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October 27, 2010

Ejected Players Cost Football Team Shot At Playoffs

From nj.com
By losing three of the first six games, the Bridgeton High School football team made it difficult on itself to qualify for the NJSIAA Group II playoffs.Yet it is something that happened during a win that may make qualifying for the p...


October 26, 2010

Football Coach Slams Team’s Academics, Resigns

From The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
Academics among East St. John High School’s football players are not as bad as a speech by their former coach made they seem, according to the school district.St. John the Baptist Parish schools Superi...


October 26, 2010

A Friday In The Life Of A H.S. Football Coach

From the Seattle Times BELLEVUE — It’s early. It’s cold. It’s dark. P It is the kind of morning where hitting the snooze button sounds much more inviting than what awaits outside. But Jason Rimkus, 28, is ready. For Interlake’s firs...


October 21, 2010

Football Team 1 Win From Playoffs But No One On Schedule

From The Detroit Free Press
Highland Park is one victory away from qualifying for the state football playoffs, but it will not have an opportunity to win another game.
Due to a miscommunication between the school’s athletic director ...


October 21, 2010

Football Coach’s Family Is The Target Of Threats

From WNEP-TV (Moosic, Pa.)
There will be some changes at a high school football game Friday after threats were made against the coach’s family. The family who has been targeted confirms the threats came in person and over the internet. The...


October 20, 2010

Football: Secondary drills for man coverage

Man-to-man coverage begins with the proper alignment of the defensive backs to the receivers at the line of scrimmage (LOS). This normally places the cornerbacks 5-7 yards off of the LOS, with an inside shade on the receivers. At the snap of the b...


October 19, 2010

Football Coach Killed By Train In Apparent Suicide

From The Belleville News (Ill.)
BELLEVILLE -- The Sparta High School head football coach was struck and killed by a train about 1 p.m. Monday in Belleville in an apparent suicide, authorities said.St. Clair County Coroner Rick Stone identifie...


October 8, 2010

Football Team With Lead At Half Forced To Forfeit

From rivals.yahoo.com
Earlier this fall, Prep Rally told you about the Seattle high school that was forced to forfeit at halftime after six first-half injuries decimated its roster. Well, as drastic as that case was, a forfeit the same day in So...


October 7, 2010

Football: Teaching the combo block

Techniques for making the combo block an effective part of your running game The combination (combo) block is an easy way to get a body on one defender while picking off another to give your running game a distinct advantage. In the combo block, ...