Sixty-four of the nation’s top high school football players will take the challenge and compete in the third annual Champion® Gridiron Kings event, a series of competitions featuring the best players in the game’s seven skill positions – quarterback, running back, tight end, wide receiver, linebacker, cornerback and safety. Champion® Gridiron Kings, part of the ESPN RISE Games, will take place July 23-24 at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort.
Champion® Gridiron Kings is one of four elite high school events featured in the ESPN RISE Games, a two-week event for elite and competitive level student-athletes, July 13-27. Other events include, Champion® All-American Showcase, a US Lacrosse boys and girls event; the AAU 11th Grade Boys Basketball Super Showcase presented by Champion®; and the Under Armour High School All-America Softball game.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU committed major violations while recruiting a junior college football player, but won’t be slapped with any postseason bans or future scholarship reductions, the NCAA ruled Tuesday. The governing body decided to place the school on probation for a year and cited a former assistant coach for unethical conduct.
The investigation found that ex-assistant coach D.J. McCarthy improperly arranged for transportation and housing for former defensive lineman Akiem Hicks in 2009, then later tried to cover up those actions.
The NCAA accepted LSU’s self-imposed reduction of two scholarships during the 2010-11 academic year, as well as a 10 percent reduction in official visits and reductions in recruiting calls. LSU already had begun reducing official visits during 2010-11, but the NCAA expanded the punishment to include 2011-12.
McCarthy resigned in December 2009.
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Barry Reed is one of the most intimidating forces on the Southwest Virginia softball scene.
But when the longtime Virginia High coach began preparations for the 2011 season, he best resembled the downtrodden Old Mother of nursery rhyme lore.
Reed’s trophy case was stacked, but his cupboard was bare.
Missing was the Core Four – Crystal Bullock, Adrianne Evans, Lannie Johnston and Fallon Thomas – a quartet of departed seniors who won a school-record 84 games during their four years as Bearcats and made the semifinals of the state tournament three times.
Back were a few talented, but mostly unproven youngsters, a couple of veteran role players and more questions for Reed to grapple with than a student starting the SAT.
“We had a number of holes to fill,” said Reed, the Bristol Herald Courier’s 2011 softball coach of the year. “We had a l
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The Eau Gallie High softball team captured their first state title Tuesday afternoon, beating Harmony 7-2. Here is how they did it.
Eau Gallie is in white but is the road team on the scoreboard and should bat first. Harmony is in dark blue with burnt orange lettering. Harmony uses three pitchers, by the way. None has more than 12 decisions. Today’s starter, Lauren Harris, is 8-2 with a 1.89 ERA. She is also the top hitter, with 27 RBIs, 4 HRs and a .408 batting average. She bats right-handed.
Comparative scores are all over on this one. Check the blog entry below for some notes on that, but add that one of Eau Gallie’s five losses was Braden River , the team Harmony defeated, 2-1, yesterday.
Top of first
Alex Powers doubles down LF line. Gets past LFer and Powers takes third. Mattscheck walks. Eagel singles in both. EAU GALLIE LEADS, 2-0.
Bottom of first
Nothing for Harmony. Two strikeouts. EAU GALLIE LEADS, 2-0.
Top of second.
Katrina Cowan with a leadoff single. Read more…
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