SPORTS, Athletics News, Nov 15, 2011

Syrian athletes may yet attend Arab Games Jerusalem Post The games are slated to begin on December 9 in Doha and will feature some 8000athletes from 22 countries competing in soccer, swimming, athletics, gymnastics and basketball. Earlier, Arab Games officials had insisted that Syria would participate ... See all stories on this topic »

Cape has its best fall in years Delmarva Now The boys soccer team captured its first ever Henlopen Conference Northern Division, and the volleyball team went 9-6. For two sports, football and soccer, this season was historic standing alone. But to have the two coincide in one year is a rarity, ... See all stories on this topic »

White Bear Lake's two-sport dribbler Minneapolis Star Tribune But when Foley was presented this year's Class 2A girls' Ms. Soccer Award, given to the state's top senior player before the state tournament, she certainly didn't expect it. The humble two-sport athlete wasn't quite sure she was the most deserving. ... See all stories on this topic »

Mount Marty Puts Four On All-GPAC Soccer Squads Yankton Daily Press The GPAC selected 13 All-Conference athletes for first team honors and second team honors on both the men's and women's side. On the women's side, Hastings' senior Jessica Carlson was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year ... See all stories on this topic » Yankton Daily Press

Northeast Ohio high school sports listings for Nov. 15, 2011 Plain Dealer Send letter of interest and resume to Athletic Director Grant Innocenzi at 6550 Baxter Ave., Cleveland, OH 44105; fax to 216-441-8357; or email innocenzigra@centralcatholichs.org. The deadline is Dec. 12. Firestone needs a varsity girls soccer coach. ... See all stories on this topic »

Future of UAB football UAB Kaleidoscope The UAB athletic department has had plenty of success in other sports, boasting the only men's NCAA Division I soccer team in the state and achieving unparalleled basketball success since the 1978 season. Men's basketball first came to UAB in 1978. ... See all stories on this topic »

Former Warwick three-sport athlete wins Henry Jordan scholarship Daily Press (blog) Fry was a three-sport athlete for the Raiders, competing in cross country, swimming and soccer. Among her other activities were president of the IB Student Advisory Board and a member of the National Honor Society. According to the scholarship fund, ... See all stories on this topic »

COLLEGE: A perfect 10 ESPN (blog) By Scott French Scott Chandler/UCLA Athletics UCLA All-American Sydney Leroux sees time with the US national team. As the collegesoccer season hits its stretch drive, let's take a look at some of the most dominant players in Southern California this ... See all stories on this topic » ESPN (blog)

New ways to protect young female athletes Chicago Tribune It also used plyometrics, which involves dynamic movements and jumps that mimic maneuvers found in sports like soccer and basketball and train the neuromuscular system to perform them. While feedback was not an aspect of the study, LaBella quoted one ... See all stories on this topic » Chicago Tribune

Burning questions for the bracket ESPN Only one other Big East school has won the NCAA crown in men's soccer: St. John's in 1996. UConn athletics Mamadou Doudou Diouf and No. 3 seed UConn are aiming for their first national championship since 2000. At No. 3, Connecticut is the top seed ... See all stories on this topic »

BHPRSD Sports Week in Review, Look Ahead Patch.com Below is a look back at the week that was in local athletics, as well as a glimpse at this week's schedule. The Triton football team got scores from all three phases of the game in a 26-7 win over Southern in a Group IV quarterfinal contest. ... See all stories on this topic »

Luncheon crowd full of playoff passion Presidio Sports Freshman Jared Wilson accompanied Moore, who riffed on the recent Carpinteria-Bishop Diego football game. “We're having the 'Little Big Game' on Friday night. We're the little guys and they're the big guys.” Westmont's women's soccer team qaulified for ... See all stories on this topic » Presidio Sports

Poor kids the cynosure in inter-area football Times of India "BSSF's aim is to provide professional coaching to children and youth who are passionate about football. Apart from football, we will be nurture talents in athleticsand hockey too," he said. Details of Bangalore Schools Sports Foundation can be had... See all stories on this topic »

High School Fall Sports Update Charlotte Observer By Langston Wertz Jr. Mecklenburg County football: County teams have three spots in 4AA West final four - the most possible. And Charlotte Catholic is in the 3AA quarterfinals. UP Providence High as neutral site: Big thumbs up to Butler athletics ... See all stories on this topic » Charlotte Observer

Women's Soccer Places Six on All-SCAC Hendrix College Athletics The Hendrix College women's soccer team had six student-athletes named to the All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference teams on Monday. Senior goalkeeper Allison Mosley, junior midfielder Rebecca Rahn and junior forward Mel Roach were selected to... See all stories on this topic »

