SPORTS, Athletics News, Sep 11, 2011

Q&A with Boise State interim Athletic Director Curt Apsey The Idaho Statesman His responsibilities included managing external fundraising and overseeing marketing/promotions, media relations/sports information, the Stueckle Sky Center, the Athletic Ticket Office and the soccer and golf programs. Previous jobs: Assistant director ... See all stories on this topic » The Idaho Statesman

HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE Record-Searchlight Classes for Grasshopper baseball, softball, soccer, and football begin in September! These non-competitive, fun athletic introductions for children 3 to 5 years old are designed for their age level. Classes are held on Friday evenings, ... See all stories on this topic »

California's Oak Park High School to Inaugurate New Matrix® Turf by Hellas ... PR Web (press release) ... month by Hellas Sports Construction. The new full-sized, 89500 square foot field features the advanced Matrix Turf system, which includes game lines for football, soccer and lacrosse. Designed to handle the rigorous play of high school athletics, ... See all stories on this topic »

Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Sunday, Sept 11 Reuters Africa (SOCCER-ENGLAND/, expect by 1430, 400 words) - - La Liga Real Betis v Real Mallorca (1000) Racing Santander v Levante (1400) Osasuna v Sporting Gijon (1600) Rayo Vallecano v Real Zaragoza (1600) Espanyol v Athletic Bilbao (2000) MADRID - Marcelo Bielsa ... See all stories on this topic »

ECU sports spur economy Greenville Daily Reflector By Kj Williams The recent expansion of athletics facilities at East Carolina University doesn't just benefit sports; it brings in dollars from visiting sports fans, fueling the economy, officials said. Last year's addition of 7000 seats to the east end ... See all stories on this topic »

Women's soccer set for 2011 season to begin Colby News WATERVILLE, Maine --- Colby College women's soccer coach Jen Holsten heads into the 2011 season with one of her better recruiting classes in her 18 years and some key players back from last year. The Mules (5-6-3 overall in 2010) will play host to ... See all stories on this topic »

Evansville embraces soccer, entices this soccer family | MIKE JACOBS COLUMN Evansville Courier & Press Soccer is a massive participation sport in our community, but between fan support and media coverage, there is nowhere else where soccer is more important. In a transient profession like college athletics, it is nice to be at a destination where you ... See all stories on this topic »

O'Brien: Making the case -- again -- for QHS vs. QND in football and boys ... Quincy Herald Whig Have one school host the football game and other host the boys basketball game each year. That guarantees each school a huge gate each year. That extra money would go a ways in helping out both athletic departments. Considering the Quincy Public ... See all stories on this topic »

Roadrunners await offer to join WAC Bakersfield Californian Hawaii has announced it's leaving the WAC and will join the Big West Conference in all sportsexcept football. The WAC responded to the loss of those members by adding Denver, Seattle, Texas State, Texas-San Antonio and Texas-Arlington. ... See all stories on this topic »

Sports briefs: Sunbirds' Fadden scores 9 in water polo victory Fresno Bee Paul Islas had a goal and assists to help the Fresno Pacific men's soccer team rout host Menlo 5-3. The Sunbirds, who received two assists from Alexis Hernandez, improved to 3-2 with their second straight blowout victory. Irvin Zapien scored in the ... See all stories on this topic »

eye on the ball Record-Searchlight By Jeffrey Jen Daniel de Leon's ultimate sports goal is to earn an athletic scholarship to an NCAA Division I college. While that's a popular dream among many of today's young athletes, de Leon'ssport isn't football, basketball or baseball. ... See all stories on this topic »

Central Connecticut Tops Army, 2-1 Army Black Knights Official Athletic Site WEST POINT, NY - Central Connecticut State scored a pair of goals in a span of less than nine minutes late in the first half to overcome an early 1-0 deficit and defeat Army, 2-1, in a non-league men's soccer match played under beautiful conditions on ... See all stories on this topic » Army Black Knights Official Athletic Site

Chris Duane's hat trick lifts Watkins Glen boys soccer Elmira Star-Gazette Chris Duane scored three goals Saturday to lead Watkins Glen past visiting Odessa-Montour, 8-2, in Interscholastic Athletic Conference boys soccer Saturday. Austin Stephany added two goals for the Senecas, and goalie Tony Keough made 14 saves. ... See all stories on this topic »

