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Massachusetts Softball POY: Maddy Barone

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The Gatorade State Softball Players of the Year were selected based on athletic production and impact in the 2015-16 season. Each winner also demonstrated high academic achievement and exemplary personal character, including volunteerism, sportsmanship and community leadership.

For a list of the other Gatorade State Softball Players of the Year winners, click here.

THE WINNER: Maddy Barone

THE BASICS

School: Silver Lake Regional (Kingston, Mass.)
Grade: Senior
Position: Right-handed pitcher
Height: 5-foot-9

Athletic achievement: She led the Lakers to a 22-0 record entering the South Division 1 sectional tournament. The returning All-Scholastic Division 1 Player of the Year as named by The Boston Globe and Boston Herald, Barone posted a 20-0 record with a 0.76 ERA and 190 strikeouts against just 14 walks in 128 innings pitched entering the postseason. Also a four-time Patriot League All-Star, Barone batted .467 with 13 extra-base hits, 29 RBI and 38 runs scored, recording a .481 on-base percentage and a .747 slugging percentage through 22 games. She led Silver Lake to the 2015 Division 1 championship game as a junior.

Academic excellence: Also a basketball, soccer and gymnastics standout, Barone has maintained a 4.26 weighted GPA.

Exemplary character: In addition to donating her time as a youth softball instructor and umpire, she has volunteered with the Holidays in Halifax Committee and as part of multiple initiatives to support our armed forces, including her school’s Deployment Buddies program and the Lt. Michael P. Murphy Scholarship Foundation.

THE PRAISE

“Maddy is a generational player, in that I have coached varsity for 14 years and this type of individual comes along very rarely,” said Rod Laniewski, head coach at rival Duxbury High. “Yes, Maddy has been a dominant pitcher her entire career but it doesn’t end there. She bats third for the No. 1-ranked team in Eastern Mass. If she wasn’t pitching, there is not a position she could not play.”

THE FUTURE: Barone has signed a National Letter of Intent to play softball on scholarship at Southern New Hampshire University this fall.


VIDEO: Chol Marial is 7-3 with a 7-11 wingspan

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Chol Marial was dubbed the tallest “middle schooler” in the nation a year ago.

Now, he might be the best freshman basketball player in the country.

Marial stands 7-foot-3 and had a crazy 7-foot-11 wingspan.

A 16-year-old Sudanese athlete, he attends Cheshire Academy in Connecticut and dominated the New England prep school scene. He is playing this summer for the Connecticut Basketball Club on the Under Armour Association circuit.

Here is his latest mixtape from our friends at CourtsideFilms:

LaGrange (Texas) moves up in Super 25 softball rankings

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LaGrange (Texas), which was No. 1 for much of the season, has moved up to No. 3 in the latest USA TODAY High School Sports/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Super 25 rankings.

LaGrange (38-2) has continued to advance in the Texas state playoffs and will face Brownwood in the 4A Regions 1 and 3 state tournament qualifying series Thursday.

MORE: Full Super 25 softball rankings

Since a 3-1 loss in eight innings to Hargrave (Huffman, Texas) on May 13, LaGrange has not lost.

State champions Eagle (Idaho) and Bald Knob (Ark.) remain Nos. 1 and 2 respectively with their seasons complete.

California schools Los Alamitos and Grand Terrace moved up to round out the Top 5 as the postseason continues.

Cape Fear (Fayetteville, N.C.) dropped from No. 5 to No. 23, but has avenged its 6-3 loss to Conley (Greenville, N.C.) and advanced to the North Carolina state championships where it will play West Forsyth (Clemmons, N.C.) for the 4A title.

Three new teams crack the Super 25: No. 12 Mission Viejo,  No. 14 Atascocita (Humble, Texas) and No. 25 Sheldon (Sacramento).

The final Super 25 rankings of the season are scheduled to be released next Thursday.

Maggie Walker (Va.) wins fan vote for America's Best Athletic Program

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After state rounds, national semifinals and the national final, Maggie Walker Governor’s School in Richmond, Va., was voted as having “America’s Best Athletic Program,” according to readers of USA TODAY High School Sports.

Maggie Walker won the final round that concluded Thursday with more than 121,000 votes after being the top vote getter in the national semifinals with more than 40,000 votes.

