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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: high school sports

high school sports stories: 8 news summaries

Texas Schools Cancel
Sports as Flu Spreads

Some schools shut entirely

Apr 29, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - All Texas high schools are canceling sports and academic competitions until May 11 to prevent swine flu from spreading, and five school districts have canceled classes altogether, the Houston Chronicle reports. "Altering the schedule of our events is a way to keep our participants safe," said a state... More »

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high school • Texas • public health • high school sports • swine flu

 Student Sparks Row 
 Over Indian 'Mascot' 

Chumash student wants Indian icons removed from California high school

Mar 15, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A student's demand that his high school remove Indian images linked to the sports program has sparked an uproar in Carpinteria, California, a town proud of its "Warriors." The  student, who is of Chumash descent, doesn't object to the name Warriors but is opposed to Indian representations, such... More »

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sports • California • Cleveland Indians • discrimination • high school sports • Native Americans

Give Me an
O! U! C! H!

Cheerleading proves more dangerous
than all other girls' sports combined

Aug 12, 08 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cheerleading accounts for more catastrophic injuries than every other girls’ sport combined, LiveScience reports. Of the 103 fatal, debilitating, or serious injuries female high school athletes incurred between 1982 and 2007, 67 occurred while cheerleading. Participants in the next-most-dangerous activity, gymnastics, sustained just nine such injuries. The proportions for college... More »

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high school • high school sports • sports injuries • cheerleading

Big Texas Steroid Sweep Nets 2 Students

More than 10,000
are clean in nation's largest such testing

Jul 23, 08 6:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Texas’s $6-million program to test high school athletes for steroids found two students out of 10,117 were using the drugs, the AP reports. Supporters called the testing, the country's largest, a deterrent, but critics see it as a waste of taxpayer money. About 45,000 students will be... More »

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steroids • Texas • high school sports

Mich. Lax Team Suspended
After Bum Invite

Booted for mooning would-be prom date a bare-butted question

May 1, 08 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Michigan high school student thought up a novel way to ask for a prom date. He and 12 lacrosse teammates spelled out "Will You Go to the Prom With Me?" on their butts and mooned the girl at a match, reports the Ann Arbor News. The girl said... More »

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high school • lacrosse • high school sports • Proms • high school students

Road to NFL Often Starts
at High School Bowl Game

Small company identifies future stars

Apr 25, 08 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - For many of the top prospects in this year’s NFL draft, the path to stardom didn’t begin in college. Instead, it started at the US Army All-American Bowl, an annual high-school all-star game that’s been remarkably good at spotting future NFL talent. Since 2005, 69 participants have... More »

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football • athlete • NFL draft • athletics • high school sports

NCAA Upholds Ban on Texting Recruits

Move to override derided rule finds little support

Jan 13, 08 1:37 PM CST
(Newser) - The NCAA has upheld its ban against coaches text messaging high school prospects as a means of recruitment, ESPN.com reports. Though the rule was criticized by coaches and athletic directors when it was passed last year, the motion to overturn barely got enough support to bring the issue... More »

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Division I • NCAA • high school sports • recruiting • texting

HS Football Players Hide Head Injuries

Concussions more risky for teens who don't know—or don't tell

Sep 15, 07 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Behind the Americana of high school football lurks the deadly consequences of concussions. In the last 10 years some 50 players have sustained serious head injuries on the gridiron—some fatal, the New York Times reports. And teenage players, whose brains are more fragile, often don't know what a concussion... More »

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football • injury • concussions • high school sports • teenager

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