Lady Bears Add Six Recruits During Fall Signing Period Missouri Sports Magazine A three-sport star at Pattonville High in the St. Louis area, McGhee has excelled not only in basketball but soccer and softball as well during her prep career. On the hardwood, the 5-11 athlete is rated as the No. 67 wing according to HoopGurlz. ... See all stories on this topic »

"What role did the outsized influence of college sports play in the Penn State ... CNN (blog) Not only should Sandusky and Paterno be behind bars but so should Forray and Corbett for allowing this to go on for so long. i played college sports (football andsoccer)in the Big 10. i, as a former athlete,find it absolutely disgusting that a ... See all stories on this topic »

Blog: Architect to Superheated Soccer Fans: Chill Out Athletic Business (blog) Populous even built a small prototype of an air-conditioned stadium in Doha, which the UK's Daily Mail notes “helped to persuade football's governing body FIFA that asporting event in the Middle East could be feasible.” Barrow told IFA conference ... See all stories on this topic »

Major League Soccer Standout Brek Shea Receives 2011 Michael Johnson Performer... PR Web (press release) Michael Johnson Performance (MJP) is a state-of-the-art training facility that provides group performance training for youth athletes, ages 9 to 18, to improve speed, agility, strength and stamina. The MJP training philosophy applies to all sports and ... See all stories on this topic »

KICK IT: The 'Family' Five Evening News and Tribune The photo you see here shows the first-ever soccer team at Holy Family School in New Albany. The year is 2005, and in that first season the fifth- and sixth-grade Eagles soared to success, winning the Louisville Catholic School Athletic Association's ... See all stories on this topic »

Registration now being accepted for Queen Creek's Little Athletes program SanTanValleyToday.com The six-week program offers children ages 4-6 the basics of soccer, T-ball and basketball through an interactive approach to create a positive athletic experience.Sports exercises, drills, and high- and low-keyed games will be taught in a ... See all stories on this topic »

MOHANKA: Emotions run high even for soccer spectator CU Columbia Spectator (While football put on a fantastic first-half display, the second half was all the hosts… I'll leave it at that.) But men's soccer. Oh my god. I still can't quite believe it. And I don't know if I will ever be able to. I've only been moved to sporting ... See all stories on this topic »

The Jackson Clinics Teams Up with Largest Adult Sports League in Northern ... PR Web (press release) FXA, a non-profit organization started in 2007, has grown to be the largest co-ed and men's adult sports league in the Washington, DC region, with over 600 teams competing, casually or competitively, in six sports (flagfootball, soccer, softball, ... See all stories on this topic » PR Web (press release)

FOX Carolina 21Former NFL player to coach Greenville area school's team WHNS Greenville Shannon Forest Christian School said the Crusaders will add a football team to the existing athletics lineup, which currently includes baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, golf, soccer and volleyball, to name a few. ... See all stories on this topic »

Scissor Kick The Link It's a scene from Red Bull Arena, home of the New York Red Bulls of Major LeagueSoccer, which opened its doors to the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Big East tournament this year, where the University of Connecticut played St. John's ... See all stories on this topic »

Community Calendar: What's on your sports schedule this winter? The Idaho Statesman The Athletic Zone: Offering clinics to get children ready for AAU, school or competitive basketball. Accepting boys and girls grades 3 through high school. Email yourazone@yahoo.com. The Idaho Matadors: Recruiting players ages 18 and older for 11-man ... See all stories on this topic »

Too Much Importance Is Placed On Stadium Naming Rights in the Premier League EPL Talk The names of English soccer leagues begin with companies; it's not “The Premier League, brought to you by Barclays Bank”, it's “Barclays Premier League” and “Npower Championship League”. If sponsorships are so rampant in English football —truly, ... See all stories on this topic »

Sports filming: exciting opportunities The Collegian online The tiny, two-person department is responsible for recording nearly everyfootball and basketball game. It also records home soccer and volleyball events, and gathers highlight footage of Olympic sports. Because the department has a limited budget, ... See all stories on this topic » The Collegian online

Princeton's Saunders makes history Cincinnati.com Hamilton junior offensive tackle Ben Flick has been offered by Buffalo, according to the Hamilton football program. It is the first offer for Flick, who is 6 feet 5 and 275 pounds. Former Moeller athletic director Dick Beerman said a second printing of ... See all stories on this topic »

Local Sporting Champion Awards Cadtle Hills News Winners were: Nicholas Ballard, Baulkham Hills (soccer); Luke Collyer, Baulkham Hills (cycling); Rylee Field, Castle Hill (cycling); Ebony Gallant, Baulkham Hills (swimming); Hayden Ivers, Baulkham Hills (judo); Sarah Marvin, Winston Hills (athletics); ... See all stories on this topic »

David Testo: How the MLS Star Coming out Could Impact World Football Bleacher Report And it makes sense. There's a lot of pressure in sports, in general, to stay in the closet, even now. A lot of it linked to larger projections of machismo and what the gender roles of male athletes are supposed to be. Even players who are not gay ... See all stories on this topic » Bleacher Report

Attention runners: Increase speed and power while preventing injury The Mercury By John R. Mishock, Owner of Mishock Physical Therapy & Associates Whether yoursport is soccer, basketball, lacrosse, tennis, football, baseball or track and field improving your speed, power and agility will make you a better player. ... See all stories on this topic »

Eight Centre women named All-SCAC, Hebbeler Defensive Player of the Year Centre Athletics After finishing 14-5-3 and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history, the Centre women'ssoccer team was represented by eight players on the All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Team with junior ... See all stories on this topic » Centre Athletics

Haverford retains 'Split Sweater' on festive day at EA Main Line The rivalry began on the gridiron over 100 years ago, and in the mid 1980's the schools added boys' soccer and cross-country to this day, along with bragging rights for the split-sweater that would be the culmination of the fall sports season. ... See all stories on this topic »

NCAA raises scholarship potential The Collegian online This would mean not only spending $2000 extra dollars on the roughly 85 scholarshipfootball players, but also spending $2000 on every member of men's and women's basketball, soccer, tennis, golf, track and field, cross country and every other sport a... See all stories on this topic »

Taylor: College football takes too long The Stanford Daily I try to be diplomatic about college football, and I really, honestly enjoy the sport and the culture that surrounds it, but seriously, why does it have to take so long? When you win, and when with each game you see your team climbing up the rankings, ... See all stories on this topic »

Colgate Men's Soccer Team Wins PL Championship Madison County Courier By Gloria Nantulya, Athletic Communications Assistant (Washington, DC. – Nov. 13, 2011) Juniors Mike Garzi and Mike Reidy scored a goal each late in the second half of the 2011 Patriot League Tournament Final to give the Colgate men's soccer team a 2-0... See all stories on this topic »

JSS: Melinda Gainsford-Taylor to judge Village Voice Balmain She will be joined by NewsLocal editor-in-chief Bob Osburn and sportseditor Jon Geddes. Gainsford-Taylor has a continuing involvement by coaching little athletics, junior soccer, rugby league and AFL players to improve their speed. ... See all stories on this topic » Village Voice Balmain

Supinie: Illinois 'has more issues than a coach' Peoria Journal Star That's what happens when you lose four straight games, see the public opinion turn strongly against you, a player ends up hospitalized with a gunshot wound and everyone wonders what the new athletic director will do. In his seventh year as coach, ... See all stories on this topic »

UD soccer draws Virginia in NCAA tourney The News Journal Delaware (12-5-4) won its first Colonial Athletic Association title Sunday in Harrisonburg, Va., 2-1 over Old Dominion. The fourth-seeded Hens needed penalty-kick shootouts to get past Northeastern and host James Madison in the first two rounds. ... See all stories on this topic »

Men's Soccer Earns NCAA At-Large Bid - Georgia State Athletics The Georgia State men's soccer team earned one of 26 at-large bids awarded by the NCAA on Monday for the 2011 Division I Men's Soccer Championship. GSU travels to play No. 24 Duke (10-7-3) on Thursday ... Courtesy: Randy Lieberman/ SportsCommunications, Release: 11/14/2011 ... GeorgiaStateSports.com this week for NCAA Tournament Central to get all the latest news about the Georgia State men's soccerteam's trip to the NCAA Tournament. Also, follow the Panthers on ... Georgia State Headline News

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Georgetown eliminates ... - Campbellsville University Athletics News Tiger News. Georgetown eliminates Lady Tigers from MSC soccer, 2-0. Posted by Richard RoBards - Wed, Nov 9, 2011 - [Women's Soccer]. Campbellsville was ... www.campbellsvilletigers.com/article/2025.php

November 12 Sports Ticker November 12 Sports Ticker. Football Lions rally for 31-20 victory. It was a full weekend of athletic games for many Southwestern Assemblies of God University ... www.sagu.edu/news/.../1171-november-12-sports-ticker

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