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January 5, 2011

FieldTurf Announces 2010 Baseball Awards

FieldTurf and Evan Longoria announced the winners of the 5th annual 2010 FieldTurf Baseball Awards on January 5th. Award-winners were named in four categories, including two NCAA Coach of the Year winners, one NCAA Team of the Year winner, and the ML...

January 5, 2011

$14K Stolen From H.S. Hoops Office

THOMASVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) —Ledford High School officials are looking for $14, 000 that was stolen from a coach's office between Sunday and Monday. The money, which was stolen from a locker in the office, came from revenues from the NewBridge Ban...

January 5, 2011

Debating The Use Of A Shot Clock At The H.S. Level

High school basketball coaches have been using the same tactic for decades.When their team has a lead late in the game, hang on to the ball and force the other team to foul.What would happen if they didn't have that option?Only eight states across th...

January 4, 2011

Rich Rodriguez Fired By Michigan

Fox 2 (Detroit)Sources tell Fox 2 that Rich Rodriguez was fired as head coach of the University of Michigan football team Tuesday.The decision came just three days after his team suffered the worst bowl loss in school history, a 52-14 trouncing at th...

January 4, 2011

FieldTurf Launches ’Revolution’ Artificial Turf Fiber

MONTREAL, CANADA (January 4, 2011)- FieldTurf has roared out of the gates in 2011, setting the new standard for performance and quality in artificial turf.  Produced in FieldTurf’s own fiber manufacturing plant, the latest innovation from ...

January 4, 2011

Hoops Coach Dismisses 2 Players, Gets Fired

KCRA.com (Sacramento, Calif.)DAVIS, Calif. -- Two high school basketball players at Davis Senior High have been re-instated after they were recently kicked off the team.Malika and Khaliya Wilkins, both 17, said they were never told they’d been ...

January 4, 2011

Students Have Strong Feelings Against Showering After Exercise

Chicago TribuneToday’s teens aren’t shocked by much. They don’t blink an eye when they spot a kid with drugs or a classmate with a baby. It’s not that big a deal anymore if guys or girls dye their hair pink and pierce their fa...

January 4, 2011

Former Soccer Coach Admits To Stealing Almost $20K From Booster Funds

The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)A former boys soccer coach at Delaware Hayes High School pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing nearly $20,000 from a booster account over more than two years.Brett Barber, 35, of Hilliard, admitted to a fifth-degree felony ...