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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...