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February 8, 2013

NFHS Expands Rules On Football Helmets Coming Off

The News & Observerhttp://www.newsobserver.com/2013/02/08/2663074/high-schools-strengthen-football.htmlThe National Federation of State High School Associations expanded its rules this week concerning football helmets coming off during play.Any p...


February 6, 2013

Texas Lawmaker Aims To Limit Full-Contact Football Practices

The Associated Presshttp://www.highschoolot.com/texas-lawmaker-eyes-football-in-concussion-fight/12070819/A state lawmaker who wants to make concussion screenings as routine as physicals in Texas public school athletics has taken direct aim at footba...


February 4, 2013

Michigan A.D. Describes ’Catfishing’ Of Student-Athletes

AnnArbor.comhttp://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-football/michigan-athletic-department-catfished-athletes-to-warn-of-dangers-of-social-media/The dangers of being lured into an online relationship with someone after being contacted on social media have b...


January 30, 2013

Ohio Schools Looking At Selling Naming Rights To HS Football Stadiums

The Independent (Massillon, Ohio), Lisa Reicoskyhttp://www.indeonline.com/news/x206919394/Sale-of-naming-rights-may-be-option-for-schoolsCANTON —Could selling naming rights to high school football stadiums be a viable option for financially str...


January 18, 2013

Football Team Used Unauthorized Ball In Playoff Game, Now Receives Penalty

The Milford Daily News (Mass.), http://www.milforddailynews.com/sports/local_sports/x1503802453/Schools-Natick-football-coaches-receive-MIAA-penaltyA meeting with the MIAA Board of Directors on Wednesday to review the incident regarding the use of an...


January 15, 2013

Jersey City Football Team Returns To Facilities After Massive Cleanup

The Jersey Journal, Patrick Villanovahttp://blog.nj.com/hudsonhssports/2013/01/st_peters_prep_athletes_are_ab.htmlThe St. Peter’s Prep football team officially kicked off its offseason workouts last week at the school’s football fieldhous...


January 14, 2013

Starting a program from nothing

Colorado State University-Pueblo football went from no helmets, pads, players or coaches in 2007 to back-to-back undefeated regular seasons The lure of leading a start-up squad is easy to see. It's your stamp on the program. You pick the players, th...


January 14, 2013

Football Rivalry Bubbles Over Between Coaches After All-Star Game

Palm Beach Post (Fla.), Jeff Greerhttp://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/sports/high-school/cardinal-newman-coach-steve-walsh-has-altercation-/nTwBM/A long-simmering rivalry between two local high school football programs boiled over Saturday night when C...


January 10, 2013

Pac-12 Finds No Evidence Of Abuse Within Washington State Football Program

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Nicholas K. Geranios (AP)http://union-bulletin.com/news/2013/jan/09/pac-12-study-clears-wsu-football/SPOKANE — A Pac-12 investigation found no evidence of physical or mental abuse of players in the Washington State f...


January 9, 2013

Learn from recently retired Bob Ladouceur of De La Salle

Editor’s Note: This is a portion of an article published in Oct. 2009 about the De La Salle High (Concord, Calif.) athletic program. Bob Ladouceur, the football coach since 1979 and who was prominently quoted in this piece, retired last week after ...