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Seize Your Moments
As a kid growing up in Pompano Beach, Fla., I had, like most kids, dreams of making the touchdown catch that wins the backyard football game.
I loved the feeling of being the one who seized that moment. It is what drives me to be who I am today. Being the one who everyone depends on when the game is on the line. As the ABC Wide World... More 
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The Chance(s) of a Lifetime
Later this month, Lucas Oil Stadium (LOS) will welcome its first paying customers.
I think it’s wonderful that those spectators will be entering to watch high school football, specifically Peyton Manning’s PeyBack Classic, and more on that in a moment.
During its construction, the local media often have referred to LOS as the “Colts stadium” and, in fairness, that’s not entirely inaccurate. When all is said and done,... More
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Fuel for thought: how to survive rising gas prices
We’ve all felt the sting of higher gas prices over the last several months. And parents of high school athletes are feeling it more than most. There are practices, games, meetings and some stuff you’re pretty sure your kid made up. (I mean, would a coach really call practice at Dairy Queen on a Saturday afternoon?)
What’s a parent of a high school athlete to do? I’ve plumbed the... More
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HSSTM’s top-10 moments from 2007-08
10. Park Tudor wins fourth straight
The Park Tudor girls tennis team may not have had as dominant of lineup as years past, with just two seniors, but the Panthers were equally as impressive in their run to the program’s fourth straight state title. The girls became the second team in state history to accomplish four in a row (Evansville Memorial), beating four of the state’s top seven-ranked teams during... More
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Welcome, Freshmen
Hey, freshman – listen up! In just a little over a month, you’re heading into the big house, the building that represents the pinnacle of your primary education and unfortunately, you’re at the bottom of the hierarchy.
Not to worry, many have come before you and survived (they’re called seniors). So what does it take to succeed as a freshman? How will you juggle your duties as a... More
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Building Respect in Sports
As a board member of Chaucie’s Place – a child advocacy center in Carmel that takes in and helps young victims of abuse – former Indianapolis Colts linebacker Barry Krauss is well familiar with the horrible things that can happen to children.
So when he was approached about becoming involved in a new program called “Respect in Sport USA,” he jumped at the chance.
“Anytime I can work... More
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Determination, hard work, persistence all pay off
Alright Mary-Rachel, standby on the sideline, going live in 5…wait what was I going to say again…4…I’m not old enough to do this I just graduated …3…Just smile, you can’t go wrong if you smile right?....2…Oh, please say I don’t have anything in my teeth… 1….Oh, wow…
My debut as sideline reporter on the Big Ten Network and this is what was going through my head. The day I... More
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Above all, persevere
Hello everyone! I was flattered to be asked to write this column for High School Sports – The Magazine, and I want to thank the gang at HSSTM for extending the opportunity. I am actually writing from Spain, where I am finishing my winter season with Ros Casares, in Valencia, but by the time the magazine is in print, I’ll be into my first month with my new team in... More
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The ‘heart’ of the matter
The longest, worst and most gut-wrenching night of my newspaper sports writing career occurred on March 12, 1999.
I had gone to write a column on a high school basketball game between No. 1-ranked Bloomington South and No. 2 Lawrence North in the Columbus Regional.
The gymnasium at Columbus North was packed – standing room only – and the game was evolving into the potential classic everyone had... More
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Athletic Directors: At Your Service
Perhaps the most misunderstood role of all positions in the chain of offering interscholastic sport is the athletic director. While most have an opinion of what they would like to see the athletic administrator do, most do not have an accurate view of the true responsibilities of this key person. Students, parents, administrators, school boards and coaches depend on the athletic administrator’s leadership, but from various points of view and... More
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Get Around
Do you get around town during the summer months? I doubt there are many in the current generation (what are we on now, Generation Z?) that have heard of The Beach Boys, let alone listened to them, but the surfer-hip California band once sang of “Getting bugged drivin’ up and down the same old strip” and wanted to find a place “where the kids are hip.”
Perhaps that’s... More
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Imagine if racing were a high school sport
It was the Skip Barber regional championship in Lime Rock, Conn. and my son, Conor Daly, led the first ten laps from the pole position. He won the day before, so I knew he felt comfortable on this track. There was something a little different about this race though.
He was under a lot of pressure from second place, who was right in his wheel tracks. The speeds were... More
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Start Full, Finish Empty
It’s the biggest game of the season and you’re running late. Again.
As you jump in your car the only thing you can think about is how mad your coach will be. As you nervously weave your way through traffic, all of a sudden the car starts to slow down. You press harder on the accelerator. Nothing. As your car comes to a complete stop you realize you are... More
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Time To Protect Basketball's Future
Just when you might have thought basketball season was over for our high school-age youngsters, well, it isn’t.
In fact, it really never ends.
Summertime, especially July, means meat-market time. It’s when the shoe companies and and all the ancillary hangers-on around the game join with the AAU tournament circuit to peddle all that flesh covered by jerseys, baggy shorts and sneakers.
“It’s out of control,” says Steve Witty, who... More
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Every Athlete A Leader
When I was a student at North Central High School, I thought only student council presidents and varsity team captains were concerned with leadership. In my mind, students were leaders only because of the positions they held. It was only after I left school and my career evolved, that I came to understand a different model of leadership: A model of where every team member behaves like a leader.
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