 1 in Orlando that February and then proceeded through all the levels eventually becoming an instructor, then a Lead Instructor, and now Chairman of Endurance. It is, and should be, a life-long, career endeavor. The relationships... More
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Martha and Dr. Robert Todd
VYPE: How did you get into coaching basketball?
DR. TODD: We both played basketball for Bellarmine University. When we graduated, I went on to medical school.
MRS. TODD: And I taught school. After I’d been teaching one year, one of the parents asked me if I would coach the middle school girls’ team. That was in 1976. Then I went to Holy Rosary and coached their high... More
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How to In-Season Train…
by: Tony Bua
Western Arkansas -- Summer is almost over and school will be here before you know it. That means more time on the practice...
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10 things you need to know about high school football rules ...
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Serving For State
by: Mark Zeske
Greater Dallas -- The Kelley twins can’t wait for their final year at Richardson Pearce High School. Jonny, five minutes older, and Hannah...
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The Chance(s) of a Lifetime
by: Bill Benner
Central Indiana -- Later this month, Lucas Oil Stadium (LOS) will welcome its first paying customers.
I think it’s wonderful that those spectators will be entering to...
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Fuel for thought: how to survive rising gas prices
by: Erik Deckers
Central Indiana -- We’ve all felt the sting of higher gas prices over the last several months. And parents of high school athletes are feeling it more than...
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Design In Mind
by: Will Flowers
Western Arkansas -- Brooks Graphics Inc.’s motto “We print on t-shirts, caps, jackets, mugs, jugs, jocks, socks and table tops,” isn’t far from the truth.
With...
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Hunter Frantz
-- Hunter Frantz is a senior at Putnam North. He has been offered a scholarship to play next season at Army....
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A Return to Tradition
by: Andrew Gilman
Central Oklahoma -- In high school football I got by with heart and talent. We won the state title my senior year at...
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