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Legislation Introduced To Dissolve NJSIAA
From NJ.comAssemblyman John Burzichelli warned it would come to this.Burzichelli (D-Gloucester) introduced groundbreaking legislation Thursday to dissolve the state’s governing body for high school athletics and ultimately shift oversight to th...
H.S. Volleyball Coach Wins 900th Match
From the State Journal-Register (Springfield, Ill.)When Donna Dulle took over as volleyball coach at Mount Pulaski High School in 1981, the school was looking for a little continuity in the program. “They’d had a different coach come in e...
Gary Williams Inducted Into Sports Legends Museum
BALTIMORE -- Gary Williams doesn't mark the passage of time in the traditional manner. Instead of New Year's Day, he recognizes the start of the college basketball season as the first day of each year.Even by that accounting system, Williams says he ...
Player With Down’s Syndrome Scores Varsity TD Thanks To Coaches
Down 35-0 to Lake Stevens High (Wash.) with 10 seconds remaining in Friday night’s game, Snohomish High coach Mark Perry wanted to give Ike Ditzenberger, who has Down’s Syndrome, a chance to get a rushing attempt in a varsity game. The pl...
Football Coach Who Lost Leg In Iraq Continues Work
Nathan Potts, the football coach who took a leave of absence from coaching after 9/11 to join the Army, has returned to coach as an assistant at Shepherd High (Texas) despite losing one of his legs in Iraq. The Houston Chronicle profiled him today.ht...
Filmaker Doing Documentary On Football Coach With ALS
Atlanta filmmaker Rick Cohen has been following around Greenville High (Ga.) football coach Jeremy Williams for a documentary called "Season Of A Lifetime." Williams suffers from ALS and the film documents how he manages to continue coaching while ba...
IUPUI Hires Women’s Coach To Replace Embattled Hart
Just four days before the start of practice, IUPUI has hired Austin Parkinson to coach the women's basketball team. He replaced Shann Hart who was fired last week due to alleged emotional abuse and NCAA violations.http://www.indystar.com/article/2010...
Private H.S. Had Players’ Tuitions Paid By Church
The San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting that several players at Maranatha Christian School (Calif.) had their tuitions paid for by the school's affiliated chur, Maranatha Chapel at the direction of Pastor Ray Bentley and basketball coach Rie Nichols...





