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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Friday Night Lives
In Massillon, High School Football Is 'Who We Are'
November 20, 2009 The Ohio school has a 20,000-seat stadium, a $3 million indoor practice facility and a live tiger for a mascot. Massillon teams have won 22 state championships and they're in the running for another one. It's football "sunup to sundown," the head coach says.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Monday, November 02, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Friday Night Lives
Football Blowouts: The Art To Winning Big
October 16, 2009 Every year, one or two high school football games get national attention for lopsided scores. No one likes to lose, but can something be learned by being on the wrong side of a blowout? Are we too willing to vilify coaches who are on the winning side?
Monday, October 05, 2009
Friday, October 02, 2009
Friday Night Lives
Touchdowns And Triumphs For Military Students
October 2, 2009 At Fort Campbell High School, located on a military base in Kentucky, players focus on football and play hard, even while dealing with a parent deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Friday Night Lives
Faith Helps Team Stay In Big-School Football
September 11, 2009 Mount St. Joseph Academy has just 53 boys enrolled, but the Catholic high school clings to its storied football past, continuing to field a team in Vermont's most competitive division. Increasingly, critics question whether the team can hang with the state's version of football powerhouses.
Friday, September 04, 2009
Friday Night Lives
Do Random Tests Keep Teen Athletes Off Steroids?
September 4, 2009 In Texas last year, 45,200 student athletes were tested for steroids under a tough new program for high schools. The most frequently tested were football players. Only 19 athletes tested positive. Some say that's proof that the testing deters kids from using drugs, while others say the program is flawed.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Friday Night Lives
Prep Football Players Grit Through 'Basic Training'
August 21, 2009 For soldiers, it's basic training. For accountants, it's tax season. For football players, it's summer two-a-days. Coaches, players and parents from two high school football teams — one in New Jersey and one in Philadelphia — sweat it out in the blistering heat in the hope it'll all pay off come fall.