MORE: Final round results

The contest began with rounds in the 50 states and the District of Columbia from August to early May before the top two teams in each state and D.C. along with the 18 highest vote getters not to win their states advanced. Of that 120, the top 25 schools moved to the national finals. Any school that won a state championship in the past three academic years (2012-15) in a state sanctioned sport was eligible for the state round.

Maggie Walker has captured 14 Virginia 2A state titles in eight sports in that span: boys cross country, 2013 and 2014; girls cross country, 2013 and 2014; girls swimming and diving, 2014; boys tennis, 2014 and 2015; boys indoor track, 2014 and 2015; girls indoor track, 2014 and 2015; boys outdoor track, 2014 and 2015; and girls outdoor track, 2015.

“Having been there for 23 years, (winning) shows no matter when you graduated or left this place you still are a part of this place,” athletic director Paige Hawkins said.

As the winner, Maggie Walker will receive a championship banner for its school along with $2,500 for its athletic budget.

“We were able to reach out to alumni, parents of alumni, students and their parents and grandparents. We have 80 staff members and they reached out to their families,” Hawkins said. “We used Facebook pages for coaches and teams. Our support staff kept reminding me to spread the word to vote.

“It really was a team effort. We’re so small (with 750 students) that we consider ourselves a small family.”

Second place went to Old Rochester in Mattapoisett, Mass., which will receive $1,500 and a banner.

Principal Mike Devoll noted that the school was recognized by The Boston Globe last fall as having the highest winning percentage in the state of Massachusetts.

“It was fun a couple of weeks for us,” principal Mike Devoll said. “It’s exciting for our school and our community. We have a rich tradition of athletic excellence. … What really drives our athletic excellence is high participation rates. Over half of our student participate in athletics.”

Third place went to Lake Orion (Mich.), which will receive $500 and a banner. After generating 9,000 votes in the national semifinals, the school exceeded 50,000 in the final round.

“It was a really cool process with kids in the district, past alumni,” Lake Orion athletic director William Reiss said. “It generated interest from the faculty, the school counselors, assistant principals, our central office, school board. We take pride in finishing third and hanging that banner.”

Miss. State admits star recruit Jeffery Simmons 'with conditions'

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Noxubee County defensive end Jeffery Simmons (Photo: Keith Warren/For The Clarion-Ledger)

Noxubee County defensive end Jeffery Simmons
(Photo: Keith Warren/For The Clarion-Ledger)

Jeffery Simmons, a key member of Mississippi State’s 2016 recruiting class, has been allowed to enroll at the school and participate in football activities “with conditions,” the university announced Thursday.

Among the conditions is a one-game suspension to start the season, an evaluation by the university’s School Counseling Services and completion of any program prescribed by that office.

A five-star signee from Noxubee County (Macon, Miss.) was arrested in late March and charged with misdemeanor simple assault after a video surfaced showing Simmons hitting a woman on the ground multiple times. Fourth others also were arrested as a result of the fight. Simmons has a court appearance scheduled for June 14.

According to the MSU news release, “in an effort to break up a domestic fight between his sister and another adult woman, he used physical force against one of those involved in the altercation.”

Simmons posted an apology on Facebook in the aftermath of the March 24 incident but then deleted it. He was arrested March 28.

Simmons was ranked as the No. 1 prospect in the state of Mississippi, the No. 3 weakside defensive end and the No. 19 player in the Class of 2016.

“Based on conversations our staff has had with school, community and church leaders in Noxubee County, this incident appears to be uncharacteristic of Jeffery,” Mississippi State athletic director Scott Stricklin said in a statement. “It’s a highly unique circumstance to administer discipline to a student for an incident that occurred prior to that individual joining our university. However, it’s important that Jeffery and other potential MSU students understand that these type of actions and poor decisions are not acceptable.

“We expect the structure and discipline Jeffery will be a part of in our football program to benefit him. Jeffery will be held accountable for his actions while at MSU, and there will be consequences for any future incidents.”

During spring football, coach Dan Mullen said the punishment — if any — did not fall solely on Mullen’s shoulders. He said  then that “a lot of people” within the university will be involved in the decision.

SEC prevents schools from admitting transfers with a history of “serious misconduct,” but the regulations don’t apply to incoming freshmen.

 

Three Georgia players among Team USA roster for Women's U17 World Championships

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Maya Dodson (Photo: USA Basketball)

Maya Dodson (Photo: USA Basketball)

Two members of the Class of 2017, nine from the Class of 2018, and one from the Class of 2019 make up the 12-member roster for the USA Basketball Women’s U17 World Championship Team that was announced late Thursday.

