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Is high school ready for girls’ wrestling?
by Pretty Tough
posted February 18, 2011 at 1:53pm

For high-school wrestlers across the country, February is the stuff of dreams. Sectional meets leading up to state tournaments begin this month, and thousands of hopes will be realized while thousands more wind up dashed. Megan Black, a sophomore wrestle...more

How To Play Your Playoff Role
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted February 18, 2011 at 9:49am

Every girls hockey player wants to be the one the coach calls upon to win the big game in the playoffs. Every goalie wants to be in for the games that “matter”. Every forward wants to score the game-winner and every defenseman wants to be out there ...more

Girls Competing Against Boys: Part II
by One Sport Voice
posted February 17, 2011 at 5:41pm

I’ve been thinking more about 12 year-old MN female Ingrid Neel who will play on the High School boy’s tennis team this spring. I can see both sides of this issue. I’ve gotten some interesting emails offline and my students this morning had some tho...more

MN female to play on boys’ tennis team
by One Sport Voice
posted February 15, 2011 at 1:06pm

Rochester Minnesota native Ingrid Neel will play on the Mayo High School boy’s tennis team this spring. Neel is a highly ranked player and won both the Girls 12s singles and doubles championship at the 2010 “Little Mo” International Junior Open at ...more

More on homophobic recruiting
by HoopFeed.com
posted February 4, 2011 at 12:01pm

ESPN looks at changing negative recruiting from the top:"As far as negative recruiting, I can tell you, [from] working with coaches, that it very much does exist, and it's very harsh," Slater says. "It is probably more prevalent in some sports than others...more

Soccer signings: Notre Dame, UC Irvine also vying for our attention
by All White Kit
posted February 4, 2011 at 1:54am

In yet more irrefutable proof that our shameless pandering can work at times, we were forwarded signing info for two of 2010′s best teams, Notre Dame and UC Irvine. -If you need evidence of just how valuable the contributions of freshmen can be on a ...more

New opportunities for female baseball players
by playbaseball
posted February 3, 2011 at 5:38pm

Wondering if you can play?...more

NCAA Signing Day - Notable soccer signings
by All White Kit
posted February 3, 2011 at 9:19am

The annual Kabuki Theatre that is NCAA Signing Day doesn’t exactly make me feel warm and fuzzy inside, especially with from most accounts more treachery than usual involved this season. The big winners this season would seem to be UCLA (a potential a...more

Natasha Hastings visits Dreher HS for National Signing Day and National Girls & Women in Sports Day #Rally4Girls
by Natasha Hastings
posted February 3, 2011 at 9:11am

“National Girls and Women in Sports” Well…late as usual, but at least tonight I have a few great things to share with you guys. Let’s start off with my performance last week at the 104th Millrose Games held at Madison Square Garden. Again, an e...more

Curley Center chat to address issues in covering recruiting
by Sports, Media & Society
posted February 2, 2011 at 4:05pm

Sports fans across the country often follow the recruiting of potential college student-athletes as closely as any on-field action, and that coverage of high school students about to make major life decisions comes with many challenges for sports journali...more

Allyson Felix surprises Aisling Cuffe with announcement of Gatorade honor
by anngaff
posted February 1, 2011 at 5:27pm

This article is part of our National Girls & Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) celebration. Today, high school cross-country and track & field star Aisling Cuffe got the surprise of her lifetime. Olympic and World Championships gold medalist Allyson Feli...more

108-3
by Kaci Kust
posted January 24, 2011 at 6:21pm

When looking at those numbers together, you’re probably not thinking it’s a basketball score… but it is. Last week in Utah, Christian Heritage High crunched West Ridge Academy 108-3. That added up to 28 points in the first 3 quarters, a...more

Kelly Clark Foundation offers scholarships to mountain schools
by Girls Riders Organization, Inc.
posted January 24, 2011 at 9:16am

Our [Kelly Clark Foundation] Scholarships are available to snowboarders looking to pursue excellence in athletics and academics through the attendance of mountain schools. Criteria include level of athletic commitment and financial need. Applicants must...more

A change of seasons
by Title IX Blog
posted January 22, 2011 at 3:16pm

OK the title is a misleading and mostly my own projections as I get ready to go outside and shovel/plow for the third time this week.What has really happened is that the Schuylkill League in Pennsylvania has decided to switch the days of play of the boys'...more

Looking back: High School Track
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted January 19, 2011 at 8:34pm

It's been years and years (and years and years) since I was an athlete in high school, but there are some things I still remember vividly. I didn't know much of anything about the sport of track and field outside my very small bubble. I knew nobody who ...more

The week ahead in Orange County hoops
by They're Playing Basketball
posted January 18, 2011 at 12:00pm

I'm still waiting for the results of today's Tony Matson Classic at Mater Dei to be posted. But in the meantime, ocvarsity.com takes a look at the week ahead for Orange County ball:•Edison's Bonnie Samuelson is leading the county in scoring with 24.5 po...more

MLK Day showcase events in Southern Cali
by They're Playing Basketball
posted January 12, 2011 at 8:55pm

The Tony Matson Memorial Classic is back Monday at Mater Dei High School. Here's the schedule:Rosary vs. La Habra, 12 p.m.Santa Margarita vs. Mission Viejo, 2 p.m.Orange Lutheran vs. Foothill, 4 p.m.Brea Olinda vs. Rancho Cucamonga, 6 p.m.Mater Dei vs. Ca...more

New gay high school athlete blog
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted January 10, 2011 at 12:43pm

On the heels of the bad news in my previous post, I wanted to make note of some good news on the high school sports front. Three gay high school athletes from three different parts of the country have initiated a blog to share some of their experiences an...more

Are you a female baseball player looking for a team?
by playbaseball
posted January 9, 2011 at 4:52pm

Discussion of some good women's baseball websites...more

Eight Is Great: Coach Dawn writes’ 8 most popular articles
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted December 29, 2010 at 1:57pm

source < p> Are you on winter break from work and looking for something to do? Well, it’s your lucky day, because I’ve got the top posts from Coach Dawn Writes ready for you…right here at your finger tips! I based the list on how many times ...more

It's game on for high schools
by They're Playing Basketball
posted December 28, 2010 at 8:47pm

The West Coast Jamboree in Northern California is the hottest tournament in at least two time zones right now. First-round play went down yesterday, with numerous college coaches present.Numerous other tournaments are taking place right now, as well - che...more

Lessons of my team's 2010 season
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted December 28, 2010 at 8:43pm

I coach high school cross country. Or rather, I did. Facing a $39 million budget shortfall, last spring our school district cut four sports, cross country among them. I offered to work for free, but in a large 60-school bureaucracy such things don't...more

Wilkes County settles Title IX complaint
by Title IX Blog
posted December 23, 2010 at 6:00pm

Wilkes County, North Carolina, will improve the lighting and grading of its girls' softball fields by August 2012, and will create policies to improve girls' teams' access to the gym by Jan. 2011, according to the terms of a recent settlement agreement wi...more

More on TOC Day 3
by They're Playing Basketball
posted December 22, 2010 at 5:17pm

So many gems in this piece, such as calling Poly's Tajanae Winston a "firehose," and this great quote:"Carl and I are close friends,'' Brea coach Jeff Sink said. "We won't be able to come up with anything to surprise each other."Indeed, it's basically the...more

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