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November 24, 2010

H.S. Football Rivalry Reaches 100 Years

Boston.comJim Kelliher has seen a lot of football. The Abington graduate has been coaching his alma mater since 1974, and earlier this year earned his 200th career victory. Tomorrow, as for the past 37 years, the coach will put on the headset as...


November 23, 2010

Brawl Could Have Major Implications On W.Va. H.S. Football Playoffs

Charleston Daily Mail (W.Va.)CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Today could have more influence on the end result of the 2010 Class AAA state football playoffs than any day before or after.The Secondary School Activities Commission is expected to announce today th...


November 22, 2010

NJ Medical Society Committee Recommends Eliminating Kickoffs In H.S. Football

MyFoxPhilly.comPHILADELPHIA - Two days after a Medical Society of New Jersey committee said the kickoff is the most dangerous play in football and recommended getting rid of them at the high school level, we once again saw how dangerous they are.Eagl...


November 22, 2010

Hazing Incident May Cost School Its Thanksgiving Day Football Game

The Boston GlobeAgawam Schools Superintendent Mary A. Czajkowski will announce this afternoon whether she will cancel the Thanksgiving Day football game with West Springfield in the wake of a hazing incident last week involving the football team.Czaj...


November 19, 2010

School Fined $1,000 For Football Coach Using Opponent’s Play Sheet

Bristol Press (Conn.)SOUTHINGTON — The CIAC Board of Control announced a series of sanctions imposed on the Southington football program and coach D.J. Hernandez in connection with Hernandez’s admitted use of a play sheet dropped by a Man...


November 18, 2010

Synchronized movements to apply defensive pressure

A question asked frequently within defensive circles is, “When is the best time to apply defensive pressure?” We believe the answer to this question is from the opening kickoff to the final play. The most difficult football games for me to view are...


November 17, 2010

Junior Varsity Football Player Dies On The Field

The Boston Globe (Mass.)SUTTON — The father of the junior varsity football player who died during a game on Monday said his son was in “great physical shape’ and had no known ailments. “He’s my hero; he’s my a...


November 16, 2010

Safety Concerns For Football Game At Wrigley

The Sporting NewsCHICAGO – A Dallas product and self-described “oblivious-to-everything” receiver, Northwestern’s Demetrius Fields conceded Saturday that before reaching this part of the country, he’d never heard of Wrig...


November 16, 2010

Oldest H.S. Football Coach To Retire

Boston GlobeThe question had been asked for years and the answer was always the same: no. But this fall is different. Lexington’s Bill Tighe is retiring. The 86-year-old football coach made it official Sunday night, telling athletic director Na...


November 15, 2010

Idaho State Fires Football Coach

KIDK.com (Idaho)POCATELLO - Apparently only six wins and 38 losses over the last four years was too much for Idaho State. Sunday afternoon, athletic director, Jeff Tingey held a press conference to talk about his respect for football coach John Zambe...