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Schools Struggle to Find Where Fitness Fits
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Michael Popke,
December 2011
If you want to know just how desperately educators in New York City are trying to make fitness a priority for their students, look no further than Public School 197 in Queens.
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Arizona and Hawaii Introduce High School Sand Volleyball, Surfing
By
Emily Attwood,
December 2011
Athletes in Hawaii and Arizona will soon be taking their game to the beach — well, in Hawaii, anyway.
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'Life of an Athlete' Helps Kids Make Smart Choices
By
Michael Popke,
November 2011
On the final Saturday night in September, a group of student-athletes from Sun Prairie (Wis.) High School hosted the first all-school "dry party" — three hours of open gym and swim, inflatable jousting, plenty of pizza and college football on TV in the commons, with members of the football, soccer, volleyball and dance booster clubs donating their time and resources.
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Massive Revitalization Project Could Be Template for Urban School Districts
By
Michael Popke,
June 2011
Few urban school districts’ athletic programs were in need of an extreme makeover as much as Buffalo Public Schools.
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Administrators Must Help Recruits Hide From Overzealous Online Fans
By
Michael Popke,
May 2011
Ruben Gonzalez and Andre Davis, two of the top wide receivers in Hillsborough County, Fla., announced their commitments to the University of South Florida within a week of one another earlier this year.
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New Efforts to Revive Structured Physical Education Abound
By
Michael Popke,
April 2011
Most school gymnasiums are filled more often than not these days — hosting much-needed blood drives, fundraisers for vital school and community needs, and revenue-generating offseason sports camps.
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School, Park Districts Explore Partnership to Save Sports
By
Michael Popke,
April 2011
When Rockford (Ill.) Public Schools announced two weeks into 2011 that it was exploring a partnership that would transfer operation of interscholastic sports to the Rockford Park District, school officials cited several benefits.
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State-Mandated Sportsmanship Programs Tackle Bad Behavior
By
Catherine Liewen,
February 2011
Last November, the Southington (Conn.) High School football team's 28-14 victory over rival Manchester High School was overshadowed by allegations that Southington Coach D.J. Hernandez, a 24-year-old former University of Connecticut quarterback and wide receiver, admitted to using the opposing quarterback's misplaced armband to call defensive plays. Video footage showed the play card attached to Hernandez's clipboard, but he claimed that he only used the card for four plays for his team's defense in the third quarter.
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Baseline Testing for Concussions Gains Popularity
By
Catherine Liewen,
January 2011
Nathan Stiles, a senior football player at Spring Hill (Kan.) High School, was playing an epic game against Osawatomie High on a Thursday night last October. He already had 65- and 18-yard touchdown runs when he came out of the game after being tackled near the sideline just before halftime.
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Ohio High School Athletic Association Gets Involved in Youth Sports
By
Catherine Liewen,
December 2010
A newspaper series prompts Ohio's State Athletic Association to offer itself as a guide in regulating youth sports.
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