Thu May 24, 2012 6:14 PM Ex-Poly standout has rape and kidnapping conviction reversed By Jim Halley, USA TODAY Ten years ago, Brian Banks was a promising high school linebacker at Long Beach Poly, hoping to play for Southern California. By Nick Ut,, AP Brian Banks reacts as attorney Justin Brooks, right, and attorney Alissa Bjerkhoel stand by, as Banks' rape and kidnapping conviction was dismissed Thursday. It has been 10 years since Banks, then 16, pleaded no contest to a rape charge brought after a childhood friend falsely accused him of attacking her at their Long Beach high school. Thursday, he walked out of a courtroom, his football dreams rekindled, after a Los Angeles Superior Court judge reversed Banks' 2002 rape and kidnapping conviction. ... Continue reading →
Thu May 24, 2012 10:41 AM Parent places newspaper ad to accuse coaches of bullying By Brian Shane, The Salisbury Daily Times BERLIN, Md. - A parent of a Stephen Decatur (Berlin, Md.) baseball player has taken out a full-page ad in a local newspaper to accuse coaches of bullying. The statement by the group, Parents Against Bullying of Worcester County, claims the assistant coach and head coach of the high school's baseball team "verbally abused and degraded" some players, and that some students did not try out for the team this year because of mistreatment. "A good coach can drive a player to develop skills of their particular sport," the statement says. "They never cross the line of verbally abusing, cursing or using demeaning ... Continue reading →
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Tue May 22, 2012 11:00 PM Martensdale-St. Mary's comes up a game short of win record By Jim Halley, USA TODAY Martensdale-St. Mary's (Martensdale, Iowa) came up just a run and a game short of the national record for consecutive wins by a high school baseball team on Tuesday. The Blue Devils, the two-time defending 1A champion, ended their winning streak at 88 games after they lost 4-3 to Des Moines East in their second game of the season. Martensdale-St. Mary's last defeat was on July 18, 2009, an 11-3 loss to Grandview Park Baptist (Des Moines) in the 1A District 11 championship. That leaves Portsmouth, N.H., with the national record of 89, set earlier this season. Martensdale-St. Mary's took a 3-0 lead in the ... Continue reading →
Tue May 22, 2012 1:32 PM Ex-Major Leaguer replaces coach who just won state title By Staff Reports, Shreveport Times Calvary Baptist Academy (Shreveport, La.) has fired head baseball coach Rodney Traweek a little more than a week after Traweek's Cavaliers won the Class 2A state championship. Denis Poroy, AP Former Major League player Todd Walker takes over as the baseball coach at Calvary Baptist Academy (Shreveport, La.), which won the state 2A title this month. He will be replaced by former Airline High (Bossier City), LSU and Major League Baseball star Todd Walker. The head coaching job will be the first for Walker, a member of the College Baseball Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. "I knew at some point, ... Continue reading →
Mon May 21, 2012 10:58 PM Martensdale-St. Mary's is close to having its record back By Jim Halley, USA TODAY Martensdale-St. Mary's is close to having its record back. Justin Hayworth, The Des Moines Register Martensdale-St. Mary's (Martensdale, Iowa), shown after winning the 1A state title last season, won its 88th consecutive game on Monday. The Class 1A school from Martensdale, Iowa, won its 88th consecutive game, opening its season Monday with a 10-0 defeat of Guthrie Center, leading 10-0 after three innings. With a win Tuesday against Des Moines East, the Blue Devils will tie Portsmouth, N.H., for most consecutive wins, with a chance to set the record Wednesday with a game at home with Panorama. Martensdale-St. Mary's finished last season with its second ... Continue reading →
Wed May 16, 2012 4:03 PM Oregon golfer misses record because of incorrect scorecard By Jim Halley, USA TODAY A remarkable case of family history came back to haunt Churchill (Eugene, Ore.) golfer Caroline Inglis. Jesse Skoubo, AP Churchill athletic director Kelly Bokn, left, comforts Caroline Inglis after Inglis' disqualification at the Class 5A state high school championship girls' golf tournament. Inglis was en route to a fourth consecutive state 5A golf title, something no boy or girl has done in Oregon, when she was disqualified after signing an incorrect score card Tuesday. Her father, Bill Inglis, also signed an incorrect score card at the state tournament 41 years ago, knocking his team, South Eugene, out of title contention. "I checked it twice," Caroline Inglis ... Continue reading →
Wed May 16, 2012 2:10 PM Judge recommends that Luther Campbell be allowed to coach By Jim Halley, USA TODAY Luther Campbell, the former front man for the 2 Live Crew and an unsuccessful candidate for Miami-Dade County Mayor, has the approval of a judge to continue coaching high school football. Victoria Will, AP Rapper and actor Luther Campbell may get to continue coaching high school football if a state adminstrative judge's recommendation is followed. State administrative law judge Robert Meale made the recommendation Tuesday. Campbell still has to get the approval of Florida education officials, who have not certified the 51-year-old rapper as a coach. Campbell has coached youth football for years in Miami. For the past few years, with approval of Miami-Dade school ... Continue reading →
