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minnesota
August 31, 2023

Minnesota HS football team to wear Guardian Caps during games

A Minnesota high school football will be the first in the state—and maybe the country—to play a game while wearing Guardian Caps, a protective shell that goes over helmets. The Park Cottage Grove head football coach has invested $11,000 over t...


oklahoma
August 30, 2023

Oklahoma schools address football security concerns following shootings at games

In the aftermath of three separate shootings around football games in the Oklahoma area, the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Athletics Association (OSSAA) is trying of different strategies to keep everyone safe. A 16-year-old boy died during a game in ...


atlanta
August 30, 2023

Atlanta football coach arrested after punching own player

An Atlanta high school football coach was arrested over the weekend for punching a player in the stomach during a game. During the first quarter of a game between Mays High School and Douglas County—a game that was streamed online—the Mays Hig...


youth
August 29, 2023

One dead after Oklahoma HS football shooting

One teenager was killed and several others were injured following a shooting during a high school football game in Oklahoma over the weekend. Last Friday, gunfire broke out during a football game at Choctaw (OK) High School, which hosted Del City ...


ASU
August 28, 2023

ASU Football imposes 1-year postseason ban for recruiting violations

The Arizona State University (ASU) football team has self-imposed a year-long postseason ban following an ongoing NCAA investigation regarding recruiting violations under former head coach Herm Edwards. A recent story from The State Press details ...


referees
August 23, 2023

Hazing incident results in Florida head coach fired, student-athletes suspended

A Central Florida high school football coach has been fired after a video of the football team participating in hazing events surfaced. Viera High School was the subject of a hazing scandal that prompted a school investigation that resulted in the...


mouthguards
August 23, 2023

Delta Dental donates mouthguards to IHSA schools

Delta Dental of Illinois is partnering with the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) during the 2023-2024 school year and helping protect high school student-athletes by donating mouthguards to 40 schools throughout the state. “Student-athlet...


north carolina
August 15, 2023

North Carolina teens charged with bringing guns to football jamboree

Two North Carolina teenagers were charged after reportedly bringing guns to a high school football jamboree event, police said. Greensboro police responded to a disorder call last Friday to the high school just before 8:30 PM. The call detailed a ...


oher
August 15, 2023

Oher alleges adoptive parents made millions off lie

Michael Oher, a retired NFL lineman, whose story of being adopted out of poverty by a wealthy family was featured in the 2009 movie "The Blind Side," has stated that the central element of the story was a lie fabricated by his adopted parents to make...


austin peay
July 24, 2023

Austin Peay freshman given vigil at alma mater following car crash death

On Sunday, July 23, a vigil was held for Jeremiah Collins, an 18-year-old Austin Peay football player from Tennessee, which drew friends and family to the Oakland High School football field in Murfreesboro, according to a report from WSMV.com. Acc...