Charleston runner honors fallen father NCAA.com He loved to go out in the backyard and kick a soccer ball around or teach us how to play softball or baseball. He really loved to be active.” The elder Horrocks not only kindled a passion for athletics in his children, but the former US Marine and ... See all stories on this topic »

COLLEGE: UCLA tops St. Mary's for first win ESPN (blog) The Bruins, ranked sixth in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America preseason poll (and as high as No. 2 elsewhere), dropped out of the top 25 following losses to Louisville and UC Davis and a draw at Santa Clara. ... See all stories on this topic »

Junior Sports Star: Jasmie Elbouz Canterbury-Bankstown Express Many of her friends also enjoy playing soccer. “A lot of my friends play as well.” Jasmine has played her favourite sport from age five - she played soccer for Bankstown Sports Football Club for four years since she was five. ... See all stories on this topic » Canterbury-Bankstown Express

Seminary alumni are invited to come home Wilkes Barre Times-Leader Two morning alumni athletic events will kick off the Homecoming activities on Saturday, Oct. 1 beginning with alumni tennis matches at the O. Charles Lull Tennis Center and an alumni soccergame at Nesbitt Field. Following the games, all alumni and ... See all stories on this topic »

Boys Soccer Preview: Aviators March On Patch.com For 2010 soccer season the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association switched to a power rating. Part of that rating has to do with the group of the opposition so if you face a Group 4 team you received more power points as opposed to a ... See all stories on this topic »

Blewitt transforms L-R women's soccer Charlotte Observer While Blewitt prefers to deflect the credit to his players, athletic director Neill McGeachy says that Blewitt is the main reason for the program's success. "Adrian has done just a tremendous job. I call him my 'edgy' coach in that he pushes his ... See all stories on this topic » Charlotte Observer

Who do you despise now, and why? TheHerald "It varies by sport," said SSS athletic director Mike Joyner. "Eight years ago, when Clayton and Smithfield-Selma met in football, the interest was as high as it gets. That's still the case in baseball and soccer, but with football, it's now more about ... See all stories on this topic » TheHerald

Men's soccer drops opener to Conn College Colby College Mules ... and Connecticut College men's soccer teams were scoreless for more than 68 minutes before the Camels scored twice in less than three minutes to pull out a 2-0 season-opening victory in New England Small College Athletic Conference play Saturday. ... See all stories on this topic »

CJ grad Miller gets offer from Utah State Dayton Daily News 5 in the preseason National Junior College Athletic Association poll. Last season, with six sacks and 14 tackles behind the line of scrimmage, Miller helped AWC win 10 games for the first time in 40 years in addition to a second straight Western States ... See all stories on this topic »

Sports Roundup: Skippers, Royals Compete Under Sunny Skies Patch.com By Tom Carothers After taking Wednesday off, the Minnetonka and Hopkins athletic teams were back at it on a brilliant Thursday afternoon and evening. The Minnetonka cross-country teams competed at the Bauman/Rovn Invitational at Gale Woods Farm in ... See all stories on this topic »

'ALL THE LITTLE ONES LOOK UP TO HER' Rapinoe Day in Redding Record-Searchlight By Jeffrey Jen, Sean Longoria photos by Julie Peters/Special to the Record Searchlight World Cupsoccer star and Redding native Megan Rapinoe rides through downtown Redding in a convertible driven by Redding Mayor Missy McArthur. ... See all stories on this topic »

National Sports Policy activated: Better times for sports in international arena Sunday Observer Q: We returned empty handed from the Commonwealth Games in Delhi last year, but our attempts at the World Athletic Championships was more promising. Will Sri Lanka be in a better position in terms of athletics and other sports by 2018? ... See all stories on this topic » Sunday Observer

Longwood Ties Visiting James Madison 3-3 Longwood Athletics The Longwood University men's soccer team tied James Madison University of the Colonial AthleticAssociation 3-3 in double overtime on Saturday afternoon at the Athletics Complex in Farmville. Sophomore Nick Surkamp |Manassas (Osbourn Park) scored one ... See all stories on this topic »   info@als-alexander.org or interalex1@yahoo.com