Latest High school sports News

West Virginia governor vies for Manchin's US Senate seat, while moonlighting as girls hoops coach

Mar. 12, 2024 19:58 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — When West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice recently returned to the spotlight, it wasn’t as the state's top executive. Or a wealthy businessman. Or even as a candidate for the U.S. Senate. The term-limited Republican was instead back on the court, guiding a high...

Girls are falling in love with wrestling, the nation's fastest-growing high school sport

Mar. 12, 2024 11:59 AM EDT

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jody Mikhail was a sophomore at Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley High School when a poster for a new girls’ wrestling club caught her eye. So Mikhail, a senior now, tried the sport. “I fell in love with it the first time,” she said. ...

New Jersey appeals court rejects high school's petition to overturn game it lost on blown call

Mar. 08, 2024 21:10 PM EST

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey court has denied an appeal from a high school that lost a state basketball tournament game when referees wrongly overturned a buzzer-beating basket. The state appellate division ruled late Friday that it would not grant Manasquan school officials'...

Texas Class 5A prep football players of year are QB Hauss Hejny and LB Davhon Keys from Aledo

Feb. 15, 2024 18:47 PM EST

BRYAN, Texas (AP) — Quarterback Hauss Hejny and linebacker Davhon Keys from Division 1 state champion Aledo were named the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 5A prep football players of the year on Thursday. Hejny threw for 2,773 yards with 27 touchdowns and added...

Flag football gives female players sense of community, scholarship options and soon shot at Olympics

Dec. 28, 2023 23:26 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — There were times when Jo Overstreet felt all alone as a standout flag football player on boys teams growing up in Texas. Sure, she was accepted. Considered just one of the boys. She longed for something more — a sense of sisterhood. ...

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

Dec. 25, 2023 07:16 AM EST

Lincoln Journal Star. December 19, 2023. Editorial: Monumental year, bright future for Husker volleyball Thursday’s wild cheers with the Husker volleyball team’s commanding sweep of Pitt in the national semifinals turned to tears Sunday, when returning champs...