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Feb 6, 2012

SPORTS, Athletics News, Feb 06, 2012

Fall sport ejections increased, but not much
Great Falls Tribune
Forty-six athletes got the boot, 21 from football games, 24 from boys'soccer matches and one from girls' soccer matches. Boys' soccerejections increased by six from 2010 but football ejections by only one. There were two girls' soccer ejections in ...
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Lady Topper Soccer Announces 2012 Recruiting Class
WKU Athletics
WKU women's soccer head coach Jason Neidell announced on Monday the signing of five student-athletes for the Lady Topper soccer team. Chandler Clark of Edgewood, Ky., Alanna Clancey of Carmel, Ind., Haley Haffner of Noblesville, Ind., Lauren Moats of ...
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Magnificent Seven: Wolves celebrate signing class
The Colony Courier Leader
BY Kevin Hageland, khageland@acnpapers.com While football often gets the attention on National Signing Day, the bulk of Plano West's signing class consisted of other sports as athletes from girls soccer, boys soccer, cross country and track inked the ...
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Russia to bid for Beach Soccer World Cup
RT
"We want to stage the Beach Soccer World Cup in our country in 2015 or 2017,” Sergey Anokhin, head of the Russian FootballUnion's Beach Soccer Committee, told ITAR-TASS news agency. “But we have too many other big sporting events coming up – the ...
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Sports complex impact gauged
Martinsville Bulletin
Both Russo and Gray said the complex has hosted Frisbee, soccer, lacrosse, football, flag football, field hockey and other events. It also includes spaces for families, church groups and others to rent for various special events.
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The emergence of CJ Sapong
ESPN
By Leander Schaerlaeckens Jamie Squire/Getty Images Sapong's rapid growth as Sporting KC striker is grabbing headlines -- and national team attention. It was a draft day speech unlike any other. With the 10th pick of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft, ...
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Erickson: Forget Athletic Village, upgrades needed elsewhere
UW Badger Herald
By Kelly Erickson I have no gripes about a particular sport; rather, I'm upset with the new renovations that recently started at Camp Randall. In Wisconsin athletics, a strong sense of tradition permeates every sport at every level.
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PUC introduces soccer program, head coaches
PUC Chronicle
Women's soccer coach Leslie Ferguson (left) and men's coach James Drzewiecki (right) being introduced on Feb. 1. Two additions to the PUCAthletics Department were announced during a Feb. 1 press conference, held at the Fitness Center.
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Red Bulls Goalie Ryan Meara Talks Draft Night, Training Camp and Hazing
DNAinfo
(Fordham University Athletics) MANHATTAN — Ryan Meara, a Yonkers native, has made the leap from youth soccer leagues to Fordham Prep and Fordham University — and now all the way to the Red Bulls. After being selected 31st overall in last month's ...
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MCC Announces Academic Honors for Student/Athletes
Patch.com
Athletes with grade-point averages of 3.50-3.99 and receiving MCC academic gold recognition are: Kaitlyn Bliss (softball), Tyler Davila (baseball), Tanner Funke (baseball), Marcos Gonzalez (soccer), Alyssa Haayer (women's basketball), Nick Kostalek ...
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Eye on POY: West Virginia girls soccer
ESPNHS.com (blog)
2011 NSCAA Girls High School Scholar Athlete of the Year. 2011 NSCAA State Player of the Year. 2011 West Virginia Soccer Coaches Association Class AAA Player of the Year. 2011 West Virginia Sports Writers Association Class AAA Player of the Year.
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WVU Women's Soccer Announces 2012 Signing Class
West Virginia Illustrated
West Virginia University women's soccer coach Nikki Izzo-Brown announced today the addition of 11 student-athletes for the 2012 season. The signees are Maggie Bedillion (Washington, Pa.), Carly Black (Horsham, Pa.), Halie Conroy (Highlands Ranch, Colo ...
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Olympic sport this week
BBC Sport
ATHLETICS - Aviva Indoor UK Trials and Championships , EIS Sheffield (11-12 Feb); as well as national titles, selection for next month's IAAF World Indoor Championships is at stake in Sheffield. Local favourite Jessica Ennis - who will be defending her ...
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US Women's Soccer & Where The Narrative Should Lie….
The Shin Guardian
First, the United States has a longstanding and rich competitive history in women's athletics, and soccer, more than most those sports, is culturally embedded to the extent that the program itself is, at the risk of all the attendant Wall Street jokes, ...
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The Growing Trend of “All Are Winners” in Youth Sports: Is it Really a Good ...
