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August 18, 2021

CIAC, Gov. Lamont Encourage Vaccination of HS Student-Athletes

With the Constitution State already in preseason conditioning drills for the start of the high school football season, Governor Ned Led Lamont and the athletic governing body are encouraging high school student-athletes to get vaccinated if they have...

August 17, 2021

UIL Suspends Head Coach Following Umpire Confrontation

by Wesley Sykes

The University Interscholastic League (UIL) has suspended a Texas high school football coach nine games after an incident with an umpire. According to a report from KLTV.com, Hawkins ISD head baseball coach Derrick Conde will miss two football gam...

August 16, 2021

New York Education Depart. Recommends Canceling Football in High COVID Areas

by Wesley Sykes

Late last week, the New York State Education Department recommended canceling football and other high-risk sports in areas with high COVID-19 transmission rates, "unless all participants are fully vaccinated." When the Empire State's education dep...

August 4, 2021

UNC Charlotte Installs New AstroTurf Field

by Wesley Sykes

The 2021 Charlotte football season will be a season of firsts for the 49ers: the first home game against an ACC opponent; the first meeting with a Big 10 team; the first time facing a pair of Power 5 opponents; and, after six years in Conference USA,...

August 4, 2021

Big 12, Pac-12 Leaders Meet to Discuss Possible Merger

by Wesley Sykes

With the news of Big 12 perennial powers like the University of Texas and Oklahoma University trying to leave the conference in favor of the SEC, the Pac-12 Conference has also been in talks with the Big 12 about a possible merger or re-alignment. ...

July 26, 2021

How Alabama Football Saw a 50% Decrease in Injuries

by Wesley Sykes

Alabama football is used to being the best. They are regular guests of the NCAA College Football Playoff, flirting as the top-ranked team year in and year out. The Tide gets its pick of five-star high school recruits. And with all that success comes ...

June 16, 2021

Top Equipment To Protect Your Players

by Wesley Sykes

Ask around your local football fields what a head coach wants out of their players and the answer will typically resemble the same idea: to get the most out of them. In order to do that, players have to remain upright and healthy. As New England Patr...

June 11, 2021

12-Team CFP Proposed for NCAA Football

by Wesley Sykes

A sub-group of the College Football Playoff's (CFP) management committee this week presented a proposal to change the current four-team format to a 12-team event. The proposal was made to the full CFP management committee and is the first step in ...

June 2, 2021

Massachusetts to Hold NFL-Style HS Football Combine

by Wesley Sykes

An NFL-style training combine is coming back to the Bay State this month. The Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association has partnered with HardKore Athletic Performance of Rockland to stage its annual Athletic Combine at Xaverian Brothe...

May 25, 2021

San Diego HS Football Team Sanctioned for Racist Social Media Posts

by Wesley Sykes

A San Diego Catholic high school football team has been sanctioned after players posted racially charged photos aimed at a mostly-Latino rival high school. According to a report from the San Diego Union-Tribune, the San Diego City Conference place...