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Enraged Football Coach Headbutts Player, Gives Self Head Injury
Coach gotta chill out, man. The concussion problem in football is bad enough without you making it worse on yourself....
"Ahh...FUCK!" Audio Issues Lead Football Game TV Director To Broadcast Own Meltdown
Comcast SportsNet Chicago had some issues before today’s telecast of an Illinois state high school championship game between Auburn and Tri-Valley, and the director’s in-truck audio ended up going out over the air—which led to some very NSFW language being broadcast to the dozens and dozens we’re su...
Errant Throwaway Hits Cheerleader In Face
American Heritage and Hallandale met for a football game on Friday night, and one unlucky cheerleader took this here throwaway to what looks like the face and/or neck. Shouts out to her for popping back up instantly....
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Players, Officials Sprint To Locker Room After Gunshots Reported At Miami High School Game [UPDATES]
Players hit the deck and officials ran for safety tonight as gunshots were reported late in Miami Central’s 36-8 win over Carol City in the Florida state high school football playoffs....
High School Football Player Ends Play With Nasty Eye Gouge
Aqib Talib is apparently an inspiration to youths all across this great land. During this game between Minneapolis North and Minneota High, North defender Antwan Cobble jabbed the everliving shit out of Minneota Isaac Hennen’s eye. North would go on to lose the Class 1A Prep Bowl 35-18....
High School Football Player Chucks Gatorade Jug Into Postgame Huddle
This is why the celebratory Gatorade bath is usually a two-man operation:...
Colorado High School Sexting Scandal Costs Football Team Its Playoff Spot
Cañon City High School is just like most other high schools in the country, in that it’s full of libidinous teenagers and has a football team. Unfortunately for fans of the Cañon City Tigers, those two factors intersected and ultimately cost the football team its shot at a playoff spot, as a wave of...
Rural Kansas High School Football Player Dies After Collapsing On Sideline
Luke Schemm, a football player at Wallace County High in tiny Sharon Springs, Kan., died Wednesday, after collapsing during Tuesday night’s playoff game. Schemm was airlifted to a Denver hospital but was declared brain dead, and eventually taken off life support today. He collapsed on the sideline a...
Coming Soon To Seattle-Area High School Football: Satanic Invocations (UPDATE)
The legal position on prayer in public school in America is, generally, settled. Across decades of cases, the Supreme Court has held that religion may not be included in school-sponsored activities, but that students may independently gather for religious purposes. But a high school football coach i...
Chicago High School Football Player Dies After Hit
On the last play of the game between Bogan High School and Chicago Vocational High on Thursday night, Bogan senior Andre Smith took a hit, then collapsed after walking off the field. Smith was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he died early yesterday morning. He was 17 years old. ...
Texas High School Football Player Dies After Collapsing On Sidelines
Last night, junior Cam’ron Matthews of Alto High School in Alto, Texas died after collapsing near the end of the first half of his school’s game against Carlisle High. According to NBC, Matthews complained of dizziness and suffered a seizure on the sidelines. Matthews was airlifted out of the stadiu...
High School QB Suspended For Inappropriately Touching Center While Getting Snap
A zero tolerance policy run amok? A quarterback inappropriately tickling the taint of his center? Let’s try and find out which!...
High School Football Player Dies From Injury Suffered While Making A Tackle
Seventeen-year-old Kenney Bui, a senior at Evergreen (Wash.) High School and a defensive back on the football team, died today from injuries suffered while making a tackle during a game on Friday....
Massive Brawl Breaks Out At High School Football Game In Texas
A huge melee broke out at last night’s game between conference rivals Westfield and Spring, in Spring, Tx. Coaches and officials tried to calm the teams down, but both benches quickly emptied and the fighting escalated to the degree that local law enforcement on hand had to come and quell the fighti...
High School Quarterback Dies After On-Field Injury
Late last night, Evan Murray of Washington, NJ and Warren Hills Regional High School died after getting tackled during the second quarter against Summit High. He was 17. It is not yet clear what specific injuries Murray may have suffered, but he walked off the field under his own power before being ...
Extra Point Off The Ref's Face Still Counts
This kick, by Luis Aranda of Lee H.S. in Midland Texas, is an ugly thing of beauty. The officials are in play, so a PAT that ricochets off one’s head and (barely) goes through the uprights—even if it wouldn’t have without the zebra assist—is good. ...
Another High School Football Player Targets A Referee
High school football is in desperate need of some chill right now. Just this month we’ve seen two Texas high school football players light up a referee who supposedly said racist things to them, another player from Texas shove an official, and a kid use his opponent’s helmet as a mace. Now, we have ...
High School Football Player Twists And Turns His Way Through A Crazy Punt Return
Desmon Richards is a senior running back who plays for Lakeside High in Eufala, Ala. Here, we see him pulling off a truly wild punt return:...
Texas High School Players Say They Were Told By Coach To Hit Referee
The two Texas high school football players caught on video drilling a referee appeared on Good Morning America today—with their attorney— and said the referee had used anti-Hispanic slurs, a charge the official, Robert Watts, has denied. The players also claimed that they were ordered to lay hits on...
High School Football Player Removes Opponent's Helmet, Bashes Him With It
According to NJ.com, this happened last weekend during a game between New Jersey high schools Immaculata and Linden. In the video above, you’ll see a Linden defensive lineman pull the helmet off an Immaculata player, and then swing the helmet right into his head....