Last Storm Prepared High School Teams Before Ike
from Houston Chronicle
 When Hurricane Rita was traveling toward the Gulf Coast and threatening the Houston area in September 2005, high school athletics were halted for a weekend. Although the storm missed the greater Houston area and instead hit much of the Golden Triangle, it still caused chaos for Houston-area football schedules. What ensued after the storm was a battle of attrition as teams tried to cram multiple games into short spans of time to make up for lost contests. But after Hurricane Ike hit on Sept. 13, sports schedules weren’t the only thing disrupted for Houston-area schools and student-athletes.
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Passing-oriented Scheme Leaves High School Teams Room to Run
from Fort Worth Star-Telegram
On the leader board, Keller boasts one of the most balanced high school football teams in the Fort Worth area. The Keller Indians run for 191.7 yards a game while adding 205 yards per game passing. The mix may look a little odd to some football fans, seeing that Keller is one of many teams that use the ever-popular spread offense. More
Undersized Wylie May Have its Best Team Yet
from Dallas Morning News HS Game Time
The home team entered the field in its typically impressive way: through an inflatable skull. The band started up, the crowd at Pirate Stadium roared and the Wylie players ran onto the field alongside black flags printed with white skulls and crossbones. Pretty intimidating for an opponent. And so is this year's Wylie team, which rolled to a 44-0 victory over McKinney Boyd in the District 8-5A opener for both teams. More
Philadelphia High School Football Player Dies After Contracting MRSA
from Fox News
Philadelphia school district officials say a high school football player has died of a drug-resistant staph infection. The officials say tests on Friday confirmed that 17-year-old Saalen Jones had the contagious germ known as methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus or MRSA. More
Galveston Ball Tornadoes Find Meaning in Rebuilding
from Houston Chronicle
Eddie Perez couldn’t make it to football practice. He was helping his family clean up its home in Galveston. Mud, mold, mess … nothing salvageable below 4 feet. “It’s horrible … it’s destroyed,” Perez said. “All of the inside is destroyed. We got to rebuild the whole thing. The roof held up and the fence out back is OK, but other than that it’s real bad.” Perez — outfielder and catcher for Galveston Ball in the spring and linebacker for the Tornadoes in the fall — lost perhaps his most prized possession to the surging waters of Hurricane Ike, which pushed through the home he has lived in since the fourth grade. More
Athletes to Donate Brains for Concussion Study
from South Coast Today
Former NFL linebacker Isaiah Kacyvenski quickly agreed when his ex-teammate at Harvard asked if he would donate his brain after death for research into concussions. "It's a noble cause," he said. "It's something close to my heart. I've had several concussions." Kacyvenski, 30, is one of 16 pro athletes, including six former NFL players, who have agreed to donate their brains to the new Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, a joint program between the Boston University School of Medicine and Sports Legacy Institute. More
St. Andrew’s Volleyball is a Real Sister Act
from Austin American-Statesman
Take a quick look around the practice gym at St. Andrew's and one thing is obvious: Crusaders volleyball is a family affair. There's head coach Jenny Krueger, standing at center court, yelling orders and dodging volleyballs while holding her toddler daughter — "She goes with me everywhere," she said — and watching her young son run around.
More obvious are the two pairs of sisters taking turns setting and spiking at the net. Two-thirds of the starting lineup, in fact, is made up of sisters: Merritt and Emily Bury and identical twins Hattie and Mary Alice Sherman.
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