The group includes three players from Georgia, two from Texas and two from Ohio.

The team will play in the FIBA U17 World Championship from June 22 to July 2 in Zaragoza, Spain. USA Basketball began with 139 players at trials, trimmed to 18 finalists early this week before naming the team.

“It’s crazy. It’s not really hitting me yet, but it’s just awesome to have been picked out of 100-something girls to represent your country,” said Maya Dodson, from St. Francis (Alpharetta, Ga.). “You never would dream of that when you’re younger. You don’t realize you have the chance to, and I’m really happy I have the chance.”

Dodson averaged 13 points and seven rebounds to help St. Francis to a 31-2 record and second consecutive state championship.

Named to the team were:

  • Janelle Bailey (Providence Day School/Matthews, N.C.);
  • Jenna Brown (The Lovett School/Marietta, Ga.);
  • Samantha Brunelle (William Monroe/Ruckersville, Va.);
  • Charli Collier (Barbers Hill H.S./Baytown, Texas);
  • Aquira DeCosta (St. Mary’s/Stockton, Calif.);
  • Maya Dodson (St. Francis/Alpharetta, Ga.);
  • Destanni Henderson (Fort Myers, Fla.);
  • Taylor Mikesell (Jackson/Massillon, Ohio);
  • Olivia Nelson-Ododa (Winder-Barrow/Winder, Ga.);
  • Sedona Prince (Liberty Hill, Texas);
  • Abby Prohaska (Lakota West/Liberty Township, Ohio);
  • Christyn Williams (Little Rock, Ark.)

DeCosta and Prince helped the USA qualify last summer with a bronze medal finish at the 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Championship. A number of players took part in the trials last summer for the U16 team: Bailey, Brown, Collier, Dodson, Henderson, Mikesell, Prohaska and Williams.

“Since we didn’t win last year, I think it is revenge,” Prince said. “I think it a chance to come back and get a gold medal this year. This team is amazing, so it will be a great experience.”

“I was speechless, because I was thinking about everything besides making the team, and I started to shake,” DeCosta said of making the roster. “Everyone wants to make the team. So, it all came down to this, and I was so shocked to hear my name.”

Warren G's son and two other football recruits with famous fathers

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You’ve certainly heard of their fathers, but these three high school football prospects are making their own names.

Olaijah Griffin, a class of 2018 defensive back from Mission Viejo (Calif.), is the son of rapper Warren G.

Wyatt Davis is one of the top offensive lineman prospects in the class of 2017, and the son of Duane Davis from the 1993 football movie The Program.

Kamron Horry, son of Robert, is a tight end at Katy (Texas) in the class of 2017.

For recruiting news, rankings and more, visit Scout.com/membership

Top offensive tackle Josh Myers leads seven new selections to Opening Finals

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The Nike Opening Regional events around the country have completed, but the selection process for The Opening Finals did not end there.

Organizers announced an additional seven players Thursday for the event in July 5-10 at Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Ore.

Among the players added is Ohio State commit Josh Myers from Miamisburg (Ohio), ranked as the No. 1 offensive tackle and No. 4 overall player in the 247Sports Composite.

Here is the rundown of the new selections:


Eric Byrnes' Barnstormers give disqualified Torrance High baseball team another game

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While it seemed like a far-flung idea when former major leaguer Eric Byrnes suggested he’d assemble a barnstorming team to give the disqualified Torrance (Calif.) High baseball team another game, Byrnes made it happen Thursday.

Byrnes, who railed against the ruling on MLB Network and elsewhere, wanted to provide the players with a more positive lasting memory. The team was disqualified from the CIF Southern Section playoffs for a batting practice violation involving underhanded soft toss in front of the batter. It was caught on video and submitted to the CIF-SS, which disqualified Torrance and advanced Fullerton in the postseason.

Byrnes’ team included musician Kelley James, comedian Brody Stevens, former UCLA baseball players Scott Seal, Brett Krill, Cody Decker and former Dodger Shawn Green stopped by for the pregame pep talk. Torrance beat the barnstormers, 13-9.

Byrnes’ team was wearing shirts that read “Let Them Play,” which has been his mantra throughout. Byrnes grew up in Northern California, played at UCLA and has a connection to Torrance through family. He was tagged out at the plate to end the game and scaled the backstop.

