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SPORTS, Athletics News, Aug 01, 2011


High school athletes reap rewards of year-round participation in sports
Orlando Sentinel
The Amateur Athletic Union, with its national headquarters at ESPN's Wide World of Sports at Disneyi, offers national championships in baseball, basketball, lacrosse, softball, volleyball, soccer, wrestling, and track and field. ...
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Activity makes for busy summer at WSU
Dayton Daily News
Is WSU, they wondered, adding a football team? The field, which sits next to the Alumni Fieldsoccer stadium, is for multipurpose student use, and that includes the club football team. It is part of the Rinzler Student Sports Complex, which includes, ...
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OSU's athletic village 'starting to emerge '
Tahlequah Daily Press
Holder said he hopes the other athletic village projects will also be built, but they must be funded first. "We've never wavered in our commitment," he said, "and that's to build a championship venue in every sport."
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Area Prep Fall Sports Tryouts
TheHerald
1, 6 pm; Girls Golf: TBA; Cheerleading: Aug 1, 1:30 pm Football: started July 30; Boys Soccer: Aug. 1, 7 am; Volleyball: Aug. 1, 8 am; Cross Country: Aug. 8, after athletic contract signing; Girls Tennis: Aug. 1, 7:30 pm; Girls Golf: Aug. ...
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Traumatic Brain Injury A Higher Risk For Girls Than Boys
ThirdAge
A study in the Winter 2007-2008 edition of Journal of Athletic Training reports a number of surprising findings about girls and concussions: - Girls playing high schoolsoccer suffer concussions 68 percent more often than boys playing the same sport; ...
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Utah Jazz nearly topped the world in average payroll
Salt Lake Tribune
Nick Harris' info shows that all 30 NBA organizations ranked in the top 87 in the world, while the league placed seven teams in the top 20 — more than any sport besides soccer (nine). In addition, the NBA paid about 420 players an average of $4.6 ...
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How athletic prowess is measured
Toronto Star
From a sprinter responding to the starter's pistol to a soccer player's movement once a ball is kicked toward them, reaction is key to most athletic performances. It's just not something that's been well-tested. But advances in technology that allow ...
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Delhiites show India's love for football
Express Buzz
By the time Delhi hosts another World Cup soccer fixture, it will be at least another four years. Another Commonwealth Games or Asian Games in Delhi may not take place for more than two decades at least, if at all. An invitational football or hockey ...
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Commentary: Even with ironing, wrinkles remain for Tar Heels
Burlington Times News
Shortly before the start of Thursday's news conference to discuss North Carolina's football program at the Friday Center, a couple of workers pulled out a steamer to iron the banner that would be the backdrop for chancellor Holden Thorp and athletics ...
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KU athletic director reviewing department's 6-figure salaries
Lawrence Journal World
One of the department's major donors, Dana Anderson, whose family's name is on the Anderson Family Football Complex next to Memorial Stadium, said many supporters want to see KU become competitive in football and other sports. ...
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A soccer tug-o-war: Breakers Academy club team rule could keep top...
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Soccer has never been a strong suit for Americans. The United States' recent run in the Women's World Cup aside, it seems the sport of futbol most often takes a backseat to the sport of football or basketball or baseball - any sport in which the US can ...
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K-State Sports Article
Manhattan Mercury
A lot of sports at universities don't make a lot of money, they actually lose money so they take thatfootball money and they help with the rest of the programs to earn it back. You pay footballplayers, you gotta pay soccer players, softball players ...
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Women's club soccer team tries new ways to make the sport take root
Mainichi Daily News
(Mainichi) Of the 21 players selected to be on the Japanese women's national soccerteam for the FIFA Women's World Cup tournament in Germany earlier this month, seven of the players belong to the club soccer team International Athletic Club (INAC)...
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Mainichi Daily News
US Soccer: Top 6 Misconceptions About the Game by Soccer Haters
Bleacher Report
The MLS attendance is still contending for the #3 spot in American attendance rankings (Behind Football, Baseball) despite having two teams (San Jose and Kansas City) without 11k+ stadiums in the figures above. Not too shabby from the sport that ...
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Pioneer High girls ice hockey team deserves recognition as a school sport
AnnArbor.com
With Pioneer's $475000 anticipated in athletic department cuts, they are certainly not asking to become a costly varsity sport for the coming school year; just being recognized as a club sport, defined as "an athletic program sanctioned, ...
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More high school athletes spending summer on the practice field
Press of Atlantic City
Wildwood High School junior Kelsi Toland, of Wildwood, kicks a soccer ball to freshman Claudia Melchiorre of Wildwood on July 13. The Wildwood girls soccer team holds optional practices twice a week in the summer. The Holy Spirit High School football ...
