Hard-hit High Island School Resumes Football Season
from The Dallas Morning News
 Inside the High Island locker room, smelling of sweat, socks and the struggles of football games past, there was no pretense, no show of bravado, no empty boasting. Here, there was only a high school football team – 27 boys in maroon and white, shoulders padded, helmets in hand, eyes fixed forward or darting anxiously around the room. Here, against all odds, were the High Island Cardinals, shifting their weight on weathered wooden benches, tapping their toes, checking the clock. In a few moments, they would play their first home game since Hurricane Ike destroyed their communities on the Bolivar Peninsula. Just a few weeks earlier, no one knew if the school would reopen. No one knew how many of the 221 students – among them, 31 football players – or 43 staff members would return. No one even knew if any would have homes to return to.
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Staph Infections: Must-Read for HS Athletes
from Palm Beach Post
There has been a lot of attention on staph infections lately, due primarily to situations with Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow and (allegedly) Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning. If they can get it, you can get it. Hopefully that scares the daylights out of you, because it should. More
Roosevelt's Football Tradition Grounded in its Diversity
from San Antonio Express-News HS Game Time
There are a number of Greater San Antonio high schools that have more football playoff appearances than Roosevelt, which has advanced to the postseason eight times since it opened in 1966. Judson, for one, more than doubled that when it made the playoffs 17 consecutive years from 1982-98. But the Rough Riders have done something only five other area schools have accomplished while competing in the UIL's largest classification: win a state championship. More
Girl power: Akins Kicker Finds Her Place on Football Team
from The Austin American-Statesman
The red and white cleats with the Nike swoosh that Olivia Lust wears are admittedly for soccer. But Lust, a senior at Akins, hasn't played high school soccer in nearly two years. These days, the ball that she and her right-cleated foot are kicking around is a football, not a soccer ball. Lust is the backup kicker for Akins' varsity team. She is believed to be the only female varsity football player in the Austin school district. More
Texas High Schools Producing Bumper Crops of College QBs
from St. Louis Post-Dispatch via the Dallas Morning News
Colt McCoy and Graham Harrell brought national championship dreams, Heisman hopes and the special understanding that comes with being coaches' sons into their showdown. The two share another common bond: membership in a growing college football fraternity, former Texas high school quarterbacks guiding big-time programs. The Lone Star State has begun exporting record-setting passers far beyond Texas. This season, 21 of the 119 starting quarterbacks in the NCAA Bowl Division have Texas ties. So do six of the top nine QBs ranked nationally in total offense.
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North Shore Football Team Setting Stage for Classic Run
from Houston Chronicle
A week spent with coach David Aymond and his Mustang players reveals the preparation involved in stretching the state’s record regular-season winning streak to 77. More
Volleyball: 'All in the Family' Not Just a Cliché
from San Antonio Express-News HS Game Time
In sports, the term “family” is often used as a way to describe the camaraderie a certain team shares. It’s a way to explain how one player can seemingly know what another player is going to do on the court, simply by making eye contact. In the Greater San Antonio area, “family” might be the best way to describe this year’s high school volleyball playoffs, which start today for public schools and concludes later this week for Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS). More
Six Ways to Avoid Infections at the Gym
from U.S. News & World Report
High school, college, and pro athletes in sports including wrestling and baseball have come down with staph infections in recent years, in some cases MRSA, the potentially deadly strain that is immune to antibiotics. It's not always clear where these and other infections originate, but athletes are at risk because they tend to get nicks and cuts, to have skin-to-skin contact with teammates and opponents, and to share equipment and towels. That doesn't give you another excuse to hit the snooze button rather than working out, however. Doctors say the benefits of exercise far outweigh the small chance of acquiring staph or another infection at the gym or in the course of your fitness routine. And, they say, you can take some common-sense steps to protect yourself.
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