“Just pay it forward,” Byrnes said of his message to the players, according to the Daily Breeze. “There is going to be a time, when you guys have an opportunity to do something for somebody, do something for people that they can’t do for themselves. There’s going to be a time when you guys have a voice, use that voice to make a difference.”

Said Torrance coach Ollie Turner, quoting a friend: “It’s cool that they took an underhanded situation and showed the kids that they did nothing wrong. … It’s not as good as playing another playoff game for real, but it’s so cool that someone else felt for the kids and did something for the kids.”

RELATED: Byrnes rips CIF ruling to disqualify team

Top 2017 RB D'Andre Swift has top schools on his radar

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St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia) RB D’Andre Swift is one of the top players in the class of 2017, and his list of suitors proves it.

Swift, built like a bowling ball at 5-9, 214, named his top five of Clemson, Alabama, Florida State, Georgia, and Penn State last month.

For recruiting news, rankings and more, visit Scout.com/membership

Michigan offers two wide receivers from St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) after satellite camp

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Star at a satellite camp, and the hope is that the offers will follow.

Michigan held a camp last week at St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale, home to one of the top high school football programs in the nation. Shortly thereafter, a pair of Aquinas wide receivers had scholarship offers from the Wolverines coaching staff.

Elijah Moore, a four-star prospect in the Class of 2018, added the Wolverines to a list that includes Miami, West Virginia, Alabama, Auburn, Maryland, Michigan State, Ole Miss, Ohio State and Tennessee, among others.

RELATED: NCAA says no more autographs or personalized photos at satellite camps

According to the 247Sports Composite rankings, Moore is the No. 97 prospect and No. 11 wide receiver in the class.

Harley is a three-star prospect in the Class of 2017 and has 26 reported offers, including West Virginia, Miami, Missouri, Wisconsin, among others. He is ranked as the No. 65 wide receiver in the class.

Legendary Jenks (Okla.) football coach Allan Trimble to retire with 13 state titles

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Allan Trimble, who led the Jenks (Okla.) football team to an Oklahoma record 13 state titles, will retire in July, according to multiple reports.

Trimble won six of those titles in his first six seasons and seven in his first eight. He departs with the program having won four consecutive 6A state titles in the last four years. Jenks finished No. 19 in the Super 25 last fall.

“He’s the best high school coach in my opinion that there’s ever been,” quarterback Cooper Nunley, who graduated this year, told The Tulsa World. “I don’t know if you can top what he’s done.

“The best thing about (Trimble) is that he’s always level headed. When we would lose, he would know how to handle it and not over-react. He was always in control.”

His overall record is an amazing 224-35, with nine of those losses coming via forfeit in 2008 after rules violations were discovered. Trimble was suspended for eight months by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association.

In a statement, the Jenks Public Schools lauded Trimble as “one of the elite high school football coaches in the nation.”

“Allan Trimble has achieved an unprecedented level of success as the head football coach at Jenks High School. Beyond leading the Trojans to 13 state championships and becoming one of the elite high school football coaches in the nation, Coach Trimble has left a positive, lasting impact on the lives of thousands of students and young men. He is a mentor, a role model, a teacher, and an outstanding example of leadership and humility.

Coach Trimble’s efforts both on and off the field, have helped create a tradition of excellence and generated an incredible amount of pride for the entire Jenks community. He has left a lasting legacy at Jenks Public Schools and he will be missed.

The process to identify a replacement will begin immediately. It is extremely important to carry on the proud tradition of Jenks Trojan football and continue to build on the success created by Coach Trimble.”

The opening will likely attract many of Oklahoma’s top high school coaches along with a number of top candidates who are on the current Jenks staff or former assistants.

“Allan has been outstanding for us, and that’s putting it mildly, from my perspective,” athletic director Ton Dillingham told The World. “It’s always tough when you lose a man who has accomplished as much as he has, but we’ve been blessed with very good assistant coaches, and we’re sure to have some outstanding internal applications.”

No. 1 dual-threat QB Tate Martell narrows recruiting list to five schools

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Six days after announcing his top 7, top-ranked dual-threat quarterback Tate Martell narrowed his list to five Sunday before the third and final day of the Elite 11 in Los Angeles.

Martell dropped West Virginia and Miami (Fla.) from the group and is down to Ohio State, USC, UCLA, Cal and Colorado. Martell plays for Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) but is originally from Southern California.