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Just a Thought: My son, the 6-year-old blue chip prospect
Monterey County Herald
We have kept our distance from the personal trainers, and he isn't prepared to focus on just onesport. And we are not preaching scholarships. He's kind of feeling his way around the sports galaxy. Clearly, he's got some of dad's athletic track and ...
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Sports Shorts: York Little League falls in state finals
Seacoastonline.com
Traip Academy is seeking a JV boys soccer coach. If interested please contact athletic director Mike Roberge at (207) 439-1121 or e-mail him at mroberge@kitteryschools.com Seacoast United will host an adult 7-on-7 soccer tournament Aug. ...
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It's a new ballgame: Sports entice teens to Israel for Maccabi Games
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
But when the association decided to move its annual summertime American Jewish athleticcompetition to Israel for the first time, interest in going to Israel for the games soared -- after the JCC Association secured assurances from Birthright that ...
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Local bands perform to raise money for athletic fields
WREX-TV
Local bands rock out to promote the arts and benefit area sports teams. Families came out to Settlers Park for Rockin 4 Rockton, a fundraiser to develop baseball diamonds, football and soccerfields and a skate park in Rockton. ...
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Lacrosse players invade Greenport for annual tournament
The Suffolk Times
... cheering from coaches, family and friends as teams from throughout Suffolk and Nassau counties took over the fields on the eastern side of the street that are usually dominated by football, soccer, baseball and other sports during the school year. ...
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Seven sent
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
It was Avvisato's seventh gold medal of his scholastic athletic career. He also won three basketball gold medals The most decorated female athletes in the 101 years of Old Forge High School are, from left to right, Dana Bilski, Sarah Fish, ...
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Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
The Finalists
Napa Valley Register
Douma, who as a sophomore and junior played football and soccer and wrestled, has been accepted to UC Santa Cruz, where he said he will not play an organized sport but rather train to run a marathon. Kersting was a three-sport athlete for the fourth ...
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LOCAL brieFS
Port Huron Times Herald
St. Clair High School is hiring a varsity football offensive coordinator. Interested individuals can contact athletic director Jeff Cook at (810) 676-1716. Yale High School is looking to fill coaching positions for varsity soccer, varsity baseball ...
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Look for last year's young prep teams to rebound well
Napa Valley Register
Trinity Prep girls soccer should also be a favorite in the Sacramento Metropolitan Athletic League next spring. The Crusaders finished second in the SMAL with a 6-1-1 mark this year and graduated only four of their 22 players. ...
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Nadeshiko Japan show that a relaxed approach gets the best results
The Japan Times
In comments made during an interview on TV Asahi's "Front Line" last week, veteransports journalist Seijin Ninomiya said the Japan Football Association and, in turn, the media never actively promoted women's soccer. Did the media ignore women's soccer...
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The Japan Times
Sports briefs: Fresno Pacific unveils its Hall of Fame class of 2011
Fresno Bee
Fresno Pacific athletic director Dennis Janzen, the driving force behind the school's move from NAIA to NCAA Division II, will be one of five inductees into the Sunbirds' Athletic Hall of Fame. The banquet is Sept. 19 at the Special Events Center. ...
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Bishop England again tops overall in Class AA
Charleston Post Courier
Twenty-two sports are included in the accumulation of points to determine the most successfulathletic program for the year in each classification in the membership of the SC High School League. Bishop England won state championships in baseball, ...
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JANICE ANN'S JOURNAL: Panther moms unveil new website
Lufkin Daily News
The Lufkin Panthers Football Mother's Club has a new website at lpfmc.org. There you will find a variety of information about the activities of the Mother's Club. The first Mother's Club meeting will be at 6:30 pm Aug. 22 by the athletic office. ...
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Teams cope with loss of playing fields at GHS due to contamination
Greenwich Time
Contaminated soil has been found near the athletic fields at Greenwich High School, prompting the district on Friday to close all playing fields at the school. Photo: Bob Luckey / Greenwich Time | Buy This Photo But the head football coach at Greenwich ...
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Wilson's Mills cuts sports
TheHerald
Eventually, the association aims to add soccer and football. For now, games and practices will be at Wilson's Mills Elementary School, though the group hopes to buy land and build its own fields in future years. Getting kids back on fields without town ...
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Bulletin Board
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Lake-Lehman will hold will conduct athletic physicals for junior high boys playing a fall sport at 9 am Tuesday and for junior high girls at 9 am Thursday. Thursday will be the final day for physicals. Those students who missed the senior high ...
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If you want it made right ...
Chapel Hill News
It's thought to be the first line of athletic sport and support wear designed for exclusively for athletic girls ages 8-17. Gucciardi plunged into the business with more extensive experience than a lot of mothers. She'd worked for years overseas, ...
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