ChicagoNow (blog)
Using her own daughter's recent soccer sports experience, where their team (a team that had won only one game all season long) was awarded the same trophy as the best team in the league after losing to them in the final game of the season, ...
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Capital Christian Student-Athletes Hold Signing Rally
Patch.com
"San Diego has strong academics, a great location and athletic department and it's an hour plane ride for my parents." Armbrust said he's "stoked" to be joining Alvarez, the son of Capital Christian principal and soccer coach Ab Alvarez, ...
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Whittaker: St. Louis soccer teams gearing up for title runs
American Press
If soccer used a power-rating system to determine playoff seedings, it easily could have been a more fair assessment. Maybe that's why the other LHSAA sports do it like that. Just a hunch. St. Louis girls coach Duncan McDonald expressed disappointment ...
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American Press
Virginia Legislators Tebow Toward Home-Schooled Kids
Forbes
You may know that legislative move as a Tim Tebow bill, because Tebow was a home-schooler who got to play football at his local high school thanks to a law Florida passed in 1996, pre-Tebow-as-athletic-hero — at least 14 other states have passed ...
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Group Encourages Counting Hits to Prevent Concussions
Athletic Business (blog)
The Indiana-based Sports Legacy Institute on Friday announced its “Hit Count” proposal, aimed at reducing the number of concussions and amount of brain trauma suffered by youth athletes. Based on the “Pitch Count” model used in baseball to reduce the ...
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Sports shorts
Foster's Daily Democrat
11 from 9 am to 12 pm Dover Baseball, (combines T-Ball, Instructional, Minor, Cal Ripken and Babe Ruth Divisions), Cocheco Lacrosse, DoverSoccer Association, Dover Youth Softball, Dover Youth Football and Dover Little Green Football and Cheer will be ...
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Mt. Whitney holds Walk-a-Thon to raise money for memorial scoreboard honoring ...
Visalia Times-Delta
The event helped raise funds to install a scoreboard at the school's freshman football field in memory of Nelson, a teacher who died in a bicycle accident in Exeter. Luis Hernandez Mt. Whitney Athletic Director John Perez said a scoreboard to ...
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Scholar-Athlete Awards finalist announced
White Lake Beacon
Dillon McCarthy, a three-sport senior at Whitehall High School, is one of the 120 finalists for the Michigan High School Athletic Association's Scholar-Athlete Award for the 2011-12 school year. Finalists were announced by the MHSSA on Jan. 24.
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Emily Tropp: Free EKG screenings offered to local athletes
Rockford Register Star
Staff writer Emily Tropp can't think of a place she'd rather be on a Friday night than a football game. She's covered high school sports here since 1998. 50% Off 90-Minute Reflexology Foot Massage and Soak from Healthy Balance Reflexology!
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Gators, Seahawks Rivalry Continues to Sizzle
Patch.com
The schools continue to write new chapters in the competition between the two athletic programs. By Andy Warrener The Land O' Lakes Gators crushed the Sunlake Seahawks 5-1 in the boys soccer regional semifinal competition Friday night.
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QCA Sports Teams Strongly Supported
KWQC 6
Hung on the walls are pictures and memorabilia of local sports teams from little league to football, to pro sports. So from all of those teams, athleticsand sports have always been important to our area. From high to low, the Quad City Mallards and ...
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SIGNING DAY: Baker's Dozen commits to collegiate sports at Council Rock South ...
Bucks Local News
“It's a testament not only to the players but also to the coaches here and the community organizations supporting the team,” said CR South Athletic Director John Radick. Three are from the football team that went to the district championship last fall.
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Bucks Local News
Booster club support for new BOE field project unknown
NorthJersey.com
Hardaker said that he, along with the other members of the Athletics and Extracurricular Activities Committee, recently met with a group of parents representing the various parent sports organizations (including football,soccer, and lacrosse) to ...
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Rutgers Soccer Class Ranked in Top 20 by Top Drawer Soccer
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Follow Rutgers Athletics on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/RutgersAthletics) and Twitter (@RUAthletics) for all of the latest news and updates. For specific updates regarding women'ssoccer, follow the program on Twitter (@RUSoccer).
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Rugby-Tokyo stadium set for billion dollar facelift
Reuters
It also staged the world athletics championships in 1991 and soccer'sIntercontinental Cup from 1980 to 2001. Japan's Olympic bidders had planned to construct a new stadium on Tokyo Bay for the 2016 Games, before the city lost out to Rio de Janeiro in ...
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James McClean - On his way to the Euros?
SportPulse.net
McClean's club manager, Martin O'Neill is an interesting case, he played Gaelic Football ,which is seen as largely a Nationalist sport, for Armagh at underage level but turned out for Northern Ireland as a soccer player.
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New Guelph Oaks hit indoor field
Guelph Mercury
That's the feeling Brian Lee and Bill Tosh had Saturday evening at the Royal Distributing Athletic Performance Centre as the new Guelph Oaks FootballClub went through its first hour-long scrimmage of the season. “We're here to support the new Oaks as ...
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Doniak treated at hospital for hit-and-run injuries
UT The Daily Texan
Kylie Doniak, UT women's soccer senior, was admitted to the Brackenridge Medical Center intensive care unit when a vehicle ran a red light and struck her and a group of pedestrians in downtown Austin. The hit and run incident took place at 2 am on ...
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US sports envoy meets students
Gulf Times
Rose believes sports like soccer are an integral part of building healthy and participatory societies. Playing on athletic teams teaches youth the meaning of teamwork, leadership, and excellence. She met with the leadership of the Qatar Women'sSport ...
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Gulf Times
Men's soccer announces 2012 signing class
VT hokiesports.com
The Virginia Tech men's soccer team and head coach Mike Brizendine announced the signing of eight student-athletes to National Letters of Intent on Monday. The 2012 signing class of Hunter Jecius, Dan Lauretano, Deven Mason, Josh Penn, Connor Pompilio, ...
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Laurence Reisman: Learn how parents, like coaches, can affect athletes' behavior
TCPalm
Only 75 percent of youth athletes continue playing past age 13, according to David Benzel, an Orlando-based youth sport performance expert who spoke at Vero Beach Sports Village Jan. 29. And what are America's fastest-growing sports?
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Field Hockey Announces 2012 Recruiting Class
Columbia University Athletics
Her club team was Xcalibur Justice. Freibott, who was a distinguished scholar with honors from 2010-11 at Tower Hill School, was a multi-sportstar. She was a two-time all-state diver and a three-time all-state soccerplayer. Freibott was a high school ...
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Rival Alert: MV and SRV Varsity Soccer Faceoff Thursday
Patch.com
Chris Scott Cross-town rivals Monte Vista and San Ramon Valley faceoff on the soccer field Thursday at San Ramon Valley Stadium. MV and SRV, along with Cal, are tied for second in the East Bay Athletic League behind De La Salle. MV is ranked No.
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Badger State Games events boast strong turnout
Wausau Daily Herald
Dan Young/Wausau Daily Herald Participation in the Badger State Winter Games exceeded organizers' expectations as more athletes participated this year per sport than a year ago. Wausau/Central Wisconsin Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director ...
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Juventus Maintains Serie A Soccer Lead After Draws; Valencia Ties Atletico
Bloomberg
WEEKEND RESULTS =============== SPAIN: Athletic Bilbao 3-3 Espanyol, Real Mallorca 1-0 Real Betis, Levante 1-1 Racing Santander, Getafe 0-1 Real Madrid, Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad, Sporting Gijon 1-1 Osasuna, Sevilla 1-2 Villarreal, Real Zaragoza 1-2 ...
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Web6 new results for SPORTS, Athletics News, Football, Soccer
St. Pius X Catholic High School Atlanta, GA : Football, Soccer hold ...
Football, Soccer hold Signing Day Ceremonies ... hosted National Signing Day ceremonies for several sports on Wednesday, February 1 at 3:15pm.... Two boys' soccer student-athletes took part in the ceremony as well: ...Back to Main News ...
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DeLand defensive back expands sports repertoire - High School ...
But while football will be the only sport Ward will play in college, he was determined to spice up his high school athletic career. "I wanted to playsoccer the last ...
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Women's Soccer Welcomes 15 for 2012 Class - Kentucky Wildcats ...
Kennedy Collier, a native of Danville, Ky., played her club soccer for Central... Off the field, Fitzgerald was an all-state track athlete in 2009 and all-district in ...
www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-soccer/spec.../020212aaa.html
SOCCER: WSU hires women's head coach - Sports: Mid-Columbia ...
... University head soccer coach, athletic director Bill Moos announced today. ... tricityherald.com / Sports: SportsTriCities.com / Sports: Mid-Columbia sports news ... Today the Eagles will officially grab three of the top impact football players out ...
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St. Scholastica names soccer field for former athletic director Art ...
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Walker Signs Seven for 2012 - OhioStateBuckeyes.com - The ...
Sport Related Links; General Athletics News · Athletic Training · Compliance .... Her strong club soccer background has prepared her to compete at the next level . ... music, entertaining teammates and playing pickup football, basketball and soccer ... Coach Lori Walker: "Morgan is an outstanding athlete with speed and size ...
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