Martell decommitted from Texas A&M last month month, setting off a bit of a firestorm.

He recently spoke with our partners at Scout.com about what schools interested him and what he is looking for. This interview took place before he had narrowed his list.

VIDEO: Trevon Duval takes home MVP at Pangos All-American Camp

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Trevon Duval, the top-ranked point guard in the Class of 2017, was named Most Valuable Player on Sunday at the prestigious 14th annual Pangos All-American Camp in Cerritos, Calif.

Duval, from Advanced Prep International (Dallas), has been in Southern California the last two weeks after playing at the Under Armour Association stop the previous weekend. Before that, he played at the Southern Jam Fest in Hampton, Va.

In Hampton, Duval told USA TODAY High School Sports that his goal was to be the No. 1 overall player in the class and that he has noticed other players are coming hard after him because of his status.

“I’ve noticed this summer more than ever that people are coming for me on and off the court,” Duval said. “Even games that I’m not even playing in there’s always some type of comparison or something. I guess it comes with the territory, but it’s definitely taking some getting used to.”

Duval has said Maryland, Arizona, Kansas, Baylor, and North Carolina are coming after him the hardest on the recruiting trail. He told SNY.tv that he has not decided on any visits. His priority now is getting some rest, although he has a busy summer ahead.

In the video above from Courtside Films, check out what earned him MVP at Pangos.

In the top 30 all-star game that caps the camp, DeAndre Ayton (Hillcrest Prep, Phoenix) and Billy Preston (API, Dallas) earned the MVP honors. Ayton, the top-ranked player in the Class of 2018, had 20 points. Preston had 19 for the winning team.

After satellite camp, Texas athlete Lakendrick VanZandt gets six FBS offers in single day

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Lakendrick VanZandt had himself a good day Friday at TCU’s East Texas satellite camp. He had a better day Saturday.

VanZandt, a Class of 2017 athlete from Henderson (Texas), picked up his first six FBS offers in a single day. He added SMU on Sunday. He already had FCS and Division II offers and picked up another one of those from Stephen F. Austin on Sunday.

His six offers Saturday came from Oklahoma State, TCU, Houston, Memphis, Tulsa and Tulane.

At Henderson, VanZandt has played all over the field: running back, receiver, wildcat quarterback, cornerback, and safety. He likely projects as a safety in college.

His recruitment might have been slowed by injuries that cost him a few games at the end of the season last fall. He played in eight games for a Henderson team that went 11-3 and reached the 4A Division I quarterfinals.


VIDEO: Elite soph Emmitt Williams dunks all over defender at Pangos

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Emmitt Williams, a four-star sophomore power forward from IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) dunks all over the defender in this highlight from the Pangos All-American Camp, courtesy of CourtsideFilms.com.

Williams is ranked as the No. 10 power forward, No. 4 player in Florida and No. 27 overall in the Class of 2018 by the 247Sports Composite rankings.

Kellen Mond on Baylor decommit: 'I really didn't know what to think' and more in Q&A

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Kellen Mond (Photo: Brian Perroni, 247Sports)

Kellen Mond (Photo: Brian Perroni, 247Sports)

IMG Academy (Brandenton, Fla.) quarterback Kellen Mond was among the 24 passers taking part in the Elite 11 event over the weekend in Redondo Beach, Calif.

Mond, originally from Texas, was the highest-ranked recruit in Baylor class for 2017 until he decommitted following the firing of coach Art Briles. Mond has named a new top 3 and talks about the recruiting process, the Baylor situation, Elite 11, his plans and more with USA TODAY Sports’ Dave Schmulenson.

Q: What were your initial thoughts when the Baylor ruling came down and Art Briles was fired?

A: I really didn’t know what to think. I was away by myself in Florida so I gathered my thoughts and talked to my dad to try to find out what the best solution for me was going to be.

Q: Where do things stand now with your recruiting?

A: Right now I’m looking at Auburn, Ohio State and Texas A&M. I recently visited Auburn and Ohio State and I’m possibly going to be visiting Texas A&M sometime soon.

Q: What have you learned during the recruiting process?

A: Since the Baylor incident, nothing has been really stressful. The three schools are talking to you to get you you into their program. I’m going to take the recruiting process slowly and make sure I make the right choice.

Q: What has been the best part of Elite 11?

A: Competing against the best and meeting a lot of the great quarterbacks from across the country. You find out a lot of great things about people, in terms of their culture and their region.

