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Qualities of Level 1 Athletic Programs
Successful programs have administrators (Superintendents, Principals, and Athletic Directors) who: Know what they are looking for when hiring for leadership positions and hire the right people and then stand by them. Administrators w...
Ohio high school offers semester-long referee course
An Ohio high school is doing its part in ensuring the future of scholastic sports won't continue to be threatened by a referee shortage. Boardman High School has started a sports officiating pilot class this school year and plans to offer a ...
High school baseball team loses state title on dropped third strike gaffe
A New York high school baseball team committed a mental gaffe during a state championship game that resulted in the opposing team winning in walk-off fashion. Hornell High School was a strike away from winning the Section V Class B1 state title ag...
Schembechler resigns from Michigan over Twitter remarks
The son of Michigan football coach legend Bo Schembechler had a short-lived coaching stint with the Wolverines program. Shemy Schembechler was hired early last week as an assistant director of recruiting on Jim Harbaugh's staff. He resigned a few ...
NFHS updates free throws and foul procedures for 2023-24 season
Beginning next year, high school basketball teams will shoot two free throws for common fouls when in the “bonus.” This change to Rule 4-8-1 eliminates the one-and-one scenario and sets new foul limits each quarter for awarding the bonus free thr...
Former Kentucky State president forced team to play ineligible player
Earlier this week, the NCAA announced it's reached a negotiated resolution with Kentucky State University, an NCAA Division II program, in regards to forcing a football team to play an ineligible player. During the spring and summer of 2019, an un...
Iowa State confirms gambling violation allegations for multiple teams
On the same day that reports emerged about allegations of gambling violations by the University of Iowa's baseball, the Iowa State athletics department released a statement sharing their awareness of allegations regarding multiple programs violating ...
Tennessee high school coach reports pitch limit in no-hitter
A Tennessee high school pitcher threw a no-hitter, but his team eventually lost due to a pitching limit error made by the head coach. Ensworth High School's Connor Cobb, a Vanderbilt commit, was on the mound in a win-or-go-home playoff situation a...
Wisconsin coach admits to recording girls’ locker room for 2 years
A Wisconsin high school coach accused of planting a camera in the girls' locker room has secretly been recording student-athletes for two years. Brian Kitzman, the Craig High School coach in Janesville, WI, told police that he recorded an estimati...
Providence guard arrested on gun charges
Providence College suspended guard Alyn Breed after he was charged with pointing a gun at his girlfriend, among other charges, over the weekend. Providence police said Breed wielded a gun during an exchange with his girlfriend in an off-campus apa...