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NEWS ABOUT: high school football

high school football stories: 9 news summaries
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 Bullock Shines in 
 Crowd-Pleasing Blind Side  

Football chick flick lacks suspense, delivers happy ending

Nov 20, 09 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The Blind Side lacks inherent suspense—it's based on the true story of Michael Oher, a rookie offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens. But the tale of a homeless African-American teen adopted by big-hearted white yuppies, at bottom a Sandra Bullock vehicle, goes over big in football country.
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entertainment • NFL • film • football • movie review • Tim McGraw • Baltimore Ravens • movies • Sandra Bullock • high school football • college football • sports movie • National Football League • pro football • The Blind Side • The Blind Side review • Quinton Aaron • John Lee Hancock

Gretzky, Montana Sons Hobnob on High School Team

Sporting legends cheer on their offspring at California's Oaks Christian

Oct 14, 09 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - California's Oaks Christian is ranked the fifth best high school team in the country but the sporting icons in the stands often get more attention than the players. The '49ers superstar Joe Montana and NHL legend Wayne Gretzky regularly turn up to watch their sons, quarterback Nick Montana and his... More »

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California • high school • Wayne Gretzky • Joe Montana • Will Smith • celebrity parents • high school football • fathers

(AP) - A former Kentucky high school football coach has been acquitted in the death of a player who collapsed at a practice where the team was put through a series of sprints on a hot summer day. It was a rare criminal prosecution of a coach in a player's heat-related death.... More »

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coach • sports deaths • high school football • heat stroke

UPDATED

 Coach Shot Dead 
 at Iowa School; 
 Ex-Player Arrested 

Adult gunman in custody

Jun 24, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A top Iowa high school football coach is dead after he was shot by a former player in the school’s weight room—with students nearby today, the Gazette of Cedar Rapids reports. Ed Thomas was shot point-blank in the head; no one else was hurt. The suspect, 24-year-old Mark... More »

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Iowa • crime • murder • football • school shooting • coach • shooting • high school football • Ed Thomas

(Newser) - A high school football coach in Kentucky has been charged with reckless homicide after one of his players collapsed during practice on a sweltering day and later died, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports. The coach faces five years in prison if convicted. He and his assistants reportedly denied players water and... More »

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Kentucky • coach • high school football

Arkansas State Champions Didn't Punt Once

Coach wins with unorthodox tactics

Dec 25, 08 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Faith in statistics, confidence in his offense and an ingrained dislike of punting were the perfect storm for one high school football coach in Arkansas, RivalsHigh reports, with Kevin Kelley taking Little Rock’s Pulaski Academy to a state title without a single punt. “You can just tell people... More »

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Little Rock, Arkansas • high school football • Pulaski Academy • Kevin Kelley • punting

'Basketball on Grass' Has Heads Spinning

Offbeat offense catches on with high school football coaches

Oct 17, 08 12:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Standard football rules allow the team on offense five eligible receivers downfield. But what if opponents and officials can't tell which five until the center snaps the ball? Hundreds of high schools run the controversial "A-11" offense, which relies on confusion instead of brawn. The New York Times checks... More »

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sports • NCAA football • football • loopholes • high school football • A-11 offense • spread offense

Down Syndrome Teen Voted Homecoming Queen

'Her smile was as big as Texas,' aunt says

Oct 15, 08 5:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - There wasn't a dry eye in the house when a Texas football stadium erupted into wild cheers last weekend to honor their homecoming queen, a pretty 18-year-old high school senior with Down syndrome. "Her smile was as big as the state of Texas," queen Kristin Pass' aunt told... More »

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high school • Texas • football • teenager • Down Syndrome • high school football • homecoming • homecoming queen

Texas Team Is Tops, Thanks
to Pacific Isle

Tongans bring heft to championship high school squad

Oct 5, 08 5:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Freaks of nature," as one player put it, have helped propel a Texas football team to the nation's highest ranks. He was referring to the Trinity Trojans' high strain of Tonga blood. Three thousand of the Pacific Islanders reside in small-town Euless, and boost the high school team... More »

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Texas • football • high school football

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