Q: Which other quarterbacks impressed you? What are your thoughts on the coaches?

A: I really like Davis Mills and Hunter Johnson. … The coaches have been amazing. Every small point they can give you to make your game better they give you.

Q: What is the biggest thing you want to work on before the season starts?

A: I just want to keep making progress and work on my footwork in particular. I think I’ve gotten a lot better since I’ve moved from San Antonio to Florida and I want to keep going.

Q: What’s your favorite thing about football?

A: The confidence guys have in me and the way I get to compete and make my teammates better.

Q: Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

A: I plan to study criminology in college. But before that, I hope I can get to the NFL. That’s always been a dream of mine.

Q: What do you do when you’re not playing or practicing?

A: Just chill with my friends play video games, mainly NCAA. They haven’t come out with the new NCAA yet, but I’m looking forward to it.

Florida High School Athletic Association adopts full-contact practice limits

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Given the concerns about football and head trauma, the Florida High School Athletic Association has adopted full-contact practice limits for the first time in its history.

Frank Beasley, the executive director of the FHSAA, told USA TODAY High School Sports on Monday that the new guidelines will take effect Aug. 1.

Live contact during regular season and postseason practice will be allowed no more than three days per week and limited to no more than 30 minutes per day and a total of no more than 80 minutes per week. Contact also is not allowed on more than two consecutive days.

The guidelines define live contact as  “drills with game-like conditions where players are taken to the ground.”

Florida has 549 schools that play football with 42,262 players, according to FHSAA figures.

RELATED: Pennsylvania adds new limit to contact in football practice

“We feel good about the direction we’re going and excited to be part of making the game of  football safer for our high school kids,” Beasley said.

“Safety is paramount in the game of football. We feel like it’s a great step and hopefully will provide a certain level of comfort for those who question level of safety. Football is always going to come with inherent risk. We can never stop working to make the game safer.”

Beasley said when FHSAA officials talked to coaches and coaches organizations around the state, most “were under the minutes or right at the minutes that were going to be part of the (new guidelines).”

With the addition of Florida, 46 states now have some limits on contact. New Hampshire, Delaware, South Dakota and Louisiana have no limits, according to Terry O’Neil, a former NFL executive and the founder of Practice Like Pros, an advocacy group that promotes safer football practice procedures.

Practice Like Pros suggests no contact at all in the spring, 30 minutes total a week in the regular season broken up at the coach’s discretion, and three hours for the entire preseason (including a scrimmage) also divided at the coach’s discretion. Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Ohio are the only states that match those guidelines in two of the three time periods.

“There’s still is a lot of work for us to do. Many states haven’t gone far enough,” O’Neil said. “Clearly to have Florida jump in is a major development. … The misery that is saved for 42,000 boys and their families is pretty significant.”

For preseason and spring practices, the acclimation period includes working with air or bags through the first five days with only helmets for the first two days and shells for the next three.

From the sixth day through the Monday of the first regular season game or the end of spring practice, live contact is allowed on no more than two consecutive practice days and limited to 40 minutes each day. Airs, bags or thud are unlimited.

Additionally, preseason and spring practice regulations mandate that teams cannot have two practices per day until the eighth day of practice and only one session per day can include live contact not to exceed 40 minutes.

Florida also has adopted a different definition for “thud,” using the NFL and Football Bowl Subdivision guidelines that thud is contact above the waist only with neither player being taken to the ground.

VIDEO: Highlights from Elite 11 Finals, with 12 set to move on

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In hopes of securing a spot at The Opening in Oregon in July, 24 quarterbacks were in California last weekend competing in the Elite 11 Finals.

The 12 quarterbacks chosen to move on were announced Monday, led by five-stars Michigan commit Dylan McCaffrey, former Texas A&M commit Tate Martell and Clemson commit Hunter Johnson.

The others: Stanford commit Davis Mills, uncommitted Jack Sears, Alabama commit Tua Tagovailoa, Penn State commit Sean Clifford, Georgia commit Jake Fromm, Oklahoma commit Chris Robinson, LSU commit Myles Brennan, Texas commit Sam Ehlinger, and Syracuse commit Tommy DeVito.

 

Little League shortstop opts for dumping dirt on his head during break in game

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Sometimes it gets a little boring out there in the middle of the infield.

Just ask this Little League shortstop from the Atlanta area who decided to dump dirt on his head.

Instagram Photo

 

(h/t For The Win)

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