Today is day one of the IAAF World Junior Track Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The championships will run July 8-13th and feature the top track and field athletes born 1989 or later. The US squad features a contingent of 40 men and 39 women including 14 star athletes from California. Among the   more...
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5 Utah high school football players were arrested for 50 counts of theft, vandalism, etc for their parts in a major crime spree.
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The final polls are in as state title games wrap up, and the West Coast is sitting atop the national rankings as Nor Cal powerhouse De La Salle finished up an undefeated season with a 37-31 victory over Centennial High School from Corona. full story of game   more...
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Apparently, allowing a woman to ref a basketball game "would be putting a woman in a position of authority over boys … a scenario that was contrary to beliefs at St. Mary's Academy."A private, Catholic high school training boys to become shovenist pigs. Nice. And they say the public school system   more...
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Nease versus Booker T. can be seen in the entire Southeast on FSN on Saurday at 1:00 (Sorry to all other parts of the U.S. not seeing this great matchup). The game will be played in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando and promises to be a great game, especially with two top 50 teams in the entire United   more...

As with most polls, discrepency sits atop the nation's best. As with my posting a week ago, De La Salle High School from Concord, California was crowned national champ by MaxPreps. This week, Rivals.com gave us their breakdown which sees Northwestern High School from Miami, Florida at the top.
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Yesterday, Nease High School football coach Craig Howard resigned as the team's head coach, and will now be hired as Columbia High School's head football coach. The move came after former Columbia head coach Danny Green was fired in December and the building of a new high school near Nease. Said   more...
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WE'RE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!!!Who isn't going to a world series these days? AABC, AAU, CABA, NABF, USTOC, Triple Crown, USSSA, BPA, American Legion. I hope I didn't leave anyone out. With so many world series tournaments offered, it seems like it's a rare achievement NOT to be attending one of   more...
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Yes, the questions were answered. Nease quarterback Ted Stachitas proved to all with the past two seasons that he could lead the Panthers football team to the promise land. Before leading the Panthers to two straight State Championships though, people wondered if he could do anywhere close to how   more...
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Six Nease Panther football players signed a letter of intent today to play football for their chosen school.Ramon Booi - Wake Forset - DT, 6'6, 325 lbs.Riley Haynes - Wake Forest - LB, 6', 205 lbs.Ted Stachitas - Wake Forest - QB, 6', 180 lbs.Dalton Faulds - East Carolina - G, 6'3, 265 lbs.Graham   more...
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The Nease Panthers, last night, won an incredible game 49-48 over the Pace Patriots in 4 overtimes to advance to next Saturday's 4A Florida State Championship game. This is Nease's third consecutive State Championship appearance. They will play Booker T. Washington from Miami in the Citrus Bowl in   more...
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Tomorrow, the Nease Panthers face off against the Pace Patriots at 7:30 at Nease High School. Nease is 12-1 and Pace is 13-0. This game will be very competitive as two of the premier teams in Florida go at it. This is the Florida 4A State Semifinal and the winner goes to the State Championship next   more...

Yesterday, was a tough day for Nease football fans in their third consecutive State Championship appearance. The 13-1 Panthers lost 23-15 to a very fast Booker T. Washington Tornadoes team, who is #4 in the nation, in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando. That was only Nease's second loss this year, which   more...
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Another Jason McElwain type story, albeit not as legendary, but inspiring nonetheless. You have to love kids that are able to do what they love and deal with down syndrome or autism amidst the nastiness of teenage peers. Now that is courage.

Sign him up for the Globetrotters. One-armed high school amputee Porter Ellett hoops it up